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Portrait of Oussama

Oussama, a Syrian man living in Turkey, talks about how important education and English are for his life and future.

Instructions

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the video and do the exercise. Remember you can read the transcript at any time.

Preparation

Exercise

Transcript

Oussama: Hi, I am Oussama Almasalmeh. I am 26 years old. I am Syrian from Daraa city.

Due to the problems with the war, I had to give up my education and come to here to Turkey with my family. I am in the first year at Karabük University and am electric and electronic engineering student. The English courses founded by HOPES, it means a lot for me to improve my English language and maybe in the future we can found a better job for us, especially these days.

We are here to complete our education. We have a goal and our goal is building our country again.

© HOPES Madad

Task 1

Exercise

Discussion

Do you agree with Oussama? How important is education for you and your family?

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Submitted by anasbhbh on Sat, 03/02/2018 - 17:55

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Yes, i agree with him. education is important for me and for my family and i am here for learn more and improve my skills .

Submitted by Catherine Tran on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 02:43

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Sure i agree! Never late to learn for everyone so education is very important.

Submitted by EKREM AYDIN on Thu, 01/02/2018 - 13:08

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I agree with Oussama. Education bring to our freedom and dream to me and my family.

Submitted by Mickey on Thu, 01/02/2018 - 04:12

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Yes, I agree with Oussama. To build our environment, we must build ourselves first with formal or informal Education as well.

Submitted by karinakis30 on Wed, 31/01/2018 - 20:44

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in my opinion education is very important for all people. When you are educated you become more open- minded and you can see the things in a different way

Submitted by OlgaTi on Fri, 26/01/2018 - 16:19

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I agree with Oussama. Education gives people an opportunity to get a good job.

Submitted by cedric001 on Thu, 25/01/2018 - 12:41

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you are right, wish you final you education as so heas possible, the more power you have,the more dream came true, come on,god bless you
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Submitted by Muhammad Khale… on Sun, 21/01/2018 - 01:57

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Yes, the education is the most thing in nowadays. It determines the growth of nations.

Submitted by aricoz on Sat, 20/01/2018 - 07:24

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Yes, I agree with Oussama. Education is so important for everyone. I'm 40 years olds. My father and mother was teacher, now they are retired. My wife is a kindergarten teacher too. Teaching is very hard job but it is very satisfying. It's not only a job but also a kind of build the future.
you are right,teacher is the best job for human, in china, the plant grow up need teen years,people grow up need a hundred years