Exercises

1. Ladakh

• Find Ladakh on a map and find out details about this area, for instance, how high the town Leh is situated in altitude?
• Find facts about Ladakh and make a list with at least five important keywords. See http://www.sentient-entity.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ladakh.html
• Discuss differences and similarities between being young in Ladakh and in your country.
• Write a letter to a young person in Asia who does not know anything about life in your country and email the letter to the debate forum at Black Box's homepage at http://www.blackboxes.org. In your letter, explain how it is to be young in your country. 

2. The one and only - Lonely hearts ads from Asia and Denmark

Have a look at the loneley hearts ads in the Word document

The one and only.doc (29 KB)

• Have a look at the texts
• Analyse which values the ads ask for and call attention to
• Discuss differences and similarities between the lonely hearts ads from Asia and Denmark
• Write your own lonely hearts ad (without your name and address) and email it to the debate forum on Black Box's homepage: http://www.blackboxes.org.

3. Boyfriends, girlfriends and marriage

• Discuss different ways to get a boy friend or girl friend - and to get married.
• Why do some young people choose to let their parents find them a husband or wife?
• Why do some families force their children to get married? Discuss advantages and disadvantages.
• Would your parents forbid you to marry? What might their reasons be?
• What would you do yourself when you get children and they find a girlfriend or boyfriend or get married?
• Which do you prefer: marriage as a marriage of love or an arranged marriage? Write a contribution to the debate forum at the Black Box website at http://www.blackboxes.org with arguments both for and against.

Girls playing in their lunch break Photo: Torben Nissen

Family - China Photo: Xuan Lin