Nicolas - Handout 1 - Speaking Part 2 L1- Speaking for Exams Task 1: Compare what these people are doing and how they might be feeling Task 2: Exercise Task 3: Compare similarities, differences and speculate. Child Soldiers - Video Suggested Task: Writing practice. Try to use advanced vocabulary/structures. Task 4 - Advanced vocabulary for the video: Task 5: What will the article say about these words? Talk about them. Task 6: Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below. L1- Speaking for Exams ● Comparing similar things: both, each, similarly, likewise, in the same way ● Comparing different things: meanwhile, whereas, by contrast, on the other hand. ● Speculating: might, perhaps, maybe, it seems like Task 1: Compare what these people are doing and how they might be feeling Task 2: Exercise Adapted from:Compact First Second edition,Student’s Book. p 20. Task 3: Compare similarities, differences and speculate. Child Soldiers - Video The UN has identified 14 countries where children have been widely used as soldiers. These countries are Afghanistan, Colombia, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Suggested Task: Writing practice. Try to use advanced vocabulary/structures. Child Labour What you know How to stop it Punishment Fabianne: It happens in many countries, especially in African countries. It is heartbreaking. Not only it affects the people involved but also all humanity as an accomplice. Fabianne: As I see it, more law enforcement might help. Fabianne: Personally, I Nicolas: Child Soldiers Human Trafficking think farms or factories should pay a fine. Task 4 - Advanced vocabulary for the video: These photos ended child labor in the US (homework: watch the video and write what you thought about it.) Vocabulary Definition Strike a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer. Dictum a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle. Contentious a row (au) causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial. in relay in alternation. Gear one of a set of toothed wheels that work together to alter the relation between the speed of a driving mechanism (such as the engine of a vehicle or the crank of a bicycle) and the speed of the driven parts (the wheels). Harvest the process or period of gathering in crops. Supply Chain the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity Mill a building fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process. Wage a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker. Shuckers Someone who shucks oysters, clams, corn (maize), walnuts, etc. Pickers a person or machine that gathers or collects something. Shift one of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay. Task 5: What will the article say about these words? Talk about them. actor / director / allegations / brand / ambassador / child labour / project / plantations / vowed / upbringing / tobacco farm / aware / complex / issues / zero tolerance Task 6: Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below. sustainable ambassador plantations honestly allegations supply advisory undercover The Oscar-winning actor and director George Clooney has spoken about (1) allegations of child labour at the Nespresso coffee company, for which he is brand (2) ambassador. Clooney is a member of Nespresso's sustainability (3) advisory board, which aims to ensure coffee is sourced from ethical and (4) sustainable suppliers. He said: "We knew it was a big project when it started seven years ago, and (5) honestly I was surprised and saddened to see this story." An (6) undercover investigation by the UK TV company Channel 4 filmed children on six coffee (7) plantations in Guatemala picking coffee beans and carrying large sacks of coffee on their backs. The farms (8) supply coffee beans to Nespresso. operations stamp thorough upbringing chain vowed tolerance uniquely Mr Clooney has (9) ____________ that, "work will be done" by Nespresso to eradicate any forms of child labour within its (10) ____________. Clooney spoke about his own (11) ____________, living on a tobacco farm in the USA and picking tobacco during his school holidays. He said: "Having grown up working on a tobacco farm from the time I was 12, I'm (12) ____________ aware of the complex issues regarding farming and child labour." Nespresso said it has launched a "(13) ____________ investigation" and has suspended all purchases from the plantations. It added: "Nespresso has zero (14) ____________ of child labour. It is unacceptable. We will continue to do all we can to (15) ____________ out child labour. It has no place in our supply (16) ____________." Adapted from: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/26/george-clooney-saddened-by-alleged-child-labour-on-nespresso-coffee-farms
