Theme: Social Issues - the problem of Adoption (case techology)

Theme: Social Issues - the problem of Adoption. Contents of a case for minigroups1 and 2: 1. Translate active vocabulary from Russian into English (Attachment “Adoption”) 2. Study the procedure of adoption abroad (either the USA or the UK) (minigroup1) and in Belarus (minigroup2) and make up a list of steps for prospective adoptive parents and fill in the table. Sources: • text “Will you be my new Mummy?” (Horizons, p.200) • video “How to adopt a child” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UfqW3GLGSM) • http://www.baaf.org.uk/info/adoption information about Great Britain • http://child.edu.by/main.aspx?guid=1681 information about Belarus + make a summary of the article 3. Study various experiences and make up a list of negative (minigroup1) and positive (minigroup2) effects of adoption both for the prospective parents and children. Sources: • text “Three different experiences of adoption” (Horizons, p.202) • video interview with Edith Mowatt “Effects of adoption on the mother and child” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BjiW89ReX4) 4. Read the article from BBC News Magazine “When adoption breaks down?” and study information in other sources from mass media or probably your own experience and identify the reasons for failure. Sources: • article “When adoption breaks down?”( BBC News Magazine) • interview with the director of the National center of adoption of Belarusian Ministry of Education Natalia Pospelova (http://www.belta.by/ru/conference/i_174.html)