Unit 01. Family Life. Lesson 7. Communication and Cuture

Unit 1: FAMILY LIFE

Lesson 7:
Communication And Culture

Teacher: Nguyen Trung Phong


I. COMMUNICATION

Discussion
Who does what in your family?


Discussion
What are the persons in the pictures doing?
Are they happy? Why/Why not?


Listen to the TV talk. Who said that?
a. Women also work to share the household financial burden with
their husbands.

Mr. Pham Hoang
b. Homemaking can’t only be the job of the wife.

Mr. Nguyen Nam

c. A woman’s job is to look after everybody in the family and take care
of the house.

d. Both husband and wife should join hands to provide for the family
and to make it happy.

Ms. Mai Lan
e. In the family, the husband is the provider.
f. Women’s roles have changed.


Discuss the questions.
Then, report your group’s opinions to the class.

1. Whose opinion do you agree with?
2. What do you think the roles of the wife and the husband should be? Give
reason(s) for your opinion.
3. What roles do your mother and father perform in your family?
4. Are your mother and father happy about
their roles? Why? Why not?


II. CULTURE
Look at the pictures

Extended
family
Nuclear
family


What is the difference between the two families?

Nuclear family

2 generations

Extended family

3 or more generations


Vocabulary
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Nursery school

(n)

Child-minder

(n)

Great grandparents (n)
Generation

(n)

Ungrateful

(a)

Collaborate

(v)

Nhà trẻ
Người trông trẻ
Cụ, cố
Thế hệ
Vô ơn
Cộng tác, phối hợp


Ask and answer questions
Questions

Answers
In Singapore

1

What type of family is popular in the
country?
Who takes care of young children when

2

their parents are at work?

3

Who looks after elderly parents?

Nuclear family

Nursery school or child-minder

Nursing homes

In VN
Extended family

Grandparents or great grandparents

Their children

How do the parents contribute to
4

educating their children?
They take part in the activities of
the Parent Support Group or
Parent Teacher Association

They help their children with
their homework or give them
advice on behavior.

Homework

- Review the lesson.
- Prepare for the next lesson:
Looking back.