slide bài giảng e11 UNIT 3 COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

Discuss the extract and prepare a short talk expressing your opinion about it.. What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be?. What does the father mean by saying: Y

Watch the video and answer

the questions.

What do you think about the man in the video?

COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

UNIT 3

BECOMING INDEPENDENT

A COMMUNICATION

What it means to be

independent

A COMMUNICATION

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

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?

2 What does the father mean by saying: You got a

dream, you gotta protect it, and you want something,

go get it?

3 Do you agree with him? Why/ Why not?

4 What’s your dream? How do you protect it and

make sure it will come true one day?

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.

What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be?

Confident Determined

Well - informed Reliable

What’s your dream? How do you protect it and make sure it will come true one day?

Successful

Businessman

Famous singer

Good doctor

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, self-reliant, 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 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.

“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.

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.

Characteristics

of an independent

person

self-reliant

responsible

confident reliable

You will see some pictures about the

ways people raise their children in

Vietnam and in America and guess

whether each action happens in Vietnam

or in America

Children sleep with their parents The girl sleeps alone in their

own beds.

America

She eats herself He doesn’t eat

himself.

B CULTURE

UNIT 3

1 According to many Americans, what is the most important task of

parents?

 It is to teach their children to live independently.

2 What do Vietnamese parents think their role is?

 Their role is to protect their children and to provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood.

3 How do American parents help their kids to become self-reliant?

 They make them do things such as washing, cleaning and cooking for themselves from the time they are very small.

4. Are Vietnamese children allowed to join their parents in making family choices?

 No Vietnamese parents seldom ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices.

5 How do American parents help to develop their children’s confidence?

 They show respect for them and let them voice their opinions on family issues

6 When do Vietnamese children move out of their parents’ home?

 After they get married.

Vietnamese parents raise their children and answer the

questions.

Task 2 Work in pairs Tell your friend whether you like American way of

raising children or Vietnamese one Give reasons

B CULTURE

I like the way Vietnamese parents raise their

children because………

 Review the contents that have

been covered in the lesson.

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