2015. június 13., szombat

Sweden's parental leave - feladatcsomag

A feladatcsomag egy rövid újságcikkből készült, melynek a témája is érdekes lehet, tehát beszédgyakorlatra is kiválóan felhasználható. A feladatcsomag tartalmaz multiple choice cloze-t, gap-fillinget és szódolgozatot. A teljes szöveg is meg van adva, a szódolgozathoz pedig kulcs van. Az anyag PDF-ben letölthető innen.

Sweden's parental leave - Multiple choice cloze

For each gap, choose which of the four possible answers fits the best and write the appropriate letter in the space.
Sweden grants a (1)  ____ of 480 calendar days of parental leave, with 390 of them paid at 80% of income, with a maximum of 3,160 euros a month or $3,474. The (2)  ____ 90 days are paid at a flat-rate benefit of 20 euros a day, or $22.
But there's a (3)  ____. Fathers have to share that leave with mothers.
So to promote both parents to (4)  ____ their children, Sweden has mandated that 60 of the 480 days (5)  ____ "daddy months" or "partner months." If the 60 daddy days aren't used, they are lost, (6)  ____ the maximum leave to 420 days.
The country also created a "gender equality bonus": the more days that parents share the leave (7)  ____, they get a bonus that could total up to 1,500 euros, or $1,649.
The idea is for (8)  ____ to share the joys and struggles of raising infants.
In (9)  ____, only 12% of Swedish couples equally share the 480 days of leave, (10)  ____ women continuing to lead the way as the stay-at-home parent and men as the careerist.
Source: CNN
1
A total
B sum
C quantity
D amount
2
A rest
B staying
C remaining
D others
3
A clutch
B catch
C grab
D hold
4
A raise
B upraise
C bring
D upring
5
A are
B were
C be
D have been
6
A deducing
B falling
C raising
D reducing
7
A same way
B the same
C in proportion
D equally
8
A both parents
B both parent
C all parents
D either parents
9
A real
B really
C reality
D realism
10
A with
B though
C while
D as



Sweden's parental leave – Gap-filling

Choose the appropriate word from the list for each gap in the text and write the word in the gap.
_______________________________
| struggles | equality | with | remaining | parental | equally | be | raise | catch | flat |



Sweden grants a total of 480 calendar days of (1)  _______________ leave, with 390 of them paid at 80% of income, with a maximum of 3,160 euros a month or $3,474. The (2)  _______________ 90 days are paid at a (3)  _______________-rate benefit of 20 euros a day, or $22.
But there's a (4)  _______________. Fathers have to share that leave with mothers.
So to promote both parents to (5)  _______________ their children, Sweden has mandated that 60 of the 480 days (6)  _______________ "daddy months" or "partner months." If the 60 daddy days aren't used, they are lost, reducing the maximum leave to 420 days.
The country also created a "gender (7)  _______________ bonus": the more days that parents share the leave (8)  _______________, they get a bonus that could total up to 1,500 euros, or $1,649.
The idea is for both parents to share the joys and (9)  _______________ of raising infants.
In reality, only 12% of Swedish couples equally share the 480 days of leave, (10)  _______________ women continuing to lead the way as the stay-at-home parent and men as the careerist.



Sweden's parental leave




Sweden grants a total of 480 calendar days of parental leave, with 390 of them paid at 80% of income, with a maximum of 3,160 euros a month or $3,474. The remaining 90 days are paid at a flat-rate benefit of 20 euros a day, or $22.
But there's a catch. Fathers have to share that leave with mothers.
So to promote both parents to raise their children, Sweden has mandated that 60 of the 480 days be "daddy months" or "partner months." If the 60 daddy days aren't used, they are lost, reducing the maximum leave to 420 days.
The country also created a "gender equality bonus": the more days that parents share the leave equally, they get a bonus that could total up to 1,500 euros, or $1,649.
The idea is for both parents to share the joys and struggles of raising infants.
In reality, only 12% of Swedish couples equally share the 480 days of leave, with women continuing to lead the way as the stay-at-home parent and men as the careerist.



Sweden's parental leave - vocabulary

_______________________________
Ez a szódolgozat a Sweden's parental leave c. feladathoz tartozik.
Hungarian
English
jövedelem
(1)  _______________
járandóság, ellátmány
(2)  _______________
otthon maradó szülő
(3)  _______________
felnevel
(4)  _______________
szabadság
(5)  _______________
csapda (trükk)
(6)  _______________
egyenlően
(7)  _______________
támogat, előmozdít
(8)  _______________
mindkét szülő
(9)  _______________
megoszt
(10)  _______________









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