CITIZENS

Engelsk for Helse- og oppvekstfag

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© CAPPELEN DAMM AS, Oslo 2023 Materialet i denne publikasjonen er omfattet av åndsverklovens bestemmelser. Uten særskilt avtale med CAPPELEN DAMM AS er enhver eksemplarfremstilling og tilgjengeliggjøring bare tillatt i den utstrekning det er hjemlet i lov eller tillatt gjennom avtale med Kopinor, interesseorgan for rettighetshavere til åndsverk. Utnyttelse i strid med lov eller avtale kan medføre erstatningsansvar og inndragning, og kan straffes med bøter eller fengsel.

Design og sats: Welt, Erlend Askhov

Omslagsdesign: Erlend Askhov

Forlagsredaktør/Bilderedaktør:

Birger Nicolaysen

Repro: Narayana Press, Danmark

Trykk: Livonia Print Sia, Latvia 2023

Preface

We are happy to present to you an English textbook that has been designed specifically for you as a student of Healthcare, Childhood and Youth Development. As you work through the various topics covered in the book, we hope you will find them interesting, relevant to your vocational studies and useful for reflecting on the world and your place in it. The book is divided into five main chapters:

The vocational focus begins in chapter 1, Connections, where you are introduced to English as a global working language and get to meet people who use English in their professional lives. You also start working with key vocabulary related to occupations, equipment and tools within Healthcare, Childhood and Youth Development. The chapter also looks at how we connect with each other, both in real life and on the internet.

– Chapter 2 is called Careers, and it addresses topics and questions that you will need to consider as you enter the world of work. It provides insight into what it takes to feel proud of the work you do, and highlights what employers look for in employees. The chapter also presents several of the occupations you can choose to pursue as a student of this education programme.

– Chapter 3, Challenges, deals with some of the difficult choices you may face in your career, in your life, or as part of a changing society in a challenging world. The chapter introduces you to people who have had to overcome personal difficulties or challenging situations. In addition, it covers global issues such as migration and the climate crisis.

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– In chapter 4 – Caution! – you will work with some important areas of professional practice, such as health and safety issues and communication. Other topics include workplace challenges related to ethical behaviour, for example professionals who “cut corners” at work. We also join Andrea, a fifteen-year-old from England, as she learns about different professions and tries to decide which one she would like to choose.

– The final chapter, Citizens, explores how people come together to form societies with rules and laws to ensure that everyone can get along and have a good life. The chapter also covers our duties as citizens, such as taking part in democracy, and how societies deal with difficult issues. It also emphasises the importance of being critical of what we read, especially when it comes to fake news.

Each chapter ends with a course that helps you improve your English writing skills. Throughout the book there is a wealth of tasks designed to reinforce your English skills and your understanding of the topics covered. Additionally, some texts contain an Explore task, which invites you to investigate a topic further on the book’s website at citizens.cdu.no. The website also contains interactive tasks for each text, listening material and a lot more.

Our hope is that this textbook will help you improve your English, and that you will find the learning experience both enjoyable and inspiring. We wish you the best of luck with your studies!

The authors

Chapter 1: CONNECTIONS

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Chapter 2: CAREERS

Chapter 3: CHALLENGES

TEXT

Overcoming Obstacles

110Articles

Slam (Nick Hornby)116

Unprotected (Simon Rich)

The Hate U Give ( Angie Thomas)

1: The Last Border (Ben Judah)

LISTENING: novel extractThe novel Slam

119Short story

125Novel extract

130

130Book extract

2: HERE (Sarah Crossan & Brian Conaghan)132Verse novel extract

3: Am I Rootless, or Am I Free? (Ndéla Faye)

The Hate U Give: film and novel

134Personal story New Boy

Does My Head Look Big in This? (Randa Abdel-Fattah) 138

Being a Zero Waster

CHALLENGE: Comparing Opinions

WRITING COURSE 3: Opinion Piece

Chapter 4: CAUTION!

TEXT

140Interview

147Opinion novel extract

1: I Chose to Look the Other Way (Don Merrel) 161Poem

2: Dumb Ways to Die (Ollie McGill, John Mescall & Patrick Baron) 162Song

Safety in Healthcare, Childhood and Youth Development165Article Watch out!

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178Short story Communication Skills at Work

Wrong Channel (Roberto G. Fernandez)

181Article

190Text collage Bacteria and Viruses 197Factual text

Workplace Challenges: Andrea’s Choice

Working Like Dogs? Cases from English-Speaking

CHALLENGE: Nurse (Roddy Doyle)207Short story

WRITING COURSE 4: Accident Report

214Writing course environment laws

Chapter 5: CITIZENS

TEXT

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (Robert Fulghum)

Fake News: Don’t Be Fooled!

218Essay

222Article

A Beautiful Mosaic

The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)

My Story: “Are You British?”

Dog Eat Dog (Niq Mhlongo)

CHALLENGE: Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)

Born Free

WRITING COURSE 5: Five-paragraph Essays

Resources

Note: Challenging tasks are marked like this:

CHALLENGE: Authentic text without “Shortcut”

At citizens.cdu.no you will find:

– interactive comprehension and vocabulary tasks

– Explore: learning paths containing texts, videos, interactive tasks and writing tasks

Revise, Review & Research: tasks for revision and self-evaluation, and suggestions for indepth work

– Grammar: explanations and tasks (see next page)

– Audio: recordings of texts and listening tasks

233Article lyrics Guns in America and New Zealand 239

243Article

251Novel extract

257Interviews

262Novel extract

271Autobiography extract

278Writing

Texts for quick reference:

– Speaking strategies: page 10

– Discussing: page 33

– Reading strategies: page 37

– Application letter: page 83

– Listening strategies: page 90

– Purpose and target audience: page 146

– The “WHITE” strategy: page 164

– Checking sources: page 221

Grammar and language topics at citizens.cdu.no:

Nouns – A or an? – The – Adjectives and adverbs –Prepositions – There or it? – Pronouns – Some or any?

– Subject-verb agreement – Singular or plural? – -ing form – Irregular verbs – Auxiliary verbs – Questions and negations – Problematic words – Word order – Spelling – Punctuation – Sentences – Paragraphs and texts

Work with the following tasks. If you find them difficult, it is a good idea to work with the grammar topics at citizens.cdu.no.

1 These words are all nouns: table, conversation, app, relief, scarf, coffee shop. You probably know what a noun is, but do you know the difference between the plural forms of table and scarf ?

2 How do you explain the use of a and an in these sentences?

– Millions of children are left out of an increasingly connected world.

– Recently, he took a career aptitude test that determined he’d be well suited as a pharmacist.

3 Each sentence below contains an error involving an adjective or an adverb. Can you find the mistakes and correct them?

– Kevin Keegan was a greatly footballer.

– My father tried to become a professional chef, but in fact he can’t cook very good.

– Personally, I think football and cooking are terrible boring.

4 Can you find the adjectives in these sentences? How do we use adjectives for comparison in English?

– The demand for water is greater than the supply.

– Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world.

5 In, at and on are some of the prepositions that we use for expressing time. Each of the sentences below contains a preposition error. Can you correct the mistakes?

– I will be there on six o’clock.

– He was always late for work in Thursdays.

– Jim was often tired at the evening.

6 “There is” and “it is” both mean “det er” in Norwegian. Can you explain why there or it is used in these sentences?

– There are many skyscrapers in New York City.

– There was so much to get used to.

– It is much colder in England than in Pakistan.

7 Look at the sentences below. Which possessive pronoun would you use?

– Being American is not about ( your/yours) passport.

– “This country is (my/mine)!” the crazy president shouted at the TV cameras.

8 Look at the following sentences. Can you detect a pattern for when to use some (or someone, somebody, something, somewhere, etc.), and when to use any (or anyone, anybody, anything, anywhere, etc.)?

– We listened to some British people talking about their lives on TV.

– There weren’t any Americans or Australians on the show.

– Have you ever talked to anyone from Britain yourself?

– Once I talked to some girls from Scotland, but they didn’t have anything interesting to say.

9 Sometimes it is difficult to know if a noun is singular (entall/eintal ) or plural ( flertall/fleirtal ). Which verb form do you think is correct in these sentences?

– American politics (is/are) very interesting.

– The news (is/are) not good, I’m afraid.

– Everyone (needs/need ) a friend sometimes.

– The prime minister’s trousers (was/were) far too tight.