Part One: Warm Up
Discuss the following questions with your partner(s).
- In Reading 1-1, we talked about families. How are families similar to and different from the following?
- friends
- classmates or co-workers
- neighbours
- In your experience, how close are you to your neighbours? Do you know them? Spend time with them? Have close relationships with them? Why or why not?
- Do you think it’s important to have a strong connection to your neighbours? What would be some of the advantages and disadvantages of living in a close community where everyone knows each other?
- Have you ever heard of the term “co-housing?” Without doing any research, brainstorm some ideas about what it might mean or how it might work.
Part Two: Vocabulary / Listening / Further Discussion
Open the exercise and follow the instructions.