Teaching Speaking Skill about Family

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• Getting to know other well

a What are your parents’ parents called in English? (male/

female)

b How do you call your parents’ brothers and sisters?

What about their children?

c How do you address the father and mother of the

person you marry?

d How do you call the brother and sister of the person you

marry?

e What are your brother’s/ sister’s children called? (male/

female)

f If the person you marry dies, you are a …

g If your mother or father remarries, you have a …

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Don + Karen Graham

John + Susan Jill + Paul Barry + Vicki (died 1997)

Rita Ana Michael Tom

What is the relationship?

1 John is Jill’s … (brother-in-law).

2 Michael is Jill’s ……….

3 Rita and Ana are Michael’s ………

4 Rita is Vicki’s ………

5 Don Graham is Tom’s ………

6 Barry is Rita’s……….

7 Susan is Michael’s ………

8 Paul died in 1997, making Jill a …………

9 Tom is Karen’s ……….

10 John and Vicki are related ……….

nephew

cousins niece

uncle

grandmother

aunt

widower grandson

in law

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My grandfather was a farmer in Nam dinh He worked hard all his life, and when he died, his son (my uncle) and daughter (my mother) inherited a large house and land They

continued the family business

together until my mother met my father They got married and moved

to Thai Nguyen I was born two years later They didn’t have any more children, so I am an only child.

• Draw a family tree in each group (you can

draw the picture of each family member) Exchange the information of the relationship to the whole class.

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Practice: Talking about your friends

a Have you got many friends? Do you have

1 How do you call someone you have

known for a long time in English?

2 What is a very good friend, someone

you like and trust called?

3 How do you call the one friend you

feel closest to?

4 What are the people you work with

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• We use this for a husband/ wife/ boyfriend/

girlfriend we had in the past.

• E.g.: My ex-boyfriend is a gangster.

How many ex-girlfriends have you got?

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Homework:

• Write a short summary of

your family background

(you can imagine).

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b Uncles/ aunts - Cousins

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c father-in-law, mother-in-law

d brother-in-law, sister-in-law

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e nephews/ nieces

f widower/ widow

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g stepfather/ stepmother

1 What’s your first name? What’s your last name?

2 Do you have a middle name?

3 Are you an only child? If not, how many brothers and

sisters do you have? Do you have any nieces or

nephews?

4 Do you have any brothers-in-law or sisters-in-law?

5 How many people are there in your family?

6 Who are they? How old are they? What do they do?

7 Are your grandparents alive?

8 Who do you feel closest to?