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How did Franz's feelings about M. Hamel and school change?
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The people in this story suddenly realize how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen?
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Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” What could this mean?
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“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”
Can you think of examples in history where conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?
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What happens to a linguistic minority in a state? How do you think they can keep their language alive? For example:
Punjabis in Bangalore
Tamilians in Mumbai
Kannadigas in Delhi
Gujaratis in Kolkata
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Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far? Do you know what ‘linguistic chauvinism’ means?
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English is a language that contains words from many other languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a world language, for example:-
petite – French
kindergarten – German
capital – Latin
democracy – Greek
bazaar – Hindi
Find out the origin of the following words.
Tycoon, tulip, logo, bandicoot, barbecue, veranda, robot, zero, ski, trek
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Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meanings.
“What a thunderclap these words were to me!”
The words were ___________________ .
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Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meanings.
“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”
It is as if they have the key to the prison as long as they _______________ .
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Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meanings.
Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time.
You will get to your school _______________
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Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meanings.
I never saw him look so tall.
M. Hamel _____________________ .
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Find out about the following (You may go to the internet, interview people, consult reference books or visit a library.)
(a) Linguistic human rights
(b) Constitutional guarantees for linguistic minorities in India
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Given below is a survey form. Talk to at least five of your classmates and fill in the information you get in the form.
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Write a notice for your school bulletin board. Your notice could be an announcement of a forthcoming event, or a requirement to be fulfilled, or a rule to be followed.
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Have you ever changed your opinion about someone or something that you had earlier liked or disliked? Narrate what led you to change your mind.
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Ageing is a natural process; have you ever thought what our elderly parents expect from us?
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What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
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Why are the young trees described as 'sprinting'?
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Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children ‘spilling out of their homes’?
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Why has the mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon'?
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