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Unit 15 Lesson 2
How education can help
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• commented on information in a chart
• discussed how illiteracy retards social development
• read a passage about the function of education in social development
• practised conditional statements
• discussed the role of students it; social service
A Charpara is a typical village in Bangladesh, Most of the people here are poor and illiterate. Look at the chart below and comment on their literacy rate.
Total Population Number of Literate People Number of Illiterate People
Male- 1050 Female -950 Male - 300
Female- 100 Male - 750
Female - 850
Now discuss in pairs how illiteracy hampers social development. Make at least three suggestions about how illiteracy may be overcome.
B Read the following passage about the function of education in social development.
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people's inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
Now discuss in pairs the following.
1 Why are most people in Bangladesh uneducated? How is poverty both a cause and an effect of illiteracy?
2 What would happen if all people were educated?
3 How can an educated person live a healthy and planned life?
4 Give some examples of superstitious beliefs prevailing in your society.
5 How can education give us a better life?
C Look at the following conditional sentence and notice its structure.
If they were educated, they could live a healthy life.
Now write at least 10 sentences of this pattern. Remember, this kind of sentence refers to the imaginary future.
D Discuss in pairs what social service you as students can offer to your community in your spare time. Make a list of activities you can do.
Focus:
Skills.
Discussion
reading.
writing. Functions.
Making suggestions
listing.
Grammar/Structure.
Second conditional sentence.
Vocabulary.
attribute
inaccessibility,
sanitation, awareness.
prerequisite.
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Unit 15 Lesson 2
How education can help
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• commented on information in a chart
• discussed how illiteracy retards social development
• read a passage about the function of education in social development
• practised conditional statements
• discussed the role of students it; social service
A Charpara is a typical village in Bangladesh, Most of the people here are poor and illiterate. Look at the chart below and comment on their literacy rate.
Total Population Number of Literate People Number of Illiterate People
Male- 1050 Female -950 Male - 300
Female- 100 Male - 750
Female - 850
Now discuss in pairs how illiteracy hampers social development. Make at least three suggestions about how illiteracy may be overcome.
B Read the following passage about the function of education in social development.
Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people's inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social development.
Now discuss in pairs the following.
1 Why are most people in Bangladesh uneducated? How is poverty both a cause and an effect of illiteracy?
2 What would happen if all people were educated?
3 How can an educated person live a healthy and planned life?
4 Give some examples of superstitious beliefs prevailing in your society.
5 How can education give us a better life?
C Look at the following conditional sentence and notice its structure.
If they were educated, they could live a healthy life.
Now write at least 10 sentences of this pattern. Remember, this kind of sentence refers to the imaginary future.
D Discuss in pairs what social service you as students can offer to your community in your spare time. Make a list of activities you can do.
Focus:
Skills.
Discussion
reading.
writing. Functions.
Making suggestions
listing.
Grammar/Structure.
Second conditional sentence.
Vocabulary.
attribute
inaccessibility,
sanitation, awareness.
prerequisite.