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English 5 - Teacher: Caio - Class 6 13.06.2013

Theme: Family

Pair-discussion:

1. Can you describe a typical family in your country?

2. Who is the head of the household in a typical family in your country?

*Do many wives work in your country?

*What kinds of jobs do they have?

3. If a wife works outside the home, should the husband help with the

housework inside the home? Why or why not?

4.Are there many single-parent families in your country?*Are they usually headed by men or women?

*Do single women in your country ever decide to have a baby and raise the

child by themselves? What do you think about this kind of decision?

*Is it necessary to get married to have a good life?

5. What do you think of married couples who decide not to have any children?

6. Do unmarried couples live together in your country these days?

*What do people in your society think about this kind of arrangement?*What do you think about this kind of arrengement?

7. Where do grandparents live in your country?

*Do grandparents help to look after their grandchildren?

*Who should take care of old people?

8. What do you think of people who get married many times?

9. When do children leave their parents' home in your country?

*When do parents' stop giving financial support to their children?

10. Who in your family would you turn to if you had an emotional problem?

Why?

11. If you had a financial problem, would you expect your family to help?

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Family Collocations:

family noun

1 group of people related to each other

ADJ. large | old, old-established | land-owning, wealthy, well-to-do |hardup,low-income, poortax incentives for low-income families | homeless | close,close-knit We are a very close-knit family and support each other through anycrises. | immediate We've only told the immediate family(= the closestrelations). |conjugal, nuclearthe nuclear family of parents and children | extendedmaintaining contact with members of his extended family| lone-parent,oneparent,single-parent the difficulties faced by one-parent families | two-parent |adoptive helping emotionally damaged children to find placements with

adoptivefamilies | patriarchal | middle-class, working-class, etc. | royal | bereaved acounselling agency to help bereaved familiesVERB + FAMILY belong to, be one/part of, come from He belonged to anoldestablishedfamily. We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of thefamily. Many of our students come from poor families. | marry into She marriedinto a wealthy family. | run in a medical condition which runs in the family| beinThis painting has been in our family for generations.FAMILY + NOUN background, history Do you know anything about her familybackground? a family history of heart disease | connections, relationships,tiesThey prefer to stay in their home country because of family ties. | member | life|business | home | commitments The job wouldn't really fit in with my familycommitments. | income | doctor | holiday | feud | heirloom | motto | name (=surname) | planning (= controlling the number of children you have by usingcontraception)PREP. in a/the ~ These problems occur in all families. | within a/the ~ creatingconflict within the family

PHRASES family and friends The support of family and friends is vital. | amemberof a family

2 childrenADJ. large, small | youngparents with young familiesVERB + FAMILY have I always wanted to have a large family. | start They gotmarriedlast year and plan to start a family(= have children) soon. | bring up, raisestruggling to bring up a family on a low income | feed, support It is difficult forthem to earn enough to feed their families.

FAMILY + NOUN sizeAverage family size has decreased since the Victorianera. | man a good family man, completely devoted to his wife and kids.