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jzitrin

May 7, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson - 0 views

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value-of-language language-gender-and-culture

shared by jzitrin on 24 Jan 23 - No Cached
  • jzitrin on 24 Jan 23
     
    Mothers', not Mother's.
Van Piercy

Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter - 98.04 - 0 views

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fiction letter India elderly modernity reading education

shared by Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13 - No Cached
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Interruptions of family and memory by media. Invasiveness of technology.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      What thought exactly? Is there ambiguity here between the thought of her d-in-law's light skin and her roasted cumin skin?
  • he thought fills her with an uneasy pride.
  • ...52 more annotations...
  • while disembodied TV laughter echoes through the room
  • Mrs. Basu
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Friend from India, old previous home.
  • Sagar
  • Shyamoli
  • Mrinalini
  • Pradeep
  • bent over a model plane.
  • Molli
  • labor strike, everything closed down, not even the buses running. But you can't really blame them, can you? After all, factory workers have to eat too.
  • Are you happy in America?
  • Mrs. Dutta knows that Mrs. Basu, who has been her closest friend since they both moved to Ghoshpara Lane as young brides, cannot be fobbed off with descriptions of Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge, or even with anecdotes involving grandchildren. And so she has been putting off her reply, while in her heart family loyalty battles with insidious feelings of -- but she turns from them quickly and will not name them even to herself.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      What is Mrs. D. struggling with? What are her concerns? What are her "insidious feelings"?
  • children being allowed to close their doors against their parents.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Culture clash over ideas of privacy and individuality.
  • though the minty toothpaste does not leave her mouth feeling as clean as does the bittersweet neem stick she's been using all her life.
  • "But, Mom, she's in there. She's been there forever... " Mrinalini says.
  • Whenever she lifted her hand to him, her heart was pierced through and through. Such is a mother's duty.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Conflicting ideas of corporal punishment and the role or place (?) of familial, maternal bonds.
  • Mrs. Dutta bends over the sink, fists tight in the folds of her sari. Hard with the pounding in her head to think what she feels most -- anger at the children for their rudeness, or at Shyamoli for letting them go unrebuked. Or is it shame she feels (but why?), this burning, acid and indigestible, that coats her throat in molten metal?
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Difficulty of the culture clash, its costs.
  • alu dum
  • the meat safe
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Notions of privation? Language and terminology.
  • ground fresh by Reba, the maid,
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      The maid!
  • coriander, cumin, cloves, black pepper, a few red chilies for vigor
  • Proper Indian food
  • "cholesterol," "all putting on weight," "she's spoiling you."
  • she might as well admit it a disappointment.
  • For this she blames, in part, the Olan Mills portrait. Perhaps it was foolish of her to set so much store by a photograph, especially one taken years ago. But it was such a charming scene -- Mrinalini in a ruffled white dress with her arm around her brother, Pradeep chubby and dimpled in a suit and bow tie, a glorious autumn forest blazing red and yellow behind them. (Later Mrs. Dutta was saddened to learn that the forest was merely a backdrop in a studio in California, where real trees did not turn such colors.)
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Fake America.
  • A strange concept, a day set aside to honor mothers. Did the sahibs not honor their mothers the rest of the year, then?)
  • others, who thought of her as a shy, sheltered woman
  • being mistress of her own life
  • Even in bed she'd been at the center of the household,
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      The change of her role.
  • Therefore she had no reason to get well.
  • even though they have put away, somewhere in the back of a closet, the vellum-bound Ramayana for Young Readers that she carried all the way from India in her hand luggage.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Sad loss of heritage, traditions, hopes of previous generation.
  • Indian Shyamoli, the docile bride she'd mothered for a month before putting her on a Pan Am flight to join her husband
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Some of Shyamoli's background.
  • And being the only Indian family on the street, we have to be extra careful. People here sometimes"
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Bits of racism.
  • She knew she should not store unclean clothes in the same room where she kept the pictures of her gods. That would bring bad luck. And the odor.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      A basic metaphysical distinction for her: clean, holy versus dirty, profane.  And how it works in her world versus an American's world.
  • wisps of lace, magenta and sea- green and black, that were her panties,
  • he wished the ground would open up and swallow her, like the Sita of mythology.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Differences in sense of modesty, what to be embarrassed about. 
  • "No, no, no, clothes and all is no work for the man of the house. I'll do it."
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Old gender roles, but also her sense of modesty.
  • So she has taken to washing her clothes in the bathtub when she is alone
  • Ignorance, as Mrs. Dutta knows well from years of managing a household, is a great promoter of harmony
Asha Infoetch

Apply for Online TEFL Course - 0 views

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Online TEFL Course TESOL Teacher Training India

shared by Asha Infoetch on 12 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Asha Infoetch on 12 Jul 12
     
    Teacher Training Course Teachers training courses are very popular among teachers who crave to teach abroad and in their home countries. Online TESOL Course or TEFL course in distance is thus a perfect opportunity for second language English teachers. The international teaching certificate is what will help teachers getting teaching job abroad and in India.
Asha Infoetch

Where Can I Do My TEFL Training? - 0 views

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tefl training

shared by Asha Infoetch on 20 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Asha Infoetch on 20 Aug 12
     
    Teaching English is a very popular career option in today's globalized world. Those aspiring to take up a career teaching ESL (English as Second Language) must be fluent in English, with a sound educational background and must have completed a certified English teacher training course. There are plenty of online teacher training courses for those...
Patricia Cone

Tip 109 - iFake Text - 0 views

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text faketext.com middleschool language writing tools

shared by Patricia Cone on 03 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Patricia Cone on 03 Jan 12
     
     I believe "iFake Text" is a great example of  a simple tool that can allow your students to show what they know in a unique or novel way by emulating a text message conversation on an iPhone. Tammy Worcester
John Atkinson

Lexipedia - Where words have meaning - 0 views

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Dictionary thesaurus vocabulary Visualization reference language words research

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  • John Atkinson on 01 Feb 12
     
    Beautiful thesaurus / dictionary / demonstaration of words' relationships.
Dana Huff

AAUP: New-Media Literacies - 3 views

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media language english literacy

shared by Dana Huff on 05 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 05 Jun 10
     
    Being literate in a real-world sense means being able to read and write using the media forms of the day, whatever they may be. For centuries, consuming and producing words through reading and writing and, to a lesser extent, listening and speaking were sufficient. But because of inexpensive, easy-to-use, and widely available new tools, literacy now requires being conversant with new forms of media as well as text, including sound, graphics, and moving images.
Alison Hall

Learning Vocabulary Fun - 1 views

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activities english games language words

shared by Alison Hall on 21 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Alison Hall on 21 Aug 08
     
    Vocabulary Building for K-12 & ESL Students
Cindy Marston

Learning technology teacher development blog for ELT - 0 views

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english games language multimedia teacherresource video

shared by Cindy Marston on 24 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Cindy Marston on 24 Jun 08
     
    tech help blog for English teachers
Patrick Higgins

The Impact of Electronic Communication on Writing - 0 views

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communication impact writing research webliteracy publishing

shared by Patrick Higgins on 30 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Whether one views these changes as positive or negative depends on how closely one believes writing should adhere to the conventions of formal writing we have hitherto accepted, and how much one supports the goal of establishing the student's authority as a writer. Some writing instructors philosophize that since e-writing tools and e-language will continue to change, they must teach what will not change: the connection between thinking and writing and the ability to articulate what one knows (Leibowitz, 1999). This standpoint will certainly encourage teachers to continue seeking more effective ways of using the e-tools in writing instruction.
  • Patrick Higgins on 30 Dec 08
     
    Should your students be writing in electronic formats? I think so.
Cindy Marston

Wired for Books - 0 views

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books english language mp3 reading

shared by Cindy Marston on 09 Jun 07 - Cached
  • Cindy Marston on 09 Jun 07
     
    Emailed link to English teachers 6/07
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