V2013

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Listening practice 

V2013 - video 

Team work makes the dream work.

Instructions:
1. Form groups of 4 (put your tables together). Every group will be
    assigned a letter (group A, Group B etc.)

2. One laptop per group

3. One person is going to grab his/her laptop and join this LessonUp. Put
    down your name as 'Group A' or 'Group B' etc. 

Team work makes the dream work.

Listening exercise (video part):

• The teacher will play the video on the big screen. The accompanying question is shown on your laptop and on your hand-outs.
• As a group, you have to decide which answer is correct. If opinions differ, discuss! What did you hear? How do you know that's the answer? This is the most important part of the exercise!
• As a group, decide on your final answer.
• Then submit the answer to lessonup.

1. What is Doris Lessing's reaction to being a celebrity?

1. She streses that being an author and a public figure are separate entities.
2. She is glad that she is now appreciated both professionally and personally.
3. She acknowledges that it is important for authors to be involved socially.

2. What point does Maggie Gee make about Doris Lessing's childhood?

1. It gave Doris Lessing a freedom of spirit as well as a feeling of being insignificant
2. It provided the agricultural background to much of Doris Lessing's literary work.
3. It was a time that Doris Lessing has every reason to be sentimental about.

3. Wat aspect of her time in Africa is predominant in what Doris Lessing says here?

1. absurdity
2. discomfort
3. suffering

4. What aspect of Doris Lessing's work does Maggie Gee emphasize here?

1. the fantasy and science fiction element
2. The idea that humans are not central in space
3. the cynicism in much of her fiction

5. What is highlighted by Doris Lessing in this passage?

1. The importance of reading for her writing career.
2. The delight that reading and literature gave her.
3. The gratitude that she feels towards her parents.

6. Which is true with regard to Doris Lessing's son, Peter, from what is said here?

1. Peter's birth was the reason Doris Lessing fell out with her parents.
2. Peter is the reason Doris Lessing will probably not write another book.
3. Doris Lessing left her first husband when she was expecting Peter.

7. What is the reason given here for Doris Lessing leaving her first two children?

1. She had to in order to pursue her writing career.
2. She was suffering from a depression at the time.
3. She was trying to save both herself and her childen.

8. What does Doris Lessing's plea for literature boil down to?

1. People in Africa are even hungrier for novels than for food.
2. Reading is a good way to learn if you cannot access the internet.
3. Getting people to read will help to develop the African continent.

9. What was Doris Lessing's position in the England of 1949?

1. She did well as a writer, but was looked down upon by the English elite.
2. She was ignored as the English were too busy recovering from the war.
3. She was an alien to English society, but she used this to her advantage.

10. What, judging from Marsha Rowe's words, is the Golden Notebook basically about?

1. Losing yourself and emerging with something better.
2. The economic segregations threatening society.
3. The growing awareness of women in those days.

11. What notion is put forward here with regard to lunacy?

1. Doris needed to be in touch with insane people in order to avoid going mad herself.
2. In the 1960s and 1970s many people were interested in sanity and insanity.
3. Tackling personal crises head on almost drove Doris Lessing insane.

12. What is prominent in Doris Lessing's work of the 1980s and 1990s?

1. The bleak outlook that is presented for society and for humanity.
2. The fact that she drops all her old themes in favour of new ones.
3. The solutions she presents for the problems mankind is facing.

13. Why does Doris Lessing ironically call herself an optimist?

1. Fundamentally all is well with our planet.
2. People wil grow old no matter what misfortunes they meet with.
3. People are destructive, but some individuals will live on anyhow.

14. What appeal to herself is Doris Lessing making in her speech?

1. An appeal to be honest and kind.
2. An appeal to be modest.
3. An appeal to be true to her own standards.