ENGLISH 11
Unit 7: WORLD POPULATION
Lesson : Listening
I. Aim: Developing listening skill
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand about world population and improve knowledge through tasks.
III. Materials: Textbook, blackboard, cassette-player , CD,
IV. Anticipated proplems: Students may find it difficult to understand words and content of the lesson.
V. Procedure:
Luc Ngan high school No 4
Mr Vu Thanh Tung
Warm up
10 million
625 million
1300 million
2510 million
4760 million
6.6 billion
1. How fast did the population increase ?
2. Do you think that our world is overpopulation?
3. What continent has the largest population ?
Discussion
What are the bad aspects of the overpopulation?
What are the solutions to the problems?
Listen to the tape (once)
New words
Expert
Death rate
Rank (n)
Generation (n)
Illiteracy (n)
Medical care
Punishment policy
- Listen to the tape (twice)
Task 1: choose the best answer A, B, C, D for the following statements and question
The expert says that there are ………………. people in the world today.
Over 6.7 billion C. about 6.7 million
C. 6.7 billion D. 6.6 billion
2. According to the expert, the population of the world increases by……… a year.
66 million C. 76 billion
B. About 66 million D. about 76 million
A
D
3. According to the expert, the area that has the highest population growth rate is………………
A. Africa C. Latin America
B. Asia D. The Middle East
4. Scientists say that the main reason for population explosion is…………………..
death rates C. an increase in death rates
B. Birth rates D. a decrease in death rates
5. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned by the speaker?
literacy B. lack of hospitals and school
C. Shortage of food D. poor living condition
D
A
C
6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?

providing safe, inexpensive birth control methods.

B. educating people

C. Advising people to use birth control methods

D. Atrictly implementing a family planning policy


C
Task 2: Listen again and answer the following questions.

1. According to experts, what will the population of the world be by the year 2015 ?

2. What did the expert say about the population growth rate in some parts of the world ?


3. According to the expert, what is the reason for a fall in the death rates ?

According to experts, by the year 2015, the population of the world will be over 7 billion.
He said that the population growth rates in some parts of the world are not the same. The population grows more quickly in some parts of the world than others.
According to experts, the reason for the fall in the death rates is the improvement of puplic health services and medical care.
4. According to the expert, what problems does population explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing countries ?




5, How many solutions did the expert offer and what are they ?




Shortage of food, lack of hospitals and schools, illiteracy, and poor living conditions.
The expert offered 4 solutions. They are to educate people and make them aware of the danger of having more children, to provide safe, inexpensive birth control method, to trictly implement a family planning policy, and to exercise strict and fair reward and punishment policies.
After reading: Listen again
- Work in groups and summarise the main ideas of the passage.
- Homework:
- Prepare: Speaking
- Do exercises


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