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Urdu GCSE, AS / A2 Study Day
Film - English Vinglish
Thu 21 November 2013
10:30 - 15:00. Doors open to school groups: 10.00
Recommended for GCSE and GCE Urdu
£3 per student, 158 places
Led by Sheraz Ali, Urdu Lecturer, the University of Manchester and Urdu Teacher at Levenshulme High School
Projector is a collaboration project between Routes into Languages NW & Cornerhouse Manchester. This is a year-round education programme, which uses film, moving image and contemporary art to enrich students’ learning and bring innovation to the classroom.
The Urdu film study session will use the film English Vinglish to address the theme of a woman’s awakening self-respect. The post-screening activities will address the main themes in the film which include: diversity, tolerance, traditions and language barriers.
Students will watch a full screening of the film and this will be followed by a series of Urdu GCSE and AS/A2 level language exercises based on the film's main characters and using the themes of home, family, self respect and cultural diversity. Film released in Hindi language but spoken Urdu and Hindi is the same. Both languages followed a different writing script. Study session activities will be only in Urdu with Urdu script.
Film details: English Vinglish (PG). Dir Gauri Shinde/ 2012 / 134 mins. In Hindi with English subtitles. Sridevi, Adul Hussain, Neelu Sodhi, Damian Thompson, Ross Nathan.
Money, fame and knowledge of English. In India, these three factors play a huge role in how society judges an individual. English Vinglish is the story of a woman who does not know English and is made to feel insecure by her family and society at large. The film is a light -hearted yet touching and transformational journey of Shashi. Circumstances make her determined to overcome this insecurity, master the language, teach the world a lesson on the way to becoming a self-assured and confident woman.
