{"id":2291,"date":"2015-08-31T11:02:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T09:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:22:31","slug":"turkey-allows-schools-to-teach-kurdish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/08\/turkey-allows-schools-to-teach-kurdish\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Allows Schools to Teach Kurdish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minority groups all over the world are given their rights and privileges. But how far is a government willing to go to make them feel part of the society?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article below and be ready to express your thoughts by answering the discussion questions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.english-online.at\/news-articles\/education\/turkey-allows-schools-to-teach-kurdish-language.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is the importance of allowing Kurdish to be taught in schools in Turkey? How significant is it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What is your opinion on this, “The\u00a0European Union\u00a0has\u00a0repeatedly\u00a0put pressure on Turkey to\u00a0pass\u00a0better\u00a0laws\u00a0for Kurdish\u00a0citizens. It says that if Turkey wants to become a full member of the EU minority rights must be\u00a0granted.<\/em>“?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What are the different minority groups in your country?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Is your country fair in giving rights to citizens belonging to minority groups? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. What elective subjects can students take up in your country<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. What elective subjects do you think will be good for students to study nowadays and why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Did you take up any language as an elective subject at school? Talk about it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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