Child Labour (Adapted

Unit Two: Ethics in Business.
workers worldwide – mostly girls – are often hardly visible, and face many
Sequence: Reading and Writing. risks.
A. BEFORE EADING: Discus the following questions. Child labour consists of slavery-like practices such as forced and
1. What does the picture below represent?
bonded labour and child soldiering. Besides, most of these children are used
by adults in illegal activities, namely drug trafficking. The continuing
2. Is it the right place for this child to be in? persistence of child labour results in denial of children's education as well as
exposing them to frequent violence.
3. What are the rights of children her age?
Task 1: Scan the text and say whether the following statement are true or false.
4. Do you think that there are laws that prohibit children from work at this age?
a. Children might support their families safely.
b. Child labour is abusing children's rights.
c. Domestic services involve more boys than girls.
d. Child labour enslaves children in harsh situations.
Task 2: Scan the text and answer the following questions.
a. Does child labour affect numerous children globally?

b. List three fields mentioned in the text where child labour is
found.
c. What might happen to the children impacted by child
labour?
B. AS YOU READ
Read the text then do the task that follow Task 3: Find in the text words or phrases closest in the meaning to the following.
a. intolerable ( §1), b. local (§3) c. unlawful (§4)

Child labour is work that children should not be doing because they
are too young, or if it is dangerous or unsuitable for them. C. AFTER READING
Millions of children around the world are affected by child labour,
depriving them of their childhood, Tip Boxtheir health and education. Certainly,
remote
Writerspossibilities of as
use words such children
articles working in possessive
(a, an, the), harmless adjectives
environments
(my, to help
your..etc.) demonstrative
their families do exist.adjectives
However, (this book,children
many those books),
are sopronouns,
exploited into
synonyms,
unacceptable andworking
antonyms to refer back
conditions to things
that their rightsalready mentioned
are being or to
violated.
refer forward to things that will be mentioned. These words are called
referenceRecent
words.statistics
They help
bywriters
UNICEF avoid repetition
show that 168and create children
million lexical and
aged 5 to
grammatical
17 are engaged in child labour. The latter can be traced inimportant
cohesion between both sentences and paragraphs. It is many sectors,
to pay attention
including to these
agriculture, reference words
manufacturing, and because
domesticthey help us
services. better it is
Generally,
understand texts.
hidden from society. For example, the estimated 15.5 million child domestic
Task 1: Link the words in bold type in the text with the items they refer to. Sequencers: to begin with, first, next, moreover…finally.
Connectors: a. Cause: because, since, for, as, therefor…
b. Result: consequently, as a result, so …that, such… that.
c. Purpose: in order to, so as to, to…

Task 2: Reorder the following statements to get a coherent paragraph. Pay attention
to the reference words. Modal: a. Advice: should, had better, ought to.
a. It places children in harsh working conditions that create a number of b. Obligation: must (not), have to
problems
b. and will be doomed to have no possibility to grow in his or her c. Ability: can (not), be able to.
professional and social life
c. Additionally, a child who works will not be able to have a normal
education
d. such as premature ageing, malnutrition, depression, and drug
dependency.
e. Child labour refers to any work or activity that deprives children of their
childhood.
WRITING DEVELOPMENT
"Child labor is a social crime".
The topic: The latest statistics shows that about 150 million children
between 04-14 years old are engaged in child labor under hazardous conditions.
Write a composition in which you talk about the reasons, consequences and
solutions to child labor.
The following notes will help you:
Reasons: poverty, illiteracy, absence of strong legal structure, political instability…
Consequences: children deprived from education, childhood stolen, short and long
term mental and physical risks (bad working condition: long hours and hard work)…
Solution: rise parent's awareness, improve the living standard, pass severe laws, and
provide children with a protective environment…
(Note: make the best use of the grammar and vocabulary you have seen)
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Unit Two: Ethics in Business.

Task 2: Scan the text and answer the following questions.

a. Does child labour affect numerous children globally?

a. intolerable ( §1), b. local (§3) c. unlawful (§4)

Connectors: a. Cause: because, since, for, as, therefor…

b. Result: consequently, as a result, so …that, such… that.

c. Purpose: in order to, so as to, to…

"Child labor is a social crime".

The following notes will help you:

Reasons: poverty, illiteracy, absence of strong legal structure, political instability…

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