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Date: Dec 14, 2007
THE ARTICLEMalaysia crackdown on ethnic IndiansThe Malaysian government is getting tough with ethnic Indians who are complaining about racial discrimination. Indians make up around eight percent of Malaysia's population of 27 million people, but community leaders say they do not enjoy the same rights as Malays and Chinese. Police arrested five activists from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on Thursday. The five are being held under the controversial Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial. Hindraf member S. Jayathas told the Associated Free Press news agency that: "Regardless of the arrests, this struggle will move on. We have many leaders who are waiting to take over and we will not go backwards, but move ahead with the fight for the rights of Indians in Malaysia.” Malaysia has been rocked in recent weeks by ethnic tensions. Public protests and marches are taking place in the streets and police are reacting violently, using tear gas, water canons and baton charges. Hundreds of Indians have been injured. The demonstrations are the biggest in Malaysia in over a decade and the government fears ethnic unrest in this usually peaceful, multiracial country. Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharom told The Associated Press: "This action is necessary because they [the Indians] have been causing a lot of problems for the public." Hindraf is demanding equality and fair treatment for Indians. It says Malaysia gives unfair, preferential treatment to Muslim Malays, which means Indians are being held back in business, jobs and education. WARM-UPS1. MALAYSIA: Walk around the class and talk to other students about Malaysia. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your original partner(s) and share what you found out. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: Talk to your partner(s) about racial discrimination. Does it exist in the following? What could you do to reduce it?
4. NEIGHBOURLINESS: Are you a good neighbour? With your partner(s), talk about the neighbourliness of the following: ___ you and your classmate ___ you and the people who live next door to you ___ you and other people who live in the same street / apartment building ___ your town and the town next to yours ___ your continent and the continent nearest to yours 5. RACIAL TENSION: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with racial tension’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. QUICK ROLE PLAY: Student A strongly believes that one day, we will all look the same and no one will know our racial background and then the world will be at peace; Student B believes this will never happen. Change partners often. Change partners again and talk about your roles and conversations. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the spaces.The Malaysian government is ____________________ ethnic Indians who are complaining about racial discrimination. ____________________ eight percent of Malaysia's population of 27 million people, but community leaders say they do not ____________________ rights as Malays and Chinese. Police arrested five activists from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on Thursday. The five are ____________________ controversial Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial. Hindraf member S. Jayathas told the Associated Free Press news agency that: "____________________ arrests, this struggle will move on. We have many leaders who are waiting to take over and we will not go backwards, but move ahead with ____________________ Indians in Malaysia.” Malaysia has ____________________ weeks by ethnic tensions. Public protests and marches are taking place in the streets and police are reacting violently, ____________________ canons and baton charges. Hundreds of Indians have been injured. The demonstrations are the biggest in Malaysia in over a decade and the government ____________________ this usually peaceful, multiracial country. Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharom told The Associated Press: "This ____________________ they [the Indians] have been causing a lot of problems for the public." Hindraf is demanding ____________________ treatment for Indians. It says Malaysia gives unfair, preferential treatment to Muslim Malays, which means Indians ____________________ business, jobs and education. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘ethnic’ and ‘tension’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
STUDENT ETHNIC TENSIONS SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about ethnic tensions in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGECORRECT WORD: Put the correct words from ad below in the article. The Malaysian government is getting (1) ____ with ethnic Indians who are complaining about racial discrimination. Indians make (2) ____ around eight percent of Malaysia's population of 27 million people, but community leaders say they do not (3) ____ the same rights as Malays and Chinese. Police arrested five activists from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on Thursday. The five are being held (4) ____ the controversial Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial. Hindraf member S. Jayathas told the Associated Free Press news agency that: "Regardless of the arrests, this (5) ____ will move on. We have many leaders who are waiting to take over and we will not go backwards, but (6) ____ ahead with the fight for the rights of Indians in Malaysia.” Malaysia has been (7) ____ in recent weeks by ethnic tensions. Public protests and marches are taking place in the streets and police are reacting violently, using (8) ____ gas, water canons and baton charges. Hundreds of Indians have been injured. The demonstrations are the biggest in Malaysia (9) ____ over a decade and the government fears ethnic unrest in this usually peaceful, multiracial country. Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharom told The Associated Press: "This action is necessary because they [the Indians] have been (10) ____ a lot of problems for the public." Hindraf is demanding equality and fair treatment for Indians. It says Malaysia gives (11) ____, preferential treatment to Muslim Malays, which means Indians are being held (12) ____ in business, jobs and education.
WRITING:Write about racial discrimination for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about the current problems in Malaysia. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. RACIAL TENSIONS: Make a poster about the different racial and ethnic groups in your country. Highlight the problems each group faces. Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all include similar things? 4. DISCRIMINATION: Write a magazine article about the effects of discrimination on a family. Include imaginary interviews with someone who discriminates against ethnic minorities in his/her country and a person who is discriminated against. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down new words and expressions. 5. LETTER: Write a letter to your government leaders. Give them three suggestions on what they should do to create a more tolerant society. Give them three reasons they should take your advice. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Malaysia crackdown on ethnic IndiansThe Malaysian government is getting tough with ethnic Indians who are complaining about racial discrimination. Indians make up around eight percent of Malaysia's population of 27 million people, but community leaders say they do not enjoy the same rights as Malays and Chinese. Police arrested five activists from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on Thursday. The five are being held under the controversial Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial. Hindraf member S. Jayathas told the Associated Free Press news agency that: "Regardless of the arrests, this struggle will move on. We have many leaders who are waiting to take over and we will not go backwards, but move ahead with the fight for the rights of Indians in Malaysia.” Malaysia has been rocked in recent weeks by ethnic tensions. Public protests and marches are taking place in the streets and police are reacting violently, using tear gas, water canons and baton charges. Hundreds of Indians have been injured. The demonstrations are the biggest in Malaysia in over a decade and the government fears ethnic unrest in this usually peaceful, multiracial country. Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharom told The Associated Press: "This action is necessary because they [the Indians] have been causing a lot of problems for the public." Hindraf is demanding equality and fair treatment for Indians. It says Malaysia gives unfair, preferential treatment to Muslim Malays, which means Indians are being held back in business, jobs and education. LANGUAGE WORK
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