新编英语教程6Unit 6 Black English.pptVIP

Unit 6 Black English By Nicole Teaching set -up Text 1: Discussion Analysis of text New words Difficult language points structure Further discussion Text 2: Workbook Watch the Clip of Video: Discussion 1. What is Black English? What is standard English? 2. How much do you know about Black English? 3. Are there any differences between Black English and Standard English? If yes, what are they? Learn the PPTs about Black English STRUCTURE Main idea: To present the author’s opinion on the status of Black English. What is the author’s opinion? Para. 1 Main idea Line 4: He speaks a dialect that has a strikingly different grammar and sound system, even though to white ears the black appears to be trying to speak SE. Para. 1 Question: How do you understand Farb’s statement “ the great majority of black American suffer from linguistic schizophrenia – of a unique sort”? Schizophrenia: a long term mental disorder marked by breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, and withdrawal from reality. Here means confusion and bewilderment black Americans feel about the nature of their speech which can be likened to the disorderly mental status of a patient of schizophrenia. diglossia Two forms or varieties of the same language exist side by side The High variety– education, formal The Low variety – casual, less standard… Line 6- 9 Stigmatize: (stigma [ n.]) If someone or something is stigmatized, they are unfairly regarded by many people as being bad or having something to be ashamed of. Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatized. 单亲家庭的孩子们不应该受到歧视。 The AIDS epidemic further stigmatized gays. 艾滋病的流行让人们更加瞧不起男同性恋者。 They are often stigmatized by the rest of society as lazy and dirty. 他们经常被社会中的其他人污蔑为懒惰、肮脏。 The sentence means: Speakers of Black English tend to feel ashamed, because they feel they are speaking a very different language that is inferior to