Watch the video and answer
the questions.

What do you think about the man in
the video?

UNIT 3

BECOMING INDEPENDENT

COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

A. COMMUNICATION
What it means to be
independent

A. COMMUNICATION

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.
A father tells his son:
Don't ever let someone tell
something. Not even me. You
protect it. When people
themselves, they're gonna tell
You want something, go get it.

you that you can't do
got a dream, you gotta
can't do something
you that you can't do 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?

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

Confident

Determined

Reliable

Well - informed

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

Successful
Businessman

Good doctor
Famous
singer

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.

responsible

self-reliant

reliable

Characteristics
of an
independent
person

determined

confident

well-informed

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.

1

Children sleep with their parents.

Viet Nam

2

The girl sleeps alone in their
own beds.

America
America

1

2

She eats herself.

America

He doesn't eat
himself.

Viet Nam

UNIT 3
B. CULTURE

Task 1. Read the two passages about how American and
Vietnamese parents raise their children and answer the
questions.
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.

B. CULTURE
Task 2. Work in pairs. Tell your friend
whether you like American way of
raising children or Vietnamese one.
Give reasons.
I like the way Vietnamese parents raise their
children because………………

 Review the contents that have been covered in the lesson.
 Write down above sentences notebooks
 Prepare for “unit 4: Looking back and Project”