越来越多英文很好的妈妈们给孩子选择原版绘本来读,希望孩子体验不同于母语的另一种感受。原版绘本如何读?全英文又怕自己没词怎么办?不妨来跟外国妈妈学一学。
文中的小姑娘名叫Jordan,17个月大,不太会说话。妈妈盘腿坐在地上,Jordan坐在妈妈的腿上,和妈妈共读一本Off We Go

We are going to read a story, OFF WE GO!
(妈妈让孩子坐在她的腿上,开始指着书的封面问问题)


Do you see  a duck? Do you see a duck?
(妈妈拿着孩子的手,引导孩子去点ducks)
Do you see two mice?
(妈妈帮孩子用手指着老鼠,并且数数:1,2
Do you see a frog? I see a frog right there. Where is the frog?
(这时候孩子在妈妈没有帮忙的情况下用手指了指青蛙)
Good job! And a bird?
(孩子指着小鸟)
Good job!
(孩子嘴里嘟囔了四五个词,不过妈妈除了听清楚了最后一个词是duck外,其它都没有听清是什么)
Yes, Jordan, you see the duck. Let's open the book, Off We Go!

Look, here is a snake and some rocks and a mouse.
(妈妈边说边用手指着)
Here is a spider. Look, Jordan, what's this?
(孩子说:a duck
Good job!
(这时,孩子指着并且说a cat)
Yes, that looks like a cat but it's a mouse. Two mice.

They are climbing down the grass.
Tip-toe, tippity toe, Over the leaves and down below, Off to Grandma's house we go, Sings Little Mouse.
(孩子呀呀学语说了几个听不懂的词,妈妈只听懂了最后一个词是cat)
He kind of looks like a cat because he has whiskers, eyes and two ears. But, he is a mouse, and he says squeak, squeak, squeak.
(妈妈一边说一边指着老鼠的胡须眼睛和耳朵。孩子不太想老实坐着了,来回扭动,这时妈妈趴了下来,把孩子放在身边,把书移到孩子的手边。)
(孩子又嘟囔:##$%^@#*…cat)
Yes, he sort of looks like a cat.

Hip-hop, hippity hop, Through the slime and over the slop, Off to Grandma's never stop, Sings Little Frog.
That's a frog. Do you see what this is?
(孩子说bee)
It looks like a bee. It's a fly. That's what frogs eat, flies.
(孩子依然说bee)
It looks like a bee because it's little, and it has wings. But it's a fly, and that is what frogs eat. They are going after those flies. Wow, look at this long tongue!
(孩子发出嗡嗡嗡的叫声,同时还用手指头在空中飞来飞去)
Is that what a fly does?
(孩子用手猛拍了几下书)
Good job! Jordan, are you swatting the fly? Show me the fly.
(孩子用手指着说bee)
That looks like a bee, but it's a fly. Jordan, look, a mole!

(孩子看了看鼹鼠,然后又看看妈妈,大笑起来)
You think he is funny?
妈妈读了三页后,孩子开始翻书,妈妈就把主动权交给了孩子。当听见孩子 “duck”时, 妈妈说:“Do you want to read the page about the duck? Let's find it.”他们跳过了几页,只读了孩子感兴趣的部分,整本书并没有翻到最后。


小芳读后感:
大家如果仔细一句一句地看,会发现妈妈不仅仅是在读书中的那几个句子几个单词,而是在和孩子交流。孩子把mouse认成cat,把fly认作了bee,这时候妈妈并没不理孩子自顾自地往下面去读,妈妈首先是肯定了孩子:It looks like a cat. It looks like a bee.简单的一句认同孩子的话,给了孩子鼓励。试想一下,如果妈妈对你说:“you're wrong. It's definitely a mouse! Stop saying it's a cat.”你会不会很受伤?
这位妈妈肯定了孩子:cat很像mouse,都有whiskers, eyes, two ears(孩子顺便听到了这些关于身体不同部位的词汇),又给孩子介绍了两者的不同:mouse叫起来是Squeak, squeak, squeak的声音。这样既尊重了孩子的认知,又帮助孩子得到了提高。
以上供各位妈妈们参考。
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给孩子读英文绘本,妈妈们是怎么读的呢?是全英文一句一句的读?是一句英文一句中文的翻译?还是运用安妮鲜花提倡的“亲子阅读三步曲”?有兴趣的妈妈可以给我留言说说对自家孩子适用的英文亲子阅读方法。
王苑芳
80后双宝全职妈一枚,坐标美国中部。
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2012年初和孩子玩着走上英语启蒙之路,读童书、唱童谣,做手工、一起成长。
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