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Reading Comprehension on Intercultural Marriage

The document is a reading comprehension assignment that asks students to answer true/false and short answer questions about an intercultural marriage. It discusses topics like whether the spouse's parents approved of the marriage, difficulties with different cultural expectations around holidays and childrearing, and questions couples should discuss to make sure they are compatible in their values and plans for raising a family when entering into an intercultural marriage. The assignment aims to have students think critically about some of the challenges but also importance of open communication when marrying someone from a different culture.

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Reading Comprehension on Intercultural Marriage

The document is a reading comprehension assignment that asks students to answer true/false and short answer questions about an intercultural marriage. It discusses topics like whether the spouse's parents approved of the marriage, difficulties with different cultural expectations around holidays and childrearing, and questions couples should discuss to make sure they are compatible in their values and plans for raising a family when entering into an intercultural marriage. The assignment aims to have students think critically about some of the challenges but also importance of open communication when marrying someone from a different culture.

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Name:Alessandra Ábrego

Ministry of Education Date: March 22, 2023


Instituto Justo Arosemena
Reading Comprehension #2

Part I- After reading the text students will choose whether the following are true or false.

1. Jack Baker's parents paid for his college education.


 True
 False

2. Yoki and her parents moved to the United States when she was 19.
 True
 False

3. Jack and Yoki had a lot in common.


 True
 False

4. Yoki married Jack as soon as she received her parents' permission to do so.
 True
 False

5. Jack had problems coping with the fact that his parents-in-law did not approve of him.
 True
 False

6. Yoki wanted Jack to learn Japanese so they could understand each other better.
 True
 False

7. Jack's never earned his mother-in-law's approval, but he became good friends with his father-in-law.
 True
 False

Part II- Answer the following questions based on your opinion about Intercultural Marriage.

8. When you choose to enter a cross-cultural marriage, your spouse’s religious background may differ vastly from
yours. Explore this with your partner.

Would you be willing to convert?

Depending if the religion require it and if it’s true love, I would do it.
How do you want to raise your children?

I would raise my children to have free-will of their religion.

9. If you are marrying outside of your culture, there may be holidays that you unaware of. You don’t want to
offend your new in-laws by being culturally ignorant.

Whose holidays do you celebrate?


Christmas, Holy Week, Halloween.
Who will get time to spend with the children for holidays and perhaps on the weekends?
It will be equally distributed and the children will get to choose when to go or
when to not.
10. Ask yourselves these questions to help eliminate false expectations in your marriage with someone from
another culture.

Will the husband work and the wife stay at home?


No, it is old fashioned and disrespectful.
Does the wife want to work until she has children?
It will be her decision, if she feels like having the same energy and willpower to
work I’d let her be, its her life she will live it how she wants.
Will both parents work and a grandparent keep the child?
How will you raise a family?

Are you on the same page with how you want this to work?

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