华美教育--适应变化的未来 创造美好的世界

Adapt for the changing future,

contribute to a better world.

在人类的历史上，诗歌一直以来都是人类表达情感的重要方式。通过诗歌，我们表达我们的情感、想法以及理念。诗歌用节奏与韵律，高度凝练以及充满画面的语言成为了一种无法替代的文学体裁。

Throughout history, poetry has always been an important part of expression.  Specifically, through poetry, writers can express their feelings, their thoughts, and quite often, complex ideas.  They use rhythm, rhyme, meter, line breaks and all the literary elements that make poetry a unique category of literature.

孩子拥有无限想象力创造性，当美丽的诗歌遇到这么一群充满着无限可能的孩子，又会碰撞出什么样的火花呢？最近华美留学生部的孩子们正在学习写诗歌，来看看一看他们的作品吧！

ISD little scholars are learning poetry recently.  Let's take a look at their works.  

那么，英文诗歌的学习对于处于这个阶段孩子有什么重要意义呢？

So why is it so important for young ESL learners to learn poetry?

诗歌能全面提高学生的文学修养，尤其能提高孩子在口语和写作方面的词汇运用能力，增加语言的变化性与丰富性。诗歌的表达是具有美感和多样性的，孩子们先是通过模仿，再尝试性用自己的方式去表达，通过教师的反馈与指导，在反复练习，这个过程就是文字创意迸发的过程。

For young adults, understanding poetry can literally be life-changing.  Not only is poetry able to increase a student’s literacy overall, it helps to develop a richer, more well-rounded oral and written vocabulary.  Through the use of poetry, students are able to express themselves in way that may, for many, be impossible otherwise.  Students can layer their poems with a multitude of meanings that makes for both a beautiful and rich written piece of literature. 

沟通的目的是让对方达成行动或理解你所传达的信息和情感，良好的沟通是要说对方能理解的并听懂对方想说的。在学习诗歌的过程中，学生需要去仔细研究诗的韵律、结构、形式等特征与把握作者的所要表达的意图，在这样不断的练习过程中，会极大的提高孩子对于语言的理解能力，因而提高孩子在现实生活中的沟通能力。

This writing style is also very important for young adults as careful analysis and scrutiny of the writer’s purpose must be taken into consideration to fully grasp the intended message.  This honed ability to understand multi-layered language will inevitably help students to develop a better sense of communication in the real world when having meaning interactions and conversations with people.  Learning how to communicate effectively on multiple levels is one of the most important skills young adults can learn to be successful in their careers and personal relationships later on. 

英语教育早已提倡重视语言交际能力的教学,但在实际课堂教学仍然是以词汇和语法教学为主,一些可供学习的材料也是修整过的语言,教材内容和语言缺乏真实性。这导致学生较少接触目标语中隐喻和转喻的表达,英语语言的交际和思维能力不佳,甚至很难理解本族语人一些真实的语言表达,在阅读外国报刊和书本时缺乏一定的理解能力。ISD的外籍孩子都是英文为非母语的学生，当他们在学习研读诗歌，不仅在学习语言，更是学习语言背后所蕴含的多层次的意义。这种能够分析语言以及背后多层次意义的能力，让孩子的未来拥有无穷的可能性。

As a second language learner, poetry in the target language is an essential tool for truly gaining an understanding of language beyond basic communication.  All languages are rich in with multiple levels of communication and meaning.  However, when a second language learner is able to analyze poetry, they will quickly begin to delve into the richer sub-level of context of their targeted second language.  This ability to understand and communicate on a multi-level contextual level unlocks endless possibilities for young adults to be more successful, well-rounded individuals in their career lives. 

我们培养学生灵活理解与表达的能力，但更重要的是我们鼓励学生创新，突破思维的墙，去寻找去探究语言背后蕴含的更深层的意义。作为英语而第二语言的学习者，通常学习者由于非常害怕犯错，个人意识会非常强烈。诗歌的魅力不仅仅是语言,还有诗歌背后的精神气韵, 通过英文诗歌学习, 学生会自然地融入沉浸到诗歌的世界，吸取英语文化世界的精髓, 吸了解各国文化的博大精深，形成良好的文化品格，这也正是华美学校建校伊始的教育初心，培育具有 “全球视野的终身学习者、家国情怀的国际化精英”。

At ISD, we not only teach the principles and theory behind literature such as poetry, but we challenge students to creatively think outside the box and search for creative ways the author has hidden meaning in poetry.  Our students quickly become immersed in this rich world of literature and more often than not, fall in love with the art of poetry.  Only through being comfortable with a second language, and more importantly the freedom to explore that second language in creative ways, can students truly begin to embrace and feel comfortable adapting that second language as their own.