MY MIND MAP FOR SUK PART II

SUK3/ Part 4/ Fiona & Melisa/ WS13

Homework 1 - "Opinion from the text covered in class"

Brainstorm

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ORIGINAL VERSION

Looking at the text in a broad way, I think it is well structured. The first thing we find when we start reading is an abstract, which I believe it is really useful for the reader. From the very beginning we get a general sense of whet the text is going to be about. The text is divided into 3 main points: "A durable peace", "Economic strength and prosperity" and "Theories and explanations" this division also helps us approach the text. Paragraphs are made with long sentences which also have a lot of subsentences inside the main one. This does not help to a good comprehension of the text, because the main stream of information is interrupted a lot of times. From my point of view, the text does accomplish the aim of informing us what the EU was made for, although at some points the text gets a bit repetitive.  The high register they have used I believe is the adequate one for an academic text, though to completely understand the text it is probably necessary to be aware of the specific vocabulary used for the topic treatise.

FEEDBACK

- The second sentence is too long.

- After naming the 3 main divisions of the text, a period is needed.

- Lower register than expected

- Linking words

- Too many repetitions of “the text”

- Concluding sentence needed.

FINAL VERSION

Looking at the text in a broad way, I think it is well structured. The first thing we find when we start reading is an abstract, which I believe it is really useful for the reader. From the very beginning we get a general sense of the subject he is going to be talking about. The text is divided into 3 main points: "A durable peace", "Economic strength and prosperity" and "Theories and explanations". This division also helps us –the reader – approach it. Paragraphs are made with long sentences which also have a lot of subsentences inside the main one; this distracts us from the main stream of information, because it is interrupted a lot of times. From my point of view, the text does accomplish the aim of informing us what the EU was made for, although at some points it gets a bit repetitive.  I believe the high register they have used is the adequate one for an academic text, though to completely understand it, it is probably necessary to be aware of the specific vocabulary used for the topic treatise. Therefore, as a whole, it is a good quality source if you need to understand what the reasons the EU was created for were. 

POST FOR SUK PART II: THE FIVE TOPICS ABOUT THE EU I AM MOST INTERESTED IN.

1. WOMEN’S RIGHTS

I am really interested on why women and men have played such different roles in society from the very beginning of the history. It is quite understandable that due to physical characteristics men are perhaps more prepared than women in some fields, but why in politics or economics aren’t we totally integrated? Are we not as well prepared, or not as well received?

2. ABORTION LAW

Abortion has been and still is one of the most controversial subjects nowadays. As a woman, I may see myself in this situation, so I am very interested on researching where and weren’t is legal or illegal, how is the World Health Organization (WHO) confronting this subject, etc.

3. TRANSLATORS WORKING FOR THE EU (INTERINSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE FOR TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION)

I believe this is a matter that, due to what we are studying, is interesting to any future translator or interpreter.  The EU has 24 official languages, and every document, conference, debate, etc. needs to be translated or interpreted. The EU will be a huge source of employment for us all.

4. MINORITY LANGUAGES

Most of the time when we think of a world know language, or just a way to communicate when going anywhere in the world, we think of the English language. But in the EU there are 24 official languages. So, why are some more important that others? Should they all be as important or is it good that there are minor languages? If they are not as used, what will happen? I definitely think this is a really important subject.

5. WITH WHAT AIM WAS IT CREATED? WAS IT CHANGED WITH TIME?

Since we are going to be centered on the EU for this whole semester, I believe is a good idea to get the beginning of the EU right. Why was it created? What were they thinking about? Did it turned out as they thought it would? … And many more questions which will help me understand this political and economical union.

This is what appears if you type in Google “interesting facts about the EU” it is totally worth checking some of these webpages

https://www.google.at/?gws_rd=cr&ei=JktUUtHqKK2w4QSh8ICQCQ#q=interesting+things+about+the+EU