U7B - E11

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION

LESSON:SPEAKING
Vocabulary:
Standard (n)
Insurance (n)
Implement (v)
Birth control (n)
Reward (n)
Punishment (n)
Religion (n)
Policy (n)
Tiêu chuẩn
Sự bảo hiểm
Thi hành
Sự sinh đẻ có kế hoạch
Sự thưởng
Sự trừng phạt
Tôn giáo
Chính sách
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Giving opinion
In my opinion…
As for me…
As far as I am concern…
From my point of view, I think…
It would seem/appear to me that…
Task 1. Work in pairs. Below are some of the cause of population explosion. Put them in order of importance and explain why.
 Fewer children die at birth.
 People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation.
 People are not properly educated.
 People believe that having many children means happiness.
 Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fever children.
 Many people believe that having a large family is a form of insurance.
Task 2. Work in pairs. List the problems facing poor and overpopulated countries. Then report your results to the class.

Useful language:
poor living condition
low living standards
not enough food
Lack/ shortage of School/ hospital/
teacher/ doctor/ nurse
Task3. work in groups. Work out the solutions to the problems of overpopulation. Report your results to the class.
Useful language:

Raise an awareness of the problems
of overpopulation
Living standard

Exercise/implement reward and punishment
policies

Carry out population education programmes


Use birth control methods.
family planning programmes
Task 4: work in groups. Talk about the problems of overpopulation and offer solutions, using the results of tasks 2 and 3.
That ‘s enough for today