Unit 3. Teen stress and pressure. Lesson 5. Skills 1

Saturday, October 13th , 2018

Unit 3: TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE
Lesson 5: SKILLS 1




Do you know what a child helpline is?
Discussion
A child helpline is a telecommunication support service for children and young people. It is free of charge. When you contact a helpline , often via telephone, you will get answer and someone from the helpline may even come directly to you to help.
+ counsel (v) : advise, instruct
+ sexual abuse (n) : sexually unfair, cruel or violent
treatment of somebody
+ emergency (n) sudden need demanding immediate
action
+ trafficking (n) buying and selling children …
illegally.
+ favourable condition : good condition
* Vocabulary
The Magic Number.
Magic Number 18001567 is a 24-hour toll-free service for counselling and protecting children and young adults in Viet Nam. The helpline was set up in 2004 by the government with support from Plan Vietnam, an international children`s development organization. By 2014, the helpline had received over 1.5 million calls from children and adults nationwide. Sixty-nine percent of the calls is coming from children and most callers were children in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups. The calls were mostly questions about family relationships, friendships, and physical and mental health. Moreover, nearly 3,000 cases of missing or abandoned children, or children who were suffering from violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse received emergency support. The helpline promotes child participation in its operations by involving children as peer communicators and decision makers .(A member of Child Helpline International, the Magic Number aims to create favorable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally. If you need support or advice, or know of someone who does, just dial 18001567!.

(The facts, figures, and photos in this text are provided by Plan Vietnam).
A. Reading
Ex 2: Answer the questions
What is Magic Number 18001567?

2. Which age groups have called the helpline most?

3. What were the calls mostly about?


4. Why have 3,000 calls received emergency support?


5. How does Magic Number promote child participation in its operations?


6. What is the aim of the helpline?

It`s a free service for counselling and protecting children and young adults in Viet Nam.
They were callers in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups.
The calls were mostly questions about family relationships, friendships, and
physical and mental health.
Because they were cases of missing or abandoned children, or children who
were suffering from violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse.
The helpline promotes child participation in its operations by involving children
as peer communicators and decision makers.
It aims to create favourable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally.
Ex 3. Read the text again and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).




You can call Magic Number anytime during the day or night.

2. The service and the telephone calls are free.

3. Only children can call the helpline.

4. The typical caller to Magic Number is a nine-year-old child.

5 .All decisions about the operation of the helpline are made by adults.

6. The service is available in all cities and provinces in Viet Nam.

T
F
F
F
T
T
Children and adults
Most child callers were in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups.
Children and adults
Study skill: Asking for advice

- What do you think I should do (about...)?
- What should I do?
- What would you do in this situation?
- Could you give me some advice (about...)?
- If you were me, what would you do?
- I wonder whether to... or...
- Do you know who to speak to about this?
B. Speaking
Ex 4. Listen to two students calling a child helpline and complete the notes. Then use the notes to role-play the callers.
Caller 1
Caller:�
Feeling now:��
Problem:�


Question:�
Caller 2�
Caller:�

Feeling now:�

Problem:�


Question:�
girl, from Ha Noi, last year of high school�
a bit depressed and confused
wants to be a designer; but her parents want
her to be a doctor
doesn`t know what to say to her parents
boy, named Long, 13 years old, from Ho Chi Minh City
worried�
online friend asked for 5 million dong; said if he refused to give it, his life would be difficult

wonders whether to tell somebody about this
Listening
Caller 1 (girl ) Hi, I’m from ha Noi . I’m in my last year of high school. I’m feeling a bit depressed about my situation. I’ve been studying really hard to satisfy my parents and have always had good grades. But last week, they said that they didn’t want me to go to Arts School to be a designer. They want me to be a doctor. I feel confused… T don’t know what to say to my parents .
Caller 2( boy ) My name is Long . I’m 13 and I’m from Ho Chi Minh City . I made a friend playing on line games, and we’ve met several times in real life to play video games in internet cafés. Last week he told me he needed 5 million dong and asked if I could help him. I said no, but two days ago, he said he would make my life difficult if I didn’t give him the money . I’m a bit worried. Should I tell somebody about this ?
Ex 5. Look at 2 A CLOSER LOOK 1. Imagine you are one of these students. You want to call the Magic Number helpline to ask for help. What do you say? Your partner listens and takes notes.
Remember to:
• briefly introduce yourself (you can choose
whether to say your name and address or not)
• describe your problem/dilemma
• ask for help
* Suggested problems
+ My name is Hoa, and I live in Pleiku. Recently I have encountered some problems. One of them is that I feel worried when I have to wait for the bus in that neighbourhood after my evening class. It’s so quiet and dark there. I wonder whether to ask the local authority to install light poles along that road or not.
+ My name`s Nam. I`m from Ho Chi Minh City and I`m in the last year of high school. Yesterday, one of my classmates forced me to do his homework for him. I said no as I thought it wasn`t fair. But he said if I didn`t do it, he would make my life difficult. I’m a bit worried, and I don`t know what to do. If you were me, what would you do?
C. Homework:
Write your dilemma at home and learn it by heart.
Prepare Unit 3: Skills 2.
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