Asian Writers and their Domestic and Global Environment Teacher Information | Student Worksheets Revolutionary Cultural Change and its Effect upon Writers Teacher Information | Student Worksheets Cultural Change and its Effect upon People Teacher Information | Student Worksheets     ASIAN WRITERS AND THEIR DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT These activities are intended to encourage students to interpret the ways people express themselves and to develop their own personal expression skills, while critically examining literature by Asian writers. Learning Outcomes Students will: construct meanings from a range of texts--some complex in construction and subject matter--and justify these meanings with detailed and well chosen evidence from the text consider a variety of interrelationships between texts, contexts, readers, listeners and writers select text type, subject matter and language to suit a specific audience and purpose write texts that are complex in purpose and subject with formal language and construction. Suggested Approach In activity 3 'Searching the Internet for Asian Women Writers', if there is any uncertainty in students about how or where to start, refer them to a specific website with a question to answer, for example: What has Shauna Singh Baldwin learned from writing? http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/books/shauna_writing.html How has the threat of imminent nuclear war affected the views of Booker Prize winner, Arundhati Roy? http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fname=cover_story&fodname=19980803&sid=1     REVOLUTIONARY CULTURAL CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT UPON WRITERS In this activity sheet students will examine the role of writers in effecting or commenting on community change, the dilemmas they face and consequences that can arise. Learning Outcomes Students will: construct meanings from a range of texts--some complex in construction and subject matter--and justify these meanings with detailed and well chosen evidence from the text consider the relationships between texts, contexts, readers, listeners and writers write sustained texts that are complex in purpose and subject matter, with formal language and construction construct spoken texts for structured formal situations and choose appropriate strategies to present them in a formal situation. Suggested Approach Encourage students to work in groups so they can share the task of selecting and collecting material, and drafting and refining their prepared speeches or articles. The following website contains a list of Vietnamese dissident literature available in English: http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Texts/Scholarly/Duffy_VN_Resources.html#Books     CULTURAL CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT UPON PEOPLE This activity sheet is aimed at introducing students to the effects of cultural changes upon people and their society. The activities focus on the cultural and geographic upheaval of the Hmong people as an example. These activities also encourage students to interpret the ways people express themselves, and to develop their own personal expression skills Learning Outcomes Students will: construct meanings from a range of texts--some complex in construction and subject matter--and justify these meanings with detailed and well chosen evidence from the text consider a variety of interrelationships between texts, contexts, readers, listeners and writers select text type, subject matter and language to suit a specific audience and purpose write texts that are complex in purpose and subject, with formal language and construction. Suggested Approach Investigate the websites before class to familiarise yourself with the focus group: the Hmong. Students will need support to select and compile the collection of material, and in writing and re-writing their articles for these activities. They will need to consider what is the most appropriate approach to the genre. It is suggested that the activities are undertaken in groups so that students can discuss their interpretations of the material and work together on refining their articles for presentation. Teacher Support: Websites The most relevant websites are given but the following also contain links to other websites which include research by academics and writers, and support groups on the problems faced by the Hmong people. There are communities of Hmong in Europe who also have extensive websites maintained by support groups, the communities and other interested persons. http://www.hmongnet.org/publications/ is a site containing a list of books about the Hmong. http://www.hmongnet.org/publications/fbw.html contains a review of 'Facing Both Ways: Reflections on Growing Up in Two Cultures'.     Impressions | Reflections | Dimensions Access Asia | Anthologies of Asia | Resources | Access Asia Lesson Plans © Commonwealth of Australia 2000 http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/anthol/dimens/dimstud.htm