Unit 7- Speaking

In your opinion, What are the causes to the overpopulation/ population explosion?... - People are not aware of the problem of over population.. - People believe that having many childr

UNIT 7

WORLD POPULATION

PART B -SPEAKING

Answer the following questions

 1 How many children do your parents

have?

 2 Do your parents want to have more or fewer? Why?

 3 In your opinion, What are the causes

to the overpopulation/ population

explosion?

Task 1

 Put the causes to population explosion in order of importance and explain why.

- Fewer children die at birth

- People are not aware of the problem of over population

- People are not properly educated

- People believe that having many children

means happiness

- Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children

Suggested answer:

 1 People are not properly educated

 2 People are not aware of the problem of over

population

 3 Fewer children die at birth

 4 Many people believe that having a large family

is a form of insurance

 5 People believe that having many children means happiness

 6 Religion doesn’t encourage people to have

fewer children

Task 2: List the problems facing poor and overpopulated countries

 Useful language:

 Poor living conditions

 Low living standards

 Not enough food

 Lack/ shortage of school/

hospital/teacher/doctor/nurse

Suggested answer:

 - Poor living conditions

 - Low living standards

 - Not enough food

 - Lack/ shortage of school/

hospital/teacher/doctor/nurse

Task 3: Work out the solutions to the problems of overpopulation

 Useful language:

- Raise an awareness of the problems

of over population

living standards

- exercise/implement reward and

punishment policy

- carry out population education

programmes

Suggested answer:

- Raise an awareness of the problems

of over population

- Raise the people’s living standards

- Exercise/implement reward and punishment policy

- Carry out population education

programmes

- Carry out family planning programmes

- Use birth control methods

Task 4 : Talk about the problems of

overpopulation and offer solutions.

 Useful expressions:

Overpopulation is really a problem that faces poor

and overpopulated countries It brings about a lot of results that worry all of us.

First of all / firstly/first….

Second / Next…

Also, besides, moreover, in addition, furthermore

In addition to that………

The first problem is that………

Thank you for your attention!!