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13 Discuss in small groups: 1 Why has it been controversial for a young woman to start kickboxing? 2 Why does it make a difference whether that woman is religious? 3 What challenges might Muslim women face that aren’t usually an issue for others? SPEAKING 16 Read through the three descriptions of different sports. What kind of sport do you think is meant here? READING + WRITING 13 a is a stand-up combat sport based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate and boxing. It is often practised for self-defence or general fitness. is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small bats. It is fast and you need good reflexes. is a mixture of swimming, dance and gymnastics, with athletes performing a routine of elaborate 1 moves in the water accompanied by music. It requires advanced water skills. 1 3 2 Get together with a partner and write your own description of a sport. Let your classmates guess what sport you’re referring to. Discuss these questions in small groups: 1 Which of the sports mentioned would you rather consider ‘women’s sports’ and which ‘men’s sports’? 2 What kinds of sports are generally rather seen as ‘male’ or ‘female’? Why is that so? Find some more examples. Watch a video about Ruqsana Begum, a female kickboxer from London. How many women can you spot in the video? How many of them are exercising in front of the camera? Watch the video again and find out whether it’s Ruqsana or someone else who talks about the things below. Correct any sentences that are wrong. b SPEAKING 14 LISTENING + VIEWING 15 a 01 b Ruqsana 1 When Ruqsana started, there weren’t many kickboxing women. 2 Her parents weren’t supportive when she told them what she was doing. They wanted her to move out. 3 Ruqsana’s specially designed sporting hijab has already encouraged lots of young women to train. 4 She never planned on being a role model, and it really scares her. 5 The Muslim community needs more female role models. Turn the first minute of the video into an adver- tisement for kickboxing by writing a new voice-over (the spoken words of a person you can’t see) for it. Record it using a computer/your phone and play it alongside the video. Which voice-over is the best advertisement? WRITING + SPEAKING 17 1 elaborate: kompliziert, raffiniert Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv