Unit 01. Family Life. Lesson 7. Communication and Cuture

LE VAN THIEM HIGH SCHOOL WELCOME TO OUR CLASS Thursday, August 9th 2018 Designed by : Doan Thi Huong Thao UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE LESSON 6: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE ◦The section is divided into subsections: Communication and Culture ◦In Communication subsection you can have an opportunity for further and consolidation of the skills and the language about the household chores learnt in the Unit ◦In the Culture subsection you have learnt about the Singapore culture Through the reading you have got information about family life in Singapore and have a chance to compare with the family life in Vietnam I COMMUNICATION Discussion: Who does what in your family? What is the person in each picture doing? Are they happy? Why? Or Why not? Listen to the TV talk show Who said that? ◦In this task, you will find out who said what in the show ◦How many people are there in the show? ◦And who are they? ◦ There are three people in the TV talk show ◦ They are Mr Pham Hoang, Mr Nguyen Nam and Ms Mai Lan Read the statements (a-g) and underline the words or phrases that you don’t understand ◦1 household financial burden: ◦2 homemaking ◦3: join hands ◦4: provider ◦5 neat: ◦Gánh nặng tài gia đình ◦Làm việc nhà ◦Cùng chung tay ◦Người cung cấp ◦Gọn gàng, ngăn nắp a Women also work to share the household financial burden with their husband b Homemaking can’t only be the job of the wife c A woman’s job is to look after everybody in the family and take care of the house d Both husband and wife should join hands to provide for the family nd to make it happy e In the family, the husband is the provider f Women’s roles have changed Mr Pham Hoang Ms Mai Lan Mr Nguyen Nam c, e a, f b, d Discussion ◦1 Whose opinion you agree with? ◦2 What you think the roles of the wife and the husband should be? Give reason(s) for yours ◦3 What roles your mother and father perform in your family? ◦4 Are your mother and father happy about their roles? Why? Or Why not? II CULTURE Read the two texts about family life in Singapore and Vietnam the answer the questions SINGAPORE VIET NAM ◦In Singapore today, people tend to live in nuclear families which consist of parents and children Families in Singapore are getting smaller Many children even grow up in single- parent homes In most Singaporean families, both parents work Very young children go to nursery schools or stay at home with a child- minder when their parents are at work Old people usually live in their homes or a nursing home if they can not look after themselves Singaporean parents try spend their free time collaborating with thee school in educating their children through the activities of the Parent Support Group or Parent Teacher Association ◦The extended family which consists of three or even four generations- great grand parents, grandparents, parents and children- is still very popular in Viet Nam In most Vietnamese families, when both parents work, young children stay at home and are looked after by their grandparents or great-grandparents On the other hand, it is the duty of the young people to take care of their elderly parents A person will be considered ungrateful if he/ she does not take good care of his/ her parents or grandparents Vietnamese parents often spend their free time helping their children with their homework of giving them advice on behavior Look at some pictures about the daily familylife in Singapore and Viet Nam QUESTIONS What type of family is popular in the country? Who take care of young children when Their parents are at work? Who looks after elderly parents? How the parents contribute to the educating their children? IN SINGAPORE IN VIETNAM QUESTIONS What type of family is popular in the country? Who take care of young children when Their parents are at work? Who looks after elderly parents? How the parents contribute to the educating their children? IN SINGAPORE Nuclear family IN VIETNAM Extended family Nursery school or child- Grandparents or great minder grandparents Nursing homes Their children They take part in the activities of the Parent Support Group or Parent Teacher Association They help their children with their homework or give them advice on behavior .. .UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE LESSON 6: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE ◦The section is divided into subsections: Communication and Culture ◦In Communication subsection you can have an opportunity for... their husband b Homemaking can’t only be the job of the wife c A woman’s job is to look after everybody in the family and take care of the house d Both husband and wife should join hands to provide... have got information about family life in Singapore and have a chance to compare with the family life in Vietnam I COMMUNICATION Discussion: Who does what in your family? What is the person