Nong cong 4 HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher in charge: Nguyen Thi Oanh
Who are they?

1. Most of them are in remote and mountainous areas?
2. In 2000 they took about 6 % of Vietnam population
3. They can’t read and write

They are illiterate people


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Look at the picture and discuss some folllowing questions.




1. Is the teacher in the picture a professional teacher?
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2. Who come to attend this class?
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3. Are they the shame age?
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4. Where do they live?
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5. What are they doing?
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Vocabulary

1. eradicate (v)
2. illiteracy (n)
3. literacy (n)
4. relevant (adj)
5. decrease (v)
6. rate (n)

Task 1: Find the Vietnamese equivalent to the following expressions.

Universalisation of Primary Education:
............
2. The Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion:
............
illiteracy eradication:
............
4. farming techniques:
............
family planing:
............

Task 2: Which of the choices A, B, C, or D most adequately sums up the whole passage?


The programe of “ Universalisation of Primary Education” in Vietnam
Illiteracy rate in Vietnam
Ethnic minority students’ education programme
The fight against illiteracy

B
C
D
A
1
2
3
1
2
3
Task 3: Answer the questions.
1. What was the rate of illiteracy in Vietnam in 2000?
It was 94% of the population.
2. What campaign was started by the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion?
The campaign for illiteracy eradication
3. How many students participated in the campaign in 2000 and how many in 2001?
600 students in 2000 and 800 students in 2001
4. What did students do to help eradicate illiteracy?
They voluntarily spent their vacations teaching ethnic minority illiterate people to read and write
5. What will heppen if more and more people take part in the struggle against illiteracy?
Illiteracy will soon be eradicated
Work in groups. Ask and answer the following questions

1. Are there any illiterate people in your village?
2. Are they the children or the old?
3. What do you think we should do to help them read and write?
Suggested answer for the question 3

- prepare the relevant material for them
- teach them the alphabet
- teach them spell then read and write

Homework

- Write a short paragraph about the things you do to help decrease the rate of illiterate people in your village.