一、缘起
这也是我们家孩子最近英文课本上的一篇优美的小短文,谈及蓝调音乐和爵士乐的起源、发展,以及基本概况。本文嵌入音频,展示如何辅导孩子使用影子跟读(Shadowing)方法去模仿文章的原版配音。这里指的影子跟读是在有辅助者(本文作者)的前提下,一起去跟读和伴读。在跟读和伴读的过程中,会听一段,暂停,让孩子模仿朗读,辅助孩子纠正发音,逼近原版配音的练习过程。因为完全独立自主的影子跟读法需要有一定的基础才可以进行,否则跟读学习会因为学习者自己的听辨能力水平,无法识别自己的读音和原版音频配音的区别在哪里,这样效果欠佳。而在有辅助者的旁听下,可以实时提醒孩子哪些发音是好的,哪些是需要纠正的。对于语言的语感、口音、节奏,和原版配音进行细节差异的比对讲解,让孩子听出差异,学会如何根据原版配音来学习跟读,为以后能完全自主进行Shadowing练习打好基础。
二、感悟
无论是成人学习者还是少儿学习者,我们都可以在学习英语的过程中去寻找乐趣,以有连接、有温度、有创意的方式去学习,学英语也不能仅仅是为了学英语,更是学习有价值的内容。同时,欣赏优质的内容,有助于唤起人对艺术、对审美的热爱,激发人自身对历史、文化、背景知识的兴趣。这篇课文的主题是“蓝调音乐和爵士乐”,所以我特地选取电影《海上钢琴师》片断,在学习过程中赏析,让孩子感受电影主人公—海上钢琴师是如何和黑人爵士乐的“鼻祖”在船上进行“斗琴”的,让孩子用耳朵感受音乐的魅力,用心感受电影主人公带着满满的爱意和美感,与听众、观众,用演奏钢琴,进行深层次的沟通。音乐是一种声音,语言也是一种声音,有爱的声音最美。
三、联想
本篇课文虽然短小,但也是非常有营养的小短文,文中提到的自从美国内战(1861-1865)结束之后,来自黑人的音乐开始变得越来越有影响力,越来越著名。这不禁让人想起,这个年代的烙印,正好契合在《海上钢琴师》电影中,生于1900年的主人公,他的英文名叫做1900(Nineteen Hundred),音乐和语言是相通的,主人公在斗琴过程中,只听了一遍对方演奏的曲子,便能一个音符都不差地全程弹奏出来,在船上多年生活中,对世界各地的语言和口音了如指掌,听音辨人。这样超强的听辨能力,超长的短时记忆力(working memory),以及对声音的复述能力,何尝不是学习语言的人们羡慕的呢?
People from Europe and America brought Africans to America as Slaves before and during the nineteenth century. These Africans brought their music with them. After the American Civil War(1861-1865), the African American people in the United States were not slaves. Their African American music became famous. It started in the South, In Louisiana and Mississippi. Then it traveled to the North. This music became the blues and then jazz.
Blues and jazz became very popular in the twentieth century. A person who "sings the blues" feels sad. Usually he or she lost something - a person, or maybe money or a job. Blues songs express sad feelings, sometimes in a funny way. People played the blues first with only one or two instruments, for example, a guitar, a harmonica, or sometimes a piano. Sometimes they sang without any instruments. Some famous blues musicians and singers are Bessie Smith, John Lee Hooker, and B.B.King. B.B.King named his guitar"Lucille."
Jazz came soon after blues. Composers added more musical instruments. Jazz can be happier than the blues and is often faster. Some famous jazz musicians are Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Wynton Marsalis.
Musicians who play blues and jazz change the music to express their feelings. They play the music differently each time. People all over the world still like to listen to blues and jazz.
有声跟读蓝调&爵士,观影海上钢琴师,有爱的声音最美后记:
用上面的方式和孩子一起学习了Blues and Jazz这课之后,我们一起把《海上钢琴师》电影完整版,从开始一直看到斗琴结束,孩子非常喜欢。但是,后半部分,特别是1900主人公虽经朋友百般规劝,却决意随着退役的佛吉尼亚号被爆破,一起沉入大海。我不知道这样的结局该怎么和孩子解释,亲爱的读者,如果你看到此处,你有什么建议能帮帮我么?如能在评论区留言,不胜感激!
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