DISCUSSION TOPIC 6:
REFLECTION
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Now that most of you have completed your essays and written assessments and we are coming to the end of the term, I would like you to look back to the first lesson and the goals that you set for yourself. Do you think that you have achieved those goals?
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What have you learned this term?
I have learned a lot of juridical aspects of the english law sistem that I didn't know before.
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How has your English improved?
In this last months I used to speak english and I used to write in english too and this really helped me for my improving.
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What is the next thing you want to achieve?
I hope a great result on this course!

DISCUSSION:
PRONUNCIATION
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Do you think you need to improve your pronunciation?
Yes, of course!
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Who do you want to sound like?
I would like to have a good pronunciation, maybe like an english native speaker!
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What areas of your pronunciation will you concentrate on?
I think general areas.
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How will you improve?
I can improve listening but most of all speaking and training myself repeating and repeating...
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How can using the phonemic chart help you?
I can understend better phonetic symbols studyng it.

8 NUOVE PAROLE
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1) THICK (aggettivo)
spesso, grosso
--> a thick make up: un trucco pesante
--> to give someone a thick ear: dare un ceffone a qualcuno
--> to have a thick head: avere un cerchio alla testa
--> to have a thick skin: essere insensibile
--> this is a bit thick!: questo è troppo!
fitto, folto
--> a thick hair: una folta chioma
--> thick with: pieno di
--> thick on the ground: in grande quantità
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2) TO CRUMBLE (verbo)
sbriciolarsi, sgretolarsi
crollare, andare in pezzi
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3) INWARD (aggettivo)
interno d'entrata, in entrara
--> inward investment: investimenti dall'estero intimo
--> one's inward reaction: la propria intima reazione
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4) SLANT (sostantivo)
inclinazione
--> at a slant: di traverso
angolazione, punto di vista
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5) KNOTTY (aggettivo)
nodoso, intricato, spinoso
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6) TO DANGLE (verbo)
ciondolare, penzolare
--> to keep someone dangling: tenere qualcuno sulla corda
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7) TATTY (aggettivo)
trasandato, malandato
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8) LAMENESS (sostantivo)
andatura zoppicante
fragilità, debolezza

DISCUSSION TOPIC 4
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Last week saw Barack Obama win the U.S. Election in a historic victory. Obama is the 27th lawyer to become presiedent of the United States. Why do you think so many lawyers go into politics? Do you think lawyers make good politicians? Why/Why not?
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I think that it's easyer for a lawyer go into politic because he is just inside the contest or the system, he just knows how do some things work. Lawyes know jurysprudence andjuridical norms and this does help who want to become a politic man.

DISCUSSION TOPIC 3:
LORD DENNING
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When reading about the Common Law and Judge Made Law, you will often see references to Lord Denning. Who was Lord Denning and why was he such an important and controversial figurein British Law?
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Lord Denning was a jurist, a barrister and judge. He instigated many important concepts that would become pillars of the common law. One of these is, for example, the "fundamental breach" teory: a so fundamental breach of acontract that it permits the distressed party to terminate performance of it, in addition to entitling that party to sue for damages. He reviewd also the doctrine of "equitable estoppel" (or 'promissory estoppel') that has many individual rules but that generally means that any person arguing a legal position to the court should not have behaved unfairly in the matter. In general estoppel protects a party who would suffer detriment if each following test is met:
- a second party has done or said something to induce an expectation
- the first party relied (reasonably) on the expectation
- the first party would suffer detriment if that expectation were not met.

8 NUOVE PAROLE
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1) DASH (sostantivo)
slancio, scatto
--> to cut dash: far bella figuragoccio, pizzico
--> a dash of humour: un pizzico di umorismo
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2) SAKE (sostantivo)
interesse, fine, scopo
--> for safety's sakes: per motivi di sicurezza
--> for the sake of argument: per il gusto di discutere
--> for his own sake: per il suo bene
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3) BAIL (sostantivo)
cauzione
--> bail bond: deposito cauzionale
--> to be out on bail: essere in libertà provvisoria
garante
--> to go/to stand bail for: rendersi garante per qualcuno
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4) DEFIANT (aggettivo)
insolente, provocatorio, spavaldo
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5) SINK (verbo)
affondare, andare a fondo
--> to sink into: sprofondare
--> to sink into depression: cadere in depressione
abbassarsi, scendere
--> the sun sank: il sole è tramontato
cadere, crollare, mandare a picco, rovinare
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6) CHEAT (sostantivo)
imbroglione, baro
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7) HANDFUL (sostantivo)
manciata
--> a handful of people: un gruppetto di persone
persona molto vivace, irrequieta
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8) SCATTY (aggettivo)
svitato, scervellato

DISCUSSION TOPIC 2
PRONUNCIATION & PHONETICS
(approx 50 words)
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Some time ago I didn't use phonetic symbols mainly because I didn't know how to read themand how to understand them. Time after time, with my english improving, I learned how do itand I think they are a great instrument for my english language study.