Getting To Know

VIETNAMS LABOR EXPORT:

PROS AND CONS
In 30 seconds:
Name three advantages and three disadvantages of labor export.

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Speak Up
Watch the following video and answer the given question in 60 seconds.
In your opinion, is an increase in labor export a good sign for the economy?

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Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SNE5ZphHYo
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Wear Your Words

Listen and repeat
Reside (v) / rzad /
Remittance (n) / rmtns /
Migrant (n) / marnt /
Pair work:
Student A: Choose a word and define it.
Student B: Use that word to describe one of the following pictures.

A
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Wear Your Words

Useful idiom/proverb
Do (all) the donkey work (idiom)
All work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) (proverb)
Pair work:
Student A: Define one idiom/proverb without saying it directly.
Student B: Guess the right idiom/proverb. Make a sentence using that idiom/proverb.

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Essential Structures
Structure: Subject + Bring about + Noun
Choose one of the pictures below. Make a sentence using the given structure.

Remittance

Foreign currency

Brain drain

Human trafficking

Improved skills of
the labor force

Labor exploitation

Example:
In Vietnam, labor export brings about critical labor shortages in some industries.
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Raise Your Voice

Pair work: Choose one of the following contexts and discuss in 180 seconds.

Context 1:

Context 2:

Student A: Your family is very poor. You

Student A: You are working in a foreign

need a lot of money to support your

country. You have to work for 12 hours a day

children and your parents. You want to work

without any holiday. However, you get a

abroad to earn more money for your family.

higher salary than other workers in Vietnam.

Student B: You are student As wife. You

Student B: You are student As mother. You

dont want your husband to live abroad.

dont want your daughter to work overseas.

Convince him to stay in Vietnam.

Convince her to come back to Vietnam.

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Assessment Form
Here are some comments on your performance.

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Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

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What We Gain

Vocabulary related to labor export.

Do (all) the donkey work

All work and no play (makes Jack a

dull boy)

Structure: Subject + Bring about +

Noun

Have a discussion about the pros and

cons of labor export.

Please do your homework in the downloadable outline from the website!

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Homework
Complete your mission and find more in related lessons.

Your mission

Take note of what you need to improve

(Vocabulary, Grammar and Pronunciation)
Search for related lessons in course browser
Take those lessons

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Present Perfect Verbs (#0823)

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