Only 10% of UK engineers are women (6th November, 2014)

The Reading / Listening - Level 3

A new report says less than ten per cent of Britain's engineers are women. This is the lowest figure of all European countries. Vince Cable, the UK Business Secretary, told reporters that this would be an "enormous problem for years to come". He said one of the biggest areas that needed more women was in computer science. Many women graduate from university with degrees in computer science, so Mr Cable did not understand why there were so few female computer engineers. He suggested that many companies had a "psychological barrier" against women becoming engineers. He said: "Half of all state schools don't have a single girl doing physics. We are only tapping half the population."

The British government has started a new campaign to get more women into engineering. It is called "Tomorrow's Engineers Week" and started on November the 4th. Mr Cable said at the launch: "Engineering has a vital role to play in the future of UK industry. It is important that we act now to ensure businesses have access to the skills they require to enable them to grow." A spokesman for Siemens UK said Britain needed to "help young people understand how an engineering [training programme] can lead to a rewarding career". The campaign website said it would "showcase all the exciting businesses and industries…that rely on the work of creative engineers."

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Sources

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/campaign-unveiled-to-inspire-young-to-go-into-engineering-8920049.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/04/vince-cable-uk-economy-female-engineers
http://www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk/week/

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. WOMEN ENGINEERS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about women engineers. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

new report / less than 10% / engineers / enormous problem / computer science / campaign / a vital role / act now / training / rewarding career / exciting businesses

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. ENGINEERING: How important are these branches of engineering? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	How important?	Why?	The future?
Materials engineering
Civil engineering
Computer engineering
Electrical engineering
Genetic engineering
Mechanical engineering

4. VITAL ROLE: Students A strongly believe engineering is more important than most jobs; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. CAREER: Rank these engineering jobs and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best career at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• designing roads

• genetic engineer

• nanotechnology

• computer systems

• electronic devices

• automotive engineer

• industrial design

• space engineer

6. ENGINEER: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "engineer". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Just over 10% of UK engineers are women.	T / F
b.	Britain has the lowest percentage of female engineers in Europe.	T / F
c.	Many women graduate from university with computer science degrees.	T / F
d.	Half of the girls in state schools study physics.	T / F
e.	The UK launched a new campaign called "Next Week's Engineers".	T / F
f.	The UK Business Secretary said his country must take action now.	T / F
g.	A spokesman said a career in engineering isn't that rewarding.	T / F
h.	A website will have information on the work of creative engineers.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	report	a.	fields
2.	figure	b.	study
3.	enormous	c.	essential
4.	areas	d.	huge
5.	tapping	e.	start
6.	campaign	f.	number
7.	launch	g.	fruitful
8.	vital	h.	drive
9.	rewarding	i.	depend on
10.	rely on	j.	using

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	an enormous problem	a.	a new campaign
2.	graduate from university with degrees	b.	career
3.	companies had a psychological	c.	girl doing physics
4.	schools don't have a single	d.	role to play in the future
5.	We are only tapping	e.	for years to come
6.	The British government has started	f.	barrier against women
7.	Engineering has a vital	g.	act now
8.	It is important that we	h.	half the population
9.	lead to a rewarding	i.	of creative engineers
10.	rely on the work	j.	in computer science

GAP FILL

A new report says (1) ____________ than ten per cent of Britain's engineers are women. This is the (2) ____________ figure of all European countries. Vince Cable, the UK Business Secretary, told reporters that this would be an "(3) ____________ problem for years to come". He said one of the biggest (4) ____________ that needed more women was in computer science. Many women (5) ____________ from university with degrees in computer science, so Mr Cable did not understand why there were so (6) ____________ female computer engineers. He suggested that many companies had a "psychological (7) ____________ " against women becoming engineers. He said: "Half of all state schools don't have a single girl doing physics. We are only tapping (8) ____________ the population."

areas
barrier
enormous
less
half
lowest
graduate
few

The British government has started a new (9) ____________ to get more women into engineering. It is called "Tomorrow's Engineers Week" and started on November the 4th. Mr Cable said at the (10) ____________: "Engineering has a (11) ____________ role to play in the future of UK industry. It is important that we act now to (12) ____________ businesses have access to the skills they require to (13) ____________ them to grow." A spokesman for Siemens UK said Britain needed to "help young people understand how an engineering [training programme] can (14) ____________ to a (15) ____________ career". The campaign website said it would "showcase all the exciting businesses and industries…that (16) ____________ on the work of creative engineers."

ensure
rewarding
launch
enable
campaign
rely
lead
vital

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	This is the lowest ______ European countries
	a. figures of all b. figured of all c. figure of all d. figurine of all
2)	Many women graduate from university ______ computer science
	a. with degrees on b. with degrees in c. with degree sin d. with degrees of
3)	He suggested that many companies had a "______" against women
	a. physiological barrier b. psychological barrier c. pathological barrier d. phonological barrier
4)	Half of all state schools don't have a single ______
	a. girl doing physics b. girl doing physicals c. girl doing psychics d. girl doing physicists
5)	We are only ______ population
	a. topping half the b. tipping half the c. taping half the d. tapping half the
6)	a new campaign to get more women ______
	a. onto engineering b. unto engineering c. into engineering d. in to engineering
7)	Engineering has ______ to play in the future of UK industry
	a. a vital roll b. a vital real c. a vital role d. a vital rule
8)	ensure businesses have access to the skills they require to ______ grow
	a. disable them to b. enable them to c. in able them to d. in a ball them to
9)	understand how an engineering training programme can lead to ______
	a. a reward in career b. a rewarded career c. a rewording career d. a rewarding career
10)	The campaign website said it ______ the exciting businesses and industries
	a. would case show all b. would snow case all c. would showcase all d. would book case all

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

A new report (1) ___________________ per cent of Britain's engineers are women. This is the (2) ___________________ European countries. Vince Cable, the UK Business Secretary, told reporters that this would be an "enormous problem (3) ___________________ ". He said one of the biggest areas that needed more women was in computer science. Many women graduate from university (4) ___________________ computer science, so Mr Cable did not understand why there were so few female computer engineers. He suggested that many companies had a "(5) ___________________" against women becoming engineers. He said: "Half of all state schools don't have (6) ___________________ physics. We are only tapping half the population."

The British government has started (7) ___________________ get more women into engineering. It is called "Tomorrow's Engineers Week" and started on November the 4th. Mr Cable (8) ___________________: "Engineering has a (9) ___________________ in the future of UK industry. It is important that we act now to ensure businesses have access to the skills they (10) ___________________ them to grow." A spokesman for Siemens UK said Britain needed to "help young people understand how an engineering [training programme] can lead (11) ___________________ ". The campaign website said it would "showcase all the exciting businesses and industries…that (12) ___________________ creative engineers."

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What percentage of UK engineers are women?
2.	How many European countries have a lower percentage?
3.	What area did the Business Secretary say needed more women?
4.	What kind of barrier might companies have against women engineers?
5.	How many girls study physics in half of Britain's state schools?
6.	What is the name of the UK's new campaign?
7.	What has a vital role to play in the future of UK industry?
8.	What do businesses need to grow?
9.	What kind of career did Siemens say engineering is?
10.	What do businesses and industries rely on?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What percentage of UK engineers are women?	6.	What is the name of the UK's new campaign?
	a) 10% b) less than 10% c) 10.01% d) just over 10%		a) Tomorrow's Engineers Week b) Tomorrow's Weekly Engineers c) Engineers Tomorrow Week d) Engineers A Week Tomorrow
2.	How many European countries have a lower percentage?	7.	What has a vital role to play in the future of UK industry?
	a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) none		a) food b) acting c) engineering d) access
3.	What area did the Business Secretary say needed more women?	8.	What do businesses need to grow?
	a) computer science b) London c) 10 square metres d) figures		a) access to skills b) seeds c) sunlight and water d) luck
4.	What kind of barrier might companies have against women engineers?	9.	What kind of career did Siemens say engineering is?
	a) a pathological one b) a phonological one c) a psychological one d) a physiological one		a) rewarding b) comforting c) tortuous d) programming
5.	How many girls study physics in half of Britain's state schools?	10.	What do businesses and industries rely on?
	a) 35% b) none c) 2,387 d) around a million		a) innovation b) each other c) showcases d) the work of creative engineers

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Designing cities

You think designing cities is the best engineering job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): a genetic engineer, an engineer at Apple or a space engineer.

Role B – Genetic engineer

You think a genetic engineer is the best engineering job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): designing cities, an engineer at Apple or a space engineer.

Role C – Engineer at Apple

You think an engineer at Apple is the best engineering job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): a genetic engineer, designing cities or a space engineer.

Role D – Space engineer

You think a space engineer is the best engineering job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their jobs. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): a genetic engineer, an engineer at Apple or designing cities.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'computer' and 'science'.

computer

science

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

less
years
degrees
few
barrier
half

new
role
act
grow
lead
rely

WOMEN ENGINEERS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about women engineers in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

ENGINEERS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'engineer'?
c)	Why do you think there are so few women engineers in Britain?
d)	Why is this an "enormous problem"?
e)	Are women attracted to engineering as a career?
f)	What do you think of a job in engineering?
g)	How important are engineers?
h)	Do you think studying computer science would be interesting?
i)	Why might companies have a "psychological barrier" against women becoming engineers?
j)	Did / Do you like studying physics?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	What do you think of the "Tomorrow's Engineers Week" campaign?
c)	Are men or women better engineers?
d)	Why is engineering vital for the future?
e)	Is engineering an attractive career in your country? (Why)?
f)	What kind of engineer would you like to be?
g)	Is engineering a "rewarding career"?
h)	Would you prefer to be an engineer at Apple or NASA?
i)	Which is a better job, an engineer or a banker?
j)	What questions would you like to ask an engineer?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

A new report says less than ten per cent of Britain's engineers are women. This is the lowest (1) ____ of all European countries. Vince Cable, the UK Business Secretary, told reporters that this would be an "(2) ____ problem for years to come". He said one of the biggest areas that (3) ____ more women was in computer science. Many women graduate from university with degrees (4) ____ computer science, so Mr Cable did not understand why there were so (5) ____ female computer engineers. He suggested that many companies had a "psychological barrier" against women becoming engineers. He said: "Half of all state schools don't have a (6) ____ girl doing physics. We are only tapping half the population."

The British government has started a new campaign to (7) ____ more women into engineering. It is called "Tomorrow's Engineers Week" and started on November the 4th. Mr Cable said at the (8) ____: "Engineering has a vital role to play in the future of UK industry. It is important that we act now to (9) ____ businesses have access to the skills they require to (10) ____ them to grow." A spokesman for Siemens UK said Britain needed to "help young people understand how an engineering [training programme] can lead to a (11) ____ career". The campaign website said it would "showcase all the exciting businesses and industries…that rely (12) ____ the work of creative engineers."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	numeral	(b)	per cent	(c)	figure	(d)	statistics
2.	(a)	enormous	(b)	huge	(c)	largest	(d)	seriously
3.	(a)	needed	(b)	necessary	(c)	requiring	(d)	must
4.	(a)	in	(b)	on	(c)	to	(d)	at
5.	(a)	much	(b)	few	(c)	small	(d)	little
6.	(a)	married	(b)	lone	(c)	solitary	(d)	single
7.	(a)	make	(b)	do	(c)	get	(d)	work
8.	(a)	orbit	(b)	liftoff	(c)	pitch	(d)	launch
9.	(a)	ensure	(b)	sure	(c)	surety	(d)	sureness
10.	(a)	enable	(b)	disable	(c)	abled	(d)	ability
11.	(a)	bounty	(b)	rewarding	(c)	prize	(d)	pay
12.	(a)	at	(b)	in	(c)	on	(d)	to

SPELLING

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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

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( )	in computer science. Many women graduate from university with degrees in computer science, so Mr Cable did
( )	not understand why there were so few female computer engineers. He suggested that many companies had a "psychological
( )	girl doing physics. We are only tapping half the population."
( )	engineering [training programme] can lead to a rewarding career". The campaign website said it would "showcase
( )	for Siemens UK said Britain needed to "help young people understand how an
( )	launch: "Engineering has a vital role to play in the future of UK industry. It is important that we
( )	act now to ensure businesses have access to the skills they require to enable them to grow." A spokesman
( )	figure of all European countries. Vince Cable, the UK Business Secretary, told reporters that this would be an "enormous
( )	barrier" against women becoming engineers. He said: "Half of all state schools don't have a single
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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

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The British government has started a new campaigner / campaign to get more women into engineer / engineering. It is called "Tomorrow's Engineers Week" and started on November the 4th. Mr Cable said at the blastoff / launch: "Engineering has a vital / vitality role to play / game in the future of UK industry. It is important that we act / action now to ensure businesses have access / excess to the skills they require to enable them to growth / grow." A spokesman for Siemens UK said Britain needed to "help young people understand how an engineering [training programme] can lead to a rewarding career". The campaign website said it would "bookcase / showcase all the exciting businesses and industries…that rely in / on the work of creative engineers."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

a new report says less than ten per cent of britain's engineers are women this is the lowest figure of all european countries vince cable the uk business secretary told reporters that this would be an "enormous problem for years to come" he said one of the biggest areas that needed more women was in computer science many women graduate from university with degrees in computer science so mr cable did not understand why there were so few female computer engineers he suggested that many companies had a "psychological barrier" against women becoming engineers he said "half of all state schools don't have a single girl doing physics we are only tapping half the population"

the british government has started a new campaign to get more women into engineering it is called "tomorrow's engineers week" and started on november the 4th mr cable said at the launch "engineering has a vital role to play in the future of uk industry it is important that we act now to ensure businesses have access to the skills they require to enable them to grow" a spokesman for siemens uk said britain needed to "help young people understand how an engineering [training programme] can lead to a rewarding career" the campaign website said it would "showcase all the exciting businesses and industries…that rely on the work of creative engineers"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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FREE WRITING

Write about women engineers for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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ACADEMIC WRITING

There are no jobs that women cannot do. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about women engineers. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. WOMEN AT WORK: Make a poster about women working in jobs they were not doing 50 years ago. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. WOMEN ENGINEERS: Write a magazine article about women engineers. Include imaginary interviews with people who think they are better than men and people who think men are better.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to a woman engineer. Ask her three questions about her job. Give her three pieces of advice on how to be a successful engineer. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

T

d

F

e

F

f

T

g

F

h

T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	report	a.	study
2.	figure	b.	number
3.	enormous	c.	huge
4.	areas	d.	fields
5.	tapping	e.	using
6.	campaign	f.	drive
7.	launch	g.	start
8.	vital	h.	essential
9.	rewarding	i.	fruitful
10.	rely on	j.	depend on

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Less than 10%
2.	None
3.	Computer Science
4.	A psychological barrier
5.	None
6.	Tomorrow's Engineers Week
7.	Engineering
8.	Access to skills
9.	A rewarding one
10.	The work of creative engineers

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

b

2.

d

3.

a

4.

c

5.

b

6.

a

7.

c

8.

a

9.

a

10.

d

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