Transnational Families Keywords .xlsx

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2	Keywords Audio List for Transnational Families
3	Keyword	Meaning	Audio	Example Sentence
4	Transnational	Across several nations or nationalities	Audio	My family is transnational because we live in several different countries.
5	Relatives	People in my family/ people I am related to	Audio	I have many relatives as my family is very large
6	Members	People who are part of something	Audio	There are 12 members of my family.
7	Mother	Mum/ Mama/ Mummy	Audio	Sara lives with her Mum, Dad and Grandma
8	Father	Dad/ Daddy, Papa	Audio	Sara lives with her Mum, Dad and Grandma
9	Daughter	A female child	Audio	My daughter is 10 years old.
10	Son	A male child	Audio	My son is 12 years old.
11	Grandmother	My mother's or father's mother	Audio	Sara lives with her parents and her grandmother.
12	Grandfather	My mother's or father's father	Audio	My grandfather lives in France
13	Aunty	My mother's or father's sister, or an older female relative	Audio	I see my aunty every day
14	Uncle	My mother's or father's brother, or an older male relative	Audio	I have 5 uncles
15	Cousins	My aunty and uncle's children	Audio	I have 4 cousins - they are my mum's sister's children.
16	Chores	Jobs that need to be done in the house, like cleaning	Audio	Children often do chores like washing up
17	Helping	Doing things to make life easier for somebody else.	Audio	I like helping my mum by doing chores at home.
18	Translating	Helping somebody understand spoken or written language by changing it from one language to another.	Audio	Safina helps her parents by translating letters and forms for them.
19	Responsibilites	Things that you have to do	Audio	Sara has a lot of responsibilities.
20	Caring	Looking after other people or children	Audio	Many children have caring responsibilities.
21	Making a phone call	Calling somebody on the phone	Audio	Sara helps her Grandma with making a phone call on her Smartphone.
22	Doing the washing	Washing clothes	Audio	I do the washing every Tuesday
23	Doing the washing up	Washing the dishes	Audio	We do the washing up every evening.
24	Background	What happened in somebody's life before now/ in the past	Audio	My background is very multi-national.
25	Country of origin	Where somebody comes from	Audio	Her country of origin is Iran.
26	Bi-lingual	Speaks two languages	Audio	Safina is bi-lingual.
27	A barrier	Something that stops you from doing something	Audio	Sara has lots of barriers to doing her homework because of her caring responsilities.
28	It goes over my head	I don't understand	Audio	Urdu goes over my head.
29	symptoms	Things that show that you are ill, ie. a sore throat or a cough	Audio	When you go to the GP you have to describe your symptoms.
30	literacy	The ability to read	Audio	Low literacy levels can make understanding letters and emails difficult.
31	to interrupt	To speak when somebody else is speaking	Audio	Sometimes Safina needs to interrupt the doctor to help her dad.
32	jargon	special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.	Audio	Doctors can use too much jargon with their patients.
33	complex	Complicated or difficult to understand	Audio	Medical language can be very complex.
34	A parent teacher meeting	A meeting at school between parents and teachers of a child	Audio	Sara may need to go to parent/teacher meetings with her parents.
35	an interpreter	Someone who helps you understand by translating another language into your language.	Audio	You can ask for an interpreter when you speak to the doctor.
36	Bizarre	Strange/ weird	Audio	It felt a bit bizarre to go to parent/teacher meetings as a child.
37	To register with a GP	To sign up with a doctor's surgery	Audio	If you need a doctor's appointment, you have to register with a GP.
38	Search the web	Look for something on the internet.	Audio	You can search the web for learning opportunities.
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