Some students continue to litter the classroom during lunch break despite repeated warnings by the class monitor. With your partner discuss :1.why is this a wrong practice?2.what do you think be the best way to stop them?
Answers
This is an ASL prompt for speaking task 3. You can say the
following lines or something similar in your discussion for the prompt:
Candidate A: Well, this littering problem is quite a common sight in our
country, and our class students are no exception. I just wonder why people
litter and waste so much food!
Candidate B: My heart pains when I see so many students throwing their
unconsumed food in the class dustbin. This is not only the wastage of national
food resources, but also very unhygienic for the class! Sometimes, the maids
omit to clean the dustbins, this causes a lot of putrid smell in the class.
Besides, the rotting food attracts flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, etc, which
are carriers of germs and dangerous bacteria.
Candidate A: How dirty our class looks after the break as if it is a dumping
yard! This throwing of litter and food also encourages other students to follow
suit. How will our parents feel when they come to know that the food cooked by
them with so much of love, affection, and labour is thrown so unthinkingly?
Candidate B: of course they will be hurt! We must do something to stop this
flagrant wastage of food! What are our options? I think we should do something
to prevent this littering and wasting.
Candidate A: Yes, I agree with you. We can do much in this regard. We can bring
the issue to our class teacher's notice. If you feel it right, we can even go
to the principal. What do you say?
Candidate B: We don't need go to the principal straightaway. Class teacher will
do first. We can talk to our classmates ourselves on the issue and reason with
them about the negative effects of this littering and wastage. Most of them
will surely listen to us.
Candidate A: Yes, we can also have some posters on 'Stop Littering' or ‘Keep
our Class Clean’ put up in the class, which will serve as reminders to the
students.
Candidate B: Very bright idea. We can also request our school counselor to give
a seminar on class cleanliness in which she can specifically talk about
class-litter problem and teach students how to maintain cleanliness even during
the break.
Student A: If in spite of all these measures our classmates don’t mend their ways, we will seek the principal’s intervention.
Student B: Let's go to the class teacher and start working on the mission.
Follow up questions and answers:
How easy/difficult do you think it would be for you...?
It is going to be a difficult task as students are habitual of throwing litter in the class. But as I said in my discussion, talking to them; putting on notice and posters concerning maintain cleanliness in the class will help.
Do you think the teacher can...?
Yes, teachers can really play a great role in maintaining the cleanliness; especially the class teacher, she can start imposing fine on students who litter during the break. This will really have positive effect.
Akash: Why? what happened?
Arsh: They are throwing the wrappers and all the food items away and not using the dustbins.
Akash: Really?
Arsh: Yes, I think we should take some action against this, do you have something in mind?
Akash: Yes, I think we should put up a notice that whoever throws the litter will be penalized.
Arsh: Yes, we can do that, and what else?
Akash: We should also ask children to look after the children who are doing this and whoever tell the name of the children doing it will be rewarded.
Arsh: Yes, that would encourage the students to be careful with it, another thing which I would like to suggest to my teachers is that they should give 10-15 mins lecture to students before the break that how wrong it is and we all together have to work towards making the environment hygienic.
Akash: Yes, that is a great idea too. I think we should write a letter to the principal.
Arsh: Yes, will you help me doing all of these activities?
Akash: I would love to help you, and I am always up for anything which is for the betterment of our school.
Arsh: Ok then I will see you tomorrow, we both will go to the principal and share our ideas.
Akash: Great, see you tomorrow!