The Cheju divers

The Cheju divers

Language Features and Functions

Vocabulary: Food diving peopleLanguage Skills

Speaking:To answer the question about the story.

Reading:To read for comprehension and answer.

Writing: To write and share the opinion about the story

Pre - reading1 Do you like eating fish and other food from the sea?

2 Would you like to spend every day in the sea?

3 How do people catch fish in your country?

Vocabularydive (v.)

If you go to dive at Krabi, you will see a lot of colour fish.

wetsuit (n.)

The divers put on their wetsuits before they go into the sea.

Vocabulary

Vocabularyespecially (adv.)

I like watching sport competition especially football.

Vocabularycotton (n.)

This shirt is made of cotton.

Vocabularyseabed (n.) How long has the Titanic been on the seabed?

Vocabularytough (adj.)There was a tough problem in our organisation so that we must help to solve it.

Vocabularydrown (v.) You will drown if you dont put on a life jacket.

Answer1. f2. c3. e4. d5. b6. a7. gThe Cheju diversEvery day of the year, fifty eight- year old Kim Kwang Hee goes down to the sea near her home. She puts on her wetsuit and goes into the water. Then she spends four or five hours diving down to the seabed to collect seafood. Kwang Hee dives twenty or thirty times each day. She sometimes dives as deep as 15 metres, and she can stay under the water for up to three minutes. When she has finished diving, she takes her seafood to the market and sells it. Kwang Hee has done this evey day since she was fifteen years old.

The Cheju diversKwang Hee is a haenyo. The haenyo are a group of women who dive for seafood off Cheju Island in South Korea. They have been fishing off Cheju for more than 1,500 years. Only women became haenyo because they were better divers than men. They could stay in the water longer, especially in winter when it was cold. Before they had wetsuits, the women only wore a thin cotton dress. While the haenyo dived, the men stayed home to look after the children.

The Cheju diversSoon there might be no more haenyo. Today, 70 per cent of the haenyo are over the age of sixty. Young women in Cheju dont want to become haenyo. It is a dangerous job. Many of Kwang Hees friends have died. Some drowned, and one was killed by a shark. It is also tough work. Young women want to fine easier jobs in offices where they can earn more money. But for now, Kwang Hee and her friends are happy being haenyo!

Post-readingVocabulary A1. especially2. wetsuit3. cotton4. dived5. office

Post-readingB1. bottom of the sea2. difficult3. died in the water4. food from the sea5. catching fish

Post-readingIn other wordsA1 - To describe the haenyo of Cheju Island.

B1. Paragraph 12. Paragraph 33. Paragraph 2

Post-readingGeneral understanding1. F2. T3. T4. F

Post-readingIn detailShe wears a wetsuit.They used to wear a thin cotton dress.She takes the seafood to the market and sells it.Because they were worse divers than women.They stayed home to look after the children.Because the jobs in offices is easier and they can earn more money.