Unit 3. Becoming independent. Lesson 7. Communication and culture

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Characteristics of an independent person
self-reliant
responsible
determined
well-informed
confident
reliable
Do you want to be independent?
Do your parents want you to be independent?
BECOMING INDEPENDENT
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PERIOD 28
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
BECOMING INDEPENDENT
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A. COMMUNICATION
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PERIOD 28
What it means to be independent
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 do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it.
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Note: gotta = have got to
gonna = going to
1. What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be?

2. What does the father mean by saying: You got a dream, you gotta protect it, and you want something, go get it?

3. Do you agree with him? Why/ Why not?

4. What’s your dream? How do you protect it and make sure it will come true one day?
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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.
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1. The father wants his son to grow up to be confident, self-reliant, determined, well-informed... independent

2. I think Everyone has a dream, so when we have dream, we have to harboured the dream of becoming realistic… We have to nurture our great ambition and we are determined to do our best to achieve our dream/ purpose
UNIT 3
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.
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BECOMING INDEPENDENT
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B. CULTURE
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PERIOD 28
1. Read the two passages about how American and Vietnamese parents raise their children and do the task that follow
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B. CULTURE
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On page 38 of student’s book
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1. Tick the corresponding column
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Children sleep with their parents.
The girl sleeps alone in their own beds
While Vietnamese children sleep with their parents, American children sleep alone in their own beds.
Viet Nam
America
2. Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from.
Structures: S + V + O + While + S+V+O …
S + V + O + Whereas + S+V+O
S+ be different from +
Example: While most Vietnamese children sleep with their parents until they go primary school, most American children get their own rooms from an early age.
Example: While most Vietnamese children sleep with their parents until they go primary school, most American children get their own rooms from an early age.
2. Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from.
1. American parents’ most important task is to teach their children to live independently, while Vietnamese parents think their most important role is to protect their children and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood.
2. Parents always show respect for their children and let them voice their opinions on issues, whereas Vietnamese parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices.
3. When American children finish school, most of them will move out of the family home and start a truly independent life, whereas Many Vietnamese parents want their children to live with them in the same roof.
Structures: S + V + O + While + S+V+O …
S + V + O + Whereas + S+V+O
S+ be different from +
Minh Yen doesn’t eat herself
Mary eats herself
Being different from Mary, Minh Yen doesn’t eat herself.
Mary eats herself, Whereas Minh Yen doesn’t eats herself.
Lan/ study/ hard
Minh/ watch/ TV
While Lan is studying hard, Minh is watching TV
Lan is studying hard, Whereas Minh is watching TV
Being different from Minh, Lan is studying hard
Review the contents that have been covered in the lesson.
Write down above sentences notebooks
Prepare for “unit 4: Looking back and Project”
Homework
Thursday, November 10th, 2016
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