Vocabulary Building- Child Labour and Trafficking - JSS1 English Language Lesson Note
Child Labour: This is a serious issue that affects children around the world. It refers to situations where children are forced to work long hours, often in dangerous or unhealthy conditions, instead of getting an education and enjoying their childhood.
Key Words:
- Exploited: Treated unfairly or taken advantage of, often for someone else's benefit. (e.g., Children forced to work long hours are exploited for cheap labor.)
- Hazardous: Dangerous or harmful to health (e.g., Working in factories with loud machines can be hazardous for children's hearing.)
- Deprived: Denied basic needs or rights, such as education or playtime. (e.g., Child labor deprives children of their right to an education.)
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Sweat shop
Slave labour
Forced
In humane
Salt mines
Work house
Nine
Underpaid
Trafficking: This is the illegal act of transporting people for forced labor, sexual exploitation, or other forms of slavery. Children are especially vulnerable to trafficking.
Key Words:
- Abducted: Kidnapped or taken away illegally (e.g., Traffickers may abduct children from their homes or communities.)
- Vulnerable: Easily hurt, harmed, or controlled (e.g., Children from poor families are more vulnerable to trafficking.)
- Exploited: Treated unfairly or taken advantage of (e.g., Trafficked children are often exploited for forced labor or sexual abuse.)
- Kidnapping
- Falsehood
- Loathing
- Goon
- Injustice