Pre-Test (Date Completed: November 14, 2021)

State your agreement or disagreement on the following items. Write Agree if the statement is
true and Disagree if the statement is false. Write your answer before each item.
Disagree 1. She is an immigrant because she moved and lived in another
country.
Agree 2. Developing countries continued to manifest large migration.
Agree 3. A migrant who came back to one’s own country is described as
return migration.
Disagree 4. Student migrants returning to one’s own country is brain drain.
Agree 5. There are more benefits for a country to openly accommodate
migration.
Agree 6. Dollar remittances are sourced largely from migrants.

Learning Activities: (Date Completed: _ November 14, 2021)

Classify the statements below as either POSITIVE impact or NEGATIVE impact. BE able to
make a one sentence justification of your classification of statements. Write the statements
in the column of the matrix that corresponds the statements.

Statement Justification (ONE sentence

only)
POSITIVE 1. Return migrants’ savings 1. Returning migrants
Impacts used as seed capital to could be the source of
put up micro and cottage growth for the country.
businesses in the home
country. 2. (Example Philippines)
the exchange rate of
2. Skills and talents that the currency (USD) is
migrants are exposed to higher, therefore
in the host country are bigger capital.
added input to more
productive employment 3. Improvement with the
in the home country. level of production and

NEGATIVE 1. Norms and traditions
Impacts adopted by migrants
assimilated by family
members in the home
country.
2. Mismatch in the skills
acquired by migrants in
their home country.
displays better quality.
1. Past practices will be
dominated by the
adopted norms and
traditions, and possibly
be forgotten.
2. Less job offerings,
subsequently, with its
income.

Assessment: (Date Completed: November 17, 2021)

The Pros and Cons of returning to the home country.
1. State ONE advantage of returning to the home country. State ONE disadvantages of
returning to the home country. Explain each stated advantage and disadvantage.
Advantage: High probability of an economic development
Strong probability of economic development- skills acquired in the host country
would be advantageous to the home country because they would offer productivity
for the country's economy.
Disadvanatge: Thorough adjustments
What they get from the host country would not be acceptable for the home country.
There must be a procedural justice in terms of executing the plan that are being
formulated from different perspectives.

2. State ONE advantage of returning to the host country. State ONE disadvantages of
returning to the host country. Explain each stated advantage and disadvantage.
Advantage: Sustainable economic growth- knowledge gained from the home country
would result to the sustainable growth of the host country in some other aspects.
Disadvantage: High Security- it leads to a high security monitoring due to large number of
migrants.
3. Ask three of your classmates of his/her answers in items 1 and 2. Identify the common
advantages and disadvantages of their answers. Make a summary of the explanations of
the common answers.
Majority of our answers are somewhat related and has the same thoughts especially on
the first question. It can't be denied that overseas workers contributes for the
development of our economy. In fact, majority of our GDP is from overseas workers.
Likewise, everyone who came from other countries were able to equipped their selves
with higher quality skills and experiences which would be of a great help for our country
as a less developed nation. New knowledge that would be learned and shared in their
home country will make that nation stronger and more creative in making strategies for
different circumstances.
However, great advantage always comes with great disadvantage. If things would be
beneficial to other country, it would be a disadvantage for the other country. Our answers
always go on about how would it feel being far away for years and how would it be hard
for them to adjust and bond with their loveones. Aside from that, though they have
acquired new knowledge things should also be considered and the harder part is when
that new knowledge is not applicable the home country. Adjustments always been a
problem for overseas workers plus it will not just take for days but months and
sometimes for years.