WELCOME TO CLASS 11A2
UNIT 7 WORLD POPULATION
B. SPEAKING
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A
B
1, How many children are there in the picture A,B
2, Are they poor or rich?
3, Is this family happy or unhappy?
VOCABULARY
1, Overpopulation (n) sự đông dân quá mức
2, Religion (n) tôn giáo
3, Encourage sb to do sth (v) khuyến khích ai làm gì
4, Insurance (n) bảo hiểm
5, Living conditions (n) điều kiện sống
6, Living standards (n) mức sống
7, Raise awareness of sth (v) nâng cao nhận thức về
8, Reward and punishment policy (n) chính sách thưởng và phạt
9, Family planning (n) kế hoạch hóa gia đình
10, Birth control method (n) p.p hạn chế sinh đẻ
Task 1 Work in pairs. Below are some of the causes of population explosion. Put them in order of importance and explain why.
Fewer children die at birth.

People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation.

People are not properly educated.

People believe that having many children means happiness.

Region doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children.

Many people believe that having a large family is a form of insurance.
Suggested answers
1. People are not properly educated.
2. People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation.
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. Region doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children.
Task 2 Work in pairs. List the problems facing poor and overpopulated countries. Then report your results to the class.
Useful language:
Poor living conditions
Low living standards
Not enough food
Lack/ Shortage of : school/ hospital/ teacher/ doctor/ nurse
Unemployment
Poverty
Illiteracy
Traffic problems
Population
Damage natural resources
Social evils…
Some problems
Task 3 Work in groups. Work out the solutions to the problems of overpopulation. Report your results to the class.
Useful language:
Raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation.
Raise living standards.
Exercise/ implement reward and punishment policies
Carry out population education programmes
Carry out family planning programmes.
Use birth control methods.
Task 4 Work in groups. Talk about the problems of overpopulation and offer solutions, using the results of Task 2 and 3
Signal transitions:
Frist/ firstly, second/ secondly, next…
On the other hand…
Beside, moreover, in addition…
The first problem is that…
To solve this problem, government should…
Home work
Do task 4 in the notebook.
Write some causes of overpopulation in Vietnam.
Thank you for your attention