UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
LESSON 7: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
Period: 7 Class: 10D1 Teaching date:
I. Objectives:
By the end of lesson the students can
- make small discussion about the role of husband and wife to day
- get some knowledge about the family life in Vietnam and Singapore
II. Contents:
- listen to a TV talk show and match
- discuss in group
- read 2 passages about family life in Vietnam and Singapore
III. Teaching aids:
- Textbooks, cd player, projector
IV. Procedures:
Teacher/Students Contents
1. Warm-up - T asks sts to look at the picture of the
husband and wife and answer some
questions.
Suggested questions:
1. what does the man do?
2. what does the woman do?
3. who is happier? why?
2. Listen and
match
- T introduces the talk show, the people
and the task by asking simple questions
- T lets sts read the statement, makes sure
they understand everything by asking
them for translation of all sentences.
- T plays the cd twice, sts listen and match
then compare with their peers.
- T checks with class by saying the
number, sts say the letter
vocabulary to check:
burden, join hands, provide, provider,
neat
answers:
Mr Hoang: c,e,g
Mr Nguyen Nam: b,d
Ms Mai Lan: a,f
3. Discuss - T guides sts to work in group of 4 and
prepare the answers; they can use the
ideas in task 2. Each group has a leader
to take notes and report their opinion to
the class
- 2 groups report its opinion, others listen
and comment
Model answer:
Our group agree with Mr Nguyen Nam,
husband and wife should have a
similar role. They should share
housework, parenting, homemaking,
financial burden. In our family, our
parents share all the work and we are
happy with that.
CULTURE
read and fill
the table
- T has sts look at the pictures at the end
of the unit to elicit the terms "nuclear
family" and "extended family"
- Sts work in pair to read and complete
the table, after that sts compare to
correct. Sts can use a dictionary to look
up new words while doing the task
- T asks one st to write the answers on the
board for class checking
definition:
nuclear family: parents and children
extended family: grandparents,
parents and children
new words:
neat, single-parent, child-minder,
nursing home, collaborate, ungrateful,
behavior, generation
V. Homework:
Vocabulary: ingredients, require, physical strength, break, rest, recreation, on business,
Exercises in workbook: E3