Unit 7 World population Speaking

Friday, November 16th 2012

Presenter: Nguyen Duc Loi
Phu Ninh High School


Check the old lesson:
Rearrange these letters into the correct words:
Resources
Double
2.BOLEUD->
3.LYMIFA NAPLIGN-> Family Planning
4.GEURIF->
Figure
5.CERSEANI->
Increase
6.RAESDEC->
Decrease
7.LWORD HITRD->
Third World
Children
8.RILDENCH->
9. BTHIR- CNOLOTR ->Birth-control
Method
10. MTHOED ->
1.SOUCESRE ->



Questions:
1. What can you see in this picture?

 A man is carrying many
children.
2. What does the picture tell you?

 The picture tells us about
overpopulation
overpopulation


Unit 7

World population
Period 37: Speaking
Designed and performed by: Nguyen
Duc Loi
pHu ninh high school


Unit 7:

World population
Period 37 : SPEAKING

Talking about the problem of overpopulation

Outline:
Task 1: talking about the causes
Task 2: talking about the problems
Task 3: talking about the solutions

Task 4: completing the presentation


I. before you speak


Task 1

Work in pairs. Find the most and the least important
causes of overpopulation. Explain why.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Fewer children die at birth
People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation.
People are not properly educated
People believe that having many children means
happiness.
5. Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer
children.
6. Many people believe that having a large family is a form
of insurance.
Ex: I think the most important cause of population explosion is
that fewer children die at birth because………...


Unit 7:

world population
LESSON : SPEAKING

Task 1 Put the causes of population explosion in order of
importance and explain why
3

Fewer children die at birth.

1
2

People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation.
People are not properly educated.

4

People believe that having many children means happiness.

6

Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children.

5

Many people believe that having a large family is a form
of insurance.

II. while you speak


UNIT 7 – Period 37: SPEAKING
Task
New2 List the problems facing poor and overpopulated
countries.
words:Then report your results to the class.

Poor living conditions:

Living standards:
Shortage of food:


Which problems
do we face when we
are overpopulated?


5

1

2

9
7

8

10

a. Poor living conditions.
b. Hunger and poverty
c. Lack of schools and
teachers
d. Shortage of hospitals and
doctors
e. Traffic problems
f. Increase in social evils.
g. Pollution
h. Natural resources
devastation.
i. Unemployment
j. Lack of houses.

3

6

4


Unit 7:

World population
Period 37: SPEAKING

Useful language

+ poor living conditions
+ not enough food
+ low living standards
+ ......

+ lack / shortage of school
teacher
hospital
doctor
nurse
......


UNIT 7 – Period 37: SPEAKING

Work in pairs
What problems will we
have when our country
are overpopulated?

We don’t have enough
food for everyone and
there is also a lack of
schools and hospitals


Unit 7:

world population
Period 37 : SPEAKING

Task 3 Work out the solutions to the problems of overpopulation

Useful language
an awareness of the problems of overpopulation
+ raise
living standards
+ exercise / implement reward and punishment policies
population education programmes
+ carry out
family planning programmes
+ use birth control methods
+ ..........


We should use birth
control methods.

Group

What should we do to
solve the problems of
work
overpopulation?

We should raise an
awareness of the
problems of
overpopulation

Unit 7:

world population
Period 37 : SPEAKING

Task 3 Work out the solutions to the problems of overpopulation

Useful language
an awareness of the problems of overpopulation
+ raise
living standards
+ exercise / implement reward and punishment policies
population education programmes
+ carry out
family planning programmes
+ use birth control methods
+ ..........


III. after you speak


UNIT 7 – Period 37: SPEAKING
 Task 4: Talk about the problems of overpopulation and
offer solutions, using the results of task 2 and 3
Problems:
+Poor living conditions.
+Low living standards.
+Shortage of school/

hospital/ teacher/ doctor/
nurse.
+Lack of food.
+Unemployment
+Social evils.
+Illiteracy.

Solutions:
+Raise an awareness of the
problems of overpopulation.
+Raise the people’s living
standards.
+Exercise/ implement reward
and punishment policies.
+Carry out population education
programmes/family planning
programmes.
+Use birth control methods.

Useful language
+First/ firstly,
second/ secondly,
next and so on
+On the other hand…
+Besides, moreover,
in addition…
+The first problem is
that….