Unit 01. Family Life. Lesson 1. Getting started

Unit 1
Communication and culture
A nuclear family
two generations
An extended family
Three generations
What Can you see in the video clip?
Vietnam
Singapore
Discuss these questions in pairs
Nuclear
Extended
Nursery school or child-minder
Grandparents or great grandparents
Nursing
homes
Children or grandchildren
Taking part in the activities of Parent Support Group or Parent Teacher Association
Helping their children with their homework or giving them advice on behaviour
TV talk show
TV host
Mr Nguyen Nam
Mr Pham Hoang
Ms Mai Lan
Women also work to share the household financial burden with their husbands.
Homemaking can’t only be the job of the wife
A woman’s job is to look after everybody in the family and take care of the house.
Both husband and wife should join hands to provide for the family and to make it happy.
In the family, the husband is the provider.
Women’s roles have changed.
When the house is clean and neat, the family is happy.
LISTEN TO THE TV TALK SHOW. WHO SAID WHAT?
Who said what?
Mr Pham Hoang
Mr Nguyen Nam
Ms Mai Lan
C
E
G
A
F
B
D
Whose opinion do you agree with?
What do you think the roles of the wife and the husband should be? Give reasons for your opinion.
What roles do your mother and father perform in the family?
Are your mother and father happy about their roles? Why?/Why not?
Work In groups. Discuss the questions. Then, report your group’s opinions to the class