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‘I broke a law simply by being born.’ In the late 1980s, Shen Yang was born during the fiercest years of China’s One-Child Policy. As the second daughter of the family, she was a massive liability – an excess child, a product of illegal birth. From being raised by her grandparents in a remote village as soon as she was born, to being whisked away to her aunt’s home in a distant faraway city, Shen Yang’s existence was doomed to be shrouded in the utmost secrecy and silence. Armed with a false identity and ID card, she experienced years of neglect and humiliation from her aunt’s volatile family who saw her as yet another burden to bear. On top of it all, it seemed her own biological parents had come to forget about her. In a riveting memoir, by turns witty and inspiring, Shen Yang bravely provides a vivid account of the family planning era in China, as she jots down her journey towards overcoming the limits of her upbringing and forging her own identity amidst the sorrows of her childhood. More than One Child is not only Shen Yang’s story; it is the untold story of the enormous, yet invisible community of excess-birth children. And this book is Shen Yang’s way of saying goodbye to her childhood, and goodbye to an era. The book sparked a lot of interest in the western media and has already been translated into Finnish and Arabic.
Designed for teaching at Council of Europe language level CEF - B1/B2. Where CEF is Common European Framework. Each contains 10 complete photocopiable lessons Designed for conversation classes of about 50 minutes, where class numbers fluctuate, students may not know each other, and teachers have little or no preparation time. With this material teachers can facilitate such classes effectively with a minimum of ‘teacher talk’. Lessons start with an introduction to the topic, then a group activity, followed by a clearly set out choice of activities – simulation (role-play), games, discussion points. The variety of topics, and choice of activities (up to 4 pages per unit), make these self contained resource materials ideal for hard pressed teachers with access to a photocopier. Conversation Book 1 Topics: The Zoo with Room Service Ghosts in the Machine Nightmare Holiday A Royal Family Ideal Homes? Heroes and Heroines The Hard Sell Fun with Food Crime never pays The future
