Цели проведения круглого стола:
- Предоставление возможности открыто взглянуть на проблему ВИЧ/СПИДа. (Большинству людей, инфицированных ВИЧ, от 14 до 25 лет.)
- Воспитание взаимопонимания, толерантности.
- Обучение навыкам выступления перед аудиторией, описания и сравнения графиков, представленных на слайдах.
- Знакомство с лексикой общеполитической направленности, организациями ООН, занимающимися проблемами ВИЧ/СПИДа.
1. Учащиеся знакомятся с лексикой и организациями – коспонсорами ЮНЭЙДС. Для продвинутых учеников задание можно трансформировать в “Match the words with the description”. Key topic vocabulary.
| Access (n) | The right or opportunity to have or use something that will bring you benefits |
| Adherence (n) | Support for or belief in an idea, plan, opinion etc. |
| Advocacy (n) | Strong public support for something |
| AIDS (n) | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome A serious disease that destroys the body’s immune system (its ability to defend itself against infection) and usually causes death |
| Awareness (n) | Knowledge or understanding of a subject, issue, or situation |
| Care (n) | Effort and attention |
| HIV (n) | Human immunodeficiency virus A virus that can cause AIDS and is usually passed on by having sex |
| Immunodeficiency (n) | A medical condition in which your body doesn’t have the normal protection against diseases |
| Impact (n) | An effect or influence |
| Infectious disease | One that can spread from one person to another |
| Mitigate (v) (formal) | To reduce the harmful effects of something |
| MOHSD | Ministry of Health and Social Development |
| Prevent (v) | To stop something from happening |
| Prevention (n) | The act of preventing something or things that people do in order to prevent something |
| Response (n) | A reaction |
| Stigma (n) | A feeling that something is wrong or embarrassing in some way |
| Support (v) | To approve of an idea or a person or organization and help them to be successful |
| Syndrome (n) | A medical condition that has a particular set of effects on your body or mind |
| Synergy (n) | The extra energy or effectiveness that people or businesses create when they combine their efforts |
| Treatment (n) | The process of providing medical care |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| Virus (n) | A simple living thing that is smaller than a bacterium and can enter your body and make you ill |
“UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations family, bringing together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations in the AIDS response to help the world prevent new HIV infections, care for people living with HIV, and mitigate the impact of the epidemic.
With its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the UNAIDS Secretariat works on the ground in more than 80 countries worldwide. Coherent action on AIDS by the UN system is coordinated in countries through the UN theme groups, and the joint programmes on AIDS.
Cosponsors include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank.
UNAIDS helps mount and support an expanded response to AIDS – one that engages the efforts of many sectors and partners from government and civil society.”
(http://www.unaids.org/en/AboutUNAIDS/default.asp)
The ten UNAIDS cosponsoring organizations are:
1. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Управление Верховного комиссара Организации Объединенных Наций по делам беженцев (УВКБ ООН)
2. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Детский фонд Организации Объединенных Наций (ЮНИСЕФ)
3. World Food Programme (WFP)
Мировая продовольственная программа (МПП)
4. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Программа развития Организации Объединенных Наций (ПРООН)
5. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Фонд Организации Объединенных Наций в области народонаселения (ЮНФПА)
6. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Управление Организации Объединенных Наций по наркотикам и преступности (ЮНОДК)
7. International Labour Organization (ILO)
Международная организация труда (МОТ)
8. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Организации Объединенных Наций по вопросам образования, науки и культуры (ЮНЕСКО)
9. World Health Organization (WHO)
Всемирная организация здравоохранения (ВОЗ)
10. World Bank
Всемирный банк
2. Следует обратить внимание учащихся на употребление некоторых словосочетаний. Nowadays we pay more and more attention to the politically-correct language. If one thoroughly studies UNAIDS documents on HIV/AIDS they will note that:
| We say | We don’t say |
| IDU Injection Drug Users |
Drug addict |
| People living with HIV | AIDS sufferers/patients/victims |
| Response to HIV/AIDS | Fight against AIDS |
3. Учащиеся готовят доклады по темам. Материал легко найти на http://www.unaids.org/en/ Если уровень учащихся не очень высокий, то учитель самостоятельно подбирает материал и раздает учащимся. Предоставленная здесь лексика дает возможность прочитать и понять любой текст общей направленности по вопросам ВИЧ/СПИДа.
Model topics are as follows:
- UNAIDS (goals, cosponsors)
- UNAIDS (activities)
- World AIDS Day (December, 1)
- AIDS Awareness Red Ribbon
- HIV Epidemic in Russia
- HIV Epidemic in Europe/USA/Africa
- Young People and HIV
- Women and HIV
4. Конференция.
У всех участников конференции красные ленточки – символ борьбы со СПИДом (red ribbons - AIDS awareness symbol) , а также бейджики с указанием организации, которую они представляют. Председательствующий открывает конференцию, предоставляет слово для выступления, открывает дискуссию, закрывает конференцию.
На экране – заставка с веб-сайта ЮНЭЙДС.
При выступлении учащихся меняются слайды на экране (графики роста заболеваемости по странам: США, Великобритания, Россия, африканские страны).
После выступлений присутствующие журналисты задают вопросы.
Questions (as a variant):
- Could you please once again sum up the difference between HIV and AIDS?
- Do you believe that HIV is really an issue in the Russian Federation?
- RF Country Situation Analysis on AIDS stated the following figures: “100 new HIV cases are registered every day. Young people between 15 and 29 years make up some 70% of infected persons.” What do you think should be done immediately?
- What in your opinion can be done to help this World AIDS Day?
- I wonder whether you could explain why it is so important to ensure that everyone can access HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
- Do you really believe we can help people living with HIV? What can be done?
- President Putin calls for urgent measures to stem the HIV epidemic in Russia. Would you be so kind to give more details?
- Could you comment, please, on social and economic consequences of the epidemic?
- “One in seven young people in Britain would not stay friends with someone who had HIV, a British survey suggests.” What do you think about it?
- etc.
The students are given some useful phrases such as: in other words; for instance; in particular; yes, I agree, and/but…; it might/may be; however; it’s difficult to tell; it’s definitely (not); etc.
Reference:
- Словарь MACMILLAN English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (CD-ROM), Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 2002
- http://www.unaids.org/en/
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7112126.stm