l'Echo des Deviennes: lesson bts cg1 friday the 20 th of march

lesson bts cg1 friday the 20 th of march

BTS

GROUP WORK

STUDENT’S SHEET

GENDER EQUALITY

KAHOOT DE REVISION

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Extra vocabulary

A nursery = a kindergarten ( une maternelle)

A toxic manner : attitude

A parental leave ( un congés parental

Be pregnant ( etre enceinte)

A pregnancy ( une grossesse)

(to) empathize ( compatir) with someone

(to) be due ( etre à son terme) ex : she is due on the 26 th

A maternity leave ( un congés de maternité)

Discrimination

A childminder ( une garde d enfant )

STEP 2 men versus women . who are the best ?

WOULD YOU RATHER BE A MAN OR A WOMAN?

to be prejudiced against	(to) be judged by the same standards
a demeaning (dégradant) job	(to) hold top jobs
equal opportunities	(to) be confined to the house/(to) be trapped at home
the household chores (tâches ménagères)	male chavinism
	(to) raise children (élever des enfants )
women are still banned from certain jobs	some male dominated fields
equal pay for equal work	(to) devote (consacrer) sb’s life to sth/so
(to) combine motherhood and career	we still have a long way to go on the path of equality
	(to) load under (surcharger)with work
a dead-end job (un emploi sans avenir)	A single parent
	a male chauvinistic pig
a woman’s place is in the house	they consider the world as a man’s place
a maternity leave (congés de maternité)	an unpaid maid (servante)
(to) work two jobs (at home and at work)	(to) run a home
(to) bear a child (porter un enfant)	(to) do the lion’s share of ... (faire le plus gros du travail)
fragile/frail/weak	a salary gap
(to) be entitled to = (to) have the right to	(to) be equal to the job (être à la hauteur ..)
unsupportive (incompréhensif)	a woman boss
(to) fight one’s way to the top	(to) be in a decision-making position

STEP 5 STILL … YOU ARE A CEO AND YOU SEE THIS

STEP 3 YOU ARE A CEO IN A COMPANY . LOOK AT THIS WOMAN

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ?

SO WHAT SHOULD BUSINESS DO ?

Je dois employer / recruter quelqu un d’autre = i must employ/ recruit / hire someone else

You have to pay twice ( 2 fois) it is expensive

Cela augmente les couts pour la companie = this / that increases= augments the costs for the company / corporation

STEP 4 A VIDEO listen , pick up the words you understand and tell us what problem the woman had ? one-in-four-mums-feel-work-discrimination

STEP 5 LET’ S GET MORE SPECIFIC

Les patrons pensent qu’elles vont passer moins de temps à travailler

Bosses = CEOs think that they spend less time to work = they will be less involved in the company

a) Listen and find what bosses think about mothers ?:………………………………………………

b) Match the numbers and what they represent

One quarter (1/4)of mothers C	a) Claimed they were overlooked for a promotion
More than half E	b) They were demoted (rétrogradé)
Nearly half of those discriminated against A	c) Felt they were discriminated against during and post pregnancy
A fifth said B	d) Admitted they never made a formal complaint despite unfair treatment
70 % of the women in the survey D	e) Said bosses’ attitude chnaged towards tham when they got pregnant

STEP 6 EXPRESS YOURSELF

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN ?

Women are judged on what they do / on their actions

Women are discriminated against / prejudiced against

People have preconceived ideas about women

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS FACED BY MEN ?

Men cannot express their feelings

We cannot show any signs of weakness

Men face positive discrimination ( discrimination à l embauche)

It is more and more difficult to be in a relationship / situationship

DIALOGUE 2 SUBJECTS USE A MAXIMUM OF WORDS FROM THE VOC FILE TO INCREASE YOUR MARK

TEAM A

Imagine a dilaogue between the boss of a company and a female employee who has just returned back from maternity leave

TEAM B

Dialogue : imagine a dialogue between a husband and wife who are arguing .