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Unit 9 Lesson 8
True education
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• read some texts
• answered some questions
• given some statistical information
• written a paragraph
A Read the following.
A century ago the world's population was only about 1.7 billion. Today it is approximately 5.7 billion. It is said that world population is growing at the rate of nearly 100 million people a year. Sociologists think that with time there will not be enough food and shelter for all, let alone education. But we believe that advancement means development and development is not possible without education. Education is the yardstick of development. Education perhaps has to be redefined. It is not only getting degrees from schools, colleges and universities but something more, something deeper, something more lasting, more humane.
Some of the statements below are true and some false. Work with your partner to identify each and correct the false ones.
1 The world population is growing at a fast rate.
2 Sociologists are concerned with education only.
3 Education needs to be understood in a wider perspective.
4 Obtaining degrees is the prime objective of education.
5 Development and education go hand in hand.
B Work in pairs and try to guess the total population and rate of literacy of some countries. When you have finished, your teacher will give you the figures.
Country
Bangladesh
Britain
China
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka Population
Rate of literacy
C Read in pairs and discuss what you understand by the quotation below.
Rudyard Kipling
"Yours is the world and everything in it. What is more - you 'II be a Man, my son!"
Work in pairs and decide on some characteristics of "being a man".
Why is the writer saying that being a man is more important than anything else?
D Read the following.
Our survival and the quality of our survival depend on the quality of the
environment we maintain. If everyone starts today, we can make the world a
better place. Our motto can be to leave the world a better place than we had found
it.
Work in groups of three to plan and write a paragraph of about 100 words on how education can help us "leave the world a better place than we had found it".
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
writing,
speaking.
Functions.
Guessing, expanding ideas.
Grammar/Structure.
Modal verbs: may, will, should.
Vocabulary.
humane, motto, survival.
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Unit 9 Lesson 8
True education
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• read some texts
• answered some questions
• given some statistical information
• written a paragraph
A Read the following.
A century ago the world's population was only about 1.7 billion. Today it is approximately 5.7 billion. It is said that world population is growing at the rate of nearly 100 million people a year. Sociologists think that with time there will not be enough food and shelter for all, let alone education. But we believe that advancement means development and development is not possible without education. Education is the yardstick of development. Education perhaps has to be redefined. It is not only getting degrees from schools, colleges and universities but something more, something deeper, something more lasting, more humane.
Some of the statements below are true and some false. Work with your partner to identify each and correct the false ones.
1 The world population is growing at a fast rate.
2 Sociologists are concerned with education only.
3 Education needs to be understood in a wider perspective.
4 Obtaining degrees is the prime objective of education.
5 Development and education go hand in hand.
B Work in pairs and try to guess the total population and rate of literacy of some countries. When you have finished, your teacher will give you the figures.
Country
Bangladesh
Britain
China
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka Population
Rate of literacy
C Read in pairs and discuss what you understand by the quotation below.
Rudyard Kipling
"Yours is the world and everything in it. What is more - you 'II be a Man, my son!"
Work in pairs and decide on some characteristics of "being a man".
Why is the writer saying that being a man is more important than anything else?
D Read the following.
Our survival and the quality of our survival depend on the quality of the
environment we maintain. If everyone starts today, we can make the world a
better place. Our motto can be to leave the world a better place than we had found
it.
Work in groups of three to plan and write a paragraph of about 100 words on how education can help us "leave the world a better place than we had found it".
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
writing,
speaking.
Functions.
Guessing, expanding ideas.
Grammar/Structure.
Modal verbs: may, will, should.
Vocabulary.
humane, motto, survival.