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Module 5: Developing Self-knowledge of ASEAN

Activities

Activity 2

Listen to the following video clip and summarize the gist of the speech.

Keynote Speech by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People's Forum (Jakarta, Indonesia – May 3-5, 2011)

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5nOVSd_imI

retrieved 8/2/2014)

The gist of the speech concerning ASEAN

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The gist of the speech
ASEAN is vital to our interests; ASEAN is vital to our future. And we hope that we also are vital to ASEAN.
I hope the time will come when there will be a free exchange of ideas and of peoples between our two countries and between the other countries of ASEAN. That the time will come, when we all agree that we want a better world based on basic human rights for all of us.

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Comprehension questions

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1. What is the name of the conference?		The ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s forum 3-5 May, 2011 Jakarta, Indonesia They wanted security, freedom, and to be free to shape their own destinies. Because their instincts told them that that was the kind of government that would look after their interests. The time will come when there will be a free exchange of ideas and of peoples between (our two countries and between) the other countries of ASEAN.
2. When was this conference?
3. Where did this conference take place?
4. What did the Burmese people want in Aung San’s opinion?
5. Why did the people who started the movement want a democratic government, in Aung San’s opinion?
6. What does Aung san hope?

C Useful vocabulary

List all useful vocabulary for further study	Click Answer Key
	Examples of useful vocabulary Vital to Asian value Struggle for democracy Western concept of democracy What they want … People could elect their own government A particular Burmese aspect to it Alteration from authoritarian rule to democracy Free exchange

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Activity 2