多讀有興趣小說 英文賽冠亞軍
【聯合報╱記者孫蓉華／台北報導】2012/03/18
讀自己有興趣的小說是增進英文實力的不二法門。書林第二屆全國高中職英文讀書心得比賽昨天頒獎，拿下冠亞軍的學生不約而同說，「多閱讀且要找自己想要看的領域，才會勤快查字典，英文就會進步。」
My comments: Read extensively. This is what I always tell my students to do. I'm happy that recently, some students have borrowed English novels and magazines from me, such as The Alchemist, The Reader, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Reader's Digest, etc. At the end of this entry is a list of the novels my former student June Chang (張世仁) read before her second year of high school.
Ching-yun (蔡景勻), a student in Class 303, asked me last Friday if he needed to look up the new words while reading Reader's Digest. My answer was "No. You can underline the words and learn them after finishing reading the article." I was glad when he told me the magazine was interesting, with his eyes sparkling.
第二屆的全國高中職英文讀書心得比賽有127所學校、2411名學生投稿，比第一屆多出1千多件。其中台中曉明女中鼓勵學生參與，有202名學生投稿，最後也由該校一年級賴宜謙拿下第一名。由於學生表現比預期好，第二名有二人，分別是台中惠文高中二年級梁維真、台中女中三年級廖得筠；第三名是北港高中三年級吳雯琪、再興高中二年級楊陞、建中二年級藍浩祐。
賴宜謙說，英文讀書心得是學校指定的寒假作業，她以「偷書賊」一書寫心得，沒想到會得獎。她小學念雙語小學，為自己打下良好基礎。她習慣每天花半小時閱讀英文小說，國一時參加多益測驗就拿下960高分；國二時通過全民英檢高級，她還申請青輔會第四屆國際環境青年領袖會議將，今年8月要到以色列扮演「外交小尖兵」。
賴宜謙強調，學英文一定要從喜愛的項目開始，才會一直讀下去，這樣即使學校是考文法、考單字都不會覺得太難，因為讀小說時就已習慣文章的表達，也會學到單字。
My comments: When it comes to learning language, reading is a one-for-all activity. Even when my students asked me how to review the textbooks, I always tell them to start with the reading text instead of the vocabulary.
梁維真說，她國中時英文成績普通，國三暑假時，加入一個國際筆友組織，要以英文交朋友，訓練她用英文寫信，每周至少要寫十封信，「逼」著她要好好學英文。與筆友溝通過程中，有時會以skype聊天，也訓練了聽力與說。她建議學英文要找自己愛看的小說或文章閱讀，加上看美國影集練聽力，看不懂就查單字，為了興趣，學習英文就不會辛苦。她也以政大英文系為目標，希望明年能如願考上。
廖得筠才考完學測，申請了大學外文系、心理系，她說，以前學習英文並沒有好成績，後來是學校英文老師以美國雜誌PEOPLE等的文章作為上課的題材，讓她調整學習英文的方式，改以自己有興趣的雜誌、小說、影集入手，強迫自己去讀懂。陪在旁邊的媽媽說，「都快成了強迫症了」。她的努力沒有白費，去年11月她參加多益考試，拿到985的高分。
My comments: Around 15 years ago, a former student of mine Jung-husan (陳蓉萱) got early admission to the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of NTU. She read Seventeen and listend to ICRT. Some might think Seventeen and People are dripping with juicy gossip; however, they do help enhance English learners' reading ability.
Appendix:
Books Shih Jen Chang read before her second year of high school, though she probably wouldn’t remember what they were about, since she read them quite long ago. Among these she loved the Harry Potter series most.
| Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteTuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson Island Of The Blue Dolphins by Scot O’ Dell Lord Of The Flies by William Golding The Wind In The Willows, Oxford Publishing The Crown Of Violet, Oxford Publishing The Railway Children, Oxford Publishing Gulliver’s Travels, Oxford Publishing The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Oxford Publishing Little Women, Oxford Publishing A to Z Mysteries series (yes, A to Z, so that’s 26 books.) Graduation Summer series (3 books) Mary-Kate and Ashley series (about uh 20-ish books?) Judy Blume series (11 books) Darren Shan series (7, if I remember correctly) Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson The Tempest by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare Hoot by Garl Hiaasen Tangerine by Edward Bloor New York Minute The Giver by Luis Lowry Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult Holes Harry Potter series The Babysitter’s Club series Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom |
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