Intercultural Aspects and Language Work

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“I‘ll be waiting“ (1939)by

Raymond Thornton Chandler(1888 – 1959)

Structure

• Introduction• First Lesson• Second Lesson• Third Lesson• Other Information• Comments• Sources

Introduction

• We pick up where the last presentation left off: the students know the story and its content.

Maren Wolf Jan-Michael Stube

Lesson 1: 0 to 15

• For this lesson, we meet at a computer room (see later in the lesson).

• Discuss in class:– Setting of the story (references in the text)

• “Windermere Hotel”

– Old-fashioned elevators etc.

• San Quentin prison

– Characters (references in the text)

• Tony is a detective (palming door knobs, house dick, ...)

Lesson 1: 15 to 45• Internet research: discuss appropriate

topics with class and if necessary provide suggestions (e.g. Chandler). (10)

• Students do the research (check progress and give support). (10)

• Presentation of results. (10)

• HW: find pictures that fit to your image of the setting and characters (print out and bring to class).

Lesson 2: 0 to 10• Presentation of HW: create a wallchart (be

aware that the teacher should provide the material necessary for this).

Windermere Hotel: Porter:

Lesson 2: 10 to 20Tony: Miss Cressy:

Al: Mister Ralls:

Presentation in form of a “museum”.

Lesson 2 – Quiz: 20 to 30Quiz: “Do you know...?”

Lesson 2 – Quiz 2

Lesson 2 – Quiz 3

Lesson 2 – Quiz 4

Lesson 2 – Quiz 5

Lesson 2 – Quiz 6

Lesson 2: 30 to 45

• Difficult words: use a monolingual dictionary to look up the definition. Write the definition on one piece of paper, the word itself on another.

• Collect 10 words and then switch the definitions with your neighbour‘s.

• Read out the definitions to your partner and he tries to figure out which word it describes.

Lesson 2: homework

Essay (~2 pages): differences to your own culture? What seems odd to you?[Hotel, criminals, guns, shooting, murder, gambling…]

Lesson 3: 0 to 15

• Check homework(10)

• Start lesson with crossword puzzle. (5)

Lesson 3: 15 to 30

Prepare roleplay: write your own banter-scenes. You can use the persons from the story or your own similar characters. You can also change the scene and relations if you stick to the original characters.

Lesson 3: 30 to 45

Roleplay: act out the scenes.

Example: Tony proposes to Ms. Cressy, who mocks him but finally agrees

to marry the detective.

Other information

„Fallen Angels“ („Perfect Crimes“)TV-Series 1993-95

By Tom Cruise

Episode 1.2: „I‘ll be waiting“

By Tom Hanks Featuring Tom Hanks

(Trouble-Boy #1)

Comments• Maybe 4 lessons are required or leave out

some tasks.

• 8/9th grade: learn a lot about other perspectives (→ empathy)–Problem: text is quite difficult.

• 12/13th grade: learn new words– Problem: not many new aspects about other cultures.

Comments

→Our problem: text does not fulfill all criteria for a suitable text. Either too difficult or not enough new information. The exploitability is taken from larger context.

DISCUSSION :)

Sources

• Tomalin, Barry and Susan Stempleski. Cultural Awareness. Hongkong: Oxford University Press, 1993.

• Branford, Julian and Richard R. Day. Extensive Reading Activites for Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Sources (images)Quiz:Slide 1 left picture:http://img.timeinc.net/Life/lifebooks/mobsters/gallery1/capone.jpg

Slide 1 right picture: http://novaexpress.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/der_pate.jpg

Slide 2 left picture:http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/images/2007/08/17/bonnie_clyde_465x402.jpg

Slide 2 right picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Bonnie_Clyde_Car.jpg

Slide 3 left picture:http://www.moviewallpapers.net/images/wallpapers/1983/scarface/scarface-2-1024.jpg

Slide 3 right picture: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/ChandlerCat.jpg

Slide 4 left picture:http://www.lewissommer.com/San%20Francisco%20Images/images/Alcatraz.jpg

Slide 4 right picture: http://anniegotgun.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/san-quen1.jpg

Slide 5 left picture:http://www.lagenealogy.com/photos/The%20Ambassador%20Hotel.jpg

Slide 5 right picture: http://www.artisimogallery.com/artists/proposals/empire%20state%20building%2060x40.jpg

Slide 6 left picture:http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/4660/Archives/Beethoven-max.jpg

Slide 6 right picture: http://www.mozartmodern.com/About_files/mozart-01.jpg

Sources (images)Background:

http://www.adoceric.com/images/digital/Noir_Detective.jpg

Wallchart:Windermere Hotel:

https://image.pegs.com/images/BR/LAXRR/laxrr_b1.jpgPorter:http://augmental.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/ist2_1534003_hotel_

porter.jpgTony: http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/Gov08_06Rail/Gov08_06Rail033a(h28

0).jpgMiss Cressy:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_E9DEKGV3pmI/SGZnyejvQkI/AAAAAAAACSo/5SbWn7IR-rs/Lady+S.jpg

Al: http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/5/13/aaly/f_mafia2m_fa38a49.jpgMister Ralls: http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-

content/uploads/2008/10/javier-bardem-large.jpg