Ex. 3. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words or word combinations

1. There are sometimes disadvantages _________.

2. This informal means of settling disputes _______ to everyone. You negotiate when you have a disagreement with your parents, your friends, or your teacher, and you work out an agreement.

3. This means that the union and the employer agree in ad­vance to submit certain disputes to arbitration and to be _____ the arbitrator's decision.

4. The agreement is the result of the parties' willingness to listen carefully _____ and come up with a reasonable settlement.

5. ________ elementary and secondary schools train stu­dents to mediate conflicts and to help settle disputes that occur in and around the school.

6. The mediator acts as a ____third party by listening carefully to both sides and trying to help the parties understand each other’s _ _ the parties.

7. Mediation _ _ solve a variety of disputes.

8. Sometimes people hire attorneys to _____ them.

9. Unlike _ _ mediators don’t impose a decision on the parties.

a) should be familiar;

b) even some;

c) bound by;

d) to each other;

e) in going to court.

f) neutral;

g) is used to;

h) negotiate for;

i) arbitrators;

Ex.4. Answer the questions:

1. Why don’t many people go to the court after conflicts?

2. Why do people hire an attorney?

3. What is the difference between Arbitration and Mediation?

4. Can a mediator impose a decision on sides of negotiations?

5. Which of three methods is the most expensive for parties?

6. What is the biggest disadvantage of arbitration?

7. Can you, in some cases, make your problem worse trying to solve it by court?

8. Why in arbitration the process is less formal than a trial?

9. Is the agreement the result of parties’ ability to find the compromise?

Ex. 5. True or false:

1. A conflict can be solved only in the court.

2. The final decision in the arbitration case is always made a jury.

3. Mediation is the main possibility to solve family conflicts.

4. Nowadays, a big number of disputes are taken to courts.

5. If you have the lack of time, there is no point in going to court.

6. Negotiation is one of the main methods to solve the dispute.

7. Arbitrator and judge have the same meanings.

8. Agreements between labor unions and employers can’t be solved by arbitration.

9. Mediation is the process when the independent person helps to settle differences between two parties.

10. Mediation programs can’t be a solution of disagreement between husbands and wives.

Ex. 6. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Конфликт - естественная часть каждодневной жизни. Так как конфликт неизбежен, важно знать, как управлять конфликтами.

2. Суд может помочь решить конфликт, но в действительности, только небольшое количество споров когда-либо добирается до суда.

3. Одними из самых общих методов для того, чтобы решать споры без суда являются - переговоры, арбитраж, и посредничество.

4. Переговоры - процесс, с помощью которого люди, вовлеченные в спор, имеют возможность говорить друг с другом об их проблемах и могут пробовать достигнуть решении.

5. В случае арбитража, обе стороны соглашаются, чтобы какой-либо другой человек, не вовлеченный в спор, слушал их аргументы и принимал решение для них.

6. Посредничество – это альтернативный метод решения спора. В этом случае к спору также привлекается третье лицо, но в отличие от арбитра, оно не выносит решения, а только лишь заслушивает аргументы сторон.

Ex. 7. Role-play:

Situation 1. A wife and a husband try to divorce and go the mediator to tell each other about the terms and conditions.

Situation 2. Arbitration between two companies about insurance for defective goods.

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