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Tasks: Malala Yousafzai

Translate:

Translate the text found in the box below into English. Focus on staying as close to the meaning of the original text as possible while at the same time making the language as idiomatic as possible.

Talk about the translation:

When you have finished, compare your translation to a classmate's, before talking about the translations in class.

  • What was the trickiest part of the text to translate and why?
  • Can different translations be equally correct? Why / why not?

Discuss:

Work with a partner and read the following quotations by Malala. What does she mean by each? Do you agree or disagree with what she is saying? Give reasons for your answer.

  1. One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
  2. When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
  3. Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow.
  4. Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.
  5. If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?
  6. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.

Research:

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded since 1901.

Pick someone who has won the Nobel Peace Prize, explain why they were given the award, and discuss whether giving them the award had a positive effect on their work for peace. You can choose any winner of the award.

Make an illustrated presentation that can be held before a group or in class.

In the box below, you will find a short list of winners you may find interesting.

Malala Yousafzai
Desmond Tutu
Dalai Lama
Martin Luther King Jr.
Henry Kissinger
The European Union
Barack H. Obama
Liu Xiaobo
Yasser Arafat
Fridtjof Nansen
Aun Sang Suu Kyi
Rigoberta Menchú

Read:

The text in the box below was written by Hinna Asefi Wardak for UNICEF's Voices of Youth. Wardak is a UNICEF youth Ambassador in Afghanistan. It was published in December 2020. Click on the arrow, read the text, then answer the questions below.

  1. What is the message of the text?
  2. What rhetorical and literary devices are used in the text, and how do they help convey the text's message?
  3. What does the text tell you about what it was like to grow up in Afghanistan in 2020?

Write:

Below, you will find some statements. Pick one of them to discuss. Remember that in a discussion text you have to look at different sides; you cannot just argue for your own opinions.

  1. Today, men and women have achieved full equality in Norway.
  2. Girls everywhere should be given the same rights and opportunities as boys, regardless of their country's culture, traditions, or religion.
  3. Gender equality should not be a goal: men and women have different strengths and weaknesses. The education system should reflect that difference.
  4. The road to ending poverty is helping women in poor countries. When women get an education and a job, it helps a whole family. If we are able to end poverty in the future, it will happen because women are empowered.

Relatert innhold

This article gives a brief description of Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and her work.

CC BY-SASkrevet av Tone Hesjedal.
Sist faglig oppdatert 23.02.2021

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