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Indian Men Volunteer to Marry Sex WorkersOver 1,000 members of a religious group have promised to marry sex workers. The Dera Sacha Sauda says it has almost 1,200 “wedding volunteers” who want to take prostitutes out of their industry by marrying them. The sect’s spokesperson Dr Aditya Insan told the ‘Indian Express’ newspaper that society looked down on these women. Many of the men have signed promises with financial and personal details. Dr Insan said: “There are so many volunteers coming forward….We are determined to succeed.” Some of these men include Indian sports stars. One of them said: “At first my parents, especially my father (who is a manager with Delhi Tourism), were taken aback by my decision. But it didn’t take long for them to be happy. They have faith.”
The leader of the sect, guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, started the campaign in a speech he made in November. He told his followers that "all women forced to live as prostitutes are my daughters". One volunteer explained: “I am not marrying a sex worker; I am marrying the daughter of our sect head...There’s no better match I can look forward to.” Another follower, business graduate Ashish Sachdeva, explained why he became a wedding volunteer. He believes it is his chance to repay his debt to humanity and society. "I am very well settled and it will be the greatest honour for me to respond to Guru-ji's call," he said. Dr Insan explained that the biggest challenge was for the women. He said they needed a lot of courage to come forward and ask for a husband.
WARM-UPS1. SEX WORKERS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about sex workers. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. VOLUNTEERS: Why might you need volunteers for these things? Complete this table. Talk about what you wrote with your partner(s) Change partners and share what you heard.
4. PROSTITUTION: Students A strongly believe prostitution will disappear from our world one day; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. MARRIAGE: Would you marry anyone? Rate these and share your ratings with your partner: 10 = absolutely no problem; 1 = absolutely no way. Change partners and share your ratings again.
6. SEX: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘sex’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING Listen and fill in the gapsOver 1,000 members of a religious group ___________________ marry sex workers. The Dera Sacha Sauda says it has almost 1,200 “wedding volunteers” ___________________ prostitutes out of their industry by marrying them. The sect’s spokesperson Dr Aditya Insan told the ‘Indian Express’ newspaper that ___________________ on these women. Many of the men have signed promises with financial and personal details. Dr Insan said: “___________________ volunteers coming forward….We are determined to succeed.” Some of these men include Indian sports stars. One of them said: “___________________, especially my father (who is a manager with Delhi Tourism), were ___________________ decision. But it didn’t take long for them to be happy. They have faith.” The leader of the sect, guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, started the campaign ___________________ in November. He told his followers that "all women ___________________ prostitutes are my daughters". One volunteer explained: “I am not marrying a sex worker; I am marrying the daughter of our sect head...There’s ___________________ I can look forward to.” Another follower, business graduate Ashish Sachdeva, explained why he became a wedding volunteer. He believes it is ___________________ his debt to humanity and society. "I am very well settled and it ___________________ honour for me to respond to Guru-ji's call," he said. Dr Insan explained that the biggest challenge was for the women. He said they needed a lot of courage to come ___________________ a husband. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘wedding’ and ‘volunteer’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT SEX WORKER SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about sex workers in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
SEX WORKERS DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE MULTIPLE CHOICE(1) ____ 1,000 members of a religious group have promised to marry sex workers. The Dera Sacha Sauda says it has almost 1,200 “wedding volunteers” who want to take prostitutes out of their (2) ____ by marrying them. The sect’s spokesperson Dr Aditya Insan told the ‘Indian Express’ newspaper that society looked (3) ____ on these women. Many of the men have signed promises with financial and personal details. Dr Insan said: “There are so many volunteers (4) ____ forward….We are determined to (5) ____.” Some of these men include Indian sports stars. One of them said: “At first my parents, especially my father (who is a manager with Delhi Tourism), were taken aback by my (6) ____. But it didn’t take long for them to be happy. They have faith.” The leader of the sect, guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, started the campaign in a speech he (7) ____ in November. He told his followers that "all women (8) ____ to live as prostitutes are my daughters". One volunteer explained: “I am not marrying a sex worker; I am marrying the daughter of our sect (9) ____...There’s no better match I can look forward to.” Another follower, business graduate Ashish Sachdeva, explained why he became a wedding volunteer. He believes it is his chance to (10) ____ his debt to humanity and society. "I am very well settled and it will be the greatest honour (11) ____ me to respond to Guru-ji's call," he said. Dr Insan explained that the biggest challenge was for the women. He said they needed a lot of courage to (12) ____ forward and ask for a husband. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about sex workers for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about sex workers. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. SEX WORKERS: Make a poster about the sex industry in different countries. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. MATCH: Write a magazine article about a match between a sex worker and a wedding volunteer. Include imaginary interviews with both. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to a sex worker. Ask him/her three questions about his/her industry. Give him/her three suggestions on how to live a happier life. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Indian men volunteer to marry sex workersOver 1,000 members of a religious group have promised to marry sex workers. The Dera Sacha Sauda says it has almost 1,200 “wedding volunteers” who want to take prostitutes out of their industry by marrying them. The sect’s spokesperson Dr Aditya Insan told the ‘Indian Express’ newspaper that society looked down on these women. Many of the men have signed promises with financial and personal details. Dr Insan said: “There are so many volunteers coming forward….We are determined to succeed.” Some of these men include Indian sports stars. One of them said: “At first my parents, especially my father (who is a manager with Delhi Tourism), were taken aback by my decision. But it didn’t take long for them to be happy. They have faith.” The leader of the sect, guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, started the campaign in a speech he made in November. He told his followers that "all women forced to live as prostitutes are my daughters". One volunteer explained: “I am not marrying a sex worker; I am marrying the daughter of our sect head...There’s no better match I can look forward to.” Another follower, business graduate Ashish Sachdeva, explained why he became a wedding volunteer. He believes it is his chance to repay his debt to humanity and society. "I am very well settled and it will be the greatest honour for me to respond to Guru-ji's call," he said. Dr Insan explained that the biggest challenge was for the women. He said they needed a lot of courage to come forward and ask for a husband. LANGUAGE WORK
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