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Helen: It wasn’t difficult because I was on an
apprenticeship so, you know, I was already
employed, if you like, I know now though because
the apprenticeship schemes don’t work for women
over 25 then it’s actually quite difficult for women
to find enough work experience to make themselves
employable because you tend to go into the trade at
a slightly older level. To be honest, construction isn’t
sexy, you know, no young girl’s going to think about
going into construction because nobody offers it to
them at school for a start, and there’s nothing in
the media which actually shows women working in
construction; construction has a very negative image
in terms of health and safety, in terms of attitude, but,
you know, a few women are going to be attracted to
it. It’s well-paid and we can work overtime and make
more money. The Olympics is actually a bonanza for
us, more women should join us.
Things that put women off working in manual
trades is the macho image of a guy carrying a
girder or a ladder or carrying couples of bricks, you
know that’s part of construction but it’s only such
a small part.”
The making of the leaflet
L’objectif de l’activité est de transférer les savoirs et
savoir faire sur un support publicitaire : on veillera au
respect des consignes (contenu iconographique pertinent),
à la formulation adéquate : slogans invitant
les femmes à postuler, l’utilisation d’impératifs « Apply
right now! », de formes emphatiques « Do believe in
your skills! », à la mise en page normalisée, à la justification
du choix de chaque élément. Il faudra aussi
inclure des arguments de persuasion, de contenu
(salaires, promotions), d’effets de style (répétitions,
allitérations, etc.)
3. reporting cases
of discrimination (p. 45)
YOUR TASK
1. Examples from Document 1
a. Both men and women are hit by sexual discrimination
when they apply for jobs.
b. There are set ideas according to which jobs are
considered as women’s jobs or men’s jobs.
c. On average, the salaries are far lower for the same
job when the employee is a woman.
Examples from Document 2
a. Eastern European immigrants jeopardize the future
of young Europeans.
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b. They take the jobs for which young Europeans are
trained.
c. They contribute to increasing unemployment.
Immigration hits young too
Script de l’enregistrement
Immigrants from Eastern Europe have pushed young
people out of work and have caused some wages
to rise, despite hopes that they would dampen low
inflation, Barclays Capital, the City investment bank
claims.
In a report, Immigration and the UK economy,
published yesterday by Barclays Capital, the bank’s
analysis suggests that the Bank of England may have
to tighten monetary policy more than previously
thought, as it shows that any loosening in the labour
market caused by the influx of about 600,000 migrants
over the past two years has now faded away.
The report debunks some of the optimism around
the decision to allow citizens of Poland and nine other
new EU nations immediate rights to work in Britain. It
finds that unemployment has risen by 2.7 percentage
points, or some 124,000 among 18 to 24-year-olds
over the past two years, a much sharper increase than
in any other adult age group…It seems reasonably
safe to say that this rise has been the result of the
inflow of 183,000 migrants of this age.
From The Times, October 26, 2006
2. Writing a press article
Le but sera d’adopter un style convaincant en tenant
compte du lecteur mais aussi une méthode de rédaction
: partir de faits concrets pour soulever un problème,
informer sur les causes, envisager les conséquences. Les
étudiants devront garder à l’esprit que tout article de
presse est d’abord un moyen d’information et ensuite un
tremplin pour réagir.
Propositions de titres :
“Enough is enough”, “Same opportunities for all?
–Not yet!” / “Everybody on an equal footing? – Still
tomorrowland!”/ “Jobs: long is the road to equality”,
etc
Proposition d’article :
Visit a company at work! Watch the staff! Check the
payroll! Now knock on doors. Sure, if you open the
secretary’s office, you will find a woman at the desk.
Now, ask to meet one of the engineers working there,
I bet it will be a man. A survey released last week
revealed that Human Resources Boards are reluctant to
hire women for positions that are usually held by men.
The same letter of application will get a positive or
negative answer depending on the applicant’s gender.
Theoretically both have the same opportunities and
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