POVERTY
SHANTY TOWNS
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
CHILD LABOR
BEGGARS
ILLITERACY
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
COMMON SOCIAL PROBLEMS
POVERTY
SHANTY TOWNS
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
ROAD ACCIDENTS
CHILD LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
BEGGARS
ILLITERACY
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
Karim is 26 years old. He’s a university graduate.
He’s been looking for a job for more than two years.
Amina is 12 years old. She’s from the countryside.
She works as a maid for a family in Casablanca.
Ali can’t find a job in his home town. He paid
someone to help him travel to Spain on a rubber
boat.
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
1. High speed is one of the causes of ______ ________.
2. Poor people often live in _____ ______ around big
cities.
3. The government is creating more job opportunities
so as to reduce ______________.
4. These days, you can find a group of ________ in
almost every round about downtown.
5. Many young people opt of ______ ________ to find
better opportunities in European countries.
Complete with the appropriate word or phrase:
illegal immigration - unemployment - shanty towns -
road accidents - beggars
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
1. High speed is one of the causes of road accidents.
2. Poor people often live in shanty towns around big
cities.
3. The government is creating more job opportunities
so as to reduce unemployment.
4. These days, you can find a group of beggars in
almost every round about downtown.
5. Many young people opt of illegal immigration to find
better opportunities in European countries.
Complete with the appropriate word or phrase:
illegal immigration - unemployment - shanty towns -
road accidents - beggars
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
Hi, my name is Ali and I’m fourteen. I live in a rural
area in the High Atlas. I stopped going to school
because it’s too far from our village. My father is
married to three women. I have seven brothers and
sisters. My father doesn’t have a regular job.
Therefore, I have to work to help support my family.
My eldest sister has been working in the city since the
age of ten. We’re going to move to the city. Maybe my
father and I can find a job there. But where are we
going to live?
Read the text and complete the chart.
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
Complete the chart with information from the text.
Problem
Cause
Solution
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS
Find solutions to the following problems:
Problem
Solution
• road accidents
• shanty towns
• beggars
• illegal immigration
VOCABULARY: Social Problems
UNIT 8: SOCIETY & SOCIAL
PROBLEMS