tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40427565766907197162024-03-10T20:23:13.068-07:00LEARN ONLINEEnglish Language and Literature - Notes, Power Point Slides, Links and ConnectionsMaria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-43685244944717719782023-11-23T18:48:00.000-08:002023-11-23T18:48:34.444-08:00ON LOVE<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CMcHtSjtNBY?si=eu6zQcFxVmGy3851" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B5yvtgs8Bxc4eVIlSjkWeVLdQK2sk8FO/edit">WORKSHEET</a></b></div>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-6536537330409664692023-11-01T03:37:00.001-07:002023-11-23T18:49:55.507-08:00ENHANCING COGNITIVE SKILLS WITH MULTILINGUISM: INTERACTIVE VIDEO ACTIVITY<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-XPw5sEvyXsXsbiJ6qb8IxcNKt-801qTctxV8OC9IFVvwsjAaH73-jwcRvf8X4QpWdbkHXZBIDWKVfXV6flptUld6Q2R2CGIMI25mGlVFaUXBFRG7OINhR-XTQHu4LRxt4pVAqjc7qsI7Qze2jEqOVgWLfWYv5DZ9kpQfneMFzSp4KCTfvi25_ob_28/s600/brainbenefit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="600" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-XPw5sEvyXsXsbiJ6qb8IxcNKt-801qTctxV8OC9IFVvwsjAaH73-jwcRvf8X4QpWdbkHXZBIDWKVfXV6flptUld6Q2R2CGIMI25mGlVFaUXBFRG7OINhR-XTQHu4LRxt4pVAqjc7qsI7Qze2jEqOVgWLfWYv5DZ9kpQfneMFzSp4KCTfvi25_ob_28/w640-h342/brainbenefit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Our latest interactive activity is about the fascinating world of multilingualism and its impact on cognitive skills. In this activity, we'll explore a video that reveals the cognitive benefits of being bilingual and the advantages of learning foreign languages. To make this learning experience more engaging, we've crafted a set of questions to test knowledge and understanding as well as stimulate thoughtful discussions. <span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span color="var(--tw-prose-bold)" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Activity Overview</u></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span color="var(--tw-prose-bold)" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-top: 1.25em;">Video:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> The activity centers around an enlightening video that explores the cognitive benefits of being bilingual and learning foreign languages. The video touches upon topics such as cognitive reserve, brain networks, the best time to learn a new language, and the behavioral effects of bilingualism.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span color="var(--tw-prose-bold)" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Multiple-Choice Questions: </span>We've prepared 10 multiple-choice questions to assess your students' comprehension of the video content. These questions will help you gauge how well your learners grasped the key points from the video.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span color="var(--tw-prose-bold)" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Open-Ended Questions: </span>In addition to the multiple-choice questions, we've included 5 open-ended questions that encourage critical thinking and discussion. These questions prompt students to reflect on the video's content and express their opinions and insights.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span color="var(--tw-prose-bold)" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>How to Use This Activity</u></span></span></p><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Encourage your students to watch the video embedded below.</span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Have them answer the multiple-choice questions based on what they learned from the video.</span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Foster discussion and critical thinking by assigning the open-ended questions for reflection and group discussion.</span></span></li></ol><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span color="var(--tw-prose-bold)" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Benefits of this Activity</u></span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Enhances understanding of cognitive benefits associated with bilingualism and language learning.</span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Encourages critical thinking and discussion.</span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Tests students' comprehension through multiple-choice questions.</span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Multilingualism not only opens doors to new cultures and experiences but also has significant cognitive benefits. This interactive video activity will not only help your students gain insights into these advantages but also stimulate their thinking and creativity. </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nzHY-muy2Mw?si=jwob-RKLBsDvR-ve" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can download the worksheet <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N2WfPlQN6ZLJ0Q1RWYvMThr8xY3sw7uS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107920898217012166120&rtpof=true&sd=true">HERE</a></b></div>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-6390271960679637762023-09-21T13:17:00.000-07:002023-09-21T13:17:04.021-07:00READING AND DISCUSSING AN ITALIAN TV SERIES: MARE FUORI. ARTICLE + WORKSHEET.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDt8fgRdR7BJo6PbGpfMvX4spYcx4uJWpQBV_TYtvacnGhaUsrGMyMC8AycFCqHbMMN4ynU59Sv5UgUSzBhiyBGLA46kv3ZD_2A-3AsYo2K1i88k8sKVS4ILQLVVzr0z1GFKcaOwUJxUwj9KXXIjFBPKG3uo5Tn64o71KyO2F90IBMeDdjv-r98IMTy8/s1300/mare-fuori-4-test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1300" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDt8fgRdR7BJo6PbGpfMvX4spYcx4uJWpQBV_TYtvacnGhaUsrGMyMC8AycFCqHbMMN4ynU59Sv5UgUSzBhiyBGLA46kv3ZD_2A-3AsYo2K1i88k8sKVS4ILQLVVzr0z1GFKcaOwUJxUwj9KXXIjFBPKG3uo5Tn64o71KyO2F90IBMeDdjv-r98IMTy8/w640-h344/mare-fuori-4-test.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">‘We Are a Romantic Country’: On the Set of a Steamy
Hit in Italy<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IT;">from <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>, 3rd August
2023<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Italy falls for “<a href="https://www.netflix.com/watch/81588913?source=35">Mare Fuori</a>,” a
television melodrama about the inmates of a juvenile detention center who pass
the time making out — when not scowling at or occasionally stabbing one
another. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Before dawn, the teenage girls
convened outside the Naples Navy base where the wildly popular Italian
television show “Mare Fuori” is filmed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">“We want to show them all of our
love,” said Federica Montuori, 16, who with her fellow fans unfurled white
sheets with spray-painted messages expressing how the lead actors, who play
star-crossed — and mobbed-up — lovers in a juvenile prison, “belong in our
hearts.”<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">On the wall beside her, the scrawls
on the bricks are love letters to “the most beautiful series in the world” and
its main characters. “Ti Amo Carmine,” read one rectangle. “Ti Amo Rosa,” read
another.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">Other fans have dived from nearby piers and
swum to the back of the set, vexing gate guards charged with keeping them at
bay. During the day, their screams have ruined takes. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We had
to stop shooting,” said Ivan Silvestrini, the show’s director. “They won’t
listen. It’s pretty unbearable, but what can you do?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Italy has fallen for “Mare Fuori,” or “The Sea
Beyond,” an often gritty but always soapy melodrama about the inmates of a coed
juvenile detention center who pass the time stealing kisses — when not scowling
at or occasionally stabbing one another.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Entering its fourth season, the
show, set and steeped in Naples street life, is “Saved by the </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Bell” meets “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/08/archives/tvscared-straight-documentary.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Scared
Straight</span></a>” meets “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/arts/television/gomorrah-final-season-review.html"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Gomorrah</span></a>”
meets <a href="https://nypost.com/2011/02/14/hbos-stealth-plan-to-kill-off-skinemax/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Skinemax</span></a>. It has been a smash hit on Italian television and is
a fixture on Netflix Italy’s most-watched list. During Carnevale, children
dressed up as the precocious gangsters, with leather hot pants and jackets,
tank tops, lots of chains and toy guns.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">Its hypnotic theme song, recorded by an actor
who plays an inmate on the show and who is also an <a href="https://billboard.it/cover-story/matteo-paolillo-mare-fuori-scena-napoletana-billboard-maggio-giugno/2023/05/05108753/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">increasingly popular singer</span></a> in Italy, has been streamed
35 million times and gone platinum. Some fans have kept vigil singing the
chorus outside the set. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">The series tells the intertwining
stories of a hodgepodge of attractive delinquents, in a fictitious juvenile
hall inspired by a real one — where the sexes are separated — on an island off
Naples. Most of the characters are hardened thugs from competing Naples mob
families, but there is also a rich Milanese piano prodigy jailed after a night
out in Naples goes terribly awry, and a manipulative goth goddess who licks
faces, cuts herself and kills for fun. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">The cast of mostly unknowns keeps the budget
low, but the ensemble approach is also creating stars to supply Italy’s
insatiable and often schlocky television-cinema complex.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show has turned Ms. Esposito and Mr.
Caiazzo into celebrities. Fans can often be found surrounding the Navy base where
the show is filmed, and even diving off nearby piers to swim to the back of the
set.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p> </o:p>The producers market the show as a
dialect-heavy portrayal of Naples reality with a redemption message. But
following on other Italian hits, like “Baby,” about underage prostitutes, the
show has also underscored Italy’s infatuation with steamy young adult
programming.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">“We have realized that these stories of young
lovers, people like a lot,” said Roberto Sessa, one of the show’s producers.
“In the end, we are a romantic country.” </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">The plot revolves around Carmine Di
Salvo, the reluctant and seemingly meek scion of a crime family who really just
wants to be a barber, but who lands behind bars after stabbing a would-be
rapist of his girlfriend in the neck with scissors. Incarcerated, he finds a
nemesis in Ciro, the prince of the competing crime family, who eventually tries
to kill Carmine and his piano-playing cellmate but who ends up getting stabbed
with a screwdriver.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">Things really took off in the third season,
this year, when Rosa Ricci, the late Ciro’s sister, shoots a guy to get into
jail so she can settle scores with Carmine. In classic Montague and Capulet
style, she falls for Carmine instead. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"> <o:p> </o:p>On a street in Naples, a fan of the
show, Domenico Marino, 18, and his girlfriend considered taking home a souvenir
pillow — displayed next to similar shirts, mugs and key chains — of the
scantily clad Rosa featuring her catchphrase (“I am Rosa Ricci, and who the
[expletive] are you to tell me what I need to do”). He decided on a cushion of
her late brother Ciro instead.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">On Naples’s Via San Gregorio Armeno, famous for
its Christmas Nativity scenes, a crowd gathered to admire terra cotta figurines
of the cast standing in front of the juvenile prison, displayed next to a
manger.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">“We keep making them as long as
there is demand, even for the ones who get killed,” said Elio Cassano, 60.
“They don’t look at the soccer players or the Holy Family in the crèche, they
form crowds around ‘Mare Fuori.’”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the admirers, Chiara D’Amico, 18, a
Sicilian with a crush on Carmine, said the juvenile prison reminded her of high
school. Her mother, Santina Santonocito, 40, said she liked the show because it
taught children “not to make errors — life inside is not so easy.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were visiting Naples, with plans to see
its castles and eat pizza. “But the first thing on the list,” Ms. D’Amico said,
was a pilgrimage to the set.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">Shortly before noon, a black van carrying Maria
Esposito, 19, who plays Rosa, rolled up to the gate. She blew kisses from the
passenger seat, sending the fans into a tizzy.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">On the set — which looked like a
seaside high school with a soccer court, a foosball table and a black piano
that had hearts traced in its dust — she stopped in hair and makeup with
Massimiliano Caiazzo, who plays Carmine.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">“The theme of a forbidden love
touches adults just as it touches adolescents,” said Mr. Caiazzo, 26, as Ms.
Esposito, puffing on an e-cigarette, had her lashes doused in mascara.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">She had worked as an aesthetician
before she joined at the end of the second season, which had made her “weep
perennially, every day, with joy.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">But for a young woman who loves going out (“I
love living”), it was not easy being the face of Naples, she said. “I’m walking
around the streets with my face on the pillows,” she said. “It’s a little
creepy.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">The costume designer, Rossella Aprea, said that
since there was no uniform in a real Italian juvenile prison, she could use her
imagination. At a rack dedicated to Rosa, she held up a skimpy leotard
decorated with dragons.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">“A lot of black, super tight, crop
tops,” she said. “Skin, skin, skin.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Outside, the director struggled
with a scene about the arrival of a new inmate, who held a leather satchel and
looked as if he had either returned from safari or robbed a Banana Republic.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">“Tell him to come out of the car
and look towards the girls,” Mr. Silvestrini instructed with frustration. He
said he understood sex appeal was vital to the show’s success and required the
suspension of disbelief about love in the detention center through the creation
of imaginary circumstances for hooking up, what he called “room for romance.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">“We created a pizza lab, a place where the boys
and girls can be together,” he said. “And they can be promiscuous.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">After lunch, the director ordered
the activation of a smoke machine for atmosphere, then walked a 40-something
actor who played a crooked guard and a 20-something actress who played an
inmate through their scene.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">“Then, at a certain point,” he
instructed. “The kiss moment.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Their moment extended to a full-on
make out session, lasting so long that members of the crew gave one another
awkward looks.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Soon after, Ms. Esposito walked on
set for the day’s final scene.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">“She’s my star,” Mr. Silvestrini said. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">Ms. Esposito, rail thin and with long straight
black hair, wore bell-bottomed tight leather pants and a leather halter top.
“These pants have gotten loose on me,” she said, laughing. “I’ve lost weight
from the stress!”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">She said everywhere she went, she
was mobbed by teenagers, “but also the adults.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">“It’s in the hearts of all, this
series,” Ms. Esposito said.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">She and Mr. Caiazzo acted an
intense face-to-face scene on a staircase, the director called it a wrap and
the crew blasted the “Mare Fuori” song. Soon after, the stars departed in
separate vans, and the fans screamed and ran after them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Ms. Esposito made a heart sign with
her hands.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">“Rosa Ricci,” they bellowed. “Bellissima.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VNNPKp70RFVqkGvVhCeKhfIv3iTFPDG1/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107920898217012166120&rtpof=true&sd=true">WORKSHEET</a></b></o:p></p>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-44017307024876225792023-09-20T13:26:00.002-07:002023-09-21T13:00:58.159-07:00BEST WAYS TO LEARN ENGLISH STUDYING BY YOURSELF<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #374151; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #374151; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #374151; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_3slXh9AwBYa5-b-nxJs5qIyGFOLp4wnJlmpooU6FCqwdFU9Tcps7TEg7DrqDpByTN1jcLn10AW-HH7lg-qaGnazlDP0f4dQEV8ES1c0hauBz68nbENXwvC5v12ugL7h2XTauxULA5lOVTPA7KDSxY-xOgrhPlYG9RIfyYCmPEI8-pDORvkBEwL4EKg/s1200/BAN_Language_Learning.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_3slXh9AwBYa5-b-nxJs5qIyGFOLp4wnJlmpooU6FCqwdFU9Tcps7TEg7DrqDpByTN1jcLn10AW-HH7lg-qaGnazlDP0f4dQEV8ES1c0hauBz68nbENXwvC5v12ugL7h2XTauxULA5lOVTPA7KDSxY-xOgrhPlYG9RIfyYCmPEI8-pDORvkBEwL4EKg/w640-h266/BAN_Language_Learning.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #374151; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />Learning a foreign language on your own can be a rewarding but challenging endeavor. Here are some effective tips to help you succeed.</span></span><p></p><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><u><b>Set Clear Goal</b></u></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Define your reasons for learning the language (e.g., travel, work, personal interest).</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Set specific, achievable goals, such as being able to hold a basic conversation or passing a language proficiency exam.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Choose the Right Language</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Select a language that aligns with your interests and goals. Practicality and personal motivation are key.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Create a Study Routine</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Consistency is key. Allocate a specific time each day or week for language study.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Break your study sessions into manageable chunks (e.g., 30 minutes to 1 hour).</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Use High-Quality Resources</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Invest in reputable language learning materials, such as textbooks, online courses, or language learning apps like <a href="https://www.duolingo.com/" target="_blank">Duolingo</a>, <a href="https://www.memrise.com/">Memrise</a>, or <a href="https://it.babbel.com/">Babbel</a>.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Explore language learning websites and forums, like <a href="https://www.fluentu.com/en/">FluentU</a> or <a href="https://teach.italki.com/">italki</a>, for additional resources and support.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Start with Basics</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Begin with the basics of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Practice listening and speaking from day one to develop your oral skills.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Set Up a Learning Environment</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Create an immersion-friendly environment by labeling objects in your target language and changing your devices' language settings.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Surround yourself with the language through movies, music, and books in that language.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Flashcards and Vocabulary</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Use flashcards (physical or digital) to memorize vocabulary.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Spaced repetition systems (SRS) like <a href="https://apps.ankiweb.net/">Anki</a> can help you retain new words efficiently.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Grammar and Syntax</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Work through grammar exercises and resources designed for learners.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Understand the sentence structure and syntax of the language.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Practice Regularly</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Engage in daily language practice, even if it's just for a few minutes.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Try to find language exchange partners or conversation groups online or in your local area.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Keep a Language Journal</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Document your progress and important phrases or vocabulary in a journal.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Reflect on your language learning journey and set new goals periodically.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Challenge Yourself</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Read newspapers, books, or online articles in your target language.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Watch movies, TV shows, or YouTube videos in that language, gradually increasing the complexity.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Stay Motivated</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Reward yourself for milestones and achievements.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Remind yourself of your goals and the benefits of language proficiency.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Learn Culture Alongside Language</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Understanding the culture can help you better grasp the language's nuances.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Explore traditions, customs, and social etiquette.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Be Patient and Persistent</u></b></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Language learning takes time. Don't get discouraged by slow progress or occasional setbacks.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Stay persistent and celebrate small victories along the way.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Seek Feedback</u></b></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Record your speech or writing and compare it to native speakers.</span></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Join language learning communities or hire a tutor for personalized feedback.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Remember that language learning is a marathon, not a sprint. Embrace the process, stay committed, and adapt your methods as needed to suit your learning style and goals.</span></p></li></ol>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-14428854846600461832023-04-13T10:41:00.002-07:002023-04-13T10:41:10.745-07:00CONNECTED OR HYPER-CONNECTED? <p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Internet, wifi, connections, meeting platforms, online learning: all of this suddenly entered our lives. How are we managing this change? Covid-19 forced many teens to stay locked in their houses, studying and seeing their friends only through the Internet, in front of a screen. Is that good or bad? Let's think about that together. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>DIGITAL EDUCATION POVERTY</u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jgLLr4sHOMKisPFUv3dFxQJHFv9ZTVqvLOtmlWbd4syfXPt2GHwzxzxcMECWRWeu4gc_adEqSwyV4-_SLYozww94PLq9RAzr6yDjpD9ziCRbkCxxeL3AxZ1Pskocki8kKoXBaEMXMSDTnVlvrCNyBH3yVUGOv8r7H1__mWluekC_Bmyifp40Edvw/s1200/role-of-mobile-phone-in-student-life.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jgLLr4sHOMKisPFUv3dFxQJHFv9ZTVqvLOtmlWbd4syfXPt2GHwzxzxcMECWRWeu4gc_adEqSwyV4-_SLYozww94PLq9RAzr6yDjpD9ziCRbkCxxeL3AxZ1Pskocki8kKoXBaEMXMSDTnVlvrCNyBH3yVUGOv8r7H1__mWluekC_Bmyifp40Edvw/w640-h336/role-of-mobile-phone-in-student-life.png" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span><a name='more'></a></span><u><br /></u></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">During the pandemic and with online learning, we discovered that the digital situation isn't equal for everyone. Some students didn't have a personal computer or a tablet at home, others didn't have a connection. In modern society, digital skills and the possibility for growth that a connection can give are fundamental.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Digital education poverty is a problem that also exists in the most developed countries: it often comes from the inability to have the right technology and equipment. This creates gross inequalities. Save the Children, along with schools, has created a project to fight against this. In fact, digital education poverty block personal growth, self-development and understanding of the world.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>THE ADVANTAGES OF A CONNECTION</u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqhIwsWvEHD80kw5AcWSWz2f7Vah2qMYqZuHBRKcpFluLVs27WPOpiIC8gpgG6Fk0zD714OnzsBh3nkBTECbgtyeUWoR5KLI0qzVbVJaxPetVHnwEJIP3ECl5reecuJkMWfOsE9yfXRQUQXZH-pK1dvcsfS0ToWPWeWB8Bis9nC49hruNwnZ6KwhU/s1280/mobile-phones-teenagers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqhIwsWvEHD80kw5AcWSWz2f7Vah2qMYqZuHBRKcpFluLVs27WPOpiIC8gpgG6Fk0zD714OnzsBh3nkBTECbgtyeUWoR5KLI0qzVbVJaxPetVHnwEJIP3ECl5reecuJkMWfOsE9yfXRQUQXZH-pK1dvcsfS0ToWPWeWB8Bis9nC49hruNwnZ6KwhU/w640-h360/mobile-phones-teenagers.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><u><br /></u></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Young people can learn and appreciate many different points of view and ways to see the world from social media and their internet connection. They can communicate online, prepare for future work opportunities, communicate with friends and relatives, especially if they are far away, and with those who have common interests and ideas. Also, they can eliminate borders and build fun and creative collaborations. According to some scholars, hyper-connection is a new reality and a right. Young people only want to communicate in a new way, create social networks and build their own identities. The digital native generation, in fact, is always immersed in an interactive environment and we have to understand that this environment stimulate learning even if it is a different way from what we are used to. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>YOUNG PEOPLE AGAINST ADULTS</u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Young people say that social media allow people to do what they want, that they entertain them and make them happy. Parents think that they make their children spend more time alone. Instead, sometimes, they are actually a way to help them have more friendships and feel less alone. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok: all of these platforms are very popular with young adults. They use them to connect with others and these platforms represent an important part of their social and creative lives. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>THE MONTH OF SAFE INTERNET</u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszrpl-99xoh6EwCVFdsK_AfF1w0Puzc4QHkQecyrmrUrePsDsT3j6VAe5qGojafE6nSzfNB1JBJVhpEwEVamWVQY4MMXj2vKzsHr8g4lV69QhkftwWAKCoja6J4zHufx2LVnqiRSpCVZyzbyKGpwNwmU3P93ugiqr1ibcxQ7BndoPQs9GeJv-apVv/s1536/Safe%20Internet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1536" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszrpl-99xoh6EwCVFdsK_AfF1w0Puzc4QHkQecyrmrUrePsDsT3j6VAe5qGojafE6nSzfNB1JBJVhpEwEVamWVQY4MMXj2vKzsHr8g4lV69QhkftwWAKCoja6J4zHufx2LVnqiRSpCVZyzbyKGpwNwmU3P93ugiqr1ibcxQ7BndoPQs9GeJv-apVv/w640-h264/Safe%20Internet.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">February is dedicated to <b><a href="https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/news/safer-internet-day-2023-together-better-internet-2023-02-07_en">Safer Internet Day</a></b>, which is celebrated worldwide and is dedicated to the positive use of the Internet and network security. The motto of the day is "<i><b>Together for a better internet</b></i>" and it promotes secure and responsible use of the web and new technologies, in particular among children and young adults around the world. It is useful to explain the risks of cyberbullying and to check how many hours a day young adults spend online. Every one of us, young or old, should use the possibilities of the network in a conscious way but also have an active and responsible role in the digital world. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><b>HOW DIGITAL MEDIA TURNED US ALL INTO DOPAMINE ADDICTS</b></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><b><br /></b></u></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlSbWONpy3sSVNgYUWXOaFpGpISEquPms8KBEkMsx9X2tcN7oPW-t-udxUL_YGZvYq1SeLJr5xso4W4LqmO1ZVkzSHNodIJSSmghh-fIvmUVocPnBfp1F9l2WjLwGUM3NvWA5e_K-TCkHNdW5f5GlDDFxwglbQ2-1t9_zVNgfOvrK3rkoaa7hbwF-/s2280/5536.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2280" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlSbWONpy3sSVNgYUWXOaFpGpISEquPms8KBEkMsx9X2tcN7oPW-t-udxUL_YGZvYq1SeLJr5xso4W4LqmO1ZVkzSHNodIJSSmghh-fIvmUVocPnBfp1F9l2WjLwGUM3NvWA5e_K-TCkHNdW5f5GlDDFxwglbQ2-1t9_zVNgfOvrK3rkoaa7hbwF-/w640-h384/5536.webp" width="640" /></a></u></div><u><br /><b><br /></b></u><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The famous newspaper <b><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/aug/22/how-digital-media-turned-us-all-into-dopamine-addicts-and-what-we-can-do-to-break-the-cycle">The Guardian</a></b> explains that social network addiction makes us become slaves to <i><b>dopamine</b></i>. What's that? It is a neurotransmitter that regulates our desires: some people are not able to read calmly in front of a screen but have to continually scroll down, check their smartphone or the number of likes they receive.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/aug/22/how-digital-media-turned-us-all-into-dopamine-addicts-and-what-we-can-do-to-break-the-cycle">READ THE ARTICLE</a></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>THE DISADVANTAGES OF HYPER-CONNECTION</u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZueX2KDnq69oEd0Hsc2unHbzehx0BMMqYId0Otj156OehIa6kxX4jHv7DzCO3B7cs7BLLy37PbVvs_dqDynKVL3QY0Q_q9AZHDDVoHA0WlTF1A5_QSYkR8QBCg51Tb4jrvgLi_xXBSztgVBDVW1sgWoeopFP95ne9_5PExT_9lhBt_ZYuAhsKq8j/s820/6a-connection-1-Pixabay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="820" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZueX2KDnq69oEd0Hsc2unHbzehx0BMMqYId0Otj156OehIa6kxX4jHv7DzCO3B7cs7BLLy37PbVvs_dqDynKVL3QY0Q_q9AZHDDVoHA0WlTF1A5_QSYkR8QBCg51Tb4jrvgLi_xXBSztgVBDVW1sgWoeopFP95ne9_5PExT_9lhBt_ZYuAhsKq8j/w640-h426/6a-connection-1-Pixabay.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><u><br /></u></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Besides real addiction to the internet and technology, other forms of hyper-connection disorders exist, for example, <i><b>vamping</b>, </i>which is the habit of staying up all night to chat, check your social network, comment or post photos and stories, or play online, or <i><b>like addiction</b></i>, the desire ot have favourable judgements in the social media world. <i><b>Nomofobia</b></i> is the tendency to always check your notifications, while the syndrome of <b style="font-style: italic;">Hikikomori</b> isolates some young adults in the world. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">(article from the magazine <i>A Tot of English</i>, issue 3, 2023)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LZe80vMpMeNX7ITC7oYjvAQHXvKGcRox/edit">WORKSHEET</a></b></p></div>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-3634256285014953112022-04-06T15:18:00.000-07:002022-04-07T05:14:01.768-07:00THE WAR POETS - RUPERT BROOKE, SIGFRIED SASSOON & WILFRED OWEN<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0JQDWD9kG1-WIdQbL08Io2qfRRngFWl5EpsPeogPrwnNJio6K278X827XaO6Tb0-jncULrAYfR7itcdYL-68nJ9gGhz1LvKUYa7gMyV1RJX8bRJFUIx7zgUi5QhVGL-qwz7NQAU2bTEUn6T3aHBjXXHl39AWQb4M44mSFY35r57T9T1fzEqH8MMe/s1200/Not-About-Heroes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0JQDWD9kG1-WIdQbL08Io2qfRRngFWl5EpsPeogPrwnNJio6K278X827XaO6Tb0-jncULrAYfR7itcdYL-68nJ9gGhz1LvKUYa7gMyV1RJX8bRJFUIx7zgUi5QhVGL-qwz7NQAU2bTEUn6T3aHBjXXHl39AWQb4M44mSFY35r57T9T1fzEqH8MMe/w640-h480/Not-About-Heroes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the greatest tragedies the world has ever experienced was the First World War. With absolute determination, nations dedicated every ounce of human talent, energy and resources to the destruction of human life. Millions were killed; millions were disabled by hideous wounds, mental breakdown, bereavement. Life was worsened throughout Europe and the effects were long-lasting. The so-called Age of Anxiety started, which still goes on. The age of wars.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
<br />
In the history of mankind war has been a rare and quite abnormal state of affairs, and when wars broke out in earlier centuries most were confined to quite small numbers of participants fighting for a few hours or days with simple weapons in small areas of land. </span></div>
<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">So the First World War announced the century of war. It was to be a century in which whole nations would suffer and support war and the destructive power developed by scientists would create death, misery and brutalisation, on a new and quite astonishing scale. The human race had moved into the era of scientific savagery.<br />
</span></span><br />
<!--more--><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
The poets played their part in this war as promoters of it, onlookers, soldiers and victims. What sets them apart is that the poets were those most gifted to express the experience of those shocking years. And their work includes some of the greatest poems in the English language. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div align="center">
<br /></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">These following three extracts amount to one and a half pages from the nine and a half page introduction to<br />
</span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/minds_p1.htm" target="_blank">Minds at War - the Poetry and Experience of the First World War</a> </strong></span></span><strong style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">edited by David Roberts</strong></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><br />
<strong style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</strong><br />
<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. The First World War was one of mankind's greatest tragedies - and the poets were those most gifted to express the experience of those traumatic years. Then, brave men rushed to fight for what they saw as a great and honourable cause, only to find themselves in a quagmire of mass murder. The world became suddenly more uncertain, more out-of-control, more dangerous, more godless than it had ever seemed before; and at the centre of the problem was modern man himself, unleashing power and destruction which he could neither understand nor handle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="clear: right; color: black; float: right; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" height="557" src="http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/IMG/jpg_tranchees.jpg" style="height: 423px; width: 296px;" width="392" /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. The experience of the front line war poets was more overwhelming, more prolonged and more intense than for any previous generation of soldiers. Few can be unimpressed by their suffering, their endurance, by the appalling tragedy which was their lot. Yet, in spite of the extremity of their experience, it was permeated by universal emotions and problems which have faced everyone throughout time. Each one of us must sooner or later cope with conflicting duties, psychological pressures, moral dilemmas, guilt, tests of courage, suffering, loss of friends, bereavement, the dead - face death itself, and contemplate the meaning of life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">But the poets spoke of new, peculiarly twentieth century things, too. Men found themselves to be driven cogs in vast, insensitive, impersonal machines, stripped of will, morality, and dignity. They were victims of the grossest abuses by the countries which they served and so often loved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Paradoxically, many, in finding themselves to be players in highly motivated teams, found a greater sense of comradeship and purpose than they ever found in a world at peace. Even protesting poets with pacifist beliefs were, at times, whole-hearted members of a fighting brotherhood, willing, not only to make the supreme sacrifice, but also willing to commit the supreme crime. </span></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<br /></div>
<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Of course, most of the poets showed no grasp of power politics, the relentless pressure of arms industry economics and propaganda, no understanding of causes or cures for the war. They spoke simply as human beings caught up in bewildering and shocking events. As human beings they recorded their experiences and moral responses. They spoke of the problems of modern warfare conducted by "advanced" and "civilised" nations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The poets' words are a warning, unheeded and unanswered. Since their time warfare has "progressed," becoming more technological, <span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">more cruel, more destructive. A man on a battlefield at the end of the twentieth century counts for even less than the soldier of World War One. He is merely the software of battle. (John Keegan's expression.) </span></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div align="justify">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Some poets wrote their poetry partly out of an anger with the press and the distorted, cosy pictures the press created of the soldiers' lot. Sassoon condemned the Northcliffe press and in his poem, <em>Fight to the Finish</em>, fantasized about returning soldiers bayonetting the "Yellow-Pressmen." Owen's plea for the truth was probably a reaction against "press-lies", and his poem, <em>Smile, Smile, Smile</em>, was written in direct response to an article in the <em>Daily Mail</em>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">A desire to respond to what the poets believed were the attitudes of civilians, was another stimulus to their poetry - evident, for example, in the bitter didacticism of Owen's <em>Dulce et Decorum Est</em> and <em>Apologia pro Poemate Meo</em>. "Cursed are dullards whom no cannon stuns," he moans in the last verse of <em>Insensibility.</em> Sassoon rails against, "the callous complacency of those at home," and the "smug-faced crowds." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The war poets, as all poets, brought, to everything they wrote, their education, their life experience, their character . . . They wrote in the context of momentous events and intense national feelings. But more importantly, poets wrote mainly in response to personal experiences.</span></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span><strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">For war poetry of the First World War (and information about its poets), plus poetry about Iraq, Falklands, Sierra Leone, Palestine/Israel, the Holocaust and Vietnam go to: </span></strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><a href="http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/">www.warpoetry.co.uk</a></strong></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div align="center">
</div>
<div align="justify" class="content_txt">
<a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n12/n61082.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="382" src="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n12/n61082.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 349px; width: 240px;" width="280" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="chapt_body_italic"><strong>Regeneration</strong>,</span> Pat Barker's first novel in her Great War trilogy, is a work of historical fiction focusing on Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland in 1917. Though Barker traces her interest in World War I back to her early childhood, she attributes the immediate inspiration for <span class="chapt_body_italic">Regeneration</span> to her husband, a neurologist, who was familiar with Dr. W.H.R. Rivers's experiments on nerve regeneration in the early twentieth century.</span></div>
<div align="justify" class="spc">
</div>
<div align="justify" class="content_txt">
<span style="font-size: small;">At least three of the novel's characters are based on real individuals who knew each other while they were at Craiglockhart. <strong>Siegfried Sassoon</strong>, a soldier and famous poet, protested the war in 1917, and for this, he was sent to the mental hospital. <strong>Wilfred Owen</strong>, perhaps the most famous war poet of his era, was also at Craiglockhart, and was greatly influenced by his older and more experienced fellow patient, Sassoon. <strong>Dr. W.H.R. Rivers</strong>, a scientist known originally for anthropological studies, served as a psychiatrist at the hospital for a short period near the end of the war; nevertheless, his influence on Sassoon was substantial. Sassoon mentioned or referred to Rivers in several publications after his "treatment." Although Barker bases her characters on real individuals, her work is a fictional account of the period they spent together at Craiglockhart.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="justify" class="content_txt">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>(To know more about the plot of this interesting work on WW1 CLICK <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/regeneration/summary.html" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>).</div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Sigfried Sassoon was sent to Craiglockhart for his declaration against the war. His words open Pat Barker's first chapter of <b><u>Regeneration</u></b> (1991):</div>
<div align="center" class="content_txt">
</div>
<div align="center" class="content_txt" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;">
<em>I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers. I believe that this War, on which I entered as a war of defence and liberation, has now become a war of aggression and conquest. I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation. I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust. I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed. On behalf of those who are suffering now I make this protest against the deception which is being practised on them; also I believe that I may help to destroy the callous complacency with which the majority of those at home regard the contrivance of agonies which they do not, and which they have not sufficient imagination to realize.</em></blockquote>
</div>
<div align="justify" class="content_txt">
<span style="font-size: small;">At Craiglockhart hospital, he met Wilfred Owen who loved poetry but didn't dare write about the horrors he had experienced in the trenches. He was convinced Poetry had nothing to do with the ugliness of the war. Sassoon suggested him to write war poems and Owen started doing it just in that military hospital. This is how Gillies Mackinnon (director) imagined their meeting in the 1997 film version of Pat Barker's novel.</span></div>
<br />
<center class="content_txt">
<br />
</center>
<center>
<embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FuzRR3jVgS0&hl=it&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></center>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<center>
</center>
<br />
<div align="center">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Regeneration is a beautiful war movie with excellent actors as well as Pat Barker's omonymous novel is one of the best fiction work about WW1 I've ever read. Before leaving you with another clip from the film, in which the director imagines the composition of Owen's <u>DULCE ET DECORUM EST</u> at Craiglockhart, let's read the famous poem again:</div>
<div align="center">
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,<br />
<br />
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,<br />
<br />
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs<br />
<br />
And towards our distant rest<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup>3</sup></span>began to trudge.<br />
<br />
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots<br />
<br />
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;<br />
<br />
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots<br />
<br />
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind. </em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em><br />
</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,<br />
<br />
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;<br />
<br />
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,<br />
<br />
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime. . .<br />
<br />
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,<br />
<br />
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.<br />
<br />
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,<br />
<br />
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. </em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em><br />
</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>If in some smothering dreams you too could pace<br />
<br />
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,<br />
<br />
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,<br />
<br />
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;<br />
<br />
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood<br />
<br />
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,<br />
<br />
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud<br />
<br />
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,<br />
<br />
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest<span style="font-size: x-small;"><sup> </sup></span><br />
<br />
To children ardent for some desperate glory,<br />
<br />
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est<br />
<br />
Pro patria mori.</em></span> </div>
<br />
<center>
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N8-x3Ls0zC4&hl=it&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></span></center>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<center>
</center>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><strong>RELATED POSTS & SITES:</strong></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen" target="_blank">WILFRED OWEN</a></strong></div>
<div align="center">
</div>
<div align="center">
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Sassoon" target="_blank">SIGFRIED SASSOON</a></strong></span></div>
<div align="center">
</div>
<div align="center">
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Barker" target="_blank">PAT BARKER</a></strong></span></div>
<div align="center">
</div>
<div align="center">
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120001/" target="_blank">REGENERATION (1997) THE FILM</a></strong></span></div>
<div align="center">
</div>
<div align="center">
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneration_(novel)" target="_blank">REGENERATION (1991) THE NOVEL</a></strong></span><br />
<div style="background-color: white;">
<a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/literature/1/steps/64238"><b>Craiglockhart and the origins of PTSD</b></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white;">
<a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/literature/1/steps/64236"><b>Physiology of PTSD</b></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white;">
<a href="https://vimeo.com/36756920"><b>Sebastian Faulks on WWI and his Birdsong</b></a></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-15521647185618516112022-03-16T09:42:00.003-07:002022-03-16T14:47:42.772-07:00STUDYING & WATCHING NORTH AND SOUTH BY ELIZABETH GASKELL (1855)<div align="center">
<span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b>THE STORY</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5huaRJfjmZHPksfNZeN8XFLlA9E-G1sjSlcaiISxwnZMs5pGVsmt0MWk-2lYIg4ETm6VMpi0nWxuR__rF2LmUD-p_8cCn2jX69IkWfsKnGE29CWDIlUN503U0pnpfZhkNVyJ_eh8jVMI/s1600/north-and-south1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5huaRJfjmZHPksfNZeN8XFLlA9E-G1sjSlcaiISxwnZMs5pGVsmt0MWk-2lYIg4ETm6VMpi0nWxuR__rF2LmUD-p_8cCn2jX69IkWfsKnGE29CWDIlUN503U0pnpfZhkNVyJ_eh8jVMI/s320/north-and-south1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">When Margaret Hale arrives in Milton - in the industrial northern district of England - she is so disappointed by the bleak, smoky, noisy, grey atmosphere of the place. Her father has left the Church and decided to uproot his family from Helstone , in the beautiful countryside of the South of England. Margaret is greatly prejudiced against the people from the North and their rather direct, almost wild manners. So she starts idealizing the South</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Mr Bell, one of Mr Hale’s former university mates, suggested them to settle in Milton where he owns a cotton mill run by his tenant, Mr John Thornton. Mr Thornton helps the Hales to find accomodation and becomes Mr Hale’s friend and pupil. He is handsome and smart, self-confident and successful in his job, greatly appreciated in Milton both as an entepreneur and a magistrate.</span></span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Margaret, instead, doesn’t like him at all, she doesn’t hide her dislike of him and often argues with him when he comes round as one of Mr Hale’s private pupils. He represents everything Margaret despises in the North, especially now that she has started making new acquaintances among the working people and sympathising with their struggle against their masters. She makes friends to the Higgins: Bessy who suffers from an illness caused by her past work in a cotton mill, and her father, Nicholas, a strong-willed worker and one of the leaders of the Union.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKhxesMjHzKIprKpz3zMnHdET3s0j1qBGFFb2EO3YTraP7prX1kZIvHlU5IOHa0R296rKCZCkAJBSLO8BGvZqHmNVi0hrmwLsTgVC-16MJPyzm2kvkEOzO3DpXsUSjeESA_Q97kvrrsU/s1600/img-thing.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKhxesMjHzKIprKpz3zMnHdET3s0j1qBGFFb2EO3YTraP7prX1kZIvHlU5IOHa0R296rKCZCkAJBSLO8BGvZqHmNVi0hrmwLsTgVC-16MJPyzm2kvkEOzO3DpXsUSjeESA_Q97kvrrsU/s1600/img-thing.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Mr Thornton is attracted by Margaret’s beauty and by her firmness; her strong personality and her cold detached manners soon win him. She, perhaps, reminds him his mother to whom he has been deeply attached since his father committed suicide in a moment of financial difficulty. Young Thornton, then, had to work hard to pay back his father’s debts and to provide for his mother and sister. He is a self – made man and he is proud of his accession in society.</span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">B</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">ut, unfortunately, he is not a gentleman in Margaret’s eyes and she continues siding with the workers. Until one day some of them organize a riot against Mr Thornton. The workers have been on strike for about a month to protest against their lowered wages. All the mills in Milton have stopped their activities, the workers’ families are starving, when they heard that Mr Thornton has brought in black – leg workers from Ireland. Their rage mounts and they are ready to attack the unfortunate Irish hidden at Marlborough Mill. Margaret is, by chance, visiting the Thorntons just on that day and she finds herself involved. </span></span></div>
<div align="justify" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">She prompts Thornton to face the furious crowd and to defend the poor Irish workers from their violence: </span></span></div>
<div align="justify" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">“ Mr Thornton, go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down and face them like a man. Save the poor strangers, whom you have decoyed here. Speak to your workmen as if they were human beings. Speak to them kindly. Don’t let the soldiers come in and cut down poor creatures who are driven mad”</span></span></em></div>
<div align="justify" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">(E. Gaskell, North and South, chap. XXII, vol.I).</span></span></em></div>
<div align="justify" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">She takes a blow on her forehead and faints, before the soldiers arrive the workers retreat and run away</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MPi1m5UiHG6M8fadFaDXDTSemMo52Asm/view?usp=sharing">Watch video ATTACK TO THE MILL</a> </b></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Her action is completely misinterpreted by John Thornton who proposes to Margaret the next morning. The girl is even offended by his proposal and rejects him firmly, expressing all her contempt: </span><em style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">“Your way of speaking shocks me. It is blasphemous. I cannot help it … but your whole manner offends me . … You seem to fancy that my conduct of yesterday …was a personal act between you and me; and that you may come and thank me for it, instead of perceiving, as a gentleman would … that any woman, worthy of the name of woman, would come forward to shield... a man in danger from the violence of numbers”(E. Gaskell, North and South, chap. XXIV, vol. I).</em></div><div align="justify"><em style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><br /></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13YA3SSjyLvMJmOb3jPaq6aTJXRh1Zkg3/view?usp=sharing"><b>Watch the video PROPOSAL</b></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Margaret has got a brother, Frederick, a navy officer who lives in forced exile since he led a mutiny against a violent unfair captain. He can be hanged as a traitor if caught. Since Mrs Hale’s delicate health and her “low spirits”, have brought her to serious illness, Margaret has written to him, and he risks his life in order to see their dying mother once again. He secretly arrives and as secretly leaves the house at night before the funeral .But he and Margaret are seen that night by Mr Thornton at the station while departing. Thornton thinks they are lovers and doubts Margaret’s honourability since she is out alone with a man at night. Moreover, an old acquaintance of the family recognizes Frederick, the two men fights, young Hale succeeds in leaving Milton safe but … the next morning the man, named Leonard is found dead in the street and. even worse, someone witnessed the whole scene the previous night and told the police.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RnnrWK0TVmovOtQ93UiqeutVD1J4nuDD/view?usp=sharing">Watch video Frederick 1</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div align="justify" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> A<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"> police inspector visits Margaret and asks her if the night of Leonard’s death she was out with a young man, because someone- one of the porters at the station - watched a beautiful young lady with a handsome young man , the same person saw the two men fighting and would swear the lady was Margaret, he is sure. She denies as convincingly as she can: she has to protect her brother. The inspector leaves saying that the case will be followed by Milton magistrate, John Thornton. </span></span></div>
<div align="justify" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPGr25EXSJxPLK5Jai0fOb9A6HK4JEHbQXDdpbcgPIfQsisBDJGdQ_-Os9pADIzDclYyzc0ddligR8PlwA4Ye5e4n9va9DZHZEBPzIXI3ymi15DprMLze3h7SjVadCoeOl7ikO5tH610/s1600/tumblr_lrlw15HCrB1qhwkl4o3_500.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPGr25EXSJxPLK5Jai0fOb9A6HK4JEHbQXDdpbcgPIfQsisBDJGdQ_-Os9pADIzDclYyzc0ddligR8PlwA4Ye5e4n9va9DZHZEBPzIXI3ymi15DprMLze3h7SjVadCoeOl7ikO5tH610/s400/tumblr_lrlw15HCrB1qhwkl4o3_500.jpg" width="263" /></span></a></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Mr Thornton, though doubting Margaret’s morality and truthfulness, decides there will be no further enquiry due to lack of evidence. Thornton wants to spare his friend, Mr Hale, from any involvement in the case: he has just lost his wife and is so depressed! But he, of course, wants also to save Margaret from shame. The girl’s reaction is confused and troubled: </span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">“M</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">r Thornton had seen her close to Outwood station on the fatal Thursday night, and had been told of her denial that she was there. She stood as a liar in his eyes.…Oh, had anyone such just a cause to feel contempt for her? Mr Thornton, above all people, on whom she had looked down from her imaginary heights till now! She suddenly found herself at his feet, and was strangely distressed at her fall.”(E. Gaskell, North and South, vol.II , chap. X)</span></span></em></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u8qL2kHbgssMCk9O4hjyaV5_Y1ygLqFC/view?usp=sharing">Watch video Frederick 2</a></b></span></span></div>
<div align="justify" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Margaret’s troubles have not ended, unfortunately. Her father ,too , dies. She is completely alone and has no reason to stay in Milton. Now she has started changing her attitude towards the north and its inhabitants, especially Mr Thornton, she has to leave. She is going to move to London with her aunt, Mrs Shaw, her cousin Edith and her husband Captain Lennox. </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XgDsWnkjDTMM6fMDiRRWtE5YSnwGHvm7/view?usp=sharing">Watch video Margaret is alone</a></b></span></div><div align="justify" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">She also discovers that Mr Bell, her father’s friend who owns Marlborough Mill , wishes to make her his heiress: she will inherit his patrimony when he dies.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TyTO8-I0i6PKGXm_elKBsxkUbTrPWVxq/view?usp=sharing">Watch video Mr Thornton is ruined, Margaret is rich</a></b></span></div>
<div align="justify" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Mr Bell suddenly dies and Margaret becomes rich just when her now tenant, Mr Thornton, is in great financial difficulties and has to leave his position at Marlborough Mill. When Margaret hears about Thornton’s disgraced situation decides to help him…She meets him in London … she has a business proposition for him: she receives very little interest for the money she has in the bank. She offers him a great sum he can dispose of to run Marlborough Mill. He will run the mill for her, she is sure he will give her a much higher interest.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">It is the start of a different relationship between them….</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></strong></span></div>
<div align="justify">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 2004 TV version reflects Gaskell's atmospheres and characterization but has taken its liberties from the book, for instance, the final scene: Margaret and John meet again at a train station, halfway between Helstone and Milton. It is a really effective, romantic, moving finale but totally different from the ending pages of the novel which take place in Margaret's cousin's house in London. The protagonists in the book hug in the sitting-room, hidden from indiscreet looks. Instead, quite unbelievable for mid-19th century Victorian England, in the movie the two ... Well, now have a look at the final scene. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rgGNee5bLJul7FqT6eJuG2IBkIkNL6jB/view?usp=sharing">Watch video Ending</a></b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://learnonline-mgs.blogspot.com/2012/01/masters-workers-mr-thornton-and.html">Masters & Workers: Thornton & Higgins</a></b></div>
<center style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<br /></center>
<center style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9pulWpffzRo8XjuB9yKAjgsDkry6CBTPRXYIVwQ9Dk/edit?usp=sharing">WORKSHEET</a></b></center>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-21971685993203203402022-02-21T03:27:00.001-08:002022-02-21T03:28:56.873-08:00DICKENS AND THE INDUSTRIAL NOVEL: HARD TIMES (1854)<strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><u>THE PLOT</u></strong><br />
<b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /></b>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUrYIjlOsb3_UiOStNNvFY1AYlYvETCJES31BVMYRTH2q-PaD7MZ0rU7f56iWCUyMVrYBTf9GDopXgxEn2dGkvZ-li1vbtPuYnEwRqDqn9ErdXyJ5jqBdJDpI4sbnlHXJ8jdDdhxoBkU/s1600/HT+1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUrYIjlOsb3_UiOStNNvFY1AYlYvETCJES31BVMYRTH2q-PaD7MZ0rU7f56iWCUyMVrYBTf9GDopXgxEn2dGkvZ-li1vbtPuYnEwRqDqn9ErdXyJ5jqBdJDpI4sbnlHXJ8jdDdhxoBkU/s400/HT+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">BBC Hard Times - 1994</span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">
Thomas Gradgrind is an educator and a riter on political questions. He has founded a school where his education theories are put into practice: children are taught nothing but facts, and he educates his own children, Louisa and Tom, in the same way, neglecting their imagination and their affections. He also adopts Sissy Jupe, whose father worked in a circus.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">
Mr Gradgrind suggests his daughter should marry Josiah Bounderby, a rich factory owner and banker of the city some thirty years older than she is. Louisa, desiring to help her brother Tom in his career, consents to the marriage, which naturally proves to be very unhappy.<br />
<a name='more'></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">
Tom, who is selfish and lazy, is given a job in Bounderby's bank, and eventually steals some money from it, making everybody think Mr Blackpool, an honest factory worker, guilty of that. Tom's guilt is discovered eventually , but he runs away and hides among the circus folk, who show kindness and sympathy by sheltering him . Meanwhile, Louisa has realised she has sacrificed her life and her chances to love. She has met Mr Harthouse, she has fallen in love, she doesn't want to be Mr Bounderby's wife anylonger.
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
In the end Mr Gradgrind understands the damage caused by his narrow-minded and materialistic philosophy.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
(If you want a more detailed plot, have a look<b> <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/hardtimes/summary.html" style="color: #5687d9;">here</a></b>)</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<strong><u>HARD TIMES, AN INDUSTRIAL NOVEL - DICKENS AND GASKELL</u></strong>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<strong><br /></strong></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div align="justify" class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXi_fVYNut39-YvpEUH7bWNeJCxZZtZb4fael9NgbbIui2ewRJWJo3Zomnl7p6BOKMCaUzFOYpCG60dREChEI-J0wxfVq-3K7S73lbA5IdaMp8G8KuEyl1tZBp23yt-Med-XeDsg5r-Q/s1600/200px-Hardtimes_serial_cover.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXi_fVYNut39-YvpEUH7bWNeJCxZZtZb4fael9NgbbIui2ewRJWJo3Zomnl7p6BOKMCaUzFOYpCG60dREChEI-J0wxfVq-3K7S73lbA5IdaMp8G8KuEyl1tZBp23yt-Med-XeDsg5r-Q/s320/200px-Hardtimes_serial_cover.jpg" width="192" /></a>The story is set in Coketown, fictitious name for the typical Victorian industrial town (partially based on 19th century Preston) , where the air is polluted by smoke and ashes and pervaded by the poisonous smell from the canal and the river. The sad , monotonous life of the people is reflected in the grey, gloomy, atmosphere of the setting. The appalling misery of the working classes is embodied by Stephen Blackpool: one of the hands in Bounderby’s factory, Stephen lives a life of drudgery and poverty. In spite of the hardships of his daily toil, Stephen strives to maintain his honesty, integrity, faith, and compassion. Dickens had visited factories in Manchester as early as 1839, and was appalled by the environment in which workers toiled. Drawing upon his own childhood experiences, Dickens resolved to "strike the heaviest blow in my power" for those who laboured in horrific conditions. That experience must have provided him inspiration while writing his <u>HARD TIMES</u>.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8uunx42Wqb8jG8vauCjwpRzG-EhnJwliWZaRs_p7HexQ09Gi8-KByNjuKj9iT3J4AsbxU6El_1MLBvadOPYdyQ1lHhVy9Anv11v-muMNNywuLnVV3XN-wWFP8C48XKpHSqs-jJ_oyic/s1600/Elizabeth+Gaskell.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8uunx42Wqb8jG8vauCjwpRzG-EhnJwliWZaRs_p7HexQ09Gi8-KByNjuKj9iT3J4AsbxU6El_1MLBvadOPYdyQ1lHhVy9Anv11v-muMNNywuLnVV3XN-wWFP8C48XKpHSqs-jJ_oyic/s1600/Elizabeth+Gaskell.jpg" /></a>In this novel, published in instalments in 1853 in his review <strong>HOUSEHOLD WORDS</strong>, Dickens deals with the sufferings of the factory system , the activity of trade unions, the appalling living conditions of workers with his post-Industrial Revolution pessimism regarding the divide between capitalistic mill owners and undervalued employees during the Victorian era. Another related novel, <strong><u>North and South</u></strong> by <strong>Elizabeth Gaskell</strong>, was also published in this magazine in 1855. Her story was set in another fictitious industrial town of the North of England, Milton, based on Victorian Manchester . Anyhow, in their dealing with the reality of the factory system, the two great novelists show differences. In <u>HARD TIMES</u> the social issues and the social context are the background of the story and Dickens's main interest is in the effects which that harsh reality has on the characters' lives and affections ; his focus is on the characters' emotions and feelings and, for this reason, his novel has been defined as "humanitarian". In Mrs Gaskell's <u>NORTH AND SOUTH</u>, or also in her previous <u>MARY BARTON</u> (1848), the social issues and the social context come in the foreground, they are part of the plot as much as the intelinked lives of the characters.</div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
<b>Video 1. Facts, facts, facts</b></div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
</div>
<center> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzFWlz-SCnEFepelTv5qJmINFh6r11ga5xEIJwze7Lcl4nP0QJzjQlEKMj0vi0VZtMt4J5dsXNr80Jl8PEbJw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></center>
<strong><u><br /></u></strong>
<strong><u>UTILITARIANISM</u></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
<strong><br /></strong></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotdupOUqSqij6Gl5m__Ko5XvIPeWvUk9orqVBdHyxVvc-7LoBNv5xhtZ3mlT1osclEWawLqUG8ESJ5ITgfsCyezxlLpcDvK8St9mHzoWEdNY0MT37WxPIFRWvV9QZ0L-nMk19tppGIhQ/s1600/HT+3.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotdupOUqSqij6Gl5m__Ko5XvIPeWvUk9orqVBdHyxVvc-7LoBNv5xhtZ3mlT1osclEWawLqUG8ESJ5ITgfsCyezxlLpcDvK8St9mHzoWEdNY0MT37WxPIFRWvV9QZ0L-nMk19tppGIhQ/s320/HT+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Sissy Jupe<br /><br /></b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
The Utilitarians were one of the targets of Dickens in this novel. Utilitarianism was a prevalent school of thought during this period, its most famous proponents being Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Theoretical Utilitarian ethics stated that promotion of general social welfare is the ultimate goal for the individual and society in general: <i>"the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people."</i> But Dickens believed that, in practical terms, the pursuit of a totally rationalized society could lead to great misery.</div>
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-color: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-width: medium; clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxHU0ugnevxWjIAZsB5HLZTeYC0S3L9wLf24ZdFpaOUOZFIJywWCbMp8KnRK0mNxDef9hnv-aqqxxMec2UewyBWUo7mMihAD2weNKip-dc3zBNe3x6JybDNhrlJqcv_nKtwc02k8ctAg/s1600/HT+4.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYxHU0ugnevxWjIAZsB5HLZTeYC0S3L9wLf24ZdFpaOUOZFIJywWCbMp8KnRK0mNxDef9hnv-aqqxxMec2UewyBWUo7mMihAD2weNKip-dc3zBNe3x6JybDNhrlJqcv_nKtwc02k8ctAg/s320/HT+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Stephen Blackpool</b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
Bentham's former secretary, Edwin Karbunkle, helped design the <em>Poor Law of 1834</em> (Dickens's target in <u>OLIVER TWIST</u> 1837-38), which deliberately made workhouse life as uncomfortable as possible. In the novel, this is conveyed in Bitzer's response to Gradgrind's appeal for compassion at the end of the story.</div>
<div>
Dickens was appalled by what was, in his interpretation, a selfish philosophy, which was combined with materialist <em>laissez-faire capitalism</em> in the education of some children at the time, as well as in industrial practices. In Dickens' interpretation, the prevalence of utilitarian values in educational institutions promoted contempt between mill owners and workers, creating young adults whose imaginations had been neglected, due to an over-emphasis on facts at the expense of more imaginative pursuits. Tom and Louisa Gradgrind are sad exemplifications of Dickens's pessimistic vision of the results of Utilitarian educational methods.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Video 2. Shall I marry Mr Bounderby?</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxb_f1yoYXMpRcXh7YSjH8awAg-D3s-wnZ2lo86w6NzYVAALkPgb9u9wO5XfAKczoME0kvIv2kbTxaC0yF43g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> </center>
<br />
<i>(For further intormation about the author, download the Power Point Presentation <b>Charles Dickens </b>from the Widget Box on the right sidebar)</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Read and listen to an excerpt from HARD TIMES - CLICK <b><a href="http://www.speakuponline.it/articolo/hard-times-the-dickens-bicentenary" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></i></div>
</div>
</div>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-48744844778579230272022-02-10T07:22:00.004-08:002022-02-10T07:25:48.099-08:00MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT, JANE AUSTEN AND PROTOFEMINISM<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8_J9mWexa-_W2KE5ij3VcChR_nuWnw6exI9slGjgAQzCh7q-RhVO9N7KmW4uGzQCqZ717D3lGdrhCPvjUa67vRyj0xO0QVmvqBbtcr9Vhtg-6x-z2KMJAZO1gJV46i-S5F87hOpX7zEZB2Mt1dIm1aojP-QvXO9U6TZyVJLGRyfiIHZxMkaa4Po3P=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="500" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8_J9mWexa-_W2KE5ij3VcChR_nuWnw6exI9slGjgAQzCh7q-RhVO9N7KmW4uGzQCqZ717D3lGdrhCPvjUa67vRyj0xO0QVmvqBbtcr9Vhtg-6x-z2KMJAZO1gJV46i-S5F87hOpX7zEZB2Mt1dIm1aojP-QvXO9U6TZyVJLGRyfiIHZxMkaa4Po3P=w400-h371" width="400" /></a></span></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Protofeminism</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> is a concept that anticipates modern </span>feminism<span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> in eras when the feminist concept as such was still unknown. So we can correctly say that Mary Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen were protofeminist writers.<span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Mary Wollstonecraft </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">wrote her "</span><a href="https://uniteyouthdublin.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-by-mary-wollstonecraft.pdf" style="font-family: inherit;">A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">" in 1792 as an answer to Jean Jacques Rousseau, who had asserted that </span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">"men and women differ intrinsically with respect to virtue: a moral disjuncture resulting from man's natural posession and woman's natural deficiency of reason.</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"> " She argued that it depended on the lack of educational opportunities women had. That is a concept Jane Austen remarked in her novels, to which she added the lack of economic independence as a reason for women's being secon-class citizens in her time. The medieval </span><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/primogeniture" style="font-family: inherit;">law of primogeniture</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="https://heirsandsuccesses.com/2015/10/25/pride-prejudice-entailed-land/" style="font-family: inherit;">entail</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">, still regulated property and inheritance. Then, it was considered improper, if not shameful, for women of a good family to provide for themselves by working. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-color: white;">Lecture by Dr Octavia Cox</span></span></p>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6tjGCgWOTNs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-10389108084835420812021-12-17T13:26:00.015-08:002022-03-27T13:29:39.216-07:0018 DECEMBER 2021: INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2kCrYBEcj4GEPoufAwziYCG3x_v7HSVep8RrQBQgERlZW01GLI5eq_ET5TD2X8o0rDPP2xAbUVPNgscZ_QLv1P5XoQEOqv3x4WIu3oMM5gMTE63o4PfJTINaBm89N1Yjmjgur3iPbzbEjAnMtWRzY4ZBjdfYprvPGmhsIm4u54i4BsKa94kWNj7md=s472" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="472" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2kCrYBEcj4GEPoufAwziYCG3x_v7HSVep8RrQBQgERlZW01GLI5eq_ET5TD2X8o0rDPP2xAbUVPNgscZ_QLv1P5XoQEOqv3x4WIu3oMM5gMTE63o4PfJTINaBm89N1Yjmjgur3iPbzbEjAnMtWRzY4ZBjdfYprvPGmhsIm4u54i4BsKa94kWNj7md=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">International Migrants Day (18 December) this year falls almost exactly 70 years after the Brussels conference that led to the establishment of the organization that, in 1989, was renamed the International Organization for Migration. A broad range of factors continue to determine the movement of people. They are either voluntary or forced movements as a result of the increased magnitude and frequency of disasters, economic challenges and extreme poverty or conflict. Approximately <a href="https://www.un.org/en/desa/international-migration-2020-highlights" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0033a0; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">281 million people were international migrants in 2020</a>, representing 3.6 per cent of the global population. <span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All these will significantly affect the characteristics and scale of migration in the future, and determine the strategies and policies countries must develop in order to harness the potential of migration while ensuring the fundamental human rights of migrants are protected. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2021 theme: "Harnessing the potential of human mobility"</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Migrants contribute with their knowledge, networks, and skills to build stronger, more resilient communities. The global social and economic landscape can be shaped through impactful decisions to address the challenges and opportunities presented by global mobility and people on the move. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://www.iom.int/global-compact-migration" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0033a0; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)</a> offers the opportunity and guidance to actualize human mobility and seize the opportunities it presents. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has assisted millions of migrants since it emerged 70 years ago to assist the vast number of Europeans displaced by the Second World War and continues to lead the way in promoting a humane and orderly management of migration for the benefit of all, including the communities of origin, transit and destination. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Before reading </u></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTLLBoB2Pw4JSaaW3C15XIMhuDSd7X_rFXAO6oNNmVyYGVCcElqtZmZwjQgHiSLQaT39wJaPjvjcyFsSROfG3m35VLSS1bkvHFWrW7z_YJgDdBbKOwP7vGL_JL6P1SL7akrCkqYoUmsW3KeFZoJzjpm_UksJa-65MDVIkDcj5ytyN4GExj2DyM_gs5=s582" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="582" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTLLBoB2Pw4JSaaW3C15XIMhuDSd7X_rFXAO6oNNmVyYGVCcElqtZmZwjQgHiSLQaT39wJaPjvjcyFsSROfG3m35VLSS1bkvHFWrW7z_YJgDdBbKOwP7vGL_JL6P1SL7akrCkqYoUmsW3KeFZoJzjpm_UksJa-65MDVIkDcj5ytyN4GExj2DyM_gs5=w640-h216" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /><u><br /></u></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343a40; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><u>Let's listen to and read Home by Warsan Shire</u></b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie0y2PUb1YXsLa--xDqL5mTxOs8aIxkttBZtp2c4qFKKYmdPXhQlpDDXBh8A84dj9BRmMVbqPgLWMsP3J-Ml3CyDjVdZhxaroFDQcyrkpDLxiKm2-pYdHUjtq25KLNEPokh3zL_Ddpc90t8dyxRmo7gAapJE84IAQpb7UkiYCSA601mkQ4F6F3EvLA=s757" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="749" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEie0y2PUb1YXsLa--xDqL5mTxOs8aIxkttBZtp2c4qFKKYmdPXhQlpDDXBh8A84dj9BRmMVbqPgLWMsP3J-Ml3CyDjVdZhxaroFDQcyrkpDLxiKm2-pYdHUjtq25KLNEPokh3zL_Ddpc90t8dyxRmo7gAapJE84IAQpb7UkiYCSA601mkQ4F6F3EvLA=w634-h640" width="634" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='600' height='436' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6AzQZxzBmIAUi8ReMZTc9yBLE2ml1o6WA5om-ENYs7zuKgSNIDVvmA5mTh_1a6P5Z6QQ-E0VedFUFCXUWfQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/OtEsrzUbgKg"><b>The Voices of Migrants - Video</b></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-88672458791497970362021-12-06T06:03:00.001-08:002021-12-06T06:03:29.087-08:00READ AND WATCH: JANE AUSTEN'S SENSE AND SENSIBILITY<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="text-align: justify;"></strong></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_hB-7FzcxxMqWioB3ZzHqjQ4qrvujO58rgoIJgt3iKhSZcrk55BUsyZN9eW-ZlVGf2eKbZod-QiFdw2IUqThuZ-hWO0G656vo0CUV_69RvwgdrXOn6l1BWVaxnKOhjPeCavuWeG2f5w/s2048/7c67310e-de73-47b9-aeca-bc01645e4200-SenseSensibility.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="2048" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA_hB-7FzcxxMqWioB3ZzHqjQ4qrvujO58rgoIJgt3iKhSZcrk55BUsyZN9eW-ZlVGf2eKbZod-QiFdw2IUqThuZ-hWO0G656vo0CUV_69RvwgdrXOn6l1BWVaxnKOhjPeCavuWeG2f5w/w640-h432/7c67310e-de73-47b9-aeca-bc01645e4200-SenseSensibility.jpg" width="640" /></a></strong></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="text-align: justify;"><br /><i><br /></i></strong></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong style="text-align: justify;"><u>Introduction</u></strong></p><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><strong style="background-color: transparent;"><i>Sense and Sensibility</i></strong> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">was the first published of Jane Austen's novels. Composition was begun perhaps as early as 1795 (some authorities suggest a year or two later). What is certain is that the novel was published in November 1811, on commission (that is, the author paying for the production costs, in return for a larger </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">share of profit) by the London publisher Thomas Egerton. Austen began negotiations with Egerton (with her brother Henry as her intermediary) in 1810. While the manuscript was still in her hands, she made some updating references (to Scott's being a popular poet, for example). The first edition of Sense and Sensibility was obviously successful, a second edition appearing in November 1813.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Much may have happened between the novel's conception, composition, and belated publication. No manuscript and little other primary evidence remains. It was begun as an epistolary work (that is, a novel narrated in letters), originally entitled '<i><b>Elinor and Marianne</b></i>', and read to the Austen family in 1795. It was reorganized as a third-person narrative (with Elinor as principal centre of consciousness and Austen's narrative voice) probably in 1797. The work was then in hand for more than a decade - at which point Austen already had <b><i>Pride and Prejudice </i></b>ready for publication.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is significant that Jane Austen was 19 (Elinor's age, and the age at which Marianne marries) when she began to write the story. The author, that is to say, was herself passing through the years which are at the centre of the narrative. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G0XvqB1ENzs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></u></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plot summary</span></b></u></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Mr. Henry Dashwood dies, leaving all his money to his first wife's son John Dashwood, his second wife and her three daughters are left with no permanent home and very little income. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIGAL77OuM0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) are invited to stay with their distant relations, the Middletons, at Barton Park. Elinor is sad to leave their home at Norland because she has become closely attached to Edward Ferrars, the brother-in-law of her half-brother John.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9lORsaux9Lo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> However, once at Barton Park, Elinor and Marianne discover many new acquaintances, including the retired officer and bachelor Colonel Brandon, and the gallant and impetuous John Willoughby, who rescues Marianne after she twists her ankle running down the hills of Barton in the rain.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BLz2rixwPpA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WofqydeWMJI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">Willoughby openly and unabashedly courts Marianne, and together the two flaunt their attachment to one another, until Willoughby suddenly announces that he must depart for London on business, leaving Marianne lovesick and miserable. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meanwhile, Anne and Lucy Steele, two recently discovered relations of Lady Middleton's mother, Mrs. Jennings, arrive at Barton Park as guests of the Middletons. Lucy ingratiates herself to Elinor and informs her that she (Lucy) has been secretly engaged to Mr. Ferrars for a whole year. Elinor initially assumes that Lucy is referring to Edward's younger brother, Robert, but is shocked and pained to learn that Lucy is actually referring to her own beloved Edward.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Volume II of the novel, Elinor and Marianne travel to London with Mrs. Jennings. Colonel Brandon informs Elinor that everyone in London is talking of an engagement between Willoughby and Marianne, though Marianne has not told her family of any such attachment. Marianne is anxious to be reunited with her beloved Willoughby, but when she sees him at a party in town, he cruelly rebuffs her and then sends her a letter denying that he ever had feelings for her.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nEJKLKKO0uY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IiMacKBYPZg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Colonel Brandon tells Elinor of Willoughby's history of callousness and debauchery, and Mrs. Jennings confirms that Willoughby, having squandered his fortune, has become engaged to the wealthy heiress Miss Grey.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Volume III, Lucy's older sister inadvertently reveals the news of Lucy's secret engagement to Edward Ferrars. Edward's mother is outraged at the information and disinherits him, promising his fortune to Robert instead. Meanwhile, the Dashwood sisters visit family friends at Cleveland on their way home from London. At Cleveland, Marianne develops a severe cold while taking long walks in the rain, and she falls deathly ill. Upon hearing of her illness, Willoughby comes to visit, attempting to explain his misconduct and seek forgiveness. Elinor pities him and ultimately shares his story with Marianne, who finally realizes that she behaved imprudently with Willoughby and could never have been happy with him anyway. Mrs. Dashwood and Colonel Brandon arrive at Cleveland and are relieved to learn that Marianne has begun to recover.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the Dashwoods return to Barton, they learn from their manservant that Lucy Steele and Mr. Ferrars are engaged. They assume that he means Edward Ferrars, and are thus unsurprised, but Edward himself soon arrives and corrects their misconception: it was Robert, not himself, whom the money-grubbing Lucy ultimately decided to marry. Thus, Edward is finally free to propose to his beloved Elinor, and not long after, Marianne and Colonel Brandon become engaged as well. The couples live together at Delaford and remain in close touch with their mother and younger sister at Barton Cottage.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/clTG6sYtJig" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t_NZNgm66xI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-84409330721610319092021-12-03T22:04:00.001-08:002021-12-03T22:04:43.439-08:00BYRON, KEATS & SHELLEY - ETERNITY<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R6mefXs5h9o" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Byron, Keats and Shelley lived short lives, but the radical way they lived them would change the world. At 19, Shelley wrote The Necessity of Atheism - it was banned and burned, but it freed the Romantics from religion. Through their search for meaning in a world without God, they pioneered the notions of free love, celebrity and secular idolatry that are at the centre of modern Western culture.</span></p><span style="color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">For them poetry became the new religion, a way of reaching eternity. Their words are brought to life by Nicholas Shaw, Blake Ritson and Joseph Millson.</span></div></span>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-60593696735396039802021-12-01T14:10:00.003-08:002021-12-01T14:13:44.283-08:00SLAVERY, PAST & PRESENT <p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>LIFE ABOARD A SLAVE SHIP</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PmQvofAiZGA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3NXC4Q_4JVg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>WILLIAM WILBERFORCE & THE END OF THE SLAVE TRADE</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eLU182rj0pA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>MODERN SLAVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS DON'T WANT TO SEE</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eauTag4tX5g" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></b></p>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-63107811611771128182021-11-24T21:30:00.001-08:002022-01-29T05:25:04.712-08:00EMMA WATSON ON GENDER EQUALITY<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7n_WChnlP272mWqC7Ok0VOqMustaisg6HWKUed-e6GNfRMSwNlrw89UluTuk6ZRZo2OpYFBpqqtVBEliNW8YiVs_X_FNvJFZpY4mRhtIeFBf3mfj8FokgNDHyHDC3IcgLYOrPedezas/s1600/emma_watson_banner__by_salvamedeolvido-d388k6c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="623" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7n_WChnlP272mWqC7Ok0VOqMustaisg6HWKUed-e6GNfRMSwNlrw89UluTuk6ZRZo2OpYFBpqqtVBEliNW8YiVs_X_FNvJFZpY4mRhtIeFBf3mfj8FokgNDHyHDC3IcgLYOrPedezas/s640/emma_watson_banner__by_salvamedeolvido-d388k6c.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Watch the video below and answer the questions in the worksheet <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z_BH92dOuvVbRG38qCC0FFWqheHe3ugdilxVqPt2q_8/edit?usp=sharing">HERE</a></b><br />
<br /></div>
<center>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" gesture="media" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gkjW9PZBRfk" width="560"></iframe>
</center>
<center>
<br /></center>
<center>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ru-bpI-P16DL6TRMl56812sWKyAeYKbHX8TkQtOyMWA/edit?usp=sharing"><b>Full transcript of the speech</b></a></center><center><b><br /></b></center><center><a href="https://www.heforshe.org/en" target="_blank"><b>HeForShe</b></a></center>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-74267621893308670572021-11-15T14:42:00.000-08:002021-11-15T14:42:15.027-08:00ROMEO AND JULIET: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT<p><b>A) COMPARE THE SCENE OF ROMEO AND JULIET'S FIRST KISS IN THE FOLLOWING MOVIE ADAPTATION OF THE PLAY </b></p><p><b>1) ROMEO AND JULIET </b>(Franco Zeffirelli, 1968)</p><center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0nYG_wQMheg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><span><a name='more'></a></span>
<p><br /></p><p><b>2) ROMEO + JULIET</b></p><p>(Bahz Luhrman, 1996)</p>
<center> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yClVlc_niac" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><center><br /></center><center style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">B) COMPARE THE BALCONY SCENE FROM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET IN THE FOLLOWING ADAPTATIONS OF THE PLAY </b></center><center style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></center><center style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></center><center style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><h1 class="title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color,var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); display: -webkit-box; font-size: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-size,var(--yt-navbar-title-font-size,inherit)); font-weight: 400; line-height: 2.6rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.2rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-shadow: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-text-shadow,none); transform: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-transform,none);"></h1><h3 style="text-align: center;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" force-default-style="" style="background-color: white; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Act 2 Scene 2 | Romeo and Juliet | 2018 | Royal Shakespeare Company</span></yt-formatted-string></h3></b></center><center style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></center>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tqyIts6h0Eg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ROMEO AND JULIET (CARLO CARLEI, 2013)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RgoQRZu9Rds" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ROMEO E GIULIETTA (MUSICAL, ITALY, 2013)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/98iMQEkvrrg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ROMEO ET JULIETTE (MUSICAL, FRANCE, 2010)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qc4LQHR4FJE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-11365717958081149232021-10-06T12:12:00.000-07:002021-10-06T12:12:19.875-07:00FRANCES HAUGER, FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/StGqkC9MAUA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></center><p style="text-align: center;"> <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CYz33EZX9cZy1nieQlE8TGPXEDk8fBCsgxGP2ZrWNy0/edit">WORKSHEET</a></b></p>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-34043763641620391552021-06-22T00:52:00.007-07:002021-06-22T00:54:48.872-07:00WALTER SCOTT AT 250: SO MUCH MORE THAN A GREAT HISTORICAL NOVELIST<div class="separator"><figure class="align-right" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/407465/original/file-20210621-35700-qh5u0s.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=11%2C0%2C3964%2C2616&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ulmus Media/Shutterstock<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/daniel-cook-352682">Daniel Cook</a>, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-dundee-955">University of Dundee</a></em></figure></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Wander through Edinburgh and you will find glimpses of Scotland’s most famous novelist, Walter Scott, everywhere: pubs named after characters or places in his books, his walking cane and slippers in The Writers’ Museum, and snippets of his work adorning the walkways of Waverley train station – named after his first and most famous novel. And just outside, towering over Princes Street Gardens, his statue stands beneath an elaborate monument affectionately dubbed the “Gothic Rocket”.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Built in 1840, eight years after his death at the age of 61, the <a href="https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venue/scott-monument">Scott Monument</a> captures the immense regard in which Scotland held this international bestselling writer and son of Edinburgh. Scott’s adventurous historical stories, set against a dramatic backdrop of brooding mountains, dark lochs and lush glens, brought a vision of Scotland to the world that captured the popular imagination. The gripping tale of the Scottish outlaw Rob Roy has never been out of print since it was published in 1817.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As his friendly rival Jane Austen once quipped, Scott had two careers in literature. He quickly became Europe’s most famous poet in 1805 with the immediate success of his first narrative poem, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, the tale of two lovers on opposite sides of a clad feud.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A 1810 book-length versification of King James V’s struggles with the powerful clan Douglas, <a href="http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/poetry/lady.html">The Lady of the Lake</a> would have secured his legacy on its own. Selling 25,000 copies in eight months, it broke records for poetry sales and brought its setting, the picturesque Loch Katrine and <a href="https://trossachs.co.uk/history/">the Trossachs</a>, to the attention of a fledgling tourism industry. </p>
<figure class="align-center"><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="Stunning winter view of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs from the summit of Ben A'an" sizes="(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/407442/original/file-20210621-22-13xsjek.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip" srcset="https://images.theconversation.com/files/407442/original/file-20210621-22-13xsjek.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=600&h=400&fit=crop&dpr=1 600w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407442/original/file-20210621-22-13xsjek.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=30&auto=format&w=600&h=400&fit=crop&dpr=2 1200w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407442/original/file-20210621-22-13xsjek.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=15&auto=format&w=600&h=400&fit=crop&dpr=3 1800w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407442/original/file-20210621-22-13xsjek.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&h=503&fit=crop&dpr=1 754w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407442/original/file-20210621-22-13xsjek.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=30&auto=format&w=754&h=503&fit=crop&dpr=2 1508w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407442/original/file-20210621-22-13xsjek.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=15&auto=format&w=754&h=503&fit=crop&dpr=3 2262w" /></div>
<figcaption>
<span class="caption">Scott’s most famous poem Lady of the Lake is set around Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, and drew people to the area.</span>
<span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/loch-katrine-ben-trossachs-scottish-highlands-737845405">Maybelmaleo/Shutterstock</a></span>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<h2>Big fat novels</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Scott also wrote songs and collected ballads for posterity, but after the success of his poetry, he turned to novel writing in his 40s. For nearly 20 years he produced a <a href="http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/index.html">series of fat novels</a>, which spread his reputation around the globe further still. Although dabbling in the <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/gothic-literature-2207825">gothic</a> and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/picaresque-novel">picaresque</a> styles popular at the time, Scott favoured historical themes, not only set in Scotland but also England, France, Syria and elsewhere, as far back as the 11th century.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nobody before Scott had devoted so much space to Scottish characters and interests, on such a massive scale – not even 18th-century novelist and poet <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tobias-Smollett">Tobias Smollett</a>. Scott traversed the Scotland of 14th-century Perthshire and the Highlands of 1745, and gave a voice to the lairds and rustics alike.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">These days, Scott’s writing has fallen out of fashion thanks in part to the sheer length of the novels. Arguably his best, The Heart of Midlothian still packs an emotional punch: Jeanie Deans walks from Edinburgh to London to obtain a royal pardon for her sister awaiting execution for the alleged murder of her baby. But, in keeping with the drawn-out journey, the story does suffer from slow pacing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Waverley, Scott’s exploration of the <a href="https://www.visitscotland.com/about/history/jacobites/">Jacobite uprising of 1745</a>, lends itself to political as much as literary analysis. And while it delivers stunning set pieces, some of them featuring Bonnie Prince Charlie himself, its first few chapters drag a little. But Scott rewards loyal readers with rich historical detail and sublime settings.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Picture of the Scott Monument in Edinburgh under a bright blue winter's sky." height="400" sizes="(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/407446/original/file-20210621-35232-3ui0j6.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=237&fit=clip" srcset="https://images.theconversation.com/files/407446/original/file-20210621-35232-3ui0j6.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=600&h=900&fit=crop&dpr=1 600w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407446/original/file-20210621-35232-3ui0j6.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=30&auto=format&w=600&h=900&fit=crop&dpr=2 1200w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407446/original/file-20210621-35232-3ui0j6.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=15&auto=format&w=600&h=900&fit=crop&dpr=3 1800w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407446/original/file-20210621-35232-3ui0j6.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&h=1130&fit=crop&dpr=1 754w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407446/original/file-20210621-35232-3ui0j6.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=30&auto=format&w=754&h=1130&fit=crop&dpr=2 1508w, https://images.theconversation.com/files/407446/original/file-20210621-35232-3ui0j6.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=15&auto=format&w=754&h=1130&fit=crop&dpr=3 2262w" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;" width="267" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><figure class="align-right" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><figcaption><span class="caption">Edinburgh’s Scott Monument.</span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/scott-monument-edinburgh-scotland-561156250">PrakichTreetasayuth/Shutterstock</a></span></figcaption></figure></div><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2>Master of the short story</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately for the casual reader, Scott was more than a novelist. He was also a master of the short story, and wrote 17 or so shorter fictions, many of which have been all but ignored by scholars who prioritise the major novels. Five of his best short pieces can now be read for free <a href="https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/walter-scott-ifive-short-storiesi-the-dundee-edition">online</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Scott contributed at least two stories to Blackwood’s Magazine, the leading literary periodical in Edinburgh: The Alarming Increase of Depravity Among Animals and Phantasmagoria. The first is a sort of true-crime animal fable in which animals are complicit in wrongdoing; the second, a bizarre Gothic pastiche in which the narrator (a sentient shadow) is far more interesting than the benign story it offers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another, Wandering Willie’s Tale, is delivered by a blind piper, revolving around the grisly death of a despotic laird and some missing money. A hellish underworld, a demonic monkey, a blatantly biased narrator: such things make the story wildly unpredictable – and far removed from the grand jousts and royal intrigues found in his historical novels. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Tapestried Chamber is an ingenious ghost story in which the ghost barely features, but it still sends shivers down the spine, such is Scott’s gift for building atmosphere through dialogue. Where novels seek closure, typically with happy endings, short stories can leave plotlines unresolved. Novels comfort us, short stories can confront.</p>
<figure style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="260" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IV7D3ZlG6oU?wmode=transparent&start=0" width="440"></iframe>
</figure>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Although Scott is rarely thought of as a short story writer today, in 1827 he did produce a collection of short fiction, Chronicles of the Canongate, in which two standout pieces merit a wide audience: The Two Drovers and The Highland Widow. Here, Scott is perhaps at his most political, in the real sense: focused not on battles and courts but on everyday life.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The first follows a Highlander and a Yorkshireman on their journey south into an increasingly hostile environment. Initially their cultural differences are countered by a mutual love of music. But, tired of the casual xenophobia thrown at him, the Highlander kills his colleague. The suddenness of the act startles the reader, especially those used to the slower pacing of the novels.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Highland Widow captures the conflicted mood of a young lad who, seeking better fortune, enlists in the Black Watch to the fury of his staunchly Gaelic mother. Drugging her son so he misses his appointment, she dooms him to military execution, and herself to a hermit-like existence. Although written in a sentimental style popular at the time, the story finds much to say about national tensions, military occupation, and cultural conflict in the lives of post-Union Scots.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For the modern reader Scott’s short stories are far bleaker than you might imagine, and they are all the more riveting for it. Gothic rocket indeed.<!--Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE.--><img alt="The Conversation" height="1" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/162638/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" style="border: none; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; max-height: 1px; max-width: 1px; min-height: 1px; min-width: 1px; opacity: 0; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;" width="1" /><!--End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines--></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span><i><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/daniel-cook-352682">Daniel Cook</a>, Reader in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-dundee-955">University of Dundee</a></i></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>This article is republished from <a href="https://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/walter-scott-at-250-so-much-more-than-a-great-historical-novelist-162638">original article</a>.</i></p>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-56638011311549895172021-05-14T02:30:00.004-07:002021-06-22T01:00:49.456-07:00THE THREE TRENDS IN EARLY ROMANTIC POETRY - NOTES<div style="text-align: justify;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHXqswMAMVQa-Fiupy8cFHpC_8IfKp5LDnuJLhpHQjguWT2CtucvFCHsMk-EFDQVdUjEG7X5WDfzsR4ADtH61cFiyo5qBvBfCsJLx0-7aXDBbGXENfxP-KsOmR23ZGf3v4oJ-HWUL8jw/s1600/489.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHXqswMAMVQa-Fiupy8cFHpC_8IfKp5LDnuJLhpHQjguWT2CtucvFCHsMk-EFDQVdUjEG7X5WDfzsR4ADtH61cFiyo5qBvBfCsJLx0-7aXDBbGXENfxP-KsOmR23ZGf3v4oJ-HWUL8jw/w640-h472/489.jpg" width="640" /></b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>John Constable</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
In the second half of the 18th century the new trends in poetry had bonds to the Augustan tradition but proposed new ideas and feelings which paved the way to the Romantic generations of poets.<span><a name='more'></a></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 32.2pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1.<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> <u> </u></span></b><b><u>PASTORAL POETRY </u></b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Main representative: <b>William Cowper</b> (1731-1800) </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Main work: <i>The Task</i> (1785)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span>Reacted to the social changes taking place in the country with a re-evaluation of rural origins and a sense of melancholy and sadness</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span>Praised country life for its simplicity, free from the corruption of urban life</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span>“<em>God made the country, Man made the town</em>” (famous aphorism by Cowper)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Cowper anticipated Wordsworth’s conception of Nature as friend and moral guide</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 32.2pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2.<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span></b><b><u>OSSIANIC POETRY</u></b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-indent: -24px;">Main representative: James Macpherson (1736-1796) </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
- Main achievement: Fragments of ancient poetry (1760)</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
- Collected and published some of Ossian’s works; the authenticity of the work was controversial</div>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> - </span>He claimed it was a cycle of poems by a legendary Irish warrior called Ossian who lived in the 3rd century in Scotland</span></div>
</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> - </span>The collection got a wide European success</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;">·<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> - </span>Nocturnal setting; wild gloomy nature; melancholy and suffering resulting from war and unrequited love</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><b><span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">3. </span></strong> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";"> </span></b><b><u>THE GRAVEYARD SCHOOL</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> :</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
- Melancholic tone</div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font: 7pt "times new roman";">- </span>Cemeteries, ruins, stormy landscapes as the setting of their reflections on life, death and the destiny of Man</div><div style="text-align: center;">Main representatives:</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thomas Gray</b> (1716 – 1771) ELEGY WRITTEN ON A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD (1751)</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Edward Young </b>(1683 – 1765) NIGHT THOUGHTS ON LIFE, DEATH AND IMMORTALITY </span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-72566697839910247052021-05-05T09:47:00.001-07:002021-05-05T09:47:59.865-07:00KNIGHTHOOD & CHIVALRY: THE INSPIRATION OF DON QUIXOTE<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zoDLj99N1rezaI1Ev8WcvCcwC0cRupG7L-hLy1aC174FXhNpegQjX58Wt8pPfNCEh_ZCQ_Jb_iJzlGkiz_u9I8RXrrtfM5ci4_xk-vVshmx4nVQQB42Vki3fD2LsSpjZwOSKhhgtL40/s1280/pablo-picasso-40-1-e1561041424393.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1280" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zoDLj99N1rezaI1Ev8WcvCcwC0cRupG7L-hLy1aC174FXhNpegQjX58Wt8pPfNCEh_ZCQ_Jb_iJzlGkiz_u9I8RXrrtfM5ci4_xk-vVshmx4nVQQB42Vki3fD2LsSpjZwOSKhhgtL40/w640-h324/pablo-picasso-40-1-e1561041424393.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Don Quijote y Sancho Panza by Pablo Picasso</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px;">As a Spanish gentleman living a quiet life of retirement and enjoying his favorite pastime of reading medieval romances about knights and their ladies, <b><a href="https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/donquixote/summary/">Don Quixote</a></b> one day feels inspired to emulate the knights of old and restore the ideals of chivalry, honor, truth, courtesy, and service that his own age has relegated to the past.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Because the modern man of the sixteenth century has revolutionized the nature of warfare by the invention of gunpowder, the institution of knighthood has declined and disappeared. Jousts, armor, and lances are obsolete in the new world called “The Iron Age.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">As the military practice of knighthood has become outdated, the virtues of the knight have also become relics of the past.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JzKMlzxxxfc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </center>
<p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /><span></span></p><!--more--><p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #244f6a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em; list-style: none; margin: 20px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span id="1-An-Eternal-Code" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">1. An Eternal Code</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Don Quixote, however, knows that the moral code of a knight never ages. Knighthood is not merely a military profession but a way of life that cultivates gentlemen and ladies.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Every society and period of history require men who follow the knightly ideals that elevate the human condition, refine human manners, defend the enduring values of civilization, and restore “The Golden Age” to a world in love with force, power, domination, and money.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Knightly virtues such as courage, justice, mercy, service, chivalry, and courtesy are timeless and universal—for all people in all times in all places.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">This glorious vision of knighthood inspires Quixote’s vision to restore these ancient ideals to a crass, vulgar age that has no idea of the beauty of love, friendship, or purity—no idea of the divine attributes of the transcendental realities of truth, goodness, and beauty.</p><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #244f6a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em; list-style: none; margin: 20px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span id="2-Restored-Customs" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">2. Restored Customs</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">In his quest to revive knight-errantry, Quixote soon discovers it is an object of mockery and a way of life no one takes seriously. Knighthood in Quixote’s world is fictional, appearing only in imaginary stories with unrealistic plots and unlikely heroes who defeat giants and disenchant princesses cast into spells by wizards. inn and alludes to the ancient custom of knights who receive hospitality at no cost (“for I have never read in the story of knights-errant that they ever carried money with them”), the innkeeper finds the whole idea preposterous and demands his money. When Quixote requests “a boon,” an unfamiliar term at the inn, the innkeeper stares at him as if he were a madman. He has no comprehension of Quixote’s request to be formally “dubbed” a knight and undergo the “arms-vigil.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">When Quixote addresses the women at the inn as “damsels´ and “your ladyships,” they only ridicule him: “The strange language of the knight was not understood by the ladies, and this . . . increased their laughter and his annoyance . . . .”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">In short, the customs, ceremonies, and courtesy of knighthood have passed into oblivion. The loss of these ideals of refinement that ennoble civilization means a lowering of standards and a debasement of human behavior.</p><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #244f6a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em; list-style: none; margin: 20px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span id="3-RevivingKnighthood" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">3. Reviving Knighthood</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">A world without a knightly code of honor and chivalry collapses into a way of life in which might is right, people worship gold, maidens violate modesty, men view women as objects of pleasure, and the cunning dupe the innocent.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">In one of his adventures Quixote encounters a farmer beating his servant who refuses to work because his master has denied his wages. Quixote performs his knightly duty in the name of justice: “Discourteous knight, it is a caitiff’s deed to attack one who cannot defend himself.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">The knight demands that the farmer pay his servant: “Pay him instantly and none of your denials.” Yet the servant still feels threatened by the cruelty of the farmer because “My master is no knight.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Without knighthood, brute force replaces justice, and the strong oppress the weak. Without knighthood, cash payment remains the only transaction between men instead of service, hospitality, charity, and love of neighbor. <span style="border: 0px none; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Without knighthood lust governs the relationship between men and women as the many episodes at the inn between the women and the mule drivers illustrate.</span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #244f6a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em; list-style: none; margin: 20px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span id="4-Keeping-the-Sanctity-of-a-Vow" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">4. Keeping the Sanctity of a Vow</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">A world without knightly virtue never honors the sanctity of promises and vows and quickly degenerates into schemes of deceitfulness and trickery. In an adventure in the Sierra Morena Mountains Quixote encounters Cardenio, a man with raving fits of depression and temptations of suicide because of a broken heart and a sense of betrayal.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">His best friend Fernando, promising marriage to his fiancée Dorothea, ignored his pledge to his betrothed and slyly attempted to court and marry Cardenio’s fiancée, Luscinda. Fernando had previously lied to Dorothea about his love and intention to marry.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">He betrayed both his dearest friend and the woman he promised to marry, and he destroyed the happiness of three innocent people by his lack of honor and chivalry—knightly virtues that Quixote always upholds.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">In his devotion to his beloved Lady Dulcinea, Quixote’s fidelity, in contrast, never wavers. He attributes all his victories to her inspiration. He orders his defeated foes to pay homage to his lady. He rejects Princess Micomicona’s handsome offer to marry her, inherit her wealth, and rule her kingdom– an expression of gratitude for the boon the knight granted her.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Even when Quixote’s squire Sancho calls him an utter fool for rejecting such good fortune, he remains true to his ladylove: “I swear your worship is not in your right mind. How else is it possible for you to have any hesitation about marrying so high a princess as this one here?”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Quixote, hearing these insulting words he calls “blasphemies,” angrily strikes Sancho with his lance to defend the honor of Dulcinea and the vow of a knight.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxGsWZa3mAg4z7bgpGXmDyy5OzrzHzQPiI44mRJFRq6T112Uz-LxaHTiYCt4Ut0eHiYyOvtpZy_Nw_LU8t_U7dTFNJI9oGqd0i44DQusihZZ0KPrHwn731_Jgh6qzcXSF32quKcm2fuA/s2048/don-quijote.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1477" data-original-width="2048" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxGsWZa3mAg4z7bgpGXmDyy5OzrzHzQPiI44mRJFRq6T112Uz-LxaHTiYCt4Ut0eHiYyOvtpZy_Nw_LU8t_U7dTFNJI9oGqd0i44DQusihZZ0KPrHwn731_Jgh6qzcXSF32quKcm2fuA/w640-h462/don-quijote.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #244f6a; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em; list-style: none; margin: 20px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span id="5-Faithfulness-to-Friends" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">5. Faithfulness to Friends</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">In his loyalty to Sancho, Quixote upholds the faithfulness of a friend. No matter how many times Sancho complains about defeats, beatings, or blanket-tossings; no matter how many times Sancho threatens to leave his master and return home; and no matter how many times Sancho argues with the knight of La Mancha about windmills and giants or calls him fool or madman, Quixote remains true.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">A knight is not a fair-weather friend who easily breaks promises, acts for the motive of self-interest, or changes his mind on the basis of gain, expediency, or comfort. Quixote is guided by eternal ideals, heroic virtues, and magnanimous principles. He has noble intentions like the cause of justice, he serves others like widows and orphans, and he fights for a great cause like the restoration of the Golden Age. Once Quixote commits and pledges his word and honor, it is for life.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">The moral code and noble ideals of knight-errantry do not fade with the passing of time any more than manners and morals die. The quixotic dwells in all human beings, but it needs champions, heroes, and apologists to fight on its behalf as fearlessly as Quixote confronts giants and as chivalrously as Quixote defends the honor of Lady Dulcinea.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">Human beings aspire to the way things ought to be or merely follow popular trends or the lowest common denominator.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">They can live for the lucre of the gold found in the earth, or they can contemplate the heavenly golden light of truth and beauty. They can ignore and tolerate evil, or they can oppose it with the spirit of Quixote: “I challenge you one and all to battle.”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;">They can live according to the wisdom of the past and the great traditions that created civilization, or they can live as members of the human race who have no past, no legacy, and no inheritance. They have an obligation to preserve and perpetuate, as Don Quixote does, in reviving and restoring the glorious order of the profession of knight-errantry.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 16.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-style: none none solid; border-top-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 4px; color: #233e49; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -1px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> By Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian</h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lora; font-size: 15px;">The son of Armenian immigrants, Dr. Kalpakgian has taught at Simpson College, Christendom College and Wyoming Catholic College. He has authored several books and written for many Catholic publications. </span><a href="https://www.setonmagazine.com/authors/dr-mitchell-kalpakgian" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #1364a2; font-family: Lora; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Meet Dr. Kalpakgian | See his Books</a></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The article was originally posted at <a href="https://www.setonmagazine.com/dad/dr-mitchell-kalpakgian/the-inspiration-of-don-quixote-5-ways-to-keep-knighthood-alive-today">SetonMagazine.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iofGt8lch_kvJ1T3U0Mq_xybEpgYH_mV/edit" target="_blank">WORKSHEET</a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-47813308850480447382021-01-13T06:50:00.000-08:002021-01-13T09:07:06.036-08:00BUILDING A CATHEDRAL - THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiCVpPPlrV6qrh2OAuW1Ah9gBM-9_5hL39iHStnj4W5mdekTMfxDAivpBlLH5VwOb9x-Sl2I9XY27j-PICn_dVLUvU_2Nd8n9cxYdCqNxPmUz_6E0H7Bfefli51tMsBvwTSxOG8glGNo/s1600/the-pillars-of-the-earth-cast-e-regia-deccezi-L-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiCVpPPlrV6qrh2OAuW1Ah9gBM-9_5hL39iHStnj4W5mdekTMfxDAivpBlLH5VwOb9x-Sl2I9XY27j-PICn_dVLUvU_2Nd8n9cxYdCqNxPmUz_6E0H7Bfefli51tMsBvwTSxOG8glGNo/s640/the-pillars-of-the-earth-cast-e-regia-deccezi-L-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>
<b><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b>
<b><span lang="EN">THE
PILLARS OF THE EARTH by KEN FOLLETT (1989)<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b>
<span style="background-color: #fffffa; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a time of civil war, famine and religious strife, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against this backdrop, lives entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. A sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN">The
Historical Context (The Anarchy or The 19-year Winter </span></b><b><span lang="EN">1135-1154)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span lang="EN"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIBNU02VoxF9H_slOhQwbhDVqm8J1xU5DAC_lRA395d0asbrKkbtaQjvT80zVro-a5CfmPgu3SFGOjGlqMQYJ5Kaog1uuoL3KjKRzPvXIMMR4y2I3ICT-_-_-eAN1AeQtcaD5yA92PWI/s1600/Pillars_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIBNU02VoxF9H_slOhQwbhDVqm8J1xU5DAC_lRA395d0asbrKkbtaQjvT80zVro-a5CfmPgu3SFGOjGlqMQYJ5Kaog1uuoL3KjKRzPvXIMMR4y2I3ICT-_-_-eAN1AeQtcaD5yA92PWI/s320/Pillars_05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><span lang="EN">Empress
Matilda</span></b><span lang="EN"> (c. 7 February
1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as <b>Matilda of England</b> or <b>Maude</b>,
was the daughter and heir of King Henry I of England. Matilda and her younger
brother, William Adelin, were the only legitimate children of King Henry to
survive to adulthood. The death of her brother in the White ship disaster in
1120 made Matilda the last heir from the paternal line of her grandfather William
the Conqueror.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN">As a
child, Matilda was betrothed to and later married Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor,
acquiring the title <i>Empress</i>. The couple had no known children. After
being widowed for a few years, she was married to Geoffrey count of Anjou, with
whom she had three sons, the eldest of whom became King Henry II of England.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN">Matilda
was the first female ruler of the Kingdom of England. The length of her
effective rule was brief, however — a few months in 1141. She was never crowned
and failed to consolidate her rule (legally and politically). For this reason,
she is normally excluded from lists of English monarchs, and her rival (and
cousin) Stephen of Blois is listed as monarch for the period 1135-1154. Their
rivalry for the throne led to years of unrest and civil war in England that
have been called <b>The Anarchy. </b>She
did secure her inheritance of the Duchy of Normandy — through the military
feats of her husband, Geoffrey — and campaigned unstintingly for her oldest
son's inheritance, living to see him ascend the throne of England in 1154.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN"><br /></span>
<br />
<span lang="EN"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN">NOW WATCH THE <b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PlDXVszKeznBPd1SJ2knvxuuVPQT2EB6/view?usp=sharing">VIDEO</a></b> AND </span><br />
<span lang="EN"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN">ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE WORKSHEET <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10j4JmQYlTiogt4k7JnLifw1VLpOXa5cmRzn4tfQIv4Q/edit">HERE</a></b></span></div>
</div>
<center>
<br />NOW PRINT <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JrScxcxOPAdxa0yyjicHXe68apGIfWgdyUbR6lPaDb4/edit">THIS EXCERPT</a></b> FROM THE NOVEL, READ AND SUMMARIZE IT<br />
<span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><br />
</b></span></center>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-5268844267529199442021-01-09T01:20:00.003-08:002021-01-09T09:17:25.809-08:00BYRON IN ITALY <div>
<center>
<b>Watch the video and complete the tasks in the worksheet</b></center><center><b><br /></b></center>
<center>
</center>
<center>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RTm0XHQ8R10" width="560"></iframe></center>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
This video clip is taken from the BBC drama series <b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/byron/">BYRON (2003)</a></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ehoIn8cAFckj_5ScVmtm8J7jtTfFbs6b6hjyk-z3XN4/edit">WORKSHEET BYRON IN ITALY</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://learnonline-mgs.blogspot.com/2012/01/lord-byron-childe-harolds-pilgrimage.html">CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE - ANALYSIS OF FRAGMENTS FROM BOOK III</a></b></div>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-19545857553148726632020-11-25T00:30:00.001-08:002020-11-25T13:53:01.238-08:00SHAKESPEARE, THE BOOK OF THOMAS MORE & THE STRANGERS' CASE<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Bss2or4n74" width="560"></iframe></center><center><br /></center><center><br /></center><center><i style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">If they banished you from your country, where would you go? Would you like to find a nation as barbarous as yours who would spurn you like dogs?”</i></center><center><span><a name='more'></a></span><i style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></i></center><center><i style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></i></center><center></center><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7_rpbq1yQT2-eUUALF0XjdvpUXJx4qE-VYz3hECsNkIZbUosw3iJAUkOq_yIK_3qt5yxU9wHLz0mZt1dqEHy2E8M8-d6QsqFgqAyO-D2YF-8qsbRhojb7q1nhvfS48es8w_RKkTMYsQ/s1600/sir-thomas-more.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7_rpbq1yQT2-eUUALF0XjdvpUXJx4qE-VYz3hECsNkIZbUosw3iJAUkOq_yIK_3qt5yxU9wHLz0mZt1dqEHy2E8M8-d6QsqFgqAyO-D2YF-8qsbRhojb7q1nhvfS48es8w_RKkTMYsQ/w640-h403/sir-thomas-more.jpg" width="640" /></a></center>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These words do not come from Amnesty International, nor from Unhcr. Scholars believe they were written by William Shakespeare 400 years ago. They belong to a historical play, “</span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Book of Thomas Moore</i></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">”. The fragment which has been recently digitalized by the British
Library is now considered one of the few manuscripts we have in Shakespeare’s own hand. The play was written by different authors and is based on the life of </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Henry VIII</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">’s
chancellor, </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Sir Thomas More</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> . It dates presumably back to around 1600 but it was censored and never staged for fear
of further disorders in London due to the theme it dealt with. </span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is not only a historical literary important discovery, but
also a socially important message which comes right in a time when those words
are relevant and painful. The tragedy of the migrants and refugees is an open
wound in nowadays Europe, characterized by the fear of the foreigners and the
misery of the newcomers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEaDKdWJ1raE3T8t91hFsZVRiQhskXtea1IVb5mQ2svNG9YN-DCspNq8yJY5nFCgvRJZMnV6FEm38gbMB_OCQuQFzXEQfH1qGWK9gRiZcBTr_qG_zJJh-5jV7FoBbdu187cFicARNeuw/s1600/87641_sir-thomas-more_sm.gif" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEaDKdWJ1raE3T8t91hFsZVRiQhskXtea1IVb5mQ2svNG9YN-DCspNq8yJY5nFCgvRJZMnV6FEm38gbMB_OCQuQFzXEQfH1qGWK9gRiZcBTr_qG_zJJh-5jV7FoBbdu187cFicARNeuw/w640-h628/87641_sir-thomas-more_sm.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir Thomas More (1478 - 1535)<br /><br /><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the
play, set in 1517, Thomas More as the Sheriff of London, speaks to the crowd
enraged against the migrants, merchants
coming from the North of Italy, whom they accused of wanting to steal their
jobs and money. Doesn’t this sound very
familiar and contemporary? Haven’t you heard this refrain in the media?</span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
events described in the scene were called “the Evil May Day of 1517”. London was shaken by riots against the
economic migrants arrived in England especially from Italy. But </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit;"> even in Shakespeare’s days England was inclined
to xenophobic feelings toward the thousands of protestant <b><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Huguenot">Huguenots</a></b> who left Catholic France and its persecutions, looking for a refuge and help in the protestant
kingdom of Elizabeth I.</span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">So the Bard highlighted that the unnecessary
cruelty toward the refugees was due to the crisis their country was going
through and the reference to the present situation was evident. That is why the
play was never staged. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Shakespeare’s Thomas More answers the
enraged Londoners with words inviting to
reason and empathy and the images he evokes in his lines bring to our eyes the
tragic images of our own present: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJ_oMnrHWXeo2gpYR2BrFZShe1UJzuZPZlO4mifVLrbCa7ID8w5tOWaJf6WhsWGqCcYlB2rKUFTQHYrorWkK1lpBYGap_VWvQMt78TUVdD2_PrwBhWy81ztSXdoq5sAWjZbVn54qAkuM/s1600/UNI196189.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJ_oMnrHWXeo2gpYR2BrFZShe1UJzuZPZlO4mifVLrbCa7ID8w5tOWaJf6WhsWGqCcYlB2rKUFTQHYrorWkK1lpBYGap_VWvQMt78TUVdD2_PrwBhWy81ztSXdoq5sAWjZbVn54qAkuM/s640/UNI196189.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,</span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Their babies at their backs and their poor
luggage,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Plodding tooth ports and costs for
transportation,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">And that you sit as kings in your desires,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Authority quite silent by your brawl,<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">And you in ruff of your opinions clothed;<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What had you got? I’ll tell you. You had taught<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<em><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How insolence and strong hand should prevail<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em style="font-family: inherit;">(mmaginate allora di vedere gli
stranieri derelitti,</em></div>
<br />
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<em style="font-family: inherit;">coi bambini in spalla, e i poveri
bagagli</em></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>arrancare verso i porti e le coste
in cerca di trasporto,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>e che voi vi asseggiate come re dei
vostri desideri</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>– l’autorità messa a tacere dal
vostro vociare alterato –</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>e ve ne possiate stare tutti tronfi
nella gorgiera della vostra presunzione.</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Che avrete ottenuto? Ve lo dico io:
avrete insegnato a tutti</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">che a
prevalere devono essere l’insolenza e la mano pesante)<o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shakespeare meant to shake his contemporaries
through an event from the past: the French Heugonots in Shakespeare’s time and the
Italian merchants in More's London </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: inherit;"> unleashed
the fury and the protests of the English. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shakespeare tried to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">instill the ethics of reciprocity in the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">audience and to remind them that everyone is a
stranger and a foreigner somewhere:</span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">… Say now the king<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">(As he is clement, if th’ offender mourn)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Should so much come to short of your great
trespass<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">As but to banish you, whether would you go?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What country, by the nature of your error,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Should give you harbor? Go you to France or
Flanders,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">To any German province, to Spain or Portugal,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nay, any where that not adheres to England,—<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why, you must needs be strangers. Would you be
pleased<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">To find a nation of such barbarous temper,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">That, breaking out in hideous violence,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Would not afford you an abode on earth,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whet their detested knives against your throats,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spurn you like dogs, and like as if that God<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Owed not nor made not you, nor that the
claimants<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Were not all appropriate to your comforts,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">But chartered unto them, what would you think<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">To be thus used? This is the strangers’ case;<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">And this
your <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/195937/summary">mountanish</a> inhumanity.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>(Vorreste abbattere gli stranieri, </em><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>ucciderli, tagliar loro la gola,
prendere le loro case</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>e tenere al guinzaglio la maestà
della legge</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>per incitarla come fosse un mastino.
Ahimè, ahimè!</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Diciamo adesso che il Re,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>misericordioso verso gli aggressori
pentiti,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>dovesse limitarsi, riguardo alla
vostra gravissima trasgressione,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>a bandirvi, dov’è che andreste? Che
sia in Francia o Fiandria,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>in qualsiasi provincia germanica, in
Spagna o Portogallo,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>anzi, ovunque non rassomigli
all’Inghilterra,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>orbene, vi trovereste per forza ad
essere degli stranieri.</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Vi piacerebbe allora trovare una
nazione d’indole così barbara</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>che, in un’esplosione di violenza e
di odio,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>non vi conceda un posto sulla terra,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>affili i suoi detestabili coltelli
contro le vostre gole,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>vi scacci come cani, quasi non foste
figli e opera di Dio,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>o che gli elementi non siano tutti
appropriati al vostro benessere,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>ma appartenessero solo a loro? Che
ne pensereste</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 9.4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.4pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>di essere trattati così? Questo è
quel che capita agli stranieri,</em><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">e questa è
la vostra disumanità da senzadio)</span></em></div>
<div class="line" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #6e6e6e;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/114wZ2IavMvNGi2Gf9waMISzp1L2UCrfd/view?usp=sharing">WORKSHEET</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the whole scene </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.playshakespeare.com/sir-thomas-more/scenes/1193-act-ii-scene-4">HERE</a></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/07/shakespeares-only-surviving-playscript-now-online.html"><b>Shakespeare's only surviving playscript now online</b></a></div>
<span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #6e6e6e; font-size: 10.5pt;">
</span><em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-43435928862048384782020-09-29T03:31:00.005-07:002020-09-29T13:16:13.279-07:00THE GLOBAL GOALS OF AGENDA 2030<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIOQLQzNdRdc3bp-_iJ0b1iyJiEGbvZfJZwO8u3E2OSmptwVW_cRrmF7C2pi1NA1AJHHWSpoSejG97cvfapseDiWti-qUB7N59XqVjnuYjBhMl7U5de7lxcv_hCZF8TfD4Z9SOFKhkoA/s512/Sustainable+development+goals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="512" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIOQLQzNdRdc3bp-_iJ0b1iyJiEGbvZfJZwO8u3E2OSmptwVW_cRrmF7C2pi1NA1AJHHWSpoSejG97cvfapseDiWti-qUB7N59XqVjnuYjBhMl7U5de7lxcv_hCZF8TfD4Z9SOFKhkoA/w640-h348/Sustainable+development+goals.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400;">Agenda 2030 is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span></div><a name='more'></a><b style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></b></div><u style="font-weight: bold;">17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS</u><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HW76iOQ7qVQ" width="560"></iframe></center><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><b>THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN PRESENT DAY WORLD: NATIONS UNITED </b></u></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals – in the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our economies and societies – this 30-minute film tells the story of the world as it is, as it was, and as it could be. Directed by renowned film maker Richard Curtis and produced by the documentary film company 72 Films, “Nations United” presents the facts, data, and opportunities we have as a human family to reimagine and reshape the future. </span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d;">
</span></span></p><center><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xVWHuJOmaEk" width="560"></iframe></span></span></center><center><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></span></center><center><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d;"><br /></span></span></center><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Discover more about the 17 goals for a sustainable development and how to take action. <b><a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE </a></b></span></div></span><div><center><br /></center><center><br /></center>
<center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pgNLonYOc9s" width="560"></iframe> </center><center><br /></center>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-12606407686020065052020-09-27T13:26:00.005-07:002020-09-27T13:27:58.092-07:00LITERATURE, FAITH AND PANDEMICS<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikFmzXh8JiNFIDOEnpIYcyeA4OsHHp7hoVCClMmj4NMuv7GbfDbhz5534XhoLJt0mHCZOH83EGLk1ZReCQjcNOtz8u_o9WM2HUVzq-F-q3LdTlsAYTDc4emUyNVMG0kyZdOiCyug4Cs8/s800/800px-Waterhouse_decameron.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikFmzXh8JiNFIDOEnpIYcyeA4OsHHp7hoVCClMmj4NMuv7GbfDbhz5534XhoLJt0mHCZOH83EGLk1ZReCQjcNOtz8u_o9WM2HUVzq-F-q3LdTlsAYTDc4emUyNVMG0kyZdOiCyug4Cs8/s640/800px-Waterhouse_decameron.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="fn author-name" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Agnes Mueller, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina, wrote an interesting article introducing the literary works she taught in her course<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>“Pandemics in Literature” </b>and reflecting on the role of faith and religion in a time of uncertainty such as a pandemic.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read her article <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-literature-can-tell-us-about-peoples-struggle-with-their-faith-during-a-pandemic-143083">HERE</a>, then take the reading comprehension test <a href="https://testmoz.com/5101434" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042756576690719716.post-50242850387433799612020-06-10T08:36:00.002-07:002020-06-10T08:36:38.436-07:00SCHOOL IS OUT! PROGRAMMI FINALI <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYokNTdwKHWUaz6lUnEa9KyWkn9-MmiFBYer3v5pbHpnqWR-W_pZz-kyacnsexyXl5PuSxS4BGUKXTYTj8_lz673gAVcDCNeBBRgcsrWMQED2M6QOA6hyphenhyphenz2Nv3hAEeeiQOdiDp60VJY0/s1600/school%2527s+out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="692" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYokNTdwKHWUaz6lUnEa9KyWkn9-MmiFBYer3v5pbHpnqWR-W_pZz-kyacnsexyXl5PuSxS4BGUKXTYTj8_lz673gAVcDCNeBBRgcsrWMQED2M6QOA6hyphenhyphenz2Nv3hAEeeiQOdiDp60VJY0/s640/school%2527s+out.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
PROGRAMMI FINALI</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H7f7A--0Y47pjlB3jmFd2Y7ab2eEGVkC/view?usp=sharing">1 liceo scientifico</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OvYF9xp1fTFLIByp2FjeFxMsZaLulhYT/view?usp=sharing">2 liceo scientifico sez. A</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/175A3s_bt2gzhRo8VAW6w399jnDxFOCoJ/view?usp=sharing">2 liceo scientifico sez. B</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJ0BKPYlY9bFePpaypTac343jGlJ6262/view?usp=sharing">3 liceo scientifico</a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E3Up4KrepRQdHWvbCq63IhFrW5nUaxPp/view?usp=sharing">4 liceo scientifico</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/131I-LVrAWV5BU4d2zhWWNttjkQka7b2N/view?usp=sharing">5 liceo scientifico</a> </div>
Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com0