Brain Drain
Concepts Challenge
Match each term with its correct definition by dragging and dropping.
Definitionsالتعاريف
Vocabulary Center
Practice 1: Word Formation
Write the correct noun form for each word.
| Word | Noun |
|---|---|
| 1. emigrate | |
| 2. responsible | |
| 3. encourage | |
| 4. graduate | |
| 5. refuse |
Practice 2: Choose the Correct Form
Click on the bracketed word and choose the correct form to complete the sentences.
1. Brain drain is the (emigrate) of highly smart people.
2. Some scientists ran away because of political (instable).
3. The government should (encouragement) brainy people to come back.
4. After (graduate), BAC students will join universities.
5. The late (economy) crisis made immigrants return to their homeland.
Reading Text: Brain Drain
[1] Brain drain is a major problem facing developing countriesالدول النامية. The opportunities offered by new information technologies in Western countries have attracted wavesموجات of Moroccan computer science graduates to migrate to Europe. They go there in search of higher salaries or better working conditions.
[2] In 1986, Dr. Mehdi ElMandjra warned against the negative impactsالتأثيرات السلبية of brain migration on the development of Morocco. In his book, he mentioned that more than 700 Moroccan researchers work for Le Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Morocco has not benefitedتستفد from their expertiseخبرة although the cost of educating each of them is about 1,000,000 Dhs.
[3] Professor Khalid El Hariry says that since 1999, the number of Moroccan immigrants abroad has noticeably increased. Nearly 60% of the students who graduated from L'Institut National de Postes et Télécommunications (INPT) left Morocco in 2000.
[4] Ahmed Akartit, an engineer, said: "The technology experts left Morocco as salaries here reach a maximum of $800 a month. In Europe, these engineers will receive salaries ten times higher than what Moroccan firms can offer them." The Moroccan government argues that it cannot increase salaries while it has to reduce the high rate of unemployment.
[5] Conversely, Morocco wants its citizens living abroad to come back. But many expatriatesالمغتربون in Europe say they have worked hard to build a successful career and returning home would be risky and uncertainمحفوفًا بالمخاطر وغير مؤكد.
[6] Ahmed Najm, an economist, stressed the need for Morocco to show more care for its experts and grantيمنح more importance to scientific research. Otherwise, the country will be out of the race. "Morocco cannot benefit from its human potential unless it takes full advantage of existing opportunities to develop science and technology," he said.
Guided Comprehension
A. Choose the best answer.
The text is mainly about brain drain as:
B. Are these sentences True or False? Justify.
1. Ahmed Akartit is a Moroccan immigrant.
2. Moroccan firms offer the same salaries as the European ones.
C. Answer these questions.
1. What did Dr. ElMandjra warn against?
2. How much does it cost to educate a Moroccan researcher?
3. Why do many Moroccan immigrants hesitate to return?
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