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Unit 15 Lesson 3

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Unit 15 Lesson 3
Work all, prosper all

Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• discussed odd jobs and self-employment
• read a passage about women's participation in an income-generating activity
• written some conditional sentences
• asked questions for given answers in an interview
• drafted a dialogue
A All young people want a job. If you are active and innovative, you might find something worth doing. Discuss in pairs some ways and means of earning money if you do not get a job after finishing your education. Remember, no work is beneath your dignity as long as it is fair and honest.
B Read the following passage on women's participation in income - generating activities.
Working opportunities for women are very few in rural areas of Bangladesh. They usually spend their time doing their household chores. The ILO recently started a project titled "Technologies for Rural Employment with Special Reference to Women and Sustainable Development". The aim of this project is to impart training to rural women in various activities and make them self-reliant.
Sakhina Begum is a beneficiary of this project. She attended a training course on food processing at the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakhina has two school-going children. Her husband is a rickshaw-puller who does not earn enough to support the family and pay for the children's education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina learnt how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items. Along with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is now producing these items and selling them in the local market. With the proceeds, she is now able to add to her family income. If they continue doing their work, Sakhina and other women working with her will surely see happier days with the new employment opportunities created by the ILO project.
Now discuss the following questions in pairs.
1 What is ILO? What do you know about it?
2 What is the aim of the ILO project mentioned in the passage?
3 How has Sakhina changed the lot of her family?
4 How would you evaluate Sakhina's work in a broader social perspective?
C Write at least 5 similar sentences based on the structure used in the following conditional sentence. This kind of sentence refers to the probable future.
If you are motivated, you will certainly find something worth doing.
D A reporter of The Rising Sun has recently interviewed Sakhina Begum. The following is the English version of the answers she gave to the reporter's questions. Work in pairs and guess what the reporter's questions were.
1 No, I'm married.
2 Two. A boy and a girl.
3 He's a rickshaw-puller. He doesn't earn enough.
4 We're producing jam, jelly, pickle, nectar and many other items.
5 No, we don't send our products to distant markets. We sell them all locally.
6 For four years.
7 I'm earning enough to look after my family well. I can also save some money every month.
8 Yes, my husband and I are planning to set up a small business of our own.
E Sakhina and her husband are now living a fairly solvent life. Imagine them discussing their children's future. Plan out and write a short dialogue between them.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading for information, writing. Functions.
Forming questions, understanding speech conventions.
Grammar/Structure.
First conditional sentence, question forms.
Vocabulary.
innovative, sustainable, beneficiary, proceeds.






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