Thelenberg 2011 12
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Oral Exam
Topics for the oral exams in July
- obesity in the US see Talk on Obesity, here, Wikipedia and here, too!
- plastic surgery See further down this page and here, as well as here, here and here, too!
- Religion: The religious right in the USA + TV-evangelism
- deforestation
- globalisation - See [file:///F:/_ENGLISCH/_q11/globalization/pr-con%20of%20globalisation.htm here], here, here, here and in the handouts for the talks you heard.
New Homework
Click HERE to listen to L3 on development and globalization! To download the mp3-file, right-click an choose "Ziel speichern unter"!
The questions are:
- How is "feeling happy" linked to developing countries in this passage?
- What was the second world?
- How did the World Bank and other organizations try to help the poor countries?
- Complete the sentences: During the same period the economies of the rich countries have been changing. A lot of industries have closed down or been ____________________________________________. There has been a big increase in the employment of people who provide services – complicated services like investments _________________________________________and simple ones like sandwiches. It’s clearly not true that that these countries have ____________________________, ________________ in fact they are changing faster and faster with every new technology and fashion.
- What countries can't be saved by free trade?
- How – according to the text – do the poor countries even help the rich ones to become richer?
Recent Homework
Questions for the interview on deforestation!
Write an interview on deforestation. At least 6 questions and a short introduction, in which the reporter introduces the interviewee!
- Read the two articles on the worksheet and answer the question: "How much do looks count today?"
- A useful method to read, mark and annotate texts can be found here: Reading and Marking techniques - SQ3R Method
- Take notes on this feature on plastic surgery performed on teens in the USA! (Motives, views and attitudes, effects and problems covered by this video clip ...!)
- Prepare a short talk based on these notes. As a conclusion, it should include your personal opinion.
- Before you answer the questions:
Basic Skills & Information
- Information on homework and oral grades
- Working with Cartoons
- Answering questions on the text:
- Starting a paragraph
- Starting an Essay/Comment
- Writing an interview
- Mediation
- Characterization
- Building an Argument
Reasons for Plastic Surgery
Men:
- want to have more success in jobs
- want to attract younger women
- want to have an image of vitality
- makes them feel better
- to look more attractive
- to get attention from other people
- to look young, fit, with good reactions and professional
- to bring out their character
- to prevent prejudice
Women:
- to look like the women in the media
- everybody does it
- prices go down
- feels good to get told that they look good
- to improve their self-confidence
- to remind themselves of the good times
- people don´t like themselves because they are brainwashed by the media
- to be more attractive to men
- to get better job chances
- youth shows fertility
- to wear the newest dresses ( fashion ) ????????
Obesity
- Obesity: presentation of talk on slideshare
Talks on "The cults of youth and body in the USA"
- The other side: Obesity in the USA (2 pupils)
- statistical facts, dangers, problems
- causes of obesity and possible solutions, programmes fighting obesity
- Start here!
- Body Cult: Going to the gym (1 pupil)
- statistical facts causes and problems
- Start here!
Religion in the US and the UK
TV Evangelism
Religion and Politics and the Christian Right
- Look at your two worksheets on TV Evangelism and "The ways of the Christian Right".
- Create a mindmap from these two worksheets and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_right#Views. It should cover these aspects:
- Who are the Christian conservative voters according to these tetxs?
- How many people can TV evangelists and the Christian right mobilize?
- How do TV evangelists an dthe Chritian Right influence US politics?
- What aims do the Christian conservatives have? What do you think will happen in the USA and in US politics if they prevail?
The Amish in the USA
- Look at text1 and text2.
- Write an interview with an Amish, supposedly done when you visited the USA as a tourist!
- It should cover the topics of electricity and cars, of the strange clothes they wear and of their attitude to being photographed!
Talks on Religion
- Creationism and intelligent design vs. science - Burger/Müller(2)
- Religious landscape in the US – Main Churches … Importance of religion in families, at work, in education - Kuhn/Albert (2)
- TV Evangelism in the USA (2)
- The Amish - L. Hein (1)
- Muslims in the UK today. Numbers, self-perception, difficulties for Muslims and Christians - A. Rossmanith/L. Schineller(2)
- Religion in Britain – Christian Denominations, Religious Values in Education/Society (2)
