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Unit 13 Lesson 2
Women have rights too
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• looked at some illustrations
• interpreted a table and answered questions based on it
• read a passage and filled in blanks by listening to your teacher
• done an exercise with prefixes
• written an analysis of a diagram
A Look at the following illustrations. Work in pairs. In each case talk about what rights the woman is being denied.
• If you don't have a son this time I am going to marry again.
• You are getting married this month. You can continue studies if your in-laws wish.
• Where is the dowry your father promised? Go get it or don't come back.
Picture
B Read the following table and answer the questions that follow.
Adult literacy rate
Primary
school enrolment ratio 1990-1996 Secondary
school enrolment ratio 1990-1996
1980
1995
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Bangladesh 41 17 49 26 74 64 28 14
India 55 25 66 38 88 72 59 38
Pakistan 38 15 50 24 80 36 33 17
United States 99 99 - -- 96 97 97 98
1 Among the countries given 'which country has the lowest female literacy rate?
2 Is there any difference in the female literacy rate of developing and developed countries?
3 Has there been any sharp increase in the female literacy rate in the developing
countries?
4 Is there any difference in the number of females enrolling in secondary schools in the developed and developing countries?
C Read the following passage. Then listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks.
Women in our society have always been considered subservient to men. The majority of houses are - dominated, usually by husbands and women most often have no say in -. Their opinion is considered unnecessary even in such important issues as the number of - they would like to have, education of their children, - of their sons and daughters, issues of finance and property or even second marriage of their -. In many households they are beaten up by the husbands or maltreated by the -, but their miseries go unnoticed because women lack - of their rights and do nor know how and where to seek justice. To protect their rights the government has introduced the Women and Children's Repression Act -.
What do you think happens when these women suddenly find themselves -of the family through -, divorce, or abandonment by their husbands and with no education or - support? To make matters worse they also have the extra burden of supporting children and - as well. There exist very few employment opportunities for uneducated, unskilled women and - for such women is much less than those for men. Despite these facts, 18,500,000 women in the rural areas and 2,800,000 women in the - areas are engaged in income - activities, supporting themselves and their families.
(Source; The Labour-force Survey 1995-96, Statistical Yearbook 1998).
D Write the following in words:
8,500,000 ........................... 2,800,000 ............
E Write the opposite of the following words from the text above using un-, in-, non-
awareness, exist, important, noticed, skilled, justice, necessary, decision, financial, protected, usually, beaten, active.
F Look at the diagram below. Notice the direction of the arrows and try to understand the connections. Then write an interpretation of this table in the form of a paragraph.
Educated Girl
• Marries later
• Has fewer childeren
• Seeks medical attention sooner for herself and her children
• Provides better care and nutrition for herself and her children
• Lower total fertility rate
• Higher probability of survival for herself and her children
• Better learning/education
(Source: S. Mehrotra & R. Jolly eds. Development with a Human Face)
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
writing,
listening. Functions.
Interpreting graphs and tables,
transferring information
into a different format.
Grammar/Structure.
Cause-effect,
uses of prefixes.
Vocabulary.
subservient,
maltreated, repression,
abandonment.
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Unit 13 Lesson 2
Women have rights too
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• looked at some illustrations
• interpreted a table and answered questions based on it
• read a passage and filled in blanks by listening to your teacher
• done an exercise with prefixes
• written an analysis of a diagram
A Look at the following illustrations. Work in pairs. In each case talk about what rights the woman is being denied.
• If you don't have a son this time I am going to marry again.
• You are getting married this month. You can continue studies if your in-laws wish.
• Where is the dowry your father promised? Go get it or don't come back.
Picture
B Read the following table and answer the questions that follow.
Adult literacy rate
Primary
school enrolment ratio 1990-1996 Secondary
school enrolment ratio 1990-1996
1980
1995
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Bangladesh 41 17 49 26 74 64 28 14
India 55 25 66 38 88 72 59 38
Pakistan 38 15 50 24 80 36 33 17
United States 99 99 - -- 96 97 97 98
1 Among the countries given 'which country has the lowest female literacy rate?
2 Is there any difference in the female literacy rate of developing and developed countries?
3 Has there been any sharp increase in the female literacy rate in the developing
countries?
4 Is there any difference in the number of females enrolling in secondary schools in the developed and developing countries?
C Read the following passage. Then listen to your teacher and fill in the blanks.
Women in our society have always been considered subservient to men. The majority of houses are - dominated, usually by husbands and women most often have no say in -. Their opinion is considered unnecessary even in such important issues as the number of - they would like to have, education of their children, - of their sons and daughters, issues of finance and property or even second marriage of their -. In many households they are beaten up by the husbands or maltreated by the -, but their miseries go unnoticed because women lack - of their rights and do nor know how and where to seek justice. To protect their rights the government has introduced the Women and Children's Repression Act -.
What do you think happens when these women suddenly find themselves -of the family through -, divorce, or abandonment by their husbands and with no education or - support? To make matters worse they also have the extra burden of supporting children and - as well. There exist very few employment opportunities for uneducated, unskilled women and - for such women is much less than those for men. Despite these facts, 18,500,000 women in the rural areas and 2,800,000 women in the - areas are engaged in income - activities, supporting themselves and their families.
(Source; The Labour-force Survey 1995-96, Statistical Yearbook 1998).
D Write the following in words:
8,500,000 ........................... 2,800,000 ............
E Write the opposite of the following words from the text above using un-, in-, non-
awareness, exist, important, noticed, skilled, justice, necessary, decision, financial, protected, usually, beaten, active.
F Look at the diagram below. Notice the direction of the arrows and try to understand the connections. Then write an interpretation of this table in the form of a paragraph.
Educated Girl
• Marries later
• Has fewer childeren
• Seeks medical attention sooner for herself and her children
• Provides better care and nutrition for herself and her children
• Lower total fertility rate
• Higher probability of survival for herself and her children
• Better learning/education
(Source: S. Mehrotra & R. Jolly eds. Development with a Human Face)
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
writing,
listening. Functions.
Interpreting graphs and tables,
transferring information
into a different format.
Grammar/Structure.
Cause-effect,
uses of prefixes.
Vocabulary.
subservient,
maltreated, repression,
abandonment.