Watch a video and answer the questions
What is the video about?
Why do some couples prefer a son to a girl?
3. What should we do to help the girls?
GENDER EQUALITY
UNIT 6
GETTING STARTED
1. Who do you see in the picture?
2. Where do you think they are?
3. What are they doing?
Activity 1: Listen and read
Gender /`dʤendə/ (n)
The condition of being male or female
Equal /`i:kwəl/ (adj)
Enrol /in`roul/ (n)
Discrimination/dis,krimi`neiʃn/ (n)
Eliminate /i`limineit/ (v)
Rural /`ruərəl/ (adj)
VOCABULARY
- gender /`dʤendə/ (n): giới tính
- equal /`i:kwəl/ (adj): ngang bằng
- enrol /in`roul/ (n): đăng ký
- discrimination /dis,krimi`neiʃn/ (n): phân biệt, đối xử
- rural /`ruərəl/ (adj): thuộc nông thôn
- eliminate /i`limineit/ (v): xóa bỏ
Activity 2: Read the conversation again. Decide if the following statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG). Tick the correct boxes.
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Activity 3. Read the conversation again and answer the question.
1. What was the enrolment rate in sub-Saharan African in 2010?

2. Why can’t girls go to school according to Quang ?

3. What is the enrolment rate in school in Viet Nam?


4. Who earns more college degrees in Viet Nam?
Only 82 girls enrolled per 100 boys in secondary school.
Because they might be forced to work at home and in the field
There are slightly more boys than girls in both primary and secondary schools.
Women do
5. Why should gender discrimination be eliminated?
It should be eliminated so that everyone has equal opportunities in education.
HOMEWORK
1. Learn by heart the words.
2. Prepare for the next lesson.