9 | P a g e
Social Scientists- an expert in or student of human society and social relationships, or any subject within
this field, such as economics or politics.
Cultural gap-
is any systematic difference between two cultures which hinders mutual understanding or
relations.
Intergenerational- relating
to, involving, or affecting several generations.
Exercises
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct relation. 1. Ever since marriage, my _______ cooks’ dinner.
2. My ______ are celebrating their 60
th
anniversary.
3. My _________ is extremely happy with the output of this project.
4. As a boss, I prefer sincere ________ to lazy ones.
5. Meetings with my _______ are fun instead of stressed.
B. Use the right word in the blank. 6. She is _______. She keeps falling down.
7. If you would ________, we could finish it before the deadline.
8. I don’t judge people, I am very __________.
9. I can’t stop staring at him. He’s really ________.
10. I’m _______ to win this show.
Essay
There is certainly a difference in thoughts, ideas and actions between children, their parents and grandparents. Why do these differences exist? Does it cause problems in your community, in your opinion? In a rapidly developing world, the differences in opinion, attitude and lifestyle of children from those
of parents and grandparents is obvious. This can be due to several reasons ranging from the invention
of new technologies to the influence of western cultures. From my personal standpoint, differences in
viewpoints do leads to various problems such as lack of intergenerational communication.
Emerging technologies such as smartphones, mobile applications, laptops and video games create
a cultural gap between two generations. While the parents prefer personal one-on-one interaction,
children use Facebook and Twitter to communicate with friends. The gap is further increased by the
spread of western ideas in developing countries. This is evident in the difference in the food habits of
parents and their children. The former prefers traditional homemade food, whereas the latter prefers
burgers and junk food. A recent survey conducted in India claimed that western cultural influence
spread through international brands such as Levi’s, McDonald's, KFC and Facebook and had decreased
the time children spent with parents in 2019 by at least 35 per cent as compared to 1998. This has
tremendously increased the differences in thoughts, ideas and actions between the two generations.