Le van thiem high school
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
Thursday, August 9th 2018
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
Women also work to share the household financial burden with their husband.
Homemaking can’t only be the job of the wife.
A woman’s job is to look after everybody in the family and take care of the house.
Both husband and wife should join hands to provide for the family nd to make it happy.
In the family, the husband is the provider.
Women’s roles have changed.
c, e
a, f
b, d
Mr. Pham Hoang
Ms. Mai Lan
Mr. Nguyen Nam
Discussion
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