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2008年3月11日我的信
前信介绍的《研究称现代儿童早熟严重 11岁便结束童年》3月5日参考刊登了更全的译文。新浪删掉一句:“尽管英国是青少年怀孕比例最高的欧洲国家,仍然有45%的家长允许自己16岁的孩子在男朋友或女朋友家过夜”。
今天则看到前引另一文的原文。参考的译文删掉了原文一半。"…… What we do with children from the age of eight is unfold the story piece by piece and engage them with key moments of drama and try to get them involved in an empathetic moment of drama."——“我们要做的是,从8岁开始,向孩子一个连一个展示莎剧片段,然后连缀起来,形成戏剧的关键场景,接着试图让孩子对之产生移情。”这和我的想法相同。
英国现有的做法好像是从13岁开始必修莎剧一年,14岁必修课考试。正有人试图提前学莎剧时间——因为他们认为13岁的孩子敢于接受莎剧的能力已经降低。
实际上如果(对中国孩子来说)把说“莎剧”换成说“英语”是恰当的。至初一结束,也就是理化课程开始之前,应有持续大量的时间学英语才是对的。
附后一篇原文:
Teach children Shakespeare at four, says RSC
Polly Curtis, education editor
Monday March 3, 2008
The Guardian
Shakespeare should be taught to children as young as four, before they have become intimidated by the language, the Royal Shakespeare Company will say today.
Introducing the works of Shakespeare to teenagers is too late, the RSC will argue.
Jacqui O'Hanlon, head of education at the RSC, said: "We've seen teachers working extremely well in reception classes. There's been a lot of success with four-year-olds.
"With primary school kids there isn't a fear factor because they've never heard of him. What we do with children from the age of eight is unfold the story piece by piece and engage them with key moments of drama and try to get them involved in an empathetic moment of drama."
The suggestion that young children should learn Shakespeare comes as the RSC launches a campaign to improve the teaching of the Bard.
A spokesman for the exams watchdog, the Qualification and Curriculum Authority, said a review of the primary curriculum ordered by the government would be an opportunity to revisit whether Shakespeare should be taught at a younger age.
Currently, it is compulsory from 13 and Shakespeare is the only writer to be a mandatory component of national tests at 14.
Michael Boyd, artistic director of the RSC, said: "Really, the right time to learn Shakespeare is when children are fearless, when they are used to trying out new language.
"That is very young children's daily existence, new words aren't a problem. You need to get them before they lose the habit of singing songs and have had the fairy dust shaken out of them."
The RSC today publishes a learning manifesto arguing for children to start Shakespeare as early as possible, to see it live and to learn it through drama and practical workshops.
O'Hanlon said: "Shakespeare is only compulsory from 13 and that's a very difficult time to introduce it, when they are struggling with staying involved in their schooling and quite insecure about trying. That's when you get young people saying it's irrelevant."
A spokesman for the QCA said: "You have to do Shakespeare from 13 and you're tested at 14. There is a review of the primary curriculum under way and that would be an opportunity for Jim Rose [the review's author] to look at it again.
"One approach we've recommended with the new secondary curriculum is that many more children should have the chance to see Shakespeare live." |
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