1. FAMILY 1) Family members 2) Function of families 3) Types of families
4) Duties and responsibilities
5) My future family

2. Comment on the following quotations.
Family isn’t about whose blood you have. It’s about who you care about.
Trey Parker & Matt Stone
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest – never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.
Ann Landers

3. Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
FAMILY
Family members, relatives
Family status
Roles of family
Duties and responsibilities
Celebrations and
anniversaries
Setting up a family
Problems in families

4. Look at Paul‘s family tree.
Name the relationship of each member to Paul.
Name some of the relationships of the other members of this family to each other.
Why do some people create a family tree of their family? Would you like to try it? Why / why not?

5. nuclear family extended family single parent family
What are the basic functions of a family?
Match the labels with the pictures. (click on the label)
What are the pros and cons of each?
nuclear family
extended family
single parent family
Which type of family do you come from?

6. What kind of parent would you like to become? Why?
What are the responsibilities of parents shown in the pictures? Name others that you consider necessary. 1. 2. 3. 4. 7.
10. 5. 6. 8. 9.
What kind of parent would you like to become? Why?

7. What are the responsibilities of children shown in the pictures?1. 3. 2. 6. 7. 4. 5.
What are your responsibilities in your household?

8. How do you share the responsibilities in your household?
Which of the activities in the pictures are typical for children/ adults/....? 3. 1. 4. 6. 2. 5. 8. 7. 9.
How do you share the responsibilities in your household?

9. Name and describe the people in the picture below.
Explain why you would either prefer to marry or just live in cohabitation with your partner.

10. What are the most common reasons for divorce? Follow the pictures below.1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

11. What are the effects of splitting up/divorce on children
What are the effects of splitting up/divorce on children? Comment on the given ideas and add your own ones.
learning difficulties
scepticism
bad behaviour
addiction
health problems

12. Compare and contrast the lifestyle of the families in the pictures below. Why are they considered to be “different“? 1. 2. 4. 5. 3.
What kind of problems do these families face?

13. How do old people in the pictures spend their retirement?2. 3. 1. 4. 5. 6.
What is your attitude towards your own grandparents (or old people in general)?

14. Why have the families in the pictures come together?2. 3. 1. 4. 5.
On what occasions does your family meet up?

15. The photos below are important to you; all these people are your relatives and you have special memories of each place. Give more details. 2. 3. 1. 4. 5. 6.