Name : Arkhab Fadhil Jamil

NPM : D1F020015

Sosiologi A

 

English Task

Reading materials and tasks

 

 

 

Amnesty

 

1. Answer the following questions using your own words.

a) What are the aims of Amnesty International?

Answer : Amnesty International is a world-wide volunteer organization funded entirely by

subscriptions and donations. It is totally independent of any government, political

faction, ideology, economic interest or religious creed.

 

b) How do Amnesty's local groups operate?

Answer : The organization works for the release of `Prisoners of Conscience'- men, women

and children imprisoned anywhere for their beliefs, colour, sex, ethnic origin, language

or religion. It also seeks fair and immediate trial for all political prisoners detained

without charge, and opposes torture and the degrading treatment of prisoners. It is also

against the death penalty for all types of crime.

Amnesty works by collecting information. When it has proof that a person is a

`Prisoner of Conscience', that person's case is handed over to a local group. The local

groups are ordinary individuals who believe in Amnesty's work. They send letters to

governments, embassies, leading newspapers and the prisoner's family and friends. They

also collect

signatures and raise money to send medicine, food and clothing to the prisoners and

their families. These volunteers use their freedom of speech to win the same freedom for

their adopted prisoner.

 

2. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?

a)  Amnesty International follows a religious creed.( False )

 b)  Amnesty  International  fights  for  the  release  of  any  prisoner  who  opposes violence. ( True )

3. Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to:

a)      looks for, tries to obtain

Answer  : Seeking, Collecting, Gather Information

b)      most important

Answer  :  Proof

4. Choose a, b, or c, in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

1. Amnesty International is supported ...

c) by people who give money or subscribe to the organization.

 

2. Amnesty gathers information ...

a) to determine if someone is a `Prisoner of Conscience'.

 

3. The local groups are composed of ...

c) normal people who have the same views as Amnesty International.

 

4. Amnesty International will go on working until

a) Many `Prisoners of Conscience' are released from prison.

 

5. Composition (100-150 words approximately). Choose one of the following topics. (4 points)

 

B. Would you like to join Amnesty International? Explain why / why not.

 

Yes, I am a little interested because Amnesty International is an organization that upholds human rights, we as humans should be proud of what they do for the common good because basically we are human beings, social creatures who need proper rights to live on this earth and we are all equal beings.

 

 

Truancy

 

1. Answer the following questions using your words. (2 points: 1 point each)

a) Why do many parents not send their children to school?

Answer: Because their parents wanted them at home to care for the siblings, or simply because their parents didn't bother sending them to school. Thousands more are not enrolled in any school, due to their unstable family life.

 

c)      How are the authorities trying to solve this problem?

Answer: The Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade schools to ditch and exclude children from returning to class. and has imposed fines for parents who cannot send their children to school, and authorized police to skip classes on the street.

 

 

2. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)? (1 point: 0.5 each)

 

a) The problem of truancy is mainly a matter of obedience. ( False)

b) it is very hard to persuade children that if they go to school, they will be able to get a job. ( False )

 

3. Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to: (1 point: 0.5 each)

a) someone who looks after a relative at home

Answer: Them at home as carers for siblings

b) turbulent

 

 

 

4. Choose, a, b, or c, in each question below. Only one choice is correct. (2 points:

0.5 each)

 

1. According to the text, there are thousands of children who ...

c) are not registered at any school.

 

3. The Ministry of Education will take away a school's grant if ...

c) children escape from school.

 

4. The Home Office ...

b) will punish parents who fail to send their children to school.

 

 

 

 

5. Composition (100-150 words approximately). Choose one of the following topics. (4 points)

2. Education is important. Explain why.

Answer : Education is very important to us, because not only giving us knowledge will teach us manners and the right things. Education fosters us into adult individuals, individuals who can plan for the future and make the right decisions in life.