Children’s Literature and

English Learning兒童文學與英語學習

By Cher Chang 張美陽

9:30-12:00 August 26, 2009

Outline

I. Language acquisition

II. Children’s Literature

1. Categories of Children’s Literature

2. Types of Picture Books

3. How to use picture books in English classes

4. Introducing chapter books

5. Booklist

6. How to keep your reading memory fresh

7. Books and multimedia

I. 1. First Language (L1) Acquisition (Tabors, 1997)

(1) Phonology(2) Vocabulary(3) Grammar(4) Discourse(5) Pragmatics

I. 2. Steps of Second Language (L2) Acquisition (Tabors, 1997)

(1) Home-language Use

(2) Non-verbal or Silent (Mute) Period

(3) Telegraphic and Formulaic Speech

(4) Productive Language Use

Examples of formulaic speech1.”Stop”, “Hey”, “OK”

2. Expressions which help Ss to know what’s going on

“Oh, yeah?”, “Hey, what’s going on here?”

“So what?” “No fighting now.”

3. Participating in games and activities

“You wanna play?”, ”It’s my turn.”,

“Me, first.”, “No, fair!”

4. Request for information

“How you do this?”, “I don’t understand.”

II. Children’s Literature1. Categories of Children’s Literature 兒童文學的分類

兒童文學的分類 簡單的分類 Poetry

*Picture Books

Traditional Literature

Modern Fantasy

Realistic Fiction

Historical Fiction

Nonfiction: Biography and Informational Books

1) Poetry cat Jane

2) Picture Books

3) Novels---

fiction and non-fiction

2.The process of leading Ss to become independent readers引導學生獨立閱讀的歷程

Picture books

Transitional books

Chapter books

3. Types of picture books

Book titles Examples

1. Baby books Say goodnight

Goodnight moon

2. Interactive

books

Each peach pear plum

3. Toy books The very hungry caterpillar

4. Mother goose

and nursery

rhymes

Animal nursery rhymes

5. Nursery and folk song books

Wee sing series

(Tomlinson & Lynch-Brown, 1996)

Types of picture booksBook titles Examples

6. Alphabet books On market street

Chicka chicka Boom Boom

7. Counting books Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3

Wacky Wednesday

8. Concept books The doorbell rang

Freight train

9. Wordless books Free fall

10. Picture

storybooks

Imogene’s antlers

Willy the wimp

Stephanie’s ponytail

Types of picture books

Book titles Examples

11. Easy to read pattern books

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?

There was an old lady who swallowed the fly

There was an old lady who was not afraid of anything

12.Picture books for older readers

The true stories of the 3 little pigs

Now one foot, now the other

Miss Rumphius

13. Transitional books

Frog and toad are friends

4. Two Instructional Methods for Literary Teaching (Lehman B. A., 2007)

（ 1 ） Reading aloud

（ 2 ） Book talks

◎ How to introduce a book 如何導讀一本書 （ 1 ）介紹書的基本背景 Author Illustrator Year of publication Cover （ 2 ）大意式說明 （ 3 ）擷取精采片段 （ 4 ）人物特寫  

◎ How to choose a book for your Ss/yourself

5. Some concerns when using picture books in English classes(1) Purpose of using picture books

They provide authentic, rich, beautiful language.

They offer picture clues.

They help Ss with their four skills.

They support curriculum.

They help Ss understand other cultures.

They make Ss more motivated and interested.

5. Things you may notice in reading a book to the class

1. Eye contact

2. Voices

3. Pauses, pace and rhythm

4. Body language

5. Recall Ss’ old knowledge

6. Get Ss involved

7. Positive reinforcement

6. Let’s read some picture books together 一起來體驗英語繪本的魅力吧 !

Date Book title Author Illustrator Summary

1. Goodnight Gorilla

2. There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

3. Wacky Wednesday

4. Willy the wimp

5. Imogene’s antlers

6. Stephanie’s ponytail

7. Introducing chapter books

1. Magic tree house series (by Mary Pope Osbourne)

2. Marvin Redpost series (by Louis Sachar)

3. Sideway stories from Wayside school (By L.S.)

4. The Zack files series (by Dan Greenburg)

8. Booklist 好書大家讀1. 100 picture books everyone should know from the New York Public Library http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61

2. Well-known authors and illustrators in children’s literature ( 文藻 張瑞芳 教授 Teresa Chang 提供 )

(picture books and chapter books)

8. Booklist 好書大家讀（ 3 ） Award-winning Books

Caldecott Medal Books, 1938 – Present http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm

Newbery Medal Books, 1922- Present http://lib.mansfield.edu/newbery.cfm

9. How to keep your reading memory fresh 如何紀錄你的閱讀讓記憶鮮明

（ 1 ） Keep a record- Write a summary/information of the book Books Cher read from Sie-jin Library

（ 2 ） Write a book review Strega Nona book review

10. Books and multimedia 書本和其他媒體的結合

（ 1 ） CD- Stephanie’s ponytail (Robert Munsch) 1. Read by R. M. 2. Told by R. M.

（ 2 ） DVD- 1. Chicka chicka boom boom 2. Goodnight gorilla 3. There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

10. Books and multimedia 書本和其他媒體的結合（ 3 ） Internet- A. 作家的網站 1. www.robertmunsch.com (Stephanie’s ponytail 作

者 ) 2. www.tomie.com (Strega Nona 作者 ) 3. http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/

(Magic tree house 作者 )

10. Books and multimedia 書本和其他媒體的結合

（ 3 ） Internet- B. 英語學習網站 1. http://pbskids.org/ 2. http://www.maisyfunclub.com/

10. Books and multimedia 書本和其他媒體的結合

（ 3 ） Internet- C. youtube.com- Goodnight moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7- yWXKd72Ks&feature=PlayList&p=356 The giving tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWNWnm3IX2M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJW2UF4AR0&feature=PlayList&p=356A627902AEA248&index=0

11. Access to English books/DVDs1) 書店

2) 網路 1. 台灣麥克 http://www.mackids.com.tw/ 2. 網拍 : 賣家推薦： A. 理查童書 http://class.ruten.com.tw/user/index00.php?s=wsh56916 ( 露天 ) B. 小瓜瓜的家 http://tw.user.bid.yahoo.com/tw/user/pp20kk ( 奇摩 )

C. iLOOK 愛看童書館 http://tw.user.bid.yahoo.com/tw/booth/kidsgarden88

3) 圖書館 1. 台南市立圖書館 ( 各區分館 ) – 東區分館有較多英語繪本 2. 南師圖書館

1. 誠品 4. 吾家 - 文化中心對面2. 敦煌 5. 板橋 - 崇學路附近3. 天人菊 - 青年路靠近勝利路

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