Thinking Activity: The White Tiger

 

1. How far do you agree with the India represented in the novel The White Tiger?

 

Ans:- The representation of India is advanced it is also poor, corrupt, acting, and cheating. Surprisingly, I agree, not only India, but all the countries in the world have this kind of bad problem. But that doesn’t make it all bad. Adiga is clinging to the ghats of India. The novel was short-lived in the years 2008, then progressing strongly. But even after that, the fulfillment of that talk is the destruction of poverty, corruption, and corruption in India. Landlords who live far away from some places rule over the people of the city. Many people are also not properly educated. So, not allowed by India, but introduced by Adiga, introduced by “White Tiger”, but that’s not what we’re talking about.

 

(2) Do you believe that Balram's story is the archetype of all stories of 'rags to riches'?

 

Ans:- We can see that at the end of the stories depicting the poor as the central character make the poor rich. We can see a lot of people who are like Balaram. Belonging to a poor and extended family, who has not completed their studies, who goes to work from an early age and who has insulted the rich. Such stories depict the struggle of the poor to achieve their dream and to become rich. Ways to reach the goal of wealth may be different in each story but suffering is always the same. So, in this way, we can say that Balram's story is the wonder of all the stories of 'Ragathi Reaches'.

 

(3) "Language bears within itself the necessity of its own critique, deconstructive criticism aims to show that any text inevitably undermines its own claims to have a determinate meaning, and licences the reader to produce his own meanings out of it by an activity of semantic 'free play' (Derrida, 1978, in Lodge, 1988, p. 108). Is it possible to do deconstructive reading of The White Tiger? How?

 

Ans:-  Yes, it is possible to deconstruct "White Tiger". We can deconstruct it with the help of Derrida's notion of the meaning of the free play. To break the language we need to find its loose stone. The yellow stone of "The White Tiger" is that Balram himself says that he is "semi-supported". This word breaks the philosophy and all the ideals that Balram gives by giving his own example. Because he is not fully educated. He understands things with the limited power of analysis. He allocates deep shallow philosophies to his shallow thoughts and thinking. For example, he compares the idea of ​​killing his master to gaining freedom with the knowledge of the Buddha.

Thinking Activity: on@tcc

 

Globalization

I.            Cultural uniformity of workers in the call center

II.            Employee performance

III.            English language issue

IV.            Growing awareness of techniques

V.            Man and Woman are the same

VI.            Revolution

VII.            Increased anxiety, fear, and stress.

 

Globalization is the opening of a local and nationalist perspective to a broader view of an interconnected and interdependent world with free transfer of capital, goods, and services across national borders. Globalization has both positive and negative effects. And standards of life and quality of life. In this novel, we find globalization that Chetan Bhagat wants to send a message to Indians that they are well paid to work in a call center, but it gives them the opportunity to do something else or for their skills and creativity. In this novel we find globalization

 

Self-help book ...

 

The self-help book is about helping to create ethical lessons, problem-solving, and personal philosophy. Self-help book means self-improvement, style - non-fiction book. Self-help books mostly focus on popular psychology such as romantic relationships, or aspects of the mind and human behavior. God’s call on Tcc shows the moral message and develops the confidence of the characters. We see all the characters suffer in their lives. All these problems we find in our real life and also in society. With the help of the book type, we find the solution to the problem. Chetan Bhagat presents the real-life situation of the people and how they manage all that life. Basically, the main intention of the self-help book is to instruct readers at the end of the novel by providing them a path for coming out from their problems. Along with its realistic representation of society, it also falls under self-help books. In the novel, all the characters are facing one or another kind of problems in their life.

Thinking Activity: Teaching Language through Literature

 

Introduction

 

English education in India is largely based on the teaching of literature. It has only changed in recent years from teaching language to literature. The relationship between literature and English language education has been a difficult one during all these years. In many situations, when English language teaching took a structured approach, literature was taught as a separate subject. Nevertheless, current approaches have endeavored to review the value of literature and have begun to maintain its value again. These approaches emphasize the value of teaching literature in many ways, primarily as an agent for language development and improvement. Literature is an oral art that draws readers to appreciate the beauty of language. Literature is used in English language education to give students a sense of the classics of literature, to increase the general cultural awareness of students, to stimulate students' creative and literary imagination, and to develop their appreciation of literature. Literary texts provide a rich source of linguistic input and in addition to giving learners examples of grammatical compositions and presenting new vocabulary, skills in four languages ​​- listening, speaking, reading, and writing -. Literary texts provide opportunities for multi-social classroom experiences and can appeal to a variety of learning styles. Literature is beginning to be seen as a suitable vehicle for language learning and development, as it now focuses on language and authentic conditions.

 

What sort of activities or tasks can be designed to teach language using a 'novel' or 'short story'.

 

 

·        The use of literature in the ELT classroom is enjoying revival for many reasons. Literature became less popular after becoming part of traditional language teaching approaches when the focus began on language teaching and functional use of language through teaching.

 

·        However, the role of literature in the ELT classroom has been re-evaluated and many now see literature (novel and short story) as rich linguistic input, an effective source of inspiration for students to express themselves in other languages ​​and a potential source of learning. Inspiration. .

 

·        Literary texts can be studied in their original forms or in simpler or shorter versions. Growing up stories in English are written especially for learners of other languages. Types of literary novels and short stories that can be studied inside and outside the ELT classroom

 

What sort of activities or tasks can be designed to teach language using a 'film or videos

 

·        Video materials provide visual aids for the listening materials that learners are exposed to When they are practicing their listening skills, learners often find it difficult to hold their attention long enough once they are exposed to long conversations or passages without visual aids.

 

·        Videos can provide much more information for listeners and

·        can keep the attention focused on the aural material. On the other hand, authentic video materials can create a more realistic language learning environment and stimulate learners’ interest in English learning and enhance their comprehensive linguistic competence.

 

·        Language learning theories state that the process of language learning includes three key parts: language input (reading and listening), assimilation internal processing and memorization, and language output speaking, writing, and translation.