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ANGLAIS CÔTE D’IVOIRE – ÉCOLE NUMÉRIQUE

UNIT 6: HUMAN RIGHTS L 1: My Rights

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Learning Context : It is the international Day for the promotion of Human rights, the English
Club of EAJP / ENS initiates a video-conference on the topic with an international expert
working at the United Nations headquarters. The students of 3e from EAJP/ENS take part in the
conference and discuss the problem related to their rights
LESSON CONTENT
Language function Structure / Grammar Vocabulary
Think / In my opinion / / To me Constitution, law, Citizen,
citizenship, to enforce, to
Expressing Opinion I believe / From my point of view achieve, , to be held in, to be
tortured, custody

A- Vocabulary
Constitution: the fundamental written law of a country

A law: In our country, the law is voted at the parliament.

Citizen: A person living in a country from which he originates or not.
Citizenship: when you are a citizen
To achieve: to obtain something after some efforts
To be held in: to be maintained in
To be tortured: to be badly treated physically and mentally
Custody: prison

B- Language function: Expressing Opinion

• I think we should be protected
• In my opinion, respecting rights is very important.
• To me
• I believe that
• From my point of view

PRACTICE ACTIVITIES
Activity 1 : Listen to the teacher then underline the correct option. No1 is done
for you
 1. It is not normal and that is against the fundamental law of our country that is the
a) parliament
b) Communication
c) Constitution
2. If you are …………………… ; in detention you can protest and even complain.
a) led
b) held
c) fled
3. The ……………… who pays his taxes
a) Citizen
b) Citizenship
c) Peasant

4. It is also authorities’ role to …………………. the law.

a) Endorse
b) Enforce
c) Enjoy

5. . It is also authorities’ role to guarantee that nobody is tortured.

a) Torture
b) Tortured
c) Tortures

Activity 2 : Put the words below in the correct order to make sentences expressing
opinion. No1 is an example
1) Girls’ education
I think that girls’ education is very important
2) The role of the police / to enforce the law

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3) English / to be important
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4) Everybody / to respect the constitution

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5) A student / to work hard

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S:2
Learning context : It is the international Day for the respect of Human rights, the English Club
of EAJP / ENS initiates a video-conference on the topic with an international expert working at
the United Nations headquarters. The students of 3e from EAJP/ENS take part in the conference
and discuss the problem related to their rights.
LESSON CONTENT
Language function Structure / Grammar Vocabulary
I have the right to go to school to enroll for school, jail, to
You don’t have the right to … deserve, to sit for (a test,
Talking about rights
contest), to (be) allow(ed) to, to
apply, to be entitled to
A- Vocabulary
To enroll for school: To go to school

Jail : custody, prison

To deserve: to merit
To sit for (a contest/ test): to be candidate for
To apply: to execute or put in practice
To be entitled to: to have the right to do something
To allow someone to: to permit someone to do something

B- Language function
Affirmative sentences
• I have the right to
to go to school
• It’s my right to

Negative sentences
• You don’t have the right to bully young students.

PRACTICE ACTIVITIES
Activity 1 : Listen to the extract of the audio and circle the correct word you hear.
An example is done for you.

People should apply / imply / supply the law whatever it takes. Every single right is important
and has to be totally respected. There shouldn’t be neither discrimination nor racism in
education. For example , every parent should recall / enroll / install their kids for school so
that they could have equal chances and could fit / sit / stick for any international competition.
We all reserve / deserve / preserve love and attention and we are entitled / titled / entitle to
receive them from our parents and the whole society. The people who don’t respect all these
points should be sent to mail / jail / sail.

Activity 2 : Use the ideas suggested to talk about rights. One example is done for you
1. children / to go to school

Children have the right to go to school.

2. parents / not to illtreat their kids

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3. passengers / to smoke in a plane

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4. villagers / to development

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5. children / not to go out at night

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COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIY
For the celebration of Human rights international Day, the representation of the United Nations
Organization (UNO) in Abidjan has initiated a series of activities to inform students about their
rights and how important they are. As participants, the students of 3e from EAJP/ENS attend a
conference and listen to its speaker in order to give their opinion about the topic.
Tasks
1- Listen to the podcast
2- Do the activities on your worksheet
3- Present your ideas about the discussion topic to the class

RESSOURCES
Transcript for activity 1 S1
The police should not arrest anyone without any reason because it is not normal and that is

against the fundamental law of our country that is the constitution. If you are held in detention

you can protest and even complain. The citizen who pays his taxes should benefit from the

protection of the law. It is also authorities’ role to enforce the law and guarantee that nobody

is tortured.
 WORKSHEET
Transcript of the podcast
Every country has its constitution inspired by the standard of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights for its citizens to follow. But some want to show that they are above the law.
They do things how they like and how they want. Our government shouldn’t permit that to
happen. On the contrary, they should enforce the law and punish those who don’t respect it.
Punishing is different from torturing. And if someone wants to create troubles, they must be
held in jail until they understand what life in society means. This is the aim everybody should
help to achieve. We should exemplarily do what was defined by the United Nation’s Human
Declaration. That’s how our country can become strong, respected and appreciated by the whole
world.
Activity 1: Listen to the podcast and select the best options.

The speaker is talking about :

a. Women’s rights
b. The importance of the constitution
c. The origin of Human rights
d. The respect of the law in countries

Activity 2: Listen to the podcast again and say if the statements below are True (T) or False (F)

Statements Answers
1. Every country’s constitution is inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights True
2. Some people think that they are above the law and do things how they like.
3. Governments should permit the disorder to happen.
4. Governments should torture people who don’t respect the law.
5. The people who create troubles should be held in custody.

Activity 3: Listen to the podcast again and fill in the gaps of the paragraph below.

Every country has its 1. constitution inspired by the standard of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights for its citizens to follow. But some want to show that they are
above the 2………………... They do things how they like and how they want. Our government
shouldn’t permit that to happen. On the contrary, they should 3……………………. the law
and punish those who don’t respect it. Punishing is different from 4………………………. .
And if someone wants to create troubles, they must be held in 5……………………………
until they understand what life in society means. This is the aim everybody should help to
6……………………... We should exemplarily do what was defined by the United Nation’s
Human Declaration. That’s how our country can become strong, respected and appreciated by
the whole world.

Activity 4 : Discussion

In groups of four, discuss the following topic.

Do you think that human rights are important ? why ?