Unit 3 Becoming independent Lesson 7 Communication and culture

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<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> 1. What is your dream? 2. How do you protect your dream and make sure it will come true one day?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> Unit 3. Communication & Culture.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> 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. 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”?.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> 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. 1. What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be? The father wants his son to grow up to be confident, selfreliant, determined, independent … 2. What does the father mean by saying “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” and “You want something, go get it”? “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” means everyone has dreams, so when we have dreams, we have to try our best to make the dreams become realistic. “You want something, go get it” means that we have to nurture our dreams and we are determined to do our best to achieve our goals..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(6)</span> Viet Nam. America. Ha Linh/ not eat/ herself. Mary/ eat/ herself. What is the difference in eating between Ha Linh and Mary? => Mary eats herself, whereas Ha Linh doesn’t eat herself..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> B. CULTURE 1. Read the two passages about how American and Vietnamese parents raise their children and do the task that follow. On page 38 of student’s book.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> 1. Tick the corresponding column Contents 1. A parents’ most important task is to teach their children to live independently. 2. Parents help their kids to become self-reliant by making them do things for themselves from the time they are very small.. In the US.   . 3. Parents think their most important role is to protect their children and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood. 4. Parents always show respect for their children and let them voice their opinions on issues..   . 5. Children do not get to sleep in their own beds until they finish primary school. 6. Parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices. 7. When children finish school, most of them will move out of the family home and start a truly independent life. 8. Many parents want their children to live with them in the same house.. In Viet Nam.  .

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> - S + V + O + while + S + V + O … - S + V + O + whereas + S + V + O - Being different from + N, S + V + O. Nam/ study/ hard. Peter/ watch/ TV. - Nam is studying hard, while Peter is watching TV. - Nam is studying hard, whereas Peter is watching TV. - Being different from Peter, Nam is studying hard..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(10)</span> Viet Nam Children sleep with their parents. America Children sleep alone in their own beds. While Vietnamese children sleep with their parents, American children sleep alone in their own beds..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(11)</span> 2. Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from. In the US. In Viet Nam. 1. A parents’ most important task is to teach their children to live independently.. 1. 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.. 2. Parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices.. 3. When children finish school, most of them will move out of the family home and start a truly independent life.. 3. Many parents want their children to live with them in the same roof.. 4. Children get their own rooms from an early age.. 4. Children sleep with their parents until they go primary school.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(12)</span> 2. Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from. In the US. In Viet Nam. American parents’ important task tomost teach their 1.1. A parents’ most important task ismost to teach their 1. Parents thinkis their important children to live independently. role is toVietnamese protect their children and children to live independently, while parents provide them with a happy and wealthy think their most important role ischildhood. to protect their children. and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood. 2. Parents always for their children and let 2. Parents always show respectshow for theirrespect children 2. Parents rarely ask for their children’s them voice their opinions whereas Vietnamese and let them voice their opinions on issues.on issues, opinions before making family choices. parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family When American children finish most them 3.3.When children finish school, most of them will choices. 3.school, Many parents wantof their childrenwill to move out of the family home start a truly home live with in theasame roof. move out of and the family andthem start truly independent life.. independent life, whereas Many Vietnamese parents want their children to live with them in the same roof.. 4. children get their own rooms from an early 4. children sleep with their parents until age.4. Being different from most Vietnamese they go primarychildren, school most. American children get their own rooms from an early age..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(13)</span> Make sentences with while, whereas and different from.  Prepare for “unit 4: Looking back and Project”.

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