2. We can't expect people to have similar opinions about one and the same matter.
1) Which of Tanya's and Jane's opinions expressed in the dialogue do you agree or disagree with? Why?
2) IN YOUR CULTURE
Read or listen to the statements and say if they are true in respect of your country. Which of them do you agree or disagree with?
• Most grandparents live their independent lives and don't feel like taking care of their grandchildren full-time.
• It's quite rare to find elderly grandparents living together with their adult children.
• In most cases elderly parents are put into old people's homes.
• When children grow up they move out of their parents' houses.
• Grandparents living close to their small grandchildren are found much more often in the countryside.
• Most grandparents would be horrified at the idea of giving up their independent lives and moving into their children's homes to look after their grandchildren full-time.
3) PAIR WORK
Imagine that your partner fully agrees with some of the statements you've heard. Try to change some of his or her opinions.
Your partner may be a) one of your foreign friends who you know quite well or b) an adult who you do not know very well.
Say what you know about the problem, express your opinion. --->
--->Say that you partly agree or completely disagree. Try to change your partner's opinion.--->
--->Express disagreement. Give reasons. Try to change your partner's opinion. --->
---> Say that you partly agree or disagree.
1) Which of Tanya's and Jane's opinions expressed in the dialogue do you agree or disagree with? Why?
2) IN YOUR CULTURE
Read or listen to the statements and say if they are true in respect of your country. Which of them do you agree or disagree with?
• Most grandparents live their independent lives and don't feel like taking care of their grandchildren full-time.
• It's quite rare to find elderly grandparents living together with their adult children.
• In most cases elderly parents are put into old people's homes.
• When children grow up they move out of their parents' houses.
• Grandparents living close to their small grandchildren are found much more often in the countryside.
• Most grandparents would be horrified at the idea of giving up their independent lives and moving into their children's homes to look after their grandchildren full-time.
3) PAIR WORK
Imagine that your partner fully agrees with some of the statements you've heard. Try to change some of his or her opinions.
Your partner may be a) one of your foreign friends who you know quite well or b) an adult who you do not know very well.
Say what you know about the problem, express your opinion. --->
--->Say that you partly agree or completely disagree. Try to change your partner's opinion.--->
--->Express disagreement. Give reasons. Try to change your partner's opinion. --->
---> Say that you partly agree or disagree.