What do you think about life
in the countryside and life in city?
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In the countryside in Africa
Cairo city in Egypt, in Africa
Woman at work in Cairo
In the countryside in South America
In city in Argentina in South America
In the countryside in Vietnam
City in Vietnam
A woman at work in Hahoi, Vietnam
In city in Vietnam
Unit 2: Urbanization
Period 12: Reading
Urbanization and its causes
Task 1. You are going to read a text about urbanisation. Predict whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Task 2. Read the text and check your predictions in 1.
Urbanisation is the process by which urban areas grow bigger as more and more people leave the countryside to live in towns and cities.
Before the 1950s, urbanisation mainly occurred in more economically developed countries (MEDCs). Rapid urbanisation happened during the period of industrialisation in Europe and North America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A lot of people left their home villages for urban areas hoping to find jobs in the rapidly expanding industries in big towns and cities. Since 1950s urbanisation has become slower in most MEDCs. Now, some of the biggest cities are losing population because people go back to live in rural areas. This is known as counter-urbanisation.
Since 1950, urbanisation has grown rapidly in LEDCs (Less Economically Developed Countries) in Africa and South America. Between 1950 and 1990 while the urban population in LEDCs doubled, increase was less than half in developed countries.
There are various causes of urbanisation in LEDCs. Here are some major ones. First, people migrate to urban areas on a massive scale due to lack of resources in rural areas. Second, small farmers find it h to make a living not just because of bad we conditions such as drought, floods, or storms, because they can`t compete with large agricultural companies. These are considered ‘push’ factors.
People living in rural areas are also ‘pulled’ to cities, which are known to be places of financial centres, services, wealth and opportunities. Believing that standard of living in urban areas will be higher in rural areas, many people come to the city seeking their fortune.
Today, about half of the world`s population in urban areas. Urbanisation has provided opportunities, higher incomes and better access to health facilities and education. The urban population will continue to grow and it is expected that proportion will increase to 70% by 2050.
1. Urbanization happened first in more economically developed countries, then in less economically developed countries
2. Urbanization has increased in rich countries since 1950s.
3. Lack of resources in rural ares is one of the factors leading to urbanization in less developed countries.
5. By 2050, more than two –thirds of the world’s population are expected to live in urban areas .
4. The standard of living in cities and rural areas is more or less the same .
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Answer key
Task 3. Find the words in the text that have the following meanings. Write the words in the space provided.
Expanding
Counter-urbanization
Doubled
Increase
Migrate
Vocabulary
- Expanding (adj)
- Counter-urbanization (n)
- Double (v)
- Increase
- Migrate
/ik`spænding/: Mở rộng
/`kaʊntə[r]/
/,ɜ:bənai`zei∫n/
/`dʌbl/: Gấp đôi
/in`kri:s/: Tăng lên
/mai`greit/: Di cư
Phản đô thị hoá, dãn dân
Task 4. Read the text carefully. Answer the following questions.
1. What is urbanisation?
2. What do MEDCs and LEDCs stand for?
3. Where did rapid urbanisation take place prior to 1950? Why?
4. What happened after 1950?
5. What are some of the `push` factors of urbanisation?
6. Why are small farmers` lives difficult?
7. What are some of the ‘pull’ factors of urbanisation?
SPIN!
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Task 5. Discuss with a partner.
How has your area been affected by urbanisation?
A: Where do you live, in the city or in the countryside?
B: I live in………………………….
A: Do you see many people move out of your area to other places or people from other places move to your area?
B:…………………………………..
A: Has your area been affected by that?
B:………………………………………….
A: How has it been affected?
B: ………………………………………………..
Follow this sample conversation
Learn all the new vocabulary by heart.
- Prepare the new lesson - Speaking
1. What is urbanisation?
=> It`s a process by which urban areas grow bigger as more and more people leave the countryside to live in towns and cities.
2. What do MEDCs and LEDCs stand for?
=> MEDCs stands for more economically developed countries. LEDCs stands for less economically developed countries.
3. Where did rapid urbanisation take place prior to 1950? Why?
=> Before the 1950s, rapid urbanisation took place in Europe and North America because it was the period of industrialisation in these areas.
4. What happened after 1950?
=> After 1950, urbanisation started to grow rapidly in LEDCs.
5. What are some of the `push` factors of urbanisation?
=> Some of the ‘push’ factors of urbanisation are lack of resources in rural areas, bad weather conditions, and competition from large agricultural companies.
6. Why are small farmers` lives difficult?
=> Because they have to suffer bad weather conditions and competition from large agricultural companies.
7. What are some of the ‘pull’ factors of urbanisation?
=> Some of the ‘pull’ factors of urbanisation are the centralisation of resources such as money, services, wealth and opportunities as well as the higher living standards of these areas.
Trò chơi “Spin wheel”, các bạn xóa tên trong vòng tròn đi và viết tên học sinh của mình vào. Quay vào tên bạn nào thì bạn đó sẽ chọn ngôi sao để trả lời. Bạn bấm vào ngôi sao nào là là ra câu hỏi nhé.
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