Unit 7: World Population Listening

ENGLISH 11
Unit 7: WORLD POPULATION
Lesson : Listening
I. Aim: Developing listening skill
II. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students
will be able to understand about world
population and improve knowledge through
tasks.
III. Materials: Textbook, blackboard, cassette-player
, CD,
IV. Anticipated proplems: Students may find it
difficult to understand words and content of the
lesson.
V. Procedure:


Warm up
Year
10.000 B. C
1750
1850
1950
1985
2000

Population

10 million
625 million
1300 million
2510 million

4760 million
6.6 billion

1. How fast did the population increase ?
2. Do you think that our world is overpopulation?
3. What continent has the largest population ?


Discussion
 What are the bad aspects of the
overpopulation?
 What are the solutions to the problems?
Listen to the tape (once)


New words
Expert
 Death rate
 Rank (n)
 Generation (n)
 Illiteracy (n)
 Medical care
 Punishment policy



- Listen to the tape (twice)
Task 1: choose the best answer A, B, C,
D for the following statements and question
A

The expert says that there are ……………….
people in the world today.
A.
Over 6.7 billion
C. about 6.7 million
C. 6.7 billion
D. 6.6 billion
2. According to the expert, the population of the world
D a year.
increases by………
A.
66 million
C. 76 billion
B. About 66 million
D. about 76 million
1.


3. According to the expert, the area that has the highest
C
population growth rate is………………
A. Africa
C. Latin America
B. Asia
D. The Middle East
4. Scientists say that the main reason for population
D
explosion is…………………..
A. death rates
B. Birth rates

C. an increase in death rates
D. a decrease in death rates

5. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned by the
speaker?
A
A. literacy

B. lack of hospitals and school

C. Shortage of food

D. poor living condition


6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by
the speaker ? C
A. providing safe, inexpensive birth control methods.
B. educating people
C. Advising people to use birth control methods
D. Atrictly implementing a family planning policy


Task 2: Listen again and answer the following questions.
1. According to experts, what will the population of the world
be by the year 2015 ?
According to experts, by the year 2015, the population of
the world will be over 7 billion.
2. What did the expert say about the population growth rate

in some parts of the world ?
He said that the population growth rates in some parts of
the world are not the same. The population grows more
quickly in some parts of the world than others.
3. According to the expert, what is the reason for a fall in the
death rates ?

According to experts, the reason for the fall in
the death rates is the improvement of puplic
health services and medical care.


4. According to the expert, what problems does population
explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing
countries ?
Shortage of food, lack of hospitals and schools, illiteracy,
and poor living conditions.
5, How many solutions did the expert offer and what are
they ?
The expert offered 4 solutions. They are to educate
people and make them aware of the danger of having
more children, to provide safe, inexpensive birth control
method, to trictly implement a family planning policy, and
to exercise strict and fair reward and punishment
policies.


After reading: Listen again
- Work in groups and summarise the main
ideas of the passage.

- Homework:
- Prepare: Speaking
- Do exercises
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The end