H3A

written text: Flight by Katherine Susannah Pritchard

audio visual: Australian Rules by Paul Goodman


FLIGHT
Story deals with influence of the law, made by colonizers, on 3
aboriginal girls
Story deals with oppression, resistance and difference in culture
New identities, new culture
Question of authority

AUSTRALIAN RULES
story of 16 year old Gary Black average football player, budding
wordsmith and reluctant hero. Gary helps his local team win the
championship by accident, but celebrations turn to violence when
Garys Aboriginal best friend, Dumby Red, is denied the Best and
Fairest medal because of the racism of local officials. In a night when
the towns long-simmering racial tensions boil over, Dumby Red is shot
and killed and Gary, making a courageous personal stand, confronts the
insidious racism in the town and his own father.

Multicultural made out of diverse cultures & ethnic communities
Multiculturalism is an official government policy promote cultural
integration
Heart to national identity & intrinsic to Australias history and
character
Multiculturalism started with the first European settlers then
many other migrants from 30 countries
Positive feature - Enhances respect and support for cultural,
linguistic and religious diversities.
Negative features leads to racism and inequality (Australian
Rules) even in a multicultural society certain people of certain
races view themselves as superior and mistreat others of different
cultural or racial backgrounds
Establishment of Australian Multicultural Council implement
National Anti-Racism Partnership & Strategy, Multicultural Arts &
Festival Grants, Multicultural Youth Sports Program
know who you are Gary Black knew













The Relative Advantages of Learning my Language by Amy Choi

Language can empower people by using it in a positive way. broadens
his or her social, economic and cultural horizons in quite a profound
way. E.g. In the short story The relative Advantages of Learning my
Language, Amy is empowered by being able to communicate with
people of the same culture and language
disempower people by degrading them or harming their self-image. It
can completely wipe out a part of someone's identity by using
derogatory language. It can leave a negative impression on people and
cause their emotions to deflate. E.g in the short story, The Most
Beautiful thing, language disempowered the female character, Emily, as
she was deaf and it ruined her self-esteem as she didnt feel comfortable
to try to talk so she uses a notebook to communicate with others
People can influence others in the short film The most beautiful
thing, the main character, Brandon, used language to influence Emily
to try to speak.


Personal experience difficulty in communicating with my family members
due to language and cultural misunderstandings when using English -
grandmother is not fluent in English ( speaks hokkien, a chinese dialect) I
dont speak hokkien language1 barrier made it tough to communicate
Learnt that it is good to pick up a new language as it can broaden my cultural
horizon
Amy choi grandfather was very traditional write poetry on paper rolls &
read it to her Amy was not interested and didnt put any effort into learning
eventually she lost the chinese language


I would like to nominate the issue from unit 3A written text
Let me begin with unit 3A and thereafter I will move on to unit 3B