Itisofgreatimportanceforstudentstobeabletogetafeelfortherhythmandsoundsofapoem---moresothanformostpiecesofprose(散文).Thisisn’talwayseasyinasecondlanguageandsolisteningtotheirteacherreadthepoemortoaprofessionalrecordingperhapsbythepoetorbyanactorisIfeelnecessary.
Aswithanylisteningactivitystudentswillneedsomekindofpreparationandtasksothattheycanbeactivelyengaged.Theymightbeaskedtocheckpredictionsthatarosefromawarm-updiscussiontocomparetheirsuggestedrhymingcoupletswiththepoet’sortoidentifystressedwordsandsyllables.
Youmightalsowanttogetyourstudentstolistentorecordedorlivediscussionsaboutpoems.Thiscanforexampletaketheformofacoupleofteachersoragroupofstudentsgivingtheirviewsonapoemorevenaninterviewwiththepoet.
I’mabigfanofjigsawlisteningbecauseofthenaturalinformationgap.Ifyourschoolhasthefacilitiesyoumightliketo:
divideyourstudentsintotwooreventhreegroups
giveeachgroupadifferentcassetteorCDandtaskstoworkon
thentheycomebacktogethertosharewhattheyhavelearned.
Rememberthatyourownenthusiasmisakeyfactorinanyactivityrelatingtoliteratureintheclassroom.
Finallydon’tforgettoencourageartforart’ssake.Listeningforpleasuretopoetry(ortoanythingelseforthatmatter)istobefosteredateveryopportunitybecauseoftheobviousbenefitswhichincludemotivationvocabularyacquisitionandlearnerindependence.Manygoodsonglyrics(歌词)couldbetermedpoetryandtreatedaccordinglyintheclassroomcopyrightrulespermitting.
46. Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?
A. AnEnglishstudentwillhavedifficultyunderstandingLiBai’spoems.
B. AnEnglishstudentwillhavesomedifficultyunderstandingWaltWhitman.
C. AChinesestudentwillhavesomedifficultyunderstandingDuFu’sworks.
D. AnAmericanstudentwillhavesomedifficultyunderstandingWilliamShakespeare.
47. Whatkindofpreparationsshouldthestudentsdointhelisteningactivity?
a. They’dbetterpredictwhatthepoemisabout.
b.
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