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3.You have brought an international student who is on an exchange
programme at your University to your house for the first time. Make up a
conversation between your parents, your friend and you.

4.Describe the Goodwins as if you were one of them.

5.Make up a dialogue describing the average British family.

6.In groups of threes or fours, brainstorm and give a scetch of the average
Ukrainian family (type, number of people, marriage age, parents’ education
and occupation, income, etc).

7.In groups, fill in the following chart from the Ukrainian perspective.

Nuclear Families Extended Families
Advantages 1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
Disadvantages 1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

8.Answer the following questions.

1. What defines a family?
2. Should parents have a great deal of authority over the children?
Why? Why not?
3. What expectations does society have about a family as a social
institution?
4. What are the main types of families in different cultures? What
does it depend on?
5. What is your opinion of arranged marriages?
6. What are the main reasons for the changing roles of husbands and
wives?

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