Unit: 10

Vocabulary:                                                                Brain Drain P: 142

Brain Drain refers to the imigration of skilled professionals to developed countries.

1.      Causes of Brain Drain:

Push factors (reasons that are in their countries of origins) ‎	Pull factors (reasons that are in the host countries)
Unsatisfactory living conditions ‎ Lack of research and other facilities including ‎support staff Declining quality of the educational system ‎ Social unrest, political conflicts and wars ‎ Discrimination in appointments and promotions Lack of satisfactory working conditions ‎ Low wages and income	Higher wages and salaries ‎ Substantial funds for research, advanced ‎technology, modern facilities ‎ Political stability ‎ Better working conditions ‎ Intellectual freedom

 

2.      Collocations related to Brain Drain :

• Brain drain
• Low pay
• Attract attention
• Developed countries
• High technology
• Skilled workers
• Job opportunities
• Host countries
• Human resources

3.      Definitions of words / Vocabulary related to the unit

• Brain drain: The emigration of educated professionals to other countries
• Physician: A person who practices medicine
• Physicist: An expert in physics
• Scholar: An educated person who has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
• Income: Revenue
• Gain: Obtain something needed or wanted
• Underdeveloped: Not yet fully developed
• Skilled: Having the ability to perform a task expertly and well
• Unskilled: Not having a special skill or training
• Tempting: Highly attractive

4.      Prefixes : Meaning and Examples :

• inter: Between, among (intercontinental)
• extra: Outside, beyond (extraterrestrial)
• intra: Within, inside (intracellular)
• under: Less than, insufficient (underpaid)
• over: Excessively, more than (overpopulated)
• super: Above, over, beyond (supersonic)
• hyper: Above, over, excessive (hypersensitive)