Family life
Level Intermediate and above
Time 25-30 minutes
Aim To get students to share opinions, ideas
Preparation Prepare a task sheet along the following lines, and make photocopies for your class

Task sheet:
Work in groups of three or four. Decide which of the following statements you agree with and which statements you disagree with. Discuss these with the other members of your group. Try to modify any statements you disagree with so that they represent the opinions of your group. Be ready to report your discussion to the rest of the class and be ready to respond to questions
1. Children should leave home after they get married
2. Old people should be encouraged to stay in old people’s houses rather than staying with their families.
3. People shouldn’t have more than two children
4. Children should always obey their parents.
5. Children should ask their parents to marry.
6. Children should pay their rents back when they get a job.
7. You should always be ready to help to any member of your family.
8. If it is a big family, children should live with their parents after they get married.
9. Family is more important that your own life. E.g. If you have a good job in other city or country, you shouldn’t leave your family.
10. You should keep family secrets and shouldn’t even tell your close friend
11. Children shouldn’t have Love affairs until they are 18-20
12. Children should keep secret from their parents, if they love somebody.
13. They shouldn’t have any independent activities without any permission of parents until they finish their high school.
14. Children should accept and do whatever is ordered by their parents. If it is right or wrong, they should do it.