Speaking – Individual long turn: “Whites only” Give a five-minute talk on the topic of discrimination in which you • discuss human rights in your country, • speculate about Black people’s emotions facing discrimination, • recommend some personal action you could take against discrimination in Austria. In detention a) In the 1980s, the South African Apartheid government arrested thousands of political activists and held them without trial. Many of them died in detention. Listen to the poem and underline the words that are emphasised in particular. b) After you have listened, read the poem by Christopher van Wyk aloud. He fell from the ninth floor He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He fell from the ninth floor He hanged himself while washing He slipped from the ninth floor He hung from the ninth floor He slipped on the ninth floor while washing He fell from a piece of soap while slipping He hung from the ninth floor He washed from the ninth floor while slipping He hung from a piece of soap while washing c) What is the poem about (theme)? Who do you think “he” is? d) Which emotions does the poem create and what effects do they have on the reader (mood, atmosphere, tone)? e) Look at the form of the poem: Is it divided into stanzas (a group of lines that can be rhymed) or is it written in free verse? What effect does the repetition of phrases have? Compare this to Mandela’s text. Your turn: Internet research Beside the Apartheid regime, what other examples of repressive political systems do you know (in the past and today)? Find examples and present them in class (e.g. Kim Dynasty in North Korea 1948-present, National Socialism 1933–1945, Red Terror in the Soviet Union 1918–1922, Cambodian genocide and Pol Pot 1975–1979, …). 4 5 12c VIP file Christopher van Wyk • wrote children’s books, novels, short stories and poetry • has won various literary awards • died in 2014 V Word bank Poetry theme • mood/ atmosphere/tone • verse • free verse • stanza • rhyme • rhythm • sentence structure • line • point of view • repetition W 6 81 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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