Chapter 5 Men and Women

Part 1 Reading Skills and Strategies Men’s Talk and Women’s Talk in the United States 3. Previewing Vocabulary: Nouns Conversations Feelings Hierarchy Orders Position Suggestions Verbs Apologize Argue Brag socialize

3- Previewing Vocabulary Adjectives Active Close Equal Private Public Similar Preposition According to

4- Understanding New Words in a Reading Sometimes the meaning of a new word is in the sentence before or after the word, Example: I apologized to my friend. I said, “I’m really sorry about yesterday.” (Apologize means to say you’re sorry about something.) Sometimes the meaning is after the phrase in other words. Example: He has a low place in the hierarchy, in other words, the system from low to high. (Hierarchy means the system from low to high)

6- Identifying the Main Ideas and Details 1. Men and Women 2. Men 3. Men 4. Women 5. Women 6. Men 7. Women 8. Men

7- Checking Vocabulary 1. Give order 2. Similar 3. Active 4. Suggestions 5. Equal 6. Brag 7. Public 8. private

8- Identifying a Good Summery The best summery is: C. Deborah Tannen teaches at Georgetown University. She is a writer. She writes about how people talk. She says that men and women are different. She wrote a book called You Just Don’t Understand.

Part 2 Reading Sills and Strategies He Said/She Said: A U.S. Couple 2. Previewing Vocabulary: Nouns Politics Verbs Fix Adjectives Lonely Unimportant Uninteresting Adverb Full time

4- Identifying the Main Idea C. The husband and wife have problems because they communicate in different ways. 5- Identifying Details: 1. a, b, d 2. a, b, c, d

6- Practicing Reading in Phrases One way to read faster is to read in groups of words, or phrases, not one word at a time. Men and women sometimes seem to speak different languages. They like to talk about different things.

Part 3 Practical English Using Inclusive Language UNDERSTANDING GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE Most people now say fire fighter and mail carrier to include both men and women. To make language more equal, or gender- neutral, people are changing many words and the way that we use some language.

Understanding Gender-Neutral Language 1- Matching Words: Synthetic, manufactured, machine-made Humanity, people, human beings Police officer Chair or chairperson Actor Spouse Homemaker Salesclerk Server in a restaurant fisher

Using Gender-Neutral Possessive Adjectives Possessive adjectives show gender: his is used for male, her is used for female. Sometimes the noun doesn’t show the gender, so we can say his or her, or make the noun plural and use the possessive adjective their (which can be male or female). Examples: - Every student should remember his book. - Every student should remember his/her book. - Students should remember their books.

2- Using Possessive Adjective 1. His/hertheir 2. His 3. Her 4. His/her 5. His/her 6. Her 7. His/her 8. His 9. His/her 10. His, her

Part 4 Vocabulary Practice 1- Reviewing Vocabulary 1. false 2. true 3. false 4. false 5. true 6. false 7. true 8. true 9. true 10. true

3- Completing Sentences 1. scientist, cancer 2. fulltime, lonely 3. beverages, health 4. families, married 5. quit, garage 6. politics, uninteresting 7. shopping, online

4- Building Vocabulary Across: 2. Public 3. Conversation 6. Private 7. Writer 10. Equal 14. Socialize 15. Sexism 17. Good 18. Marriage

4- Building Vocabulary Down: 1. Love 2. Phrase 4. Hierarchy 5. Different 8. Suggestions 9. Brag 11. Active 12. Big 13. Position 14. Similar 16. high