= Chapter 7 Global issues eeereceeeee eoreceeceeereceeeeeee Is drug abuse restricted to being addicted to narcotics? > How ellective do you think the illustrated pamphlet below is? Do you agree with the information presented? Which of the behavioural changes scares you the most? > Should governments play a more positive role in reducing drug abuse? How? > How can schools help in raising awareness of the dangers of drug abuse? RE ‘AD > What can local organizations do te help adolescents avoid substance abuse? > What can you do to help?Substance abuse 40 to all is an intolerance of 70 Workshops for adolescents Preventing fusion ard 2. fusteton wl be gen fo approxmety substance about the inevitable experience eight weeks during which they b ‘of frustration, These atitudes will be primarily focusing on abuse render the {j] abuser relatively their attitudes when facing 45 inefecual in facing, stugging, 75 unwanted deappointments. The | A Proposal and mastering inevible fe emphasis willbe on enting Despite a thityiveyear wer problems. In this light, drugs the presence of negative con diug [a] thete is evidence and alcohol are used to [k] the feelings, attitudes towards these that not only is the war far from psychic pain associated with feelings, individual. styles of being won; indeed, itis enlisting 50 these ‘unbearable’ feelings. 80 coping or avoiding dealing with 5 younger and younger [b] in ever these feelings; the introduction increasing numbers. Statistically, ‘of concepts to alter the view sivty to sixty five percent of of these so-called negative youths who have been jailed feelings from burdensome to have been [e] connected with 85 challenging; andthe introduction to substance abuse, The age of of concepts (tools) utiized as a | Id] is estimated to be as early means of effectively coping with as eleven years old, Once in these negative feelings. the “if” the habit of substance abuse is [e] hard to break 15 Thus it makes sense to try and prevent potential abuse from The goal of this project is to provide the potential substance abuser with psychological tools (concepts) for leaming how to 35 effectively struggle with strugle, potentially equipping him or her with anecessary selfstructurefor successfully leading a balanced life, Thus, this program aims To try to objectively measure the 50 at providing for each student 90 effectiveness ofthe project, each the know-how in the overly [I] student will be asked to fil out a formula: “lust Say No!, survey which indicates his or her happening inthe first place attitudes towards frustration and Project Activities the likes. Additionally they will Objectives of this Proposal pgoroprite ime (yet to be 9 be asked about ther attudes, In an accurate desciption of specified) will be spent in towards drugs and alcohol 2 problem lies an {f] solution. 55 meeting with administrators, Gibbs A. Williams, Ph.D. 20 Assuming this statement to be counselors and teachers, to valid, it then folows that the acquaint them with the theory key to successful prevention and concepts associated with is the identification of the the workshop. [el cause(s) of substance abuse. 25 In my thirty years of professional experience associated with substance abuse, my conclusion is that the central problem Underlying substance abuse is 30 the intolerance thatthe potential abuser hes for [h] psychic pain. This psychic pain is commonly fefered to as so-called negative feelings including 35 anxiety, depression, shame, gui, confusion, weakness, helplessness, hopelessness, ambiguity, complexiy, ambiv lence, and not_ knowing. Percentages of 12-17 year olds n the US who are dependent on ili drugs[aaa Chopter7 1 Which words go in the gaps [a}HII] in the text? Choose the words from the box below. abuse intensify potential cleat ination recuits common intimately remotely dealing krown surprisingly diect misguided undering embedded obliterate. underlying exceedingly onset usage experiencing optimistic users 2. Decide whether each of the sentences below is true or false and Justify your choice with a relevant brief quotation from the text, @ Around two-thirds of young delinquents are associated with drug abuse 1b Identifying the causes of substance abuse will not solve the problem, ©The main cause of substance abuse is an inability to deal with frustration. The proposal aims to help people learn how to lead a balanced life. € For approximately eight months, workshop participants will earn how to solve their problems. £ A questionnaire will be used to assess the effectiveness of the project. 3. Indicate to whom or what the following words or phrases refer in the text. a ‘i (linea) b ‘this statement’ (line 20) © ‘my’ (line 25) ‘all (line 40) ‘them’ (line 67) ‘which’ (line 72) ‘their’ (line 74) ‘unese feelings’ (lines 78-79) renee Developing writing skills: Proposal Your main goal when writing a proposal isto get your suggestions approved. This is why itis very important to determine who your audience is and what action you want your audience to take upon reading your proposal To write a convincing proposal, you need to state '¢ the purpose of the proposal, ¢ some background information about the topi '* detailed solutions and outcomes.In order for your proposal to be effective, use © short sentences * language which is easy to understand, although it could be technical at times (depending on the topic of the proposal). In short, be precise and concise 1 Re-read the text and answer the following questions. a Who is the intended audience of the proposal? b_ What is the main idea in the first paragraph? € How does the author present background information? 4 What appears under the ‘objectives of the proposal’? € Is the language used comprehensible? Does the author use technical terms? 2 Inppairs, add one idea which will help control substance abuse to the list proposed in the text 3 Share your idea with your classmates. Which ideas can be added to the proposal? Which are considered inappropriate? Why? Interactive oral activi guidelines Interactive oral activity ieee solutions; you have to Imagine that you are a student at a school that is located in an anglophone country. Your school counsellor asked you to present Sat Roce Te a proposal on one of the problems below to your school’s Student your solutions do address the Council problem and will help solve Im groups it 1 Choose one of the following problems. + You do not write your solutions in dealin @ presentation You jst write Summary points and oraly explain your solutions. 2. Do thorough research about the topic. «© Bepredse and conose. The Think of solutions. topics are too broad and you bs have to contextualize them, 4 Prepare a presentation in which you outline the problem, the SW aineel neroetor aims of your proposal and your detailed solutions. Searicea emer 5 Present your proposal to your classmates. cause(s) and effect(s) of the problem at your school Remember that you have only 15 minutes to present yout proposal and thatthe mote general your solutions are, the less impressive they sound ‘Remember to incude specific ‘examples drawn from an English-speaking culture Ifyou decide to include ‘examples frorn your own culture, these should be Used only to compare how the issue is perceived in your ‘culture compared with your chosen anglophone one. @ = Binge drinking © Smoking © Driving under the influence of alcohol