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UiTM STUDENT CARD NO. : 2021102071 NAME : NORNABILA BINTI NASRUL PROGRAMME / CODE : BA PART : 2A ENGLISH LANGUAGE GROUP : ELC NAME OF LECTURER : MAS AIDA BT. ABD RAHIMQUESTION 1a) causeb) poorc) deald) uncontrole) cruelQUESTION 2a) Stated main idea: Fast fashion has engendered a race to the bottom, ...

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UiTM STUDENT CARD NO.

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2021102071

NAME

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NORNABILA BINTI NASRUL

PROGRAMME / CODE

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BA244

PART

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2A

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GROUP

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ELC501

NAME OF LECTURER

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MAS AIDA BT. ABD RAHIM

QUESTION 1 a) cause b) poor c) deal d) uncontrol e) cruel QUESTION 2 a) Stated main idea: Fast fashion has engendered a race to the bottom, pushing companies to find ever cheaper sources of labour. b) Major supporting detail: Such cheap labour is freely available in many countries 10 where textile and garment productions take place. c) Minor supporting detail: There are many girls in countries like India and Bangladesh, who are willing to work for very low wages and are easily brought into these industries under false promises of decent earnings.

QUESTION 3 i.

Topic: Controversial issues for fashion industry in hiring child labour.

ii.

Evidence 1: Children are seen as obedient workers who slip under the radar, making them easy to manage.

iii.

Evidence 2: Ovaa says, “There is no supervision or social control mechanisms, no unions that can help them to bargain for better working conditions. These are very lowskilled workers without a voice, so they are easy targets.”

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QUESTION 4 i.

Inference: Majority of girls in countries like India and Bangladesh willing by themselves to work for very low wages and easily trust people to make decent earnings.

ii.

Evidence 1: Such cheap labour is freely available in many countries where textile and garment productions take place

iii.

Evidence 2: Fast fashion has engendered a race to the bottom, pushing companies to find ever cheaper sources of labour.

QUESTION 5 i.

Implied main idea: There is a misuse of power and a nasty attitude toward children in order to force them to work instead of loving them.

ii.

Evidence 1: They are subjected to long working hours, exposure to pesticides and are often paid below the minimum wage

iii.

Evidence 2: In developing countries where cotton is one of the main crops, children are enlisted to help harvest the delicate crop and reports suggest they work long hours sowing cotton in the spring, followed by weeding through the summer months. These harsh working conditions are detrimental to the overall development of the children.

QUESTION 6 a) Type of support: Statistic Example: The SOMO report found that 60 per cent of workers at the mills it investigated in India were under-18 when they started working; the youngest workers were 15 when they joined.

b) Type of support: Example

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Example: SOMO says, “In garment factories, children perform diverse and often arduous tasks such as dyeing, sewing buttons, cutting, and trimming threads, folding, moving, and packing garments. In small workshops and home sites, children are put to work on intricate tasks such as embroidering, sequinning and smocking (making pleats).”

QUESTION 7 (a) Type of support: Statistics (b) Type of support: Observations

QUESTION 8 a. T b. F c. T

QUESTION 9 Yes, it is impossible for the fashion industry to address the issue of child labour because they need to find cheaper labour resources, their supply chain requires low skilled labour, and some tasks are better suited to children than adults, and this fashion industry prefers to hire children for their small fingers that do not harm the crop.

QUESTION 10 a) i.

Type of reasoning: Inductive

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Explanation for type of reasoning: The paragraph starts with specific details from an example on how children employed from cotton industry to do their job and ends with a generalised conclusion on how these harsh working conditions have created worry.

b) i.

Type of reasoning: Deductive

ii.

Explanation for type of reasoning: The paragraph starts with a generalised statement on how child labour has affected the children and ends with a specific quote saying that they need to be brave and get out from vicious life.

QUESTION 11 i.

Underlying assumption: They need to focus more on academics and education to acquire a better career and be able to safeguard their children to ensure a good life and future.

ii.

Evidence 1: Lotte Schuurman at the Fair Wear Foundation says if parents have no education they will end up in low-paid work, their children will be forced to work, they will miss out on their education, and they too will end up in low-paid work as adults.

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Evidence 2: Where there is extreme poverty, there will be children willing to work cheaply and susceptible to being tricked into dangerous or badly paid work.

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