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

SINGAPORE VIET NAM◦In Singapore today, people tend to live in nuclear families which consist of parents and children.. In most Singaporean families, both parents work.. Very young childr

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Designed by : Doan Thi Huong Thao

UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE LESSON 6: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

◦ The section is divided into 2 subsections: Communication and

Culture.

◦ In Communication subsection you can have an opportunity for further

and consolidation of the skills and the language about the household chores learnt in the Unit.

◦ In the Culture subsection you have learnt about the Singapore culture

Through the reading you have got information about family life in Singapore and have a chance to compare with the family life in

Vietnam.

I COMMUNICATION

1 Discussion: Who does what in your family?

What is the person in each picture doing? Are they happy? Why? Or Why not?

2 Listen to the TV talk show Who said that?

◦ In this task, you will find out who said what in the show.

◦ How many people are there in the show?

◦ And who are they?

◦ There are three people in the TV talk show.

◦ They are Mr Pham Hoang, Mr Nguyen Nam and Ms

Mai Lan.

Read the statements (a-g) and underline the words or

phrases that you don’t understand.

◦ 1 household financial

burden:

◦ 2 homemaking

◦ 3: join hands

◦ 4: provider

◦ 5 neat:

◦ Gánh nặng tài chính gia

đình

◦ Làm việc nhà

◦ Cùng chung tay

◦ Người cung cấp

◦ Gọn gàng, ngăn nắp

a Women also work to share the

household financial burden with their

husband.

b Homemaking can’t only be the job of

the wife.

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 nd to

make it happy.

e In the family, the husband is the

provider.

f Women’s roles have changed.

c, e

a, f

b, d

Mr Pham Hoang

Ms Mai Lan

Mr Nguyen Nam

◦ 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 yours.

◦ 3 What roles do your mother and father perform in your family?

◦ 4 Are your mother and father happy about their

roles? Why? Or Why not?

II CULTURE

Read the two texts about family life in Singapore

and Vietnam the answer the questions

SINGAPORE VIET NAM

◦In Singapore today, people tend to live in

nuclear families which consist of parents and

children Families in Singapore are getting

smaller Many children even grow up in

single- parent homes In most Singaporean

families, both parents work Very young

children go to nursery schools or stay at

home with a child- minder when their parents

are at work Old people usually live in their

homes or a nursing home if they can not look

after themselves Singaporean parents try

spend their free time collaborating with thee

school in educating their children through the

activities of the Parent Support Group or

Parent Teacher Association

◦The extended family which consists of three or

even four generations- great grand parents, grandparents, parents and children- is still very popular in Viet Nam In most Vietnamese

families, when both parents work, young children stay at home and are looked after by their grandparents or great-grandparents On the other hand, it is the duty of the young people to take care of their elderly parents A person will be considered ungrateful if he/ she does not take good care of his/ her parents or grandparents Vietnamese parents often spend their free time helping their children with their homework of giving them advice on behavior

Look at some pictures about the daily familylife

in Singapore and Viet Nam

QUESTIONS IN SINGAPORE IN VIETNAM

1 What type of family is

popular in the country?

2 Who take care of young

children when Their

parents are at work?

3 Who looks after elderly

parents?

4 How do the parents

contribute to the

educating their children?

QUESTIONS IN SINGAPORE IN VIETNAM

1 What type of family is

popular in the country?

Nuclear family Extended family

2 Who take care of young

children when Their

parents are at work?

Nursery school or child- minder Grandparents or great grandparents

3 Who looks after elderly

4 How do the parents

contribute to the

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