UNIT 7

WORLD POPULATION

PART B -SPEAKING
Answer the following questions
1. How many children do your parents have?
2. Do your parents want to have more or fewer? Why?
3. In your opinion, What are the causes to the overpopulation/ population explosion?
Task 1
Put the causes to population explosion in order of importance and explain why.
Fewer children die at birth.
People are not aware of the problem of over population.
People are not properly educated.
People believe that having many children means happiness.
Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children.
- Many people believe that having a large family is a form of insurance.


Suggested answer:
1. People are not properly educated.
2. People are not aware of the problem of over population.
3. Fewer children die at birth.
4. Many people believe that having a large family is a form of insurance.
5. People believe that having many children means happiness.
6. Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children.

Task 2: List the problems facing poor and overpopulated countries.
Useful language:
Poor living conditions
Low living standards
Not enough food
Lack/ shortage of school/
hospital/teacher/doctor/nurse
Suggested answer:
- Poor living conditions
- Low living standards
- Not enough food
- Lack/ shortage of school/ hospital/teacher/doctor/nurse
Task 3: Work out the solutions to the problems of overpopulation.
Useful language:
- Raise an awareness of the problems
of over population
living standards.
- exercise/implement reward and
punishment policy
- carry out population education
programmes
family planning programmes
- use birth control methods.
Suggested answer:
- Raise an awareness of the problems of over population
- Raise the people’s living standards.
- Exercise/implement reward and punishment policy
- Carry out population education
programmes
- Carry out family planning programmes
- Use birth control methods.

Task 4 : Talk about the problems of overpopulation and offer solutions.
Useful expressions:
Overpopulation is really a problem that faces poor and overpopulated countries. It brings about a lot of results that worry all of us.
First of all / firstly/first….
Second / Next…..
Also, besides, moreover, in addition, furthermore
In addition to that………
The first problem is that………
The next solution is that…..
Finally…………
Thank you for your attention!!