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