C1 IMMIGRATION

 💬 Immigration Discussion

1. What are some of the different reasons people move to other countries?

2. Do you know anyone who has moved to a different country? Why did they move and where did they move to? Do they like living there?

3. What problems do immigrants face in their new countries? How would you deal with these problems if you were an immigrant?

4. What rights should new immigrants have? Should they be able to work or vote, for example?

5. Are there many immigrants in your country? Where do they usually come from? Why do you think they moved from their country? Have these immigrants integrated into society, or do they tend to segregate themselves? Do you know any of these immigrants personally?

6. Would you say your country and its people are open and welcoming to immigrants?

7. How can society help immigrants settle?

8. Does immigration threaten local culture in any way?

2. Immigration Vocabulary

• to immigrate (to) / migrate (to) (verb), immigration/migration (nouns) – to move to another country (immigration) or simply to move (migration).

• to emigrate (from) (verb) – to move from a country.

• to deport (verb), deportation (noun) – to expel a foreign person from a country.

• Brain drain / human capital flight (noun) – the emigration of highly skilled workers from a country creating a skills shortage.

• economic migrant / migrant worker (noun) – someone who moves to another country in search of better living standards.

• undocumented migrant (AmE) / illegal immigrant (BrE) / irregular migrant (UN term) (nouns) – a foreign person whose presence in a country is in violation of the immigration laws of that country.

3. VIDEO LISTENING. ACROSS CULTURES. NEW HEADWAY TOPIC 5.

4. WRITING AN ARTICLE.

You are going to write a magazine ARTICLE about how immigration affects a country. Decide if you are going to write from a positive or negative influence. 

 Try to use some of the vocabulary you learned earlier in this lesson. In your answer, you could include some of the following topics:

• The benefits of immigration.

• Any problems caused by immigration.

• What policies are needed to control immigration.