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Vocabulary Matching
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Family – Key Vocabulary in Context
The nuclear family is the traditional family structure in the West. This term, originating in the 1950s, describes families consisting of a father, a mother, and their offspring. Under this structure, the family is seen as the basic unit in society; the father functions as the breadwinner and the mother as the homemaker. Nowadays, alternative family types are becoming more prevalent, such as single-parent families, families headed by same-sex parents, and extended families where families live with their kin, which may include several generations. Extended families are less common in North America, where it is not uncommon to place grandparents in retirement homes.
A Social Trends survey in 2009 reported radical changes in child rearing and marriage practices in the United Kingdom. Figures showed that while 30 percent of women under thirty had given birth by the age of 25, only 24 percent had tied the knot. This marked the first time childbirth had become the first major milestone in adult life, ahead of marriage. In 1971 in the U.K, 3/4 of women were married by the age of 25 and half were mothers.
Judging by the high rates of divorce and the increasing number of children born out of wedlock, it would appear that the family as an institution is in decline. American sociologist Stephanie Coontz believes so too, but for different reasons. Coontz points out that marriages are no longer arranged for political or economic reasons, and children are no longer required to contribute to the family income. Marriages nowadays are founded on love. She believes this shift towards love and free choice has actually weakened both the family by making it optional and the bond between the husband and wife by making it contingent on emotional fulfillment.
[Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/5160857/Death-of-the-traditional-family.html, https://oregonexplorer.info/rural/RuralIssues/FamilyStructure]
Comprehension & Follow-Up Questions
Vocabulary Matching
Match the words with their meaning as used in the ESL news lesson.
| offspring | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| breadwinner | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| prevalent | |
| kin | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| rear (verb) | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| tie the knot (phr. verb) | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| milestone | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| wedlock | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| institution | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| bond | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
| contingent | a very important stage in the development of sth bring up and care for a child until it is fully grown the income-earner of a family the state of being married children your family or your relatives widespread; common relationship; link a custom or system that has existed for a long time get married subject to change; dependent on other circumstances |
Connect the below idea(s) to make a sentence.
1) government / uprising
e.g. The government plans to crush the uprising.
2) bond / offspring;
3) prevalent / nowadays;
4) breadwinner / rear;
5) kin / gifts;
6) tie the knot / regret;
7) milestone / life;
8) born / wedlock;
9) institution / in decline;
10) contingent / feelings.
Define
— What is the appropriate English term for …
| your sister’s daughter? | _ _ _ _ _ |
| your sister’s son? | _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| your grandmother’s mother? | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| your brothers and sisters? | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| your wife’s brother? | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| the son of your mother’s new husband? | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
What do you do? (Pair work)
Discuss with a partner what you should do when…
your six year-old child asks where babies come from.
your child fails his English test.
your 13-year old gets a tattoo on his back of a tarantula.
your child won’t eat his/her vegetables at dinner.
your 12-year old daughter says she’s dating a high school student.
your child won’t stop screaming because you won’t buy him candy in the grocery store.
your child tells you that he or she is gay.
your marriage becomes stale.
your child graduates university.