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👉 SKILLS 2
Listening
- You are going to listen to a talk about family life. Work in pairs. Choose the aspect(s) that you think will be mentioned in the talk.
a. Family types
b. Parents' working places
c. Family holidays
d. Birthday parties
e. Parents-children relations - Listen to the talk and tick (✓) the correct column. 🎧
Facts The past The present 1. Popularity of extended families 2. More holidays away from home 3. More time spent doing things together 4. More sources to learn from 5. More democratic parent-children relationships - Listen again and fill each blank with a word or a number. 🎧
1. The speaker mentions _____ types of families.
2. In an extended family, there is/are _____ generation(s) living together.
3. The speaker describes Vietnamese people as _____.
4. Children in the past usually came to their _____ to share their experiences.
5. Today's children want their parents to respect their independence and _____.
Writing - Read the list and tick (✓) the thing(s) that has / have changed in your family in the past five years. Make notes of those which have changed.
List Change ☑️ 1. Family type / members Still nuclear. One more member: my brother ⬜ 2. Home facilities ⬜ 3. Ways of spending free time ⬜ 4. Relationships among members - Write an email (100 - 120 words) to your penfriend about the changes in your family. Use the ideas in 4.
Start and end the email as follows:
New mesage
From:
To:
Subject: Change in my family
Hello, _________
It's nice to year from you again. Let me telll you about the changes ___________
___________________________________________________________________________________
All the best,
