Session 8

Warm Up

Practice your country speech with your group members

Session 8: Informal Meeting Simulation
(Committees & Regional Blocs)

Working Paper Simulation: Task-Based Speaking Activities

These activities help you improve your preambular and operative clauses through speaking and writing tasks.
You will focus on form, meaning, and collaboration. Use the scaffold phrases to help you.

1️⃣　Format Check: Spot the Formatting Mistakes

Goal: Identify problems in the form of the clause, not just the content.

Example (with several mistakes):
❌ recommends that member states provide internet access for education;

Task: What’s wrong? Talk with your partner and try to fix it.

Scaffold – What to Check:

• Is clause starter capitalized (Recommends, Concerned)?

•  Is "member states" capitalized correctly?

• Is the sentence written with Times New Roman, Font size 12?

• Is the first word properly Italicized for an operative clause?

• Is "semi-colon" Okay at the end of operative sentence?
  
  2️⃣ Information Gap: Complete the Clause (Pair Work)

Goal: Share missing information and complete a clause together.

How to Do It:

• Student A and Student B each have part of a clause.

• Ask each other questions to complete the full clause.
  
  

Example:
👤 Student A: Concerned about the lack of ____________ in rural areas,
👤 Student B: ____________ that Member States provide internet and digital education platforms;

Scaffold – Useful Questions:

• “What word is missing here?”

• “Can you tell me what goes in this blank?”

• “Do you think it’s about education or health?”
  
  

3️⃣ Clause Matching: Combine Similar Ideas

Goal: Read two preambular clauses and combine them into one stronger clause.

Clauses to Match:

• A: Recognizing the importance of digital literacy in sustainable tourism,

• B: Deeply concerned about the lack of internet access for students in tourism areas,
  
  

📝 Task: Write one preambular clause that includes both ideas. 

Scaffold – An example of combined sentence:

• Recognizing that students in tourism areas need better internet access,
  
  

4️⃣ Grammar Fix: Find and Correct the Mistake

Goal: Improve your grammar and clause structure.

Incorrect Clause:
❌ Calls upon the Member State provide technical assistances for water infrastructure.

Your Task: Find and fix the grammar and form problems.

Scaffold – Checklist:
✅ Does the verb have the correct form? (e.g. provides → to provide)
✅ Is the noun countable/uncountable? (assistances → assistance)
✅ Does the clause end with a semicolon?

✅ Correct Version (example): Calls upon Member States to provide technical assistance for water infrastructure;

5️⃣　Conflict Check: Can These Clauses Work Together?

Goal: Identify and discuss conflicting proposals between countries.

Clauses from Three Countries:

🇦 Country A: Requests that all Member States reduce tourism in ecologically sensitive areas;

🇧 Country B: Recommends promoting tourism in mountain areas to increase local income;

🇨 Country C: Encourages development of eco-tourism in highland national parks;

🗣️ Task: Do these clauses conflict with each other? Why or why not?
Can you rewrite them to agree?

Scaffold – Discussion Starters:

• “This sounds different from ___ because…”

• “Maybe we can change the word reduce to manage or limit.”

• “Can we combine ________ and __________ ideas?”

Real Working Paper Exercise

🎯 Purpose

In this session, you will simulate informal meetings in committees and regional blocs, using Google Docs.
You will share your draft clauses in Google Docs, negotiate ideas, and create a shared plan.
This is important practice before the Conference.

🧭 Activity Steps

🔹 Step 1: Share Your Clauses

Time: 10–15 minutes

1. Each student reads their own 2 preambular and 2 operative clauses.

2. Other members ask questions to check meaning.

3. Take notes on similar or related ideas.
   
   

Useful Phrases

• “My clause says that…”

• “I wrote: Concerned about…”

• “Can you explain that in a different way?”

• “What do you mean by (word, phrase or sentences) ?”

🔹 Step 2: Group Similar Clauses

Time: 10 minutes

1. As a group, find common topics (e.g., education, disaster relief, tourism).

2. Put similar clauses into groups.

3. Choose the strongest clause for each group.

Useful Phrases

• “Your idea is close to mine.”

• “Let’s put these in the same group.”

• “This one sounds clear. Let’s use it.”
  
  

🔹 Step 3: Negotiate and Improve Clauses

Time: 20–25 minutes

Now work together to improve your selected clauses. Make them more specific, realistic, and diplomatic.

🛠 Part A: Make Clauses More Specific

• Add how, where, who, or why to make the meaning clearer.

• Think about real examples or actions that your region can take.
  
  

Examples

• ❌ Too general: Requests action for education.

• ✅ Better: Requests that Member States provide digital learning tools for rural schools in Southeast Asia;
  
  

Useful Phrases

• “Can we add more detail to this?”

• “Who should do this?”

• “How can we make this realistic for our region?”
  
  

🌐 Part B: Search for Better Wording

• Use phones or laptops to search UN resolutions or SDG-related phrases.

• Find and borrow good expressions from the UN or MUN websites.
  
  

Search Tips

• “UN resolution + [your topic]”

• “UN SDG + [keyword]”

• UN Resolution Database
  
  

Useful Phrases for Discussion

• “The UN says: Supports capacity-building... Can we use that?”

• “Let’s change help to support or facilitate.”

• “This phrase sounds more official.”
  
  

🔹 Step 4: Report Your Group’s Clauses

Time: 10 minutes

1. Choose one speaker (or two).

2. Report your team’s top 2–3 improved clauses to the whole class or another group.
   
   

Useful Phrases

• “We chose these clauses for our resolution.”

• “First, we are Deeply concerned about...”

• “Then, we Recommend that...”

• “We think these actions are realistic and effective.”