👨👩👧👦 Family Relationships – Who's this?
Step 1: Prediction – What will happen?
Title: "Talking About Family – Who's this?"
You will watch someone show a photo and talk about family members. What family words do you know (mother, father, brother, sister, etc.)? What questions might they ask?
✔️ Family words: mother, father, brother, sister, wife, husband, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother.
✔️ There is a funny moment: someone is mistaken for a "short old woman" – but it's actually the person speaking!
Step 2: Key vocabulary – Family members & describing people
🔊 Click the audio button to hear pronunciation. Click Show definition to see the meaning.
Step 3: Before you watch – Discuss
Step 4: Watch the video
📌 Listen for questions: "Who's this?", "How old is he?", "Is he a doctor?", "Who's that?" Pay attention to possessive 's (e.g., "my sister's husband").
Step 5: Answer the questions (after watching)
Step 6: Grammar discovery – Possessive 's & "Who" questions
🔍 Look at these sentences from the video:
- "That's my sister's husband." (possessive 's – husband of my sister)
- "That's my sister's son." (son of my sister = nephew)
- "Who's this?" (Who is this?)
- "Who's that?" (Who is that?)
- "Is he a doctor?" / "Is he an architect?" (Yes/No questions about jobs)
❓ Discovery questions (discuss with a partner):
- What does the apostrophe 's show in "my sister's husband"? (possession / relationship)
- How do we form a possessive for a singular noun? (noun + 's)
- What question word do we use to ask about a person? (Who)
- What is the difference between "this" and "that"? (this = near, that = far)
• Use 's to show that one person is related to another: my sister's husband = the husband of my sister.
• Structure: [person] + 's + [family member/relative]
• Examples: John's mother, Maria's brother, the teacher's daughter.
• Questions with Who: Who's this? Who's that? Who are they?
• Answer: That's my brother. / They are my parents.
Step 7: Pronunciation focus – /θ/ (thin) vs /ð/ (this)
🎯 Target sounds: /θ/ (voiceless, like in "thank", "brother" has /ð/ not /θ/ – careful!) and /ð/ (voiced, like in "this", "that", "mother", "father", "brother").
Listen and repeat. Click 🔊 to hear each word.
💡 Tip: For /θ/, stick your tongue between your teeth and blow air (no voice). For /ð/, do the same but add your voice (vibrating vocal cords). Practice: "This mother and that father have three brothers."
Step 8: Controlled practice – Complete the sentences
Step 9: Freer practice – Speak & record
🎙️ Speaking prompt: Talk about your family (real or imaginary). Use "who" questions and possessive 's. For example: "This is my mother. She is a teacher. That is my sister's son. He is 10 years old." Record your sentence.
💡 Examples:
• "Who's this? That's my brother's wife."
• "My father is 55 years old. He is an engineer."
• "Is she your mother? No, she's my aunt."
You said:
🎯 Bonus challenge: Include a word with the /ð/ sound (this, that, mother, father, brother) or /θ/ sound (thanks, birthday, nothing).
