Spotlight on Japan: mukoyoshi

Warm-up You're going to watch a video about Japan. Go over the items in the word cloud below and try to guess what the report might be about. Type up or record your answer below. Watch the first half of this video (00:00 - 05: 11)to find out if you were right with your predicitons. Key Vocabulary Match the words from the video on the right-hand side to their definitions on the left in-laws the parents of your husband or wife or other members of his or her family matchmaker a person who tries to arrange marriages or romantic relationships between people heir a person who will legally receive money, property, or a title from an older member of the same family when that other person dies fertility rate the number of children born per woman shortage (of) a situation in which there is not enough of something Vocabulary in practice Now use the same 5 words from the previous exercise to explain the phenomenon of mukoyoshi. Watch the rest of the report (05:12 - end) that features an expert from the French Asia Centre. Tick the statement that are true. The practice of mukoyoshi is a 20th-century invention. It's frowned upon when newly adopted mukuyoshis keep in touch with their biological family. Social progress in Japan has been particularly fast in the past four decades. In terms of culture, South Korea has more in common with Japan than China. Listening for detail Answer these questions:1. How did the practice of mukoyoshi come about?2. What legal obligations does a newly adopted son have?3. What social changes have occured in Japan since the 1980s? What hasn't changed?4. What are the examples of the similarities and differences between the three Asian countries mentioned in the interview (Japan, South Korea, China)? Vocabulary - phrasal verbsUse the phrasal verbs from the table to complete the sentences below. Pay attention to conjugation!to hand overto end upto give upto take over 1. Kazue Fujii wasn’t smart enough to continue studying medicine so she gave up her studies.2. Only a male heir can take over a family business in Japan.3. Some Japanese only daughters end upmarrying a man chosen by their parents based on his ability to run the family firm.4. Even the Suzukis have handed the company over to an adopted son. Over to you!Use the 4 phrasal verbs from the previous exercise to talk about your life or country. Personal anecdote Think of a custom from your own coutnry that you find quite unusual and think owuld be difficult to find elsewhere. Describe this tradition including the following information:- it's orgins- if and how it has evolved over the years