10. Brain drain
Why skilled people emigrate and what it costs a country, with expressions of cause and effect.
AaRésumé du cours
Vocabulary
Brain drain, skilled workers, highly qualified, to emigrate, immigrant, host country, home country, push factors (unemployment, low salaries), pull factors (better pay, research opportunities), brain gain, to invest in, to return home.
Grammar: cause and effect / past habits
- Cause: because, since, as, due to, owing to, because of.
- Effect: so, as a result, that is why, thus.
- used to + verb (past habit): He used to work in Casablanca. — be used to + -ing (be accustomed).
Function: expressing cause and effect, making predictions
If the brain drain continues, the country will lose… It is likely that…
Writing: cause-and-effect essay on brain drain
Definition → causes (push/pull factors) → effects on the home country → solutions (better salaries, research funding, partnerships with the diaspora).
✎Exemples corrigés
Exemple 1
Combine using “due to”: Many engineers leave. Salaries are low.
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Exemple 2
Correct: I am used to get up early.
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?Teste-toi
Clique sur la bonne réponse.
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Better pay abroad is a ___ factor.
Réponse
b) pull — It attracts people. -
He ___ live in Agadir, but now he lives in Paris.
Réponse
a) used to — Past habit. -
Brain drain means…
Réponse
a) loss of skilled people to other countries — Emigration of qualified people. -
The flight was cancelled ___ the storm.
Réponse
b) because of — because of + noun.
Résumé rédigé par Nqraw selon le programme officiel marocain.