Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education. She began campaigning for girls' right to an education in Pakistan at age 11. In 2012, she was shot while on a school bus but survived. She has since been flown to the UK for specialized medical treatment. Malala is known for her education and women's rights activism in Pakistan's Swat Valley, where the Taliban had banned girls from attending school. Her shooting drew international attention to her cause of promoting education for all children.

1. MALALA YOUSAFZAI –
BREAKING NEWS/
EDUCATION
ELT 145
Istanbul Bilgi University
Presented by C.M. Herrington, MAA, MAT
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2. Warm Up-Save the Children
What could you do today What should governments
to help? do?
No education
Slave labor
Malnutrition
Child soldiers
Sex Trade
Gangs
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3. Education For Girls: Spend 1 min. writing down the different
words you associate with the idea “education for girls” and share
them on the white board.
Education for
Girls
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4. Who is Malala Yoursafzai ?
MALĀLAH YŪSAFZAY, BORN 12 JULY 1997[IS A SCHOOL STUDENT AND
EDUCATION ACTIVIST FROM THE TOWN OF MINGORA IN THE SWAT DISTRICT OF
PAKISTAN'S KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PROVINCE. SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER EDUCATION
AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISM IN THE SWAT VALLEY, WHERE THE TALIBAN HAS AT
TIMES BANNED GIRLS FROM ATTENDING SCHOOL.
IN EARLY 2009, AT THE AGE OF 11/12, YOUSAFZAI WROTE A BLOG UNDER A PSEUDONYM
FOR THE BBC DETAILING HER LIFE UNDER TALIBAN RULE, THEIR ATTEMPTS TO TAKE
CONTROL OF THE VALLEY, AND HER VIEWS ON PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR GIRLS.[11]
THE FOLLOWING SUMMER, A NEW YORK TIMES DOCUMENTARY[4] WAS FILMED ABOUT
HER LIFE AS THE PAKISTANI MILITARY INTERVENED IN THE REGION, CULMINATING IN THE
SECOND BATTLE OF SWAT.
YOUSAFZAI BEGAN TO RISE IN PROMINENCE, GIVING INTERVIEWS IN PRINT AND ON
TELEVISION AND TAKING A POSITION AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE DISTRICT CHILD
ASSEMBLY SWAT. SHE HAS SINCE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE BY DESMOND TUTU[15] AND HAS WON PAKISTAN'S FIRST
NATIONAL YOUTH PEACE PRIZE.[5]
ON 9 OCTOBER 2012, YOUSAFZAI WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND NECK IN AN
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BY TALIBAN GUNMEN WHILE RETURNING HOME ON A SCHOOL
BUS.
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5. Prediction- before reading
TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
Malala Yousafzai flown to U. K. hospital,
October 16th, 2012
a. A young Pakistani activist is being looked after at a British hospital. T / F
b. The girl was shot in the head while waiting for a bus. T/F
c. She and her family are in danger if she continues her campaign. T/F
d. The hospital she is in specializes in treating gunshot wounds. T/F
e. Malala started campaigning for girls' education two years ago. T/F
f. Malala became famous after starting a blog for CNN. T/F
g. She won the International Children's Peace Prize last year. T/F
h. A former British leader has started an online petition supporting T/F
Malala.
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6. Article
Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in
Pakistan last week, has been flown to Britain for specialist care. The youngster was
seriously wounded as she sat on a bus going to school. She was targeted by the
Taliban for campaigning for the rights of girls in Pakistan to have an education. The
Taliban says she and her family will still be targets if she continues to promote
education for girls.
Malala needs urgent treatment for a damaged skull, followed by what Pakistani
doctors called "intensive neuro-rehabilitation". The hospital has specialist facilities
for gunshot wounds and head injuries and has treated hundreds of soldiers
returning injured from Afghanistan.
Malala has been campaigning since she was 11. Wikipedia says of her: “She is
known for her education and women’s rights activism in the Swat Valley, where the
Taliban has at times banned girls from attending school. In early 2009, at the age
of 11, Yousafzai came to prominence through a blog she wrote for the BBC detailing
her life under the Taliban
regime…and her views on promoting education for girls.” It added: “She has…been
nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by Desmond Tutu, and has
won Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize.”
Former U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown has started an online petition called “I
am Malala,” campaigning for the rights of 61 million children to go to school.
From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1210/121016-malala_yousafzai.html
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7. After reading where your predictions close?
• TRUE / FALSE:
• a. T b. F c. T d. T e. F f. F g. F h. T
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8. Synonym Match: using only the context of the
article to help you match these synonyms .
1. specialist a. prohibited
2 wounded b. singled out
3. targeted c. ex-
4. urgent d. cared for
5. Treated e. expert
6. Banned f. fame
7. prominence g. high-priority
8. Regime h. appeal
9. Former i. injured
10. Petition j. rule
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9. How’d you do with using
context to guess the meaning?
SYNONYM MATCH:
1. specialist expert
2 wounded injured
3. targeted singled out
4. urgent high-priority
5. Treated cared for
6. banned prohibited
7. Prominence fame
8. regime rule
9. former ex-
10. Petition appeal
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10. Article Questions: Look back at the article and
write down some questions you would like to
ask the class about the text.
• Share your questions with your classmates. Make sure they are
grammatically sound.
• Ask your class your questions.
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11. School for All discussion
1. What did you think of when A. How does school change lives?
your read the headline? B. How good or bad was your school?
2. What springs to mind when you C. Do you ever think how lucky you are
hear the term “ education for to have had a education?
girls” ? D. If access to education is a basic
human right, why do so many children
3. How equal is education in your not have an education?
country? E. Should sanctions be placed on
4. What do you know abut Malala countries that do not provide
now? education for all?
5. What do you think will F. Why is education for girls non
existent in many countries?
happened to her?
G. What do you see Malala doing in ten
6. Do you think she will win her years?
campaign to get education for H. What advise do you have for Malala?
all girls in Pakistan? Why or Why
I. What questions would you like to ask
not? Malala?
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12. Homework:
Create a video response to what you read today
about Malala Yousafzai.
Upload it to your youtube channel and share you link with us on
Bilgi online by Saturday 24:00.
1. Explain what you know about Malala?
2. What do you think about what happened to her?
3. Do you think she will win her campaign to get education for all
girls in Pakistan?
4. How do you think her story has increased the likelihood of
education for all girls in Pakistan?
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