L Am Looking For An English Teacher (TEFL, CELTA, TESOL) To Help With Tis Work…

You have an audio recording of a radio programme exploring social change
and you also have the tape-script, which is given below. You would like
to develop this theme further into a language-skills lesson for an
upper-intermediate class. Your lesson lasts for 90 minutes. 
Using the recording and tape-script, what suggestions can you make to
ensure that the students get practice in all four language skills? Do
not try to provide a full lesson plan, but just show clearly what
approach / activities you would use to exploit this material and develop
the students’ language skills. 

P = Presenter
  CH = Catherine Holmes 

P: I’m delighted to welcome our next guest today, the sociologist and
broadcaster Catherine Holmes. Good morning. 
CH: Morning. 
P: She has just been putting the finishing touches to her new report
which focuses on some of the social changes that the UK has undergone in
the past twenty years. So, Catherine, perhaps you could briefly outline
for us some of the main findings of your report. 
CH: I’ll try. Let’s start with migration trends. Over the past twenty
years the number of people emigrating from the UK to places like
Australia and Canada has been on the increase – up by 2.3%. The age of
the people leaving, on the other hand, is decreasing; the average age of
UK migrants now stands at around 36. 
P: I understand that you also did some research into the eating habits
of the population. 
CH: That’s right. It seems from our findings that people are at last
starting to eat more healthily, at least in some parts of the country.
Sales of fruit and vegetables, especially organic produce, are going up
in the central regions of England and the south of Scotland, while they
are staying pretty static elsewhere. Consumption of fast food is falling
a little, but the government, doctors and health advisers would all like
to see this happen at a much faster rate. They are planning to launch a
new campaign warning the general public of the dangers of eating too
much junk food. 
P: So, it looks like I should be taking more care over my choice of
food. Did you find any changes in people’s attitude to living and
working in the UK? 
CH: Yes. Part of our research centred on how people feel about their
general standard of living and their attitudes to the changes that have
taken place in working practices. And on the whole most people seem to
be less content with their lot than they were twenty years ago. 
P: For instance? 
CH: Well, although more people believe that they now have much better
access to consumer goods than before, the majority, about 65%, feels
less secure in their jobs and are spending more time at work – the
average increase here is about 1 hour 20 minutes per week. This
situation, of course, is leaving them less time for recreation and
hobbies and doctors are reporting an increase in patients with
stress-related complaints. The two seem to be connected, but there is at
present no proof of this. 
P: And what about women in the workplace – are there any changes there? 
CH: Although there are now more women than ever before in full-time
employment, the increase over the past ten years has been quite small,
around 2.2%. Even so, many women are now working full-time, while many
more men are opting to stay at home and look after the kids. Most men in
this position say that they are enjoying their new role and are finding
it more rewarding than working up to 48 hours a week stuck behind a
desk. 
P: I’m sure that you have a lot more fascinating facts and figures to
tell us, but I’m afraid that’s all we’ve got time for. So, Catherine
many thanks for coming into the studio today. 
CH: My pleasure.