Arevolunteersdoingmoreharmthangood.pptVIP

Read the passage again and work with your partner to summarize the main idea and then retell it. * * Are volunteers doing more harm than good? Issue.1010 June 19, 2013 Luxury accommodation distracts US from their studies Group Discussion General Questions Detailed Study Are volunteers doing more harm than good? Group Discussion Talk with your group members about the following questions. Have you ever been a volunteer? If yes, what did you do? What did you benefit from your volunteer experience? Do you plan to take a gap year as a volunteer or do you want to start working immediately Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1.What do stuedent volunteers do during the gap year 2.Why does the writer say this is a win-win situation? It sounds like a win-win situation in which students broaden their experience by helping others, while locals benefit from their financial support, knowledge and skills. They dig wells in Africa, build schools in Thailand and save elephants in India. General Questions 3. What is the three-minute comedy sketch about 4. What is the biggest problem of the volunteers according to American Daniela Papi It’s a satire about a young, British, upper-middle class man who tells his friend on the phone about his gap year in Tanzania, Peru and Myanmar. All of his experiences result in him “chundering everywhere” due to drinking heavily every day. General Questions Their biggest problem is that they suffer from a superiority complex. 5. What do most Western volunteers believe according to Daniela 6. Why did Papi say Volunteering is not about volunteers fulfilling their dream of being a hero? According to her, many Westerners believe that because they come from a wealthy country, they bestow their generosity and kindness to people in developing countries But often they know little about the local people and their culture, and lack the necessary skills to help them. General Quest