Sijaintisi: WebQuest / WebQuest on Cultural Diversity


II WATCH A FILM

After reading the memo you wrote, you and your colleagues know that the person leaving for Leicester will be living and working in a very multicultural environment. Having read many websites, you have also learned a lot about race and ethnicity and maybe your initial definition of 'racism', for example, is beginning to change. Today it is the second day of your quest and you decide to change your point of view and to take a look at life in Britain from the immigrants' perspective. You start to wonder, what kind of experience is immigration to Britain for the immigrants? What similarities are there in the immigrants' home culture and British culture? What differences? What practical problems do the immigrants face? You decide that you want to learn about immigrant experiences by watching a film, and after that you can maybe give your colleagues some concrete examples of 'culture clash'.



Task

In this step of the WebQuest, your task is to watch one film which tells about Asian immigrants into Britain. You can choose between two films: Bend it like Beckham and East is East. Before making the choice, you can familiarise yourself with the films by visiting their websites or by reading reviews of the films - use the links below.

After you have chosen which film to watch, go on to the next step to see the more specific task instructions.


 

N.B. If you have already seen both films, or if you prefer to work with written text, you can also get corresponding information by watching another film of your choice or by reading, for example, a novel that tells about (Asian) immigrants into Britain, such as Zadie Smith's White Teeth (2000) that you can find at the Jyväskylä Public Library. If you choose this option

-> go to page 2c.

 





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