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6C Coming of Age

The document discusses different coming-of-age traditions and ceremonies in various cultures around the world. In some countries, people are considered adults at 18 and can then marry, open a bank account, and drive legally. The passage describes coming-of-age celebrations like the quinceañera in Latin America, cattle jumping in an Ethiopian tribe, and seijin-no-hi in Japan which mark the transition to adulthood through ceremonies, rituals, and assumed new social roles and responsibilities.

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6C Coming of Age

The document discusses different coming-of-age traditions and ceremonies in various cultures around the world. In some countries, people are considered adults at 18 and can then marry, open a bank account, and drive legally. The passage describes coming-of-age celebrations like the quinceañera in Latin America, cattle jumping in an Ethiopian tribe, and seijin-no-hi in Japan which mark the transition to adulthood through ceremonies, rituals, and assumed new social roles and responsibilities.

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6C COMING OF

AGE
TOMAYA LLAZA MARÍA
ISABEL
READING
1. DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS..
1. At what age can people legally do these things in your country?
In Peru, the following is true:
Drive a car and can be licensed at 18 years of age.
The people can marry with a minimum of 18 years of age.
Open a bank account at 18 years old.
2. At what age do you think teenagers become adults?
Arguably, at 18 when you can get married, start work, and when
you are fully treated as an adult by the law.
3. Do you have special celebrations in your country for young people
as they become adults?
yes, such as:
bachelor or bachelorette party, marriage, and celebrations of
some goal obtained, etc.
2. LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AND THE TITLE OF
THE WEB PAGE 75. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
EXPRESSION ‘COMING OF AGE’ MEANS? READ
THE INTRODUCTION AND CHECK YOUR IDEAS.

According to the introductory paragraph, coming-


of-age means different things in differents cultures
- ranging from getting married or getting a job to
celebrations to symbolize coming of age.
3. READ THE THREE POST ABOUT DIFFERENT COMING-OF-AGE
CEREMONIES. ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE?
1. The celebration of quinceñera is common in many different countries.(T)

2. The writer things the Spanish introduced coming-of-age celebration to


South America.(F)
3. The Hamar bridegroom's family must pay money to the wife's family.(F)

4. In Hamar culture, when the husband dies, the wife gives her cows to the
younger brothers.(F)

5. In Japan, you have more legal rights when you are twenty.(T)

6. The attitudes of some young people to seijin-no-Hi in Japan are changing.


(T)
4. THESE PAIRS OF WORDS ARE ON THE VERB PAGE. MATCH THE
WORDS WITH THE DEFINITIONS.
1 country / culture
a. the way a group of people do things.
culture
b. an area of land with its own government.
country

2 celebration / ceremony
a. a social event such as a party.
a celebration
b. a traditional and formal event on a special day.
ceremony
4. THESE PAIRS OF WORDS ARE ON THE VERB PAGE. MATCH THE
WORDS WITH THE DEFINITIONS.
3 bride / groom
a. the man at a wedding.
a groom
b. the woman at a wedding.
bride

4 legal rights / social traditions


a. what the law allows you to do.
a legal rights
b. activities based on the past.
social traditions
CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSING THE WRITER´S VIEW
5. THE THREE POSTS ON THE WEB PAGE ARE BY DIFFERENT
WRITERS. MATCH THE POSTS WITH THESE THREE WAYS OF
LOOKING AT THE TOPIC(A-C). UNDERLINE THE WORDS THAT HELP
YOU DECIDE.

a Historical view: The writer includes information


about the past.
Quinceañera
b Social view: The writer includes information
about society and how it is changing.
Seijin-no-Hi
c Economic view: The writer includes information
about money.
Cattle jumping
6. WORK IN PAIRS AND COMPARE YOUR IDEAS.

a Historical view: Quinceañera


the celebration started when the spanish first came to
/ ancient tribes / probably had their own coming of age
ceremonies already
b Social view: Seijin-no-Hi
the number of young people celebrating Seijin-no-Hi has
decreased / partly because of japan´s low birth rate
c Economic view: Cattle jumping
they have to pay the bride´s family about thirty goats
and twenty cows / the man will have to pay the family
back over his whole life
WORD FOCUS GET
7. LOOK AT THE WEB PAGE AGAIN AND FIND FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE
WORD GET . MATCH THEM WITH THESE MEANINGS.

BECOME RECEIVE START

get married (BECOME)


get a job (START)
gets financial control (RECEIVE)
get legal rights (RECEIVE)
8. READ THE DESCRIPTION OF A WEDDING. MATCH THE USES OF
GET (1-7) WITH THE MEANINGS (A-G). a. become (1)

b. catch (6)

c. meet and socialize (4)

d. prepare (2)

e. receive (5)

f. return (7)

g. start the day (3)

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