Unit 7. World population

Ex: A: I think the most important cause of population explosion is that People believe that having many children means happiness because….. Work in groups, talk about the problems of o

Welcome the

teachers

to our class.

UNIT 7:

WORLD POPULATION

Lesson : Speaking

The man having 18 wives and he has 92 children

He plans to have 100 children at the age of 68 in 2015

Task 1

Task

1

1 Fewer children die at birth

2 People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation.

3 People are not properly educated

4 People believe that having many children means happiness.

5 Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children.

6 Many people believe that having a large family is a form of

insurance.

Work in pairs Find the most important cause of overpopulation Explain why.

Ex:

A: I think the most important cause of population explosion is that

People believe that having many children means happiness because….

B: No, I don’t agree It must be that people are not aware of the problem of overpopulation because…

There are many people living together in a very small house in poor living condition.

Work in groups, talk about the problems of overpopulation

Task 2

a poor living conditions.

b low living standards

c lack of food / shortage of water

Main problems:

1 Hunger, poverty, and poor living conditions

2 Lack / shortage of food, houses, schools, hospitals…

3 Illiteracy

4 Social problems: unemployment, pollution, resources devastation, traffic problem, …

Poor living condition

Low living standards

Lack of food

Pollution

Traffic jam

Unemployment Shortage of water

Crime Illiteracy Epidemic

Task 3

Match the verbs and the suitable PHRASES TO MAKE CORRECT EXPRESSIONS.

- family planning programmes.

- birth control methods.

- free family planning services

use/ provide

Useful language

Useful language

Thi hànhChính sách thưởng

và phạt

Match the verbs and the suitable PHRASES TO MAKE CORRECT EXPRESSIONS.

- family planning programmes.

- birth control methods.

- free family planning services

use/ provide

Useful language

Task 3: Work out the solutions to the problems of population.

- reward and strict punishment policies

- population education programs

- family planning programmes

Use/ provide - birth control methods

- free family planning services

Ex: We should raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation and…

3.Implement a family planning policy.

4.Exercise strict and fair reward and punishment

policies

5.Raise living standard

Suggested outline

I- Introduction: - greeting and introduce yourself.

- raise the topic: “today I’m going to talk to you about the problems of overpopulation and the solutions to them.”

III- conclusion:

Summarize the topic and thank.

Task 4: Talk about the problems of overpopulation and offer

solutions, using the results of task 2 and 3.

Useful language

Transition signals : firstly, the first, second…

Also, besides, moreover, in addition, furthermore ,

Hello, everybody I’m _ today I’m going to talk to you about the problems of overpopulation and the solutions to them.”

Nowadays, many countries are facing up to overpopulation-serious problem Because it leads to lots of results The first one is shortage of food as well as low living standards And another result of overpopulation is poor living conditions

We understand the danger of problem, we should find the way to solve them We should carry out family planning programs, birth control methods Besides we exercise reward and punishment policies

Model

More discussion

Discuss in groups about the population problems in Vietnam.

1 What is the population of Vietnam now?

2 Which order in the world does Vietnam rank in population?

3 What problems are Vietnam facing ?

4 What should we do to solve the problems of

Vietnam?

1 Write a paragraph talking about the overpopulation problems in Vietnam and offer solutions.

2 Prepare for the next lesson

homework