家长可以让学生听听,背背,锻炼语感。
Jazz chant介绍请看
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Big books small books
Old books new books.
Books on the bookshelf.
Books on the floor.
Books on the table
Next to the door.
Books in the kitchen.
Books in the hall.
Books in the bedroom
Big and small.
让我们再看另一首chant“Where's Jack”(摘自Jazz Chants for Children,1986)。这首chant介绍了两组压韵词(know和go;here there和chair),特殊疑问句的结构(Where's Jack? Where did he go?)及其肯定与否定回答,还有两种时态(一般现在时和过去时)的对比。这首 chant 特别适合两人结对的问答和角色扮演的情景语言练习。
Where’s Jack?
He’s not here.
Where did he go?
I don’t know.
Where’s Mary?
She’s not here.
Where did she go?
I don’t know.
Where are Sue and Bobby?
They’re not here.
Where did they go?
I don’t know.
Where’s Mr. Brown?
He’s over there.
Where?
Over there
Asleep in the chair.
下面的“You Speak English Very Well”(摘自Small Talk1986)则生动刻画了一位来自亚洲的学生逐渐适应接受别人夸奖的心理变化曲线。对包括中国在内的广大亚洲学习者来说,面对别人的夸奖时,大多数人仍习惯说“no”,这时的问题就不再是语言本身,而是来自文化层面上了(也可说包括了语用能力)。Jazz Chants就针对这些问题,不但教人学习语言与语音,更让人学会适应一种新的文化与习俗,而且是循序渐进、符合学习者本身的心理发展规律的。
You speak English very well.
Oh no not really.
Yes you do you really do.
No I don’t.
Yes you do.
No I don’t.
That’s not true.
Yes it is.
You really do speak English very well.
Thank you.
You are very kind.
No I mean it.
I really mean it.
Thank you.
You are very kind.
No I mean it.
I really mean it.
You really do speak English very well.
Thank you.
三、China Chants
上海外语教育出版社2004年出版的《我爱学英语 第1册(China Chants I)》是 Graham和唐力行两位教授合作,专为中国青少年英语学习者而编写的。这本教材包括了40首适合小学和初中学生的chant和歌曲。和其他Jazz Chants一样,该书中的 chant 自然并有节奏感,有趣味而又有意义。此外该书还针对中国学生经常碰到的语音方面的困难作为重点,让学生们练习美国英语的发音、重音、语调。以下这首“Sky Chant”就是帮助中国学生区别几个特别容易混淆的发音:light night right。同时它还训练了一些同韵词的发音:gray/today;light/night/right/tonight 等。
Look at the sky.
What color is the sky?
The sky is blue.
That's right!
Is it light blue?
Yes it is.
But it'll be dark tonight.
Is it gray today?
No it's not.
The sky's not gray today.
The sky is blue light blue.
But
it'll be dark tonight.
That's right!
China Chants还重点训练了大量在听力、发音方面中国学生比较容易混淆的单词(如 learn/turn/dirt; cow/how/bow; oil/boil/spoil; shot/short/shout等等)。对英语口语常用的弱读形式、连读、重音、节奏、语调等方面提供了大量的听说实例和练习。此外,China Chants还介绍了主要的英语句子结构和时态,并收集了许多习惯用法、国籍、人名,以及语言功能。