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2 Bac - U10 - Braind Drain - Reading and Vocabulary

The document discusses brain drain in Morocco. [1] Brain drain refers to the emigration of highly qualified individuals like scientists, professors, doctors, and engineers from their home countries to seek better opportunities abroad. [2] This causes a loss of valuable human capital and manpower for the home country, negatively impacting sustainable development and economic prosperity. [3] While some argue it could become an asset or "brain gain" if returnees contribute their skills, the current reality is that brain drain poses serious challenges for countries struggling with poverty, unemployment, and poor working conditions.

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2 Bac - U10 - Braind Drain - Reading and Vocabulary

The document discusses brain drain in Morocco. [1] Brain drain refers to the emigration of highly qualified individuals like scientists, professors, doctors, and engineers from their home countries to seek better opportunities abroad. [2] This causes a loss of valuable human capital and manpower for the home country, negatively impacting sustainable development and economic prosperity. [3] While some argue it could become an asset or "brain gain" if returnees contribute their skills, the current reality is that brain drain poses serious challenges for countries struggling with poverty, unemployment, and poor working conditions.

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Ibrahim El Mously High School Dist@nce-Le@rning

2nd YEAR BACCALAUREATE

UNIT 10 :
Brain Drain
Reading and Vocabulary
Instr. Abdelkarim
Foulfoula
School Year : 2019
A. MATCH EATCH QUESTION WITH ITS CORRESPONDING ANSWER IN THE INTERVIEW.

JOURNALIST : EXPERT :
1) Mr. Kilani, there’s been much discussion on a) That’s true. Brain drain could indeed become brain gain if
the issue of brain drain in North Africa. In these qualified individuals are willing to return to their
Morocco’s case, how does the massive motherland and contribute with whatever talents and fresh
departure of educated and professional youths experiences they’ve got to its progress.
to developed countries affect the country’s
social progress and its economic prosperity ? b) Well, the country is losing many of its brightest students,
top professors, doctors, scientists, technicians, engineers,
2) So, what causes some of our finest young researchers, and other skilled professionals. In fact, there’s a
minds to leave the country for more favorable lot to be done to control this human capital flight towards
geographic, socio-economic destinations ? And destination countries. It’s a big loss of valuable manpower,
how does the government deal with such a which has negative effects on our sustainable development.
serious issue ? c) I think the push factors are many, but the main ones are
poverty, unemployment, low wages, discouraging working
3) Some experts on the matter insist, however, conditions, or simply political or social considerations
that we need to consider the emigration of including a search for more individual freedoms or political
those bright minds and qualified professionals asylum. It’s a big loss of valuable manpower. The government
as a rather important asset or add value to our now seeks to create more job opportunities, attractive
country’s development. What do you think ? working environments (or let’s call them pull factors) to
ambitious and aspiring youths. Also, considering pay raise is
an urgent necessity at this point.
1 c 2 a 3 b
B. FIND IN THE JOURNALISTS’ QUESTIOSNS EXPRESSIONS WHICH MEAN :

1. the emigration of ( question 1) : the departure of


2. a big problem ( question 2 ) : a serious issue

3. Competent employees ( question 3 ) : qualified professionals

C. FIND IN THE EXPERT’S ANSWERS EXPRESSIONS WHICH MEAN :

1. home country ( answer a ) : motherland


2. brain drain ( answer b ) : human capital flight
3. workforce( answer c ) : manpower
D. UNSCRAMBLE THE FOLLOWING TO GIVE A PROPER DEFINITON FOR BRAIN DRAIN :

host countries / highly qualified / the emigration of / individuals and professionals / home
countries / to search for / from / living and working conditions / to / better / Brain drain is
Brain drain is the emigration of highly qualified individulas and professionals from
home countries to host countries to search for better living and working conditions.

E. READ THE INTERVIEW AGAIN TO COMPLETE THIS CHART ABOUT BRAIN DRAIN :
People Involved : Push Factors : Pull Factors :
- scientists - poverty - pay raise
- professors - unemployment - more job opportunities
- students - low wages - attractive working environments
- doctors - discouraging working conditions - more individual freedoms
- engineers - political and social considerations - political asylum
- researchers
Effects
- loss of manpower - negative effects on sustainable development
- loss of qualified individuals - negative effect on the economy
F. MATCH THESE WORDS / EXPRESSIONS WITH THEIR OPPOSITES FROM THE LIST.
a. Pull factors c. High salaries e. Employment g. Poor i. Return
b. Poverty d. Brain drain f. Motherland h. Developed j. Destination countries
1. Source countries # 6. Host country #
Destination countries Motherland
2. Brain gain # 7. Prosperity #
Brain drain Poverty
3. Joblessness # Unemployment 8. Rich #
Poor
4. Under-developed # Developed 9. Low wages # High salaries
5. Push factors # Push factors 10. Departure # return

G. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE APPROPRIATE WORDS FROM THE LIST.

emigration qualified working host gain manpower low home


According to a brain drainer, __________________ wages and the absence of encouraging ___________________
low working
conditions cause the ______________________ of hundreds of _____________________ individuals from their
emigration qualified
________________ countries towards Europe and other ______________________ countries . It’s a big loss of
home
__________________________ host
for the motherland, and a brain ___________________ for the destination countries.
manpower gain

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