June 16th – June 19th: India Today

Mo, June 16th:

• Klausur back, list of “Operatoren” and collection of grammar topics to be worked on (present progressive vs. simple [in summaries, etc.], formal writing/language, comma rules, sentence connectors, Satzverkürzungen, Satzbau, useful constructions, gerund & prepositions)
• please work on your “error analysis” so that you’ve got an individual evaluation of your four Klausuren

Wed, June 18th:

• “An Indian Girl” –> please work out facts & details in groups
• gender roles India & arranged marriages
• @home read ” Religion in the Everyday Life of Hindus”

Thurs, June 20th:

• facts about Hinduism
• research and fact-file: Mohandas Gandhi

@home:

• finish your reading logs/blogs, please; final post: “Reading blog – experiences, pros & cons”

next week (Wed):

• Ghandi film and film analysis

June 9th-June 11th: Spots on India

Mo, June 9th:

• Spot on “Arranged Marriages”
  [handout from Cornelsen "India", pp. 68-69]
• matrimonials from Indian newspapers
  |The Times of India|    |India Family Net|

Interesting: BBC Audio and Video:

Forced marriages on increase

The number of women from Asian families being forced into arranged marriages is increasing, according to new figures.  [11 Mar 2008]

 
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One couple’s love story

A Muslim couple who had a traditional arranged marriage are the latest to tell North West Tonight how they met. [14 Feb 2008]

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Shafilea Ahmed ‘murdered’

A teenage girl who feared a marriage was being arranged by her parents was unlawfully killed. [11 Jan 2008]

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Wed, June 11th:

• Spot on Hinduism; handout “Religion in the Everyday Life of Hindus”  [handout from Cornelsen "India", pp. 82-85]

Thurs, June 12: running-event

next week:

• Spot on “An Indian Girl”
• Spot on “Castes” & Untouchables
• Spot on liberation and Ghandi

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