ASIA EURO UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ART, HUMANITY & LANGUAGE

GLOBAL STUDIES, YEAR II, SEMESTER I
CHAPTER ONE, UNIT TWO: STRENGTHENING FAMILIES
Lecturer: SENG Sothea
Worksheet 2

Discussing Questions

Work in small groups to answer the following questions.

How do you define the term strengthening family?
In your opinion, how to create a family strength?
Is it true to conclude that if your family has strength, the family has happiness?
Supposed that you are a son or daughter in your family; will you respect and trust your family
members every time, especially your parents?
5. If you go a far place without informing your parents or any member in your family, what will you feel
towards them?
6. In your family, what do you usually share with your members?
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Key Terms

Match the vocabulary in the left column with following definitions in the right column.
1. Strength
2. Respect
3. Trust
4. Trait
5. Confide
6. Nourishing
7. Span
8. Essence
9. Vandalism
10. Moral
11. Goal

12. Values
13. Tradition
14. Identity

a. the degree to which something is strong or powerful

b. to have belief or confidence in the honesty, goodness, skill or safety
of a person, organization or thing (trust)
c. admiration felt or shown for someone or something that you believe
has good ideas or qualities
d. to tell something secret or personal to someone who you trust not to
tell anyone else
e. a particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of
behavior
f. the period of time that sometimes exists or happens
g. a nourishing drink or food makes you healthy and strong
h. the crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other
people
i. the basic or most important idea or quality of something
j. who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group which make
them different from others
k. a belief, principle or way of acting which people in a particular
society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of
these beliefs, etc. in a particular society or group
l. the beliefs people have about what is right and wrong and what is
most important in life, which control their behavior.
m. an aim or purpose
n. relating to the standards of good or bad behavior, fairness, honesty,
etc. which each person believes in, rather than to laws

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Comprehension Questions

Answer the following questions by using the information in your textbook.

1. List family strength? (page. 9)
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2. What do people in strong family respect each other? (page. 9)
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3. Family closeness can be built on trust. How can family members confide in each other? (page. 9)
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4. Based on Kayla story, how could she feel better although she feels nervous performing in front of
many people? What does emotional support include? (page. 10)
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5. Why do we need to show emotional support? (page.10)
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6. Why is communication in family important? (page. 10)
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7. List three kinds of sharing in family and briefly explain each kind. (page 12)
a._________________________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________________________

8. Learning to manage multiple roles in a family strength has two important reasons. What are they?
(page. 13)
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2._________________________________________________________________________________
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9. What are the key areas that basic management strategies can help us in balancing our roles? (page. 13)
a._________________________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________________________
d._________________________________________________________________________________
e._________________________________________________________________________________

f. _____________________________________________________________________
10. What is a support system? Find examples (page. 13)
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