The Reading / Listening - Reclusiveness - Level 0

Many people do not want to leave their home. They do not want to meet other people. They are recluses. South Korea will help these people. It will give them $500 a month. The money is for people aged nine to 24. Korea wants these people to go out. This will help their mental and physical health.

About 3 per cent of young Koreans are reclusive. They have big problems living a normal life. This is because of bullying, family problems, social media, and other reasons. Korea said the $500 means young people will go out and have fewer health problems. Korea needs young people to work to help old people.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Reclusiveness - Level 1 Reclusiveness - Level 2   or  Reclusiveness - Level 3

Sources
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/14/asia/south-korea-youth-recluse-stipend-intl-hnk/index.html
  • https://news.yahoo.com/korea-pay-reclusive-lonely-young-190420633.html
  • https://time.com/6270853/south-korea-reclusive-children-cash-handout/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. people do not want to
  2. meet
  3. They are
  4. Korea will
  5. It will give them
  6. people aged
  7. Korea wants these people
  8. help their mental and
  1. physical health
  2. help these people
  3. other people
  4. to go out
  5. recluses
  6. leave their home
  7. nine to 24
  8. $500 a month

Paragraph 2

  1. About 3 per cent
  2. They have big
  3. living a
  4. This is because of
  5. social
  6. young people will go
  7. Korea needs young
  8. work to
  1. help old people
  2. bullying
  3. problems
  4. out
  5. of young Koreans
  6. people
  7. media
  8. normal life

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

(1) ___________________ not want to leave their home. They do not (2) ___________________ other people. They are recluses. South Korea (3) ___________________ people. It will give them (4) ___________________. The money is for people aged nine to 24. Korea wants these people (5) ___________________. This will help their mental (6) ___________________.

About 3 per cent (7) ___________________ are reclusive. They have big problems (8) ___________________ life. This is (9) ___________________, family problems, social media, (10) ___________________. Korea said the $500 means young people will (11) ___________________ have fewer health problems. Korea needs young people to work to (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Manypeopledonotwanttoleavetheirhome.Theydonotwanttomeetoth
erpeople.Theyarerecluses.SouthKoreawillhelpthesepeople.Itwillgiv
ethem$500amonth.Themoneyisforpeopleagednineto24.Koreawant
sthesepeopletogoout.Thiswillhelptheirmentalandphysicalhealth.Ab
out3percentofyoungKoreansarereclusive.Theyhavebigproblemslivi
nganormallife.Thisisbecauseofbullying,familyproblems,socialmedia
,andotherreasons.Koreasaidthe$500meansyoungpeoplewillgoouta
ndhavefewerhealthproblems.Koreaneedsyoungpeopletoworktohe
lpoldpeople.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic 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.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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

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

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Free writing

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Answers

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