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Globalisation:  The Thing Around Your Neck

Made by:
Fatih Mavili
Teun van Koert
Sjoerd van Hal
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EngelsHBOStudiejaar 2

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Globalisation:  The Thing Around Your Neck

Made by:
Fatih Mavili
Teun van Koert
Sjoerd van Hal

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

At the end of this lesson....

  • You can explain how globalisation is connected to literature.
  • You can explain what a multicultural society is and how it is connected to    literature.
  • You can read a text and take out information to use in the given       questions.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

What do you think of when you hear the term 'Globalisation'?

Slide 3 - Open vraag

Globalisation
  • How trade and technology have made the world more             connected.
  • Economic and societal developments.
  • Comparable to a spider web that has grown over the years. 
  • Connects everything from money to ideas.

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

How do you think globalisation is connected to literature?

Slide 5 - Open vraag

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • Author

  • Central Themes

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Born on 15th of september in 1977
  • Born in Enugu, Nigeria
  • Moved to America when she was     19.

  • Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus,        was released in 2003 and won       the commonwealth Writers Prize   in 2005.

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Central Themes
  • Immigration    
  • Colliding cultures
  • Multicultural society
  • African culture

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

How do you think these themes are connected to the short story?

Slide 9 - Open vraag

Reading 
  • You are going to read the text in groups.
  • Group 1 is going to read page 1-2.
  • Group 2 is going to read page 3-4.
  • Group 3 is going to read page 5-6.
  • It is up to you formulate the key points of the text. 

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

What is a multicultural society? Try to give an example.

Slide 11 - Open vraag

What did Akunna realise when she started crying in the shower?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

Do you think Akunna will ever come back to America?

Slide 13 - Open vraag

Motivational letter
  • You are going to write a motivational letter to be accepted to work at a school in a different country.
  •  Indulge yourself in the culture by looking up information     about the country you chose. 
  • The letter should be between 150-250 words. 

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

What do you think they mean with "the thing around your neck"?

Slide 15 - Woordweb

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Slide 16 - Woordweb