06 03 social sciences u2a

Module 2A Outer Space Pro-globalisation or Anti-globalisation? The concept of globalisation is very controversial Here are different opinions concerning this issue Globalisation is undermining There are no grounds for blaming The World Trade Organisation (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are some of the institutions in favour of globalisation 3 The gap between rich and poor nations is getting bigger This is the inevitable result of market forces: free trade does nothing to redistribute wealth Globalisation will bring changes to the countries it reaches, but traditional values will be preserved and traditions will be known all over the world multinational corporations The causes of poverty are complex and include poor health and education along with weak and corrupt governments Environmentalists such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, developing countries organisations such as Group 77 and Third World Network, business organisations threatened by international competition, unions in rich countries and cultural nationalists, all criticise globalisation One of the consequences of globalisation will be the end of cultural diversity and the triumph of a uniform culture serving the needs of transnational corporations such as Coca-Cola and McDonald’s Globalisation is positive because it will eliminate the isolation of countries English Toolkit - Social Sciences Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 countries because corporations have been empowered at the expense of the nation state On top of that, international institutions, such as the World Bank, are not democratic Module 2A Activities 1 Scan the text and identify paragraphs Against and For globalisation Against For a gap b blame c poverty d abolish e undermine f multinational g threaten h corporation  to put an end to a system or practice formally a large business company a company with branches around the world the state of being extremely poor to intimidate or scare an empty space in the middle or between two things to damage or impair to make someone responsible for something that is wrong 3 Look at the text again and state if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F) a Corporations are getting more power thanks to globalisation b The World Trade Organisation and the Third World Network are in favour of globalisation c Free trade doesn’t redistribute wealth d Globalisation will change traditional values around the world e Poverty is caused by multinational corporations in favour of globalisation f Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are environmentalist groups against globalisation g Coca-Cola and McDonald’s will help with the creation of a cultural diversity h Countries will be eliminated by globalisation 4 These are some links used to connect opposites: From one point of view On the one hand An advantage of is A favourable opinion is that From another point of view On the other A disadvantage of is In contrast English Toolkit - Social Sciences Use them to summarise the pros and cons in the text Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 2 Match words and their meanings