Master's Programme: English

Рубрика: impromptu

impromptu

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unit 1

1. moral decline


2. the changing nature of human relationships


3. morality and politics


4. marketization of society


5. the influence of politics on the moral state of society


6. decline of violence


7. violence on TV and in the press


8. meritocracy


9. life becomes shopping


10. age of selfishness


11. market society


12. social mobility


13. ethics in politics


14. family values in modern society


15. surveillance capitalism


16. tech and society


17. slavery


18. inequality


19. income gap


20. market triumphalism


21. human contact is now a luxury good


unit 2

22. eradication of poverty


23. algorithmic bias


24. outsourcing human responsibilities to machines


25. sexism in the workplace


26. generational stereotypes


27. ageism


28. xenophobia


29. racial bigotry


30. genocide


31. elitism in education


32. ableism in Russia


33. social exclusion


34. ethnic diversity vs hate crime


35. glass ceiling


36. ageism as an endemic problem in modern society


37. ableism in education/employment


38. what it takes to overcome prejudice


39. affirmative action


40. ageism vs efficiency


41. discrimination vs survival of a people


42. elitism


43. ethnic diversity


44. political correctness


45. multiculturalism


unit 3

46. what it means to be religious


47. interfaith dialogue


48. freedom of conscience


49. religion and international conflict


50. religion at school


51. religion in the modern world


52. renaissance of religion


53. resurgence of religious intolerance


54. science and religion


55. social role of religion


56. state and religion


57. atheism


58. the Golden Rule


Types of Claim

•  a claim of value  —  express opinion

e.g. institution of monarchy is an outdated relic incompatible with the 21st century democracy.

• a claim of solution (policy) —  express opinion

e.g. For BRICS to become a true global player, it needs a coherent policy on a number of issues.

• a claim of fact — a ‘for-and-against’ 

e.g. Developing tourist destinations in remote areas of Russia has significant benefits along with formidable challenges.

• a claim of comparison OR contrast

e.g. Overpopulaion and underpopulation have different causes and pose different challenges to national development.

• a claim of cause and effect

e.g. Financial and political instability exacerbates brain drain.

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