Сhapter 15 socioemotional development in early adulthood

This chapter depicts the importance of intimate relationships to individuals in early adulthood, men's and women's marital expectations and myths.

But before reading try to do the following:

a) answer and discuss the following questions:

1. Have you ever experienced loneliness? Define and distinguish among friendship and love.

2. What are the traits of a desirable marriage partner that vary widely from culture to culture? Do you remember any types of families?

3. How may marital expectations and myths influence the course of a marriage?

b) explain the term “stereotype ideas” ['sterıətaıp aı'dıəz] (стереотипные представления) in English.

c) find synonyms and antonyms to:

typical, early, romantic.

d) guess the meaning of the following words and word combinations without using the dictionary:

Social contacts, spontaneity, romantic, popular, myths, realistic, routine, religion, chaotic, classification, intimate style, preintimate style, stereotyped style, pseudointimate style, isolated style, role-focused, balance, combination, context.

e) do the following phonetic exercises:

Ex.1. Transcribe and pronounce the words given below.

Intimacy, theme, familiarity, precede, associate.

Ex.2. Read the following clusters with assimilation.

Activities that; actions that; becomes the; is the; remains the; families through; tend to; myth that; indicates that; suggests that; about the.

Ex.3. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [w] correctly.

We, with, women, wives, will, while, between, which.

Ex.4. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [r].

Arises, transition, interactions, familiarity, precedes, relationship, friends, trust, respect, strong, reason, married, marriage, remains, parents, responsible, differences, regarded, marry, parental, career, rise, pressure, rate, increase, freedom, currently.

Ex.5. Pronounce the words from the text containing the nasal sound [ŋ].

During, improving, engaging, leaving, feelings, confiding, understanding, absorbing, strong, remaining, single, longer, leaving, becoming, joining, among, unrelenting, surprising, failing, delaying, having, choosing, establishing, balancing.

Ex.6. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiced sound [ð].

The, that, although, they, than, there, either, others, another.

Ex.7. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiceless sound [Ө].

Through, unhealthy, myths, childbirth, through, three, throughout.

Ex.8. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [v].

Activities, positive overcome, individuals, lovers, have, love, exclusive, negative, expressive, repetitive, save, advantages, disadvantages, divorce, move, levels, individuated, revisited, sensitive, violent, development.

TEXT

Scan through the text making use of the active terminological vocabulary.