Unit 2. Cultural diversity

WELCOME TO CLASS 12 A1!
Unit 2:Cultural Diversity
Lesson 1: Reading
Friday, August 20th , 2010
Teacher: Tuan Tran
1. What do you know about the age of marriage in Vietnam?
2. What is attitude of Vietnamese people about marriage?
3. In your opinion, what are the most important factors in marriage (LOVE, MONEY, A GOOD JOB, GOOD HEALTH, A NICE HOUSE/FLAT, PARENTS’ APPROVAL)? ( in Vietnam and American)

Discussion: Work in groups and answer these questions.
Vocabulary:
- cultural (adj):
- diversity (n):
- be concerned(v):
- trust (n):
- bride (n)
- groom (n):
- survey (n):
- conduct (v):
- counterpart (n):
- maintain (v):
thuộc về văn hóa
sự đa dạng
quan tâm
sự tin cậy
cô dâu
chú rể
cuộc điều tra
tiến hành
đối tác
duy trì, giữ
1. Love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it.
2. A survey was made to determine their attitudes toward love and marriage.
3. They agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives.
4. An Indian woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man.
5. A husband is obliged to tell his wife where he has been.

Task 1. Explain the meaning of the italicized words/phrases
in the following sentences
Suggested answers:
1. precede:
2. determine:
3. confide in:
4. sacrifice:
happen or exist before
find out
5. obliged:
tell someone about something very important or secret
willingly stop having something you want
having a duty to do something
Task 2. Answer the questions.
1. What are the four key values in the survey?
2. Who are much more concerned with physical
attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband, the
young Americans or the young Asians?
3. What are the Indians students’ attitudes on a
partnership of equals?
4. Why does the American wife trust her husband to do
the right thing?
5. What is the main finding of the survey?
Rule:
Each team choose one number.
10 marks for correct answer.
20 marks for each lucky number.
30 seconds to give the answer.
The team get the highest mark will be winner.
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1. What are the four key values in the survey?
→ They are Physical attractiveness; Confiding; Partnership of equals; Trust built on love.
2. Who are much more concerned with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband, the young Americans or the young Asians?
→The young Americans are much more concerned than the young Indians and the Chinese with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband.
3. What are the Indians students’ attitudes on a partnership of equals?


→ The Indians students agree that a woman has to
sacrifice more in marriage than a man.
4. Why does the American wife trust her husband to do the right thing?
→The American wife trusts her husband to do the right thing because he loves her not because he has to.
5. What is the main finding of the survey?


→ The main finding if the survey is that young Asians are not as romantic as American counterparts.
Lucky Number
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Work in groups.
Discuss the question: What are the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family?
Generation
Responsibility
Rules
The role of woman and man
HOME WORK:
Study by heart the new words.
Write a composition to compare the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern Vietnamese family.
Prepare for the speaking lesson./.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
TEACHERS OF ENGLISH GROUP