Lizzie- A Role Model for women nowadays!

After writing about the review on “Shakespeare Wallah” in my previous blog, now is the time for me to comment about one of the characters in the movie who is Lizzie. I was impressed with what she does in the film. After finish watching the movie, I totally agree with Lizzie’s decision to leave Sanju. For me, she has made the right decision for her life and should be the role model for women nowadays. There are few reasons that I am going to share with you why Lizzie should leave Sanju. Firstly, Sanju is a wealthy young Indian who flirts with the famous Indian film star, Manjula. He is not the type of man who seems to be committed in the relationship. Secondly, Sanju is a dominated man. He wants Lizzie to leave her career to be with him. This shows that he wants to control Lizzie’s life. Thirdly, Sanju is not an understanding man. He does not respect what Lizzie does and also does not care about Lizzi’s feelings and love towards her career. In my opinion, I feel that Lizzie makes a right decision to continue her career in London. It is because she is doing something she loves in life that is acting in Shakespeare play. Even though she has to leave the man that she loves, but relationship is not everything. At least, in the career she can achieve a bright future and it is more secure. However, if she chooses to be with Sanju, she might lose something that is important in her life and she might not be happy with it. With all the reason above, I feel that Lizzie is a role model for women nowadays because she is able to make a wise decision. Love is not everything. A woman has to consider all factors before they accept man’s marriage proposal. Women should not be blinded by love and they should think rationally in whatever decision they make.

My Review on "Shakepeare Wallah"

Last week, I have watched “Shakespeare Wallah” in class and now is the time for me to comment about the movie in this blog. Firstly, I am surprised when I realized that the setting of the movie is in India. It is because I feel that the setting of the movie should be in England after looking at the title of the movie. In spite of that,I feel that the plot of the story moves very slow when I find the early part of the movie is quite boring. However, in the middle of the movie, the part when Sanja is involved with two women in the story, I only start to pay attention and get to understand the play better. Furthermore, I could not really understand the languages in the movie. There are two languages are used in the movie, and I could only understand English which is the main language used by the actors. That is the sad part of it. If I can understand another language which is Hindi Language in the movie, I think that would help me to comprehend the play better eventhough it is used in the minor part of the movie . Moreover, there are variety of culture in the movie which I find interesting that are English culture and Indian culture. These two different cultures represent by different characters in the movie. For example, Lizzie, who is professional in acting a play where she put in so many efforts acting out in the Shakespeare’s play. Meanwhile, Manjula, a glamorous film star, sings her Indian songs with world-weary professionalism. For her, being popularity is important than being professional in the career.Unlike Lizzie who appreciate Shakespeare's play very much. It is sad to see that Manjula does not interested in Shakespeare’s play at all. This can be showed when she left the show earlier before the Shakespeare’s play finish. In addition, although Lizzie and Manjula are actresses, but the way they act or perform in the show are different in many ways. It is influenced by the culture which they are brought up from. Therefore, Lizzie is brought up by English culture and Manjula is brought by Indian culture. Last but not least, there is one thing that I feel upset with the movie. The film is shot in black and white. I could not have the chance to see the beautiful scenery in India and the other setting as well. I feel it would be better and rather interesting if the movie is in colour. In conclusion, the movie is interesting as it brings out the issue of different cultures in a country.

Teaching Literature is not an easy job…

Simulated teaching is one of the tasks in this course. Last week, some of my friends had done their simulated teaching in the class. Guess what I found out from them? I realized that teaching literature is not an easy job. There are many skills and strategies to be learned. There are few things that I have learned from my friends and I would like to share it here. Firstly, I learned that the way teacher communicates in class is important. An English teacher must be able to speak fluently. I realized that to speak like a teacher is not easy. It is because an English teacher has to master the verbal language in the classroom. For example, “That’s a good answer”, “well done”. These are some of the examples of verbal language that teacher need to know. Furthermore, teacher should repeat what students say when teacher asks them questions. For example, teacher has to say like this “what she says is…” This is to let other students know what their friend’s answer is clearly. Teacher has to share student’s answer with everybody. Besides that, teacher needs to know how to ask students questions as well. Teacher must be able to construct the questions appropriately and asks students about it. For example, “why do you say so?”, “what do you think?”, “what does it cause?” In my opinion, I feel that it is important for teacher to ask this kind of questions to simulate students to think critically. Last but not least, I learned that set induction is significant for a teacher to encourage students in learning literature. In order to get students’ attention in class and enjoy learning literature, teacher should carry out activities that are fun and interesting. In conclusion, I gain a lot from my friends’ simulated teaching as it reminds me what should I do and what I should not do when teaching in class.