Module 6: ASEAN Legal Aspects

Table of Contents

Reading Text & Presentaion

PRESENTATION 1

6.1.2 Legal Aspects of the ASEAN Economic Community

Concepts

Objectives
  1. We can use wh-questions to get details out of a reading text.
  2. Complex sentences represent a complex idea with a main clause and subordinate clause(s).
  3. The subordinate conjunction in a complex sentence signifies the move of ideas in a sentence.
  4. Pronoun referents help understand the reading texts.
  5. Useful vocabulary and expressions can help us in reading fluently.

After studying this section, students will be able to

  1. give details of a given reading text.
  2. identify the main idea and supporting idea in a sentence.
  3. explain the meaning of subordinate conjunction in a given reading text.
  4. identify which word a pronoun referent is referring to.
  5. use vocabulary and expressions appropriately in a given text.

INTRODUCTION
In interacting among the ASEAN Community, especially in the ASEAN Economic Community, one needs to be aware of certain legal aspects.
The following reading gives an overview of the legal aspects.

 

PRESENTATION

SECTION 6.1.2
Legal Aspects of the ASEAN Economic Community

 

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Free flow in

 
Laws involved
Services

The ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) governs intra-ASEAN trade in services.
Investment

The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) governs intra-ASEAN investment
Capital

The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) governs the ASEAN Free Trade Area for intra-ASEAN trade in goods.
Labour

Labor laws within each country.

 

Language Focus 6.1.2

Language Focus 5-9

Activity 6.1.2

Activity 10

6.2.1 Free flow of skilled labor: seven professions and rules and regulations