Remarks


This WebQuest is based on the simple belief that requiring students to look for information themselves – with appropriate help – will make the task more enjoyable and the facts they find more memorable.

 

This WebQuest is a simplification  of the classical WebQuest format. It is designed as  a preliminary task for a projected,  experimental online film appreciation course for university students of English as a foreign language in the Czech Republic, Germany, India and Russia. After revision and improvements it will serve as a template for similar tasks for other films.


[NOTE...(February 2005) Several last-minute deletions have been made for copyright and similar reasons. This webquest will eventually be substantially revised.]

 

The full course will include a viewing of the film, live discussion with follow-up discussion on a dedicated email list and written assignments.

 

Some of the tables developed a will of their own,  and neither their width nor some of the vertical lines and elongated boxes are what their human creator wished for.

 


Dennis Newson

 Revised:  9th.  December 2003

                 6th. February 2005

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MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE

 

 

Pre-viewing questions.

 

Key in your answers in the spaces provided.

 

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Name:
 

Country of birth – nationality:  

 

Have you seen the film already?    Yes/No

 

Are you shocked by male homosexuality?   Yes/No

 

Do you think  (1) your parents (2) your grandparents are shocked my male homosexuality?  ((1)  Yes/No    (2)  Yes/No

 

What percentage of the population of the City of London (an area in the centre of London)  do you think are of Pakistani origin ?

 

 

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Use the links in each section to find the information necessary to  complete the form.

You can copy and paste if you wish, but it is not forbidden to first take brief notes on old-fashioned paper if you are happier working that way.

 

 

Key in  your answers in the spaces provided.

 

 

If you have limited or very slow access to the internet, use the CD-ROM provided.

 

 

You can work alone, in pairs or in small groups.

 

 

 

 

 

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE

 

 

Click!

 

Year         Director                    Screenplay                          from a novel by

 

 

Click!  

 

Cast

 

Saeed Jaffrey             ....                  

Roshan Seth             ....                   

Daniel Day-Lewis      ....       

Gordon Warnecke     ....                   

Derrick Branche        ....                   

Rita Wolf                   ....                  

Souad Faress            ....                   

Richard Graham       ....                   

Shirley Anne Field   ....                   

Winston Graham     ....                   

Charu Bala Chokshi ....                   

Dudley Thomas         ....                   

Garry Cooper             ....                   

Neil Cunningham    ....                   

Persis Maravala        ....       

 

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Resumé

 

Use the account of the film from the Amazon.co.uk site to complete this brief synopsis.

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…..   in the Pakistani community of London,  this film ….. the story of young Omar who ….. his childhood friend Johnny to help him  to ….. a laundrette given him by his uncle,  Nasser, who ……….  him to  make it a …...

 

Together, …..   …..  becoming lovers,  they …..  it into a  ….., with space invaders and video screens.

 

But trouble is only a …..  away , ……….  from Johnny’s former friends from the National Front.

 

Omar has problems with his ….., too.

 

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The film is set in the 1980s.

 

Select five events from 1979 - 1983  - national and international -  to  give a flavour of the times.

 

(Type in the dates you choose in the box provided on the website at the bottom of the page).

 

 

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Imagine you have been asked to help to produce a poster advertising “My Wonderful Laundrette”

 

Give 5 short quotes (one or two sentences at most) from reviews/ criticism of the film

that can be used on the poster.

 

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Omar and his uncle are Pakistani. Choose five important  facts from the CIA (!) site about Pakistan.

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What are the 2001 census figures for the percentage of the population of  the UK for people of Pakistani origin?

 

UK:

 

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What are the 2001 census figures for the percentage of the population of  the City of London  for people of Pakistani origin?

 

City of London: