Unit 3 - Lives and Legends

English Language I

Presentation prepared by Prof. Liliana Monserrat

Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras, 2015

What is a Family?

FAMILY:

A group of 2 or more people who

live together and/or are related by

blood or marriage.

The Family

is the basic social unit and it represents people living

together by ties of marriage, blood or adaptation.

According to sociology, the family has the primary function of reproducing society; biologically, socially, or both.

Function of a family Emotional support

Financial support

A place for love and belonging

Socialization

Learning

Types of Families

Traditional or Nuclear Family

This is what many people imagine when

they think of a typical family.

Mother, father and children.

Extended Family Relatives other than parents and children (eg.

grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins).

Extended family members, regardless of where

they live, can be an important resource for

each other when they are needed. It’s just part

of being a family.

Blended Family

Husband and wife, at least one of whom

has children from another marriage.

A blended family can include children

from both spouses.

Single-Parent Family

One parent and his/her children

It occurs from divorce, death, leaving of a

parent or never having been married.

It can be rewarding as well as challenging.

Juggle all the responsibility (work and

home).

Childless Couples

Husband and Wife who have never had

children, either because they do not want

to have children or they are not able to.

Adoptive/Foster Families

Children are not biologically linked to their

parents.

Parents must go through a legal process

to make children part of the family.

May have both birth and adopted

children.

Family Quiz

Who is, in relation to you…? Your mother’s brother Your father’s sister Your husband’s mother Your husband’s sister Your brother’s daughter Your sister’s son Your father’s brother’s children Your mother’s father Your daughter’s son Your father’s second wife