Warm up (6 min)

Practice your Country Speech with your Team Members

Session 7: Discussion Practice Based on Session 6 Proposals

In this session, you will take part in two short exercises to develop your proposal ideas from Session 6. You will discuss your proposals with students from different regions. Each exercise has a clear focus and goal.

🔹 Exercise 1: Clarify and Compare Proposals

Goal: Understand each other’s proposals and clarify ideas.

Instructions:

1. Each member presents the key points of their proposal (about 1 minute per person).

2. Listen carefully and ask questions to clarify details.
   Use expressions like:
   – “What exactly do you mean by...?”
   – “Can you give an example of that?”
   – “Why do you think that is the best solution?”
   ー"Your  writing style seems to be different from  others.  Let's fix it."
   ー"Your font is too big, let's make it small"
   
   

3. Identify any similarities or differences between your proposal and others.

4. Take notes.
   
   

🔹 Exercise 2: Connect, Combine, and Explain

Goal: Find ways to connect your ideas and prepare to explain them clearly.

Instructions:

1. Review the similarities and differences from Exercise 1.

2. Discuss if your ideas can be combined. If not, explain how they can support each other.

3. Open the shared Google Doc and work together to edit your proposal ideas.

4. After the discussion, think of or write a short explanation in English of what was discussed.
   Use the sentence frame below to help you:
   
   

Sentence Frame
“In today’s discussion, we talked about ___’s and ___’s proposals. Our ideas were (similar/different) because ___. We decided to (combine/support each other’s proposals) by ___. This will help make our proposal more realistic and collaborative.”

Next Step: Working Paper Writing

Next step is to make your ideas (concerns and solutions) into working paper.  There is not working paper sample available but we have official resolutions from past JUEMUN conferences. 

Here is a sample:

Check the archive to see a full list of resolutions. Use this guide to help you write better clauses for your group Working Paper.

✅ Preambular Clauses: Express the Problem or Background

- Use past actions, facts, or shared concerns

- Start with a participle or passive form (ex: Noting, Concerned, Recognizing, etc.)

- End with a comma ( , )

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🔸 Common Preambular Verbs

Verb     動詞のフルリストはこちら

Examples

Recognizing (that / noun phrase)

Recognizing the importance of water conservation,

Noting that

Noting that natural disasters have increased,

Concerned (that / about)

Concerned about rising youth unemployment,

Acknowledging (that / noun phrase)

Acknowledging previous UN efforts on SDG 13,

Recalling (that / noun phrase)

Recalling the UN Charter and past resolutions,

✅ Operative Clauses: Express the Solution or Action

- Use third-person singular present form of the verb (ex: Requests, Encourages, Supports)

- End with a semicolon ( ; )

- The last clause ends with a period ( . )

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  🔸 Common Operative Verbs

Verb　動詞のフルリストはこちら

Example

Encourages

Encourages Member States to cooperate on disaster relief;

Requests

Requests funding for rebuilding infrastructure;

Recommends

Recommends the creation of regional early-warning systems;

Supports

Supports educational programs for climate awareness;

Calls upon

Calls upon governments to promote sustainable tourism;

✏️ Grammar Tip Summary: Verb Forms

Clause Type                         Verb Form                                         Example

Preambular                          participle or adjective.                       Acknowledging  / Concerned about the issue,

Operative                             third person singular verb                  Requests further cooperation;

💡 How to Convert a Problem into a Clause

 🔸 Problem → Preambular Clause

Sample Problem: "Many tourists are not aware of local customs."
✅ Concerned about tourists’ lack of awareness of local customs,
✅ Noting with concern that many tourists disrespect local culture,

   🔸 Solution → Operative Clause

Sample Solution: "Provide information on local culture at airports."
✅ Recommends that airports provide cultural awareness materials;
✅ Requests that Member States support signage in multiple languages;

✅ Punctuation Reminder

Clause Type                                 Ending Punctuation

Preambular Clause                         Comma ( , )

Operative Clause (not last)             Semicolon ( ; )

Final Operative Clause                    Period ( . )

Assignment for the next session

1. Using the concerns written in the last class, write at least 2 preambular clauses and 2 operative clauses. Make sure that you write your country's name after the sentences.  (Example:
   Preambular
   Concerned about the lack of access to digital education in rural communities,

                             ✔「Concerned」= 状況に対する懸念を表す分詞で始める　(ed またはing, イタリック)　

　　　　　　　　　　代表的な動詞のバリエーションは↑を見てください。

 ✔「the lack of access to digital education」= 問題点を明確に

 ✔   カンマで終わる（ , ）

  Operative
        Recommends that Member States support the installation of internet hubs in rural schools;

✔「Recommends 」= 提案の基本形（that節をとる）

　　　　代表的な動詞のバリエーションは↑を見てください。

✔「support the installation of internet hubs」= 明確で実行可能なアクション

✔ セミコロンで終わる（ ; ）

2. Submit them to your assignment page in a WORD format and copy them to Google Docs

3. Check everybody's writing in Google Docs before coming to the class to comment or question.