The Volunteer
Working in a developing country is always a learning experience. It confronts you with some of the harsh realities of the world. But as Carrie, the main character in the short story "The Volunteer" discovers, it can also confront you with some harsh realities about yourself.
Read more in Access to International English, p. 217. Then do the tasks in the textbook and on this website.
Indian English
A short video in which Professor David Crystal discusses Indian English.
Education in India - BBC
Sanjeev visits some impressive young students taking time out of their school day to help teach street children the same syllabus.
Textbook Tasks
Listening
Articles and Resources
Going Further
Links
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India education statistics (UNICEF)
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Education System in India
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What is wrong with the Indian education system? (Quora)
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Working and volunteering in India (Lonely Planet)
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'Dramatic' rise in 16 to 25-year-olds volunteering across the UK
(bbc.co. uk)