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Unit1 Lesson 5
Changing trends
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about the roles of the father and the mother in the family
• discussed the present, past, and future roles of husbands and wives
• read a passage for general comprehension
• written a summary
A Think how old you are now. What do you do? What was your role 10 years back? What do you think it will be 10 years from now?
Now think for a minute about you and your family and note down some points on the following.
What type of family do you come from? (e.g. How many brothers and sisters do you have? Do your grandparents live with you? )
B In pairs discuss these questions and share your ideas.
1 When did family life begin? What do you know about the first family in history?
2 How was family life in Bangladesh 20 years ago?
3 How is family life in Bangladesh different today from what it was in the past?
C Note down 3 important points about the roles of your father and mother or your
guardians in your family.
1 child rearing
2 Educating the children
3 Earning and economic support
4 Supporting elders
Also discuss who in the family did which of the above things 20 years ago, and who will do which of them 20 years from now. Note down at least 3 ways in which each role is carried out.
D Look at the pictures below. In pairs discuss and note down what the following pictures suggest about changing trends in family life.
E Read the following passage about the changing trends in family life and answer the questions below it.
The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an economic and welfare institution but also by its increasing importance as an arrangement fojj socialising and raising children and for the psychological support of adults. There has been a wide disintegration of large kin groups and an intensification of relationships within the nuclear family. .Moreover, the world is seeing an increasing association of women with earning and out-of-home activities.
In the pre-industrial feudal society, both husbands and wives worked in the fields outside the home. However, in the industrial period, women were segregated from out-of-home productive work. The hearth became the place for them, so cooking, cleaning, washing, giving birth and rearing children became their jobs. Men became the wage-earners and all other outdoor activities became their responsibility.
In the post-war period, women started joining the workforce, contributing to family income, and thus started exercising an influence on family affairs. Previously, authority in the family rested on the husband who was the decision-maker in all matters. But women, with their' economic power, started influencing decisions about important family matters. In developed countries now, household work is shared by both husbands and wives, and outdoor activities like shopping and taking children to school, to doctors or for recreation are done equally by both husbands and wives. Large extended families have given, and are still giving place to small, nuclear families.
Even in developing countries, with the process of industrialization and urbanizations, extended families are breaking down. Kinship is declining. In the west, marriages now often break up. So, the number of single-mother or singlc-fatlrcr families is ever on the increase. The psychological problems of children in such families arc also increasing in modern times.
1 What are the Changes in family life mentioned in the passage? Note down the major points and then compare your notes in pairs.
2 In pairs discuss what you understand by 'kinship is declining'?
3 Do you agree with all the 3 points made in the first paragraph?
F Some views about roles of husbands and wives in the family are given below. In pairs, discuss how you feel about them. Do you agree/disagree? Give reasons for your answer.
1 The wife's place is at home, in the kitchen. Her responsibility is to look after the children. She has nothing to do with earning and spending.'
2 'Shopping is the husband's duty.'
3 'Both husband and wife need to work outside and earn for their family.'
4 'The husband should help with the housework but not with cooking.'
5 'It's the husband's responsibility to work, earn money and support the family.'
6 'The husband's parents should live with the family.'
7 'The husband should help in rearing the children.'
G In pairs, discuss any changing trends in your own family. Then individually write a short summary of the changes that have taken place in your family over the past 10 years.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading, writing.
Functions.
Talking about past and present, expressing opinion, summarizing.
Grammar/Structure.
Simple past, simple present tense.
Vocabulary.
Socialising, disintegration, kinship, intensification, urbanization.
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Unit1 Lesson 5
Changing trends
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about the roles of the father and the mother in the family
• discussed the present, past, and future roles of husbands and wives
• read a passage for general comprehension
• written a summary
A Think how old you are now. What do you do? What was your role 10 years back? What do you think it will be 10 years from now?
Now think for a minute about you and your family and note down some points on the following.
What type of family do you come from? (e.g. How many brothers and sisters do you have? Do your grandparents live with you? )
B In pairs discuss these questions and share your ideas.
1 When did family life begin? What do you know about the first family in history?
2 How was family life in Bangladesh 20 years ago?
3 How is family life in Bangladesh different today from what it was in the past?
C Note down 3 important points about the roles of your father and mother or your
guardians in your family.
1 child rearing
2 Educating the children
3 Earning and economic support
4 Supporting elders
Also discuss who in the family did which of the above things 20 years ago, and who will do which of them 20 years from now. Note down at least 3 ways in which each role is carried out.
D Look at the pictures below. In pairs discuss and note down what the following pictures suggest about changing trends in family life.
E Read the following passage about the changing trends in family life and answer the questions below it.
The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an economic and welfare institution but also by its increasing importance as an arrangement fojj socialising and raising children and for the psychological support of adults. There has been a wide disintegration of large kin groups and an intensification of relationships within the nuclear family. .Moreover, the world is seeing an increasing association of women with earning and out-of-home activities.
In the pre-industrial feudal society, both husbands and wives worked in the fields outside the home. However, in the industrial period, women were segregated from out-of-home productive work. The hearth became the place for them, so cooking, cleaning, washing, giving birth and rearing children became their jobs. Men became the wage-earners and all other outdoor activities became their responsibility.
In the post-war period, women started joining the workforce, contributing to family income, and thus started exercising an influence on family affairs. Previously, authority in the family rested on the husband who was the decision-maker in all matters. But women, with their' economic power, started influencing decisions about important family matters. In developed countries now, household work is shared by both husbands and wives, and outdoor activities like shopping and taking children to school, to doctors or for recreation are done equally by both husbands and wives. Large extended families have given, and are still giving place to small, nuclear families.
Even in developing countries, with the process of industrialization and urbanizations, extended families are breaking down. Kinship is declining. In the west, marriages now often break up. So, the number of single-mother or singlc-fatlrcr families is ever on the increase. The psychological problems of children in such families arc also increasing in modern times.
1 What are the Changes in family life mentioned in the passage? Note down the major points and then compare your notes in pairs.
2 In pairs discuss what you understand by 'kinship is declining'?
3 Do you agree with all the 3 points made in the first paragraph?
F Some views about roles of husbands and wives in the family are given below. In pairs, discuss how you feel about them. Do you agree/disagree? Give reasons for your answer.
1 The wife's place is at home, in the kitchen. Her responsibility is to look after the children. She has nothing to do with earning and spending.'
2 'Shopping is the husband's duty.'
3 'Both husband and wife need to work outside and earn for their family.'
4 'The husband should help with the housework but not with cooking.'
5 'It's the husband's responsibility to work, earn money and support the family.'
6 'The husband's parents should live with the family.'
7 'The husband should help in rearing the children.'
G In pairs, discuss any changing trends in your own family. Then individually write a short summary of the changes that have taken place in your family over the past 10 years.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading, writing.
Functions.
Talking about past and present, expressing opinion, summarizing.
Grammar/Structure.
Simple past, simple present tense.
Vocabulary.
Socialising, disintegration, kinship, intensification, urbanization.