18 th Dec 2006 Technology in Language teaching Instructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu – Students: Thanh Nga & My Thanh HOME LIFE English 12 Unit 1:

18th Dec 2006

Technology in Language teachingInstructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu – Students: Thanh Nga & My Thanh

HOME LIFEHOME LIFE

English 12

Unit 1:

18th Dec 2006Technology in Language Teaching

Instructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu - Students: Thanh Nga & My Thanh

Content:

Guiding questionsLead inActivateStudyPracticePost-speaking



Guiding questions:

1. How do families affect individuals or their members?

2. How does each member contribute to his or her family?



Lead in:Look at these picture below and then answer the questions:

What are the differences between the two pictures in terms ofNumber of people presentNumber of generationsWho they are.



Lead in:

Extended family

Nuclear family



Lead in:

Patterns of family have diversified considerably. Nowadays we have:

Extended familyNuclear familySingle parent familyChildless familyOthers



Lead in:

Definitions:

Nuclear family: the mother, father, sisters, and brothers.

Extended family: the family members of a nuclear and grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and in-laws.



Lead in:

Single parent family: only one parent and children

Childless family: couples living together without any child



Lead in:

Whichever kind of family it can be, there are advantages and disadvantages.→ In your opinions, what do you like or hate most when you are with your family and when you are not?



Activate: Work in pairs to fill in the chart

1. Privacy is disturbed.2. Responsibility of supporting family is not shared.3. Grandparents, their children and grandparents live

happily.4. Housework is not much.5. Responsibility can be shared, housework is more easy.6. Parents have condition to care for their children.

Kinds of family Advantages Disadvantages

A single parent family

A nuclear family

An extended family



Activate:

Kinds of family Advantages Disadvantages

A single parent family

A nuclear family

An extended family

Here are some suggestions from your friends



Study:

How can we express our agreement and disagreement about somebody’s ideas or opinions?

Some suggestions from students:



Study: Some useful phrases:

Agreement:

Yes, that’s right.I think so.I agree entirely/ completely.I suppose it’s/ you’re right.That’s exactly what I think.I couldn’t agree more.That’s a good point.Sure.

Disagreement:

I’m not sure I can agree.I may be wrong, but…I don’t think so, because…I’m afraid that I don’t agree

because…Well, you have the point there,

but…I couldn’t agree less.



Study:

Whenever you disagree with someone, even they are those you know well, be sure to do that POLITELY, and give the REASONS.

Some expressions to state your opinions:– I think…– If you ask me…– The point is…– In my opinion…– You know what I think, I think that…



Practice:Work in groups of three. With your partners, choose one of the statement below and use the aforementioned expressions to discuss it :

1. There are more and more single-parent families nowadays.

2. Husbands and wives should share equal housework.

3. Men are expected to support their families while women can choose whether to work or not.

4. Mothers play a more important role in bringing up children than fathers do.

5. The more children in a family the merrier.



Practice: Some words and phrases

Birth control

Women’s liberation

Generation gap

Loneliness

Burden

Household appliances

Household chores

Work flextime

Standard of living

Tolerance

Earn money

“Bread-winner”

Maternal

Paternal

Share responsibility



Practice:

Come back to the questions raised in the beginning. Discuss them, using the technique of agreeing and disagreeing.

State your own opinions after all these discussions.



Post-speaking: Listen to the song and fill in the blanks

Back when I was a _____ , before life removed all the innocenceMy father would lift me _____ and dance with my mother and me and

thenSpin me around 'til I fell asleepThen up the ______ he would carry meAnd I knew for sure I was lovedIf I could get another ________ , another walk, another dance with himI'd play a song that would never, ever endHow I'd love, love, loveTo dance with my father againWhen I and my mother would _________To get my way, I would run from her to himHe'd make me laugh just to ________ meThen finally make me do just what my mama saidLater that night when I was asleepHe left a dollar under my sheetNever dreamed that he would be _______ from me

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Post-speaking: Listen to the song and fill in the blanks

If I could steal one final______ , one final step, one final dance with himI'd play a song that would never, ever end'Cause I'd love, love, loveTo dance with my father againSometimes I'd listen outside her _______And I'd hear how my mother cried for himI pray for her even more than meI pray for her even more than meI know I'm _______ for much too much

But could you send back the _____ man she lovedI know you don't do it usuallyBut dear Lord she's _________To dance with my father againEvery night I fall asleep and this is all I ever________

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THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY

WISH YOU ALL HAPPINESS!

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