Enghlish 11 unit 3 becoming independent lesson 7 communication and culture

1 What is your dream? How you protect your dream and make sure it will come true one day? Unit Communication & Culture A COMMUNICATION What it means to be independent Read the following extract and discuss A father tells his son: Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t something Not even me You got a dream, you gotta protect it When people can’t something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that you can’t it You want something, go get it Note: gotta = have got to gonna = going to What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be? What does the father mean by saying “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” and “You want something, go get it”? Work in pairs Discuss the extract and prepare a short talk expressing your opinion about it You can use the following questions to guide you What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be? The father wants his son to grow up to be confident, selfreliant, determined, independent … What does the father mean by saying “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” and “You want something, go get it”? “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” means everyone has dreams, so when we have dreams, we have to try our best to make the dreams become realistic “You want something, go get it” means that we have to nurture our dreams and we are determined to our best to achieve our goals Viet Nam America Ha Linh/ not eat/ herself Mary/ eat/ herself What is the difference in eating between Ha Linh and Mary? => Mary eats herself, whereas Ha Linh doesn’t eat herself B CULTURE Read the two passages about how American and Vietnamese parents raise their children and the task that follow On page 38 of student’s book Tick the corresponding column Contents A parents’ most important task is to teach their children to live independently Parents help their kids to become self-reliant by making them things for themselves from the time they are very small In the US    Parents think their most important role is to protect their children and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood Parents always show respect for their children and let them voice their opinions on issues    Children not get to sleep in their own beds until they finish primary school Parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices When children finish school, most of them will move out of the family home and start a truly independent life Many parents want their children to live with them in the same house In Viet Nam   - S + V + O + while + S + V + O … - S + V + O + whereas + S + V + O - Being different from + N, S + V + O Nam/ study/ hard Peter/ watch/ TV - Nam is studying hard, while Peter is watching TV - Nam is studying hard, whereas Peter is watching TV - Being different from Peter, Nam is studying hard Viet Nam Children sleep with their parents America Children sleep alone in their own beds While Vietnamese children sleep with their parents, American children sleep alone in their own beds 2 Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from In the US In Viet Nam A parents’ most important task is to teach their children to live independently Parents think their most important role is to protect their children and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood Parents always show respect for their children and let them voice their opinions on issues Parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices When children finish school, most of them will move out of the family home and start a truly independent life Many parents want their children to live with them in the same roof Children get their own rooms from an early age Children sleep with their parents until they go primary school Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from In the US In Viet Nam A parents’ most important task is to teach their Parents think their most important parents’ most important task role is toisteach their their children to live children1.toAmerican live independently to protect children and independently, while Vietnamese parents think their most important role isand to wealthy protect provide them with a happy childhood their children and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood 2 Parents always show respect for their Parents for their their opinions children’s Parents always show respect for children their children and letrarely them ask voice and on let them voice their opinions on issues opinions making family choices issues, whereas Vietnamese parents rarely ask forbefore their children’s opinions before making family choices When children finish school, most of them will Many parents want their children to When finish of them will move ofroof the family move out ofAmerican the familychildren home and startschool, a truly mostlive with them in the out same home andlife start a truly independent life, whereas Many Vietnamese parents want independent their children to live with them in the same roof children get their own rooms from an early children sleep with their parents until age theymost go primary school Being different from most Vietnamese children, American children get their own rooms from an early age Make sentences with while, whereas and different from  Prepare for “unit 4: Looking back and Project” ... you protect your dream and make sure it will come true one day? 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