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 authors opinion on the status of Black English. What is the authors 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 Farbs 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 Standard English. But, Black English, like Standard English, is formed strictly based on its own rules. But black English is a totally different variety from Standard English, which has systematic and clear rules as standard English does.,Elegant: (1) pleasant and graceful (of sb.) (2) Simple, clear, and clever ( of words, idea, plan etc. ),Para. 2,Main idea: Both views are wrong. Black Englishs radical departure from SE has nothing to do with the anatomy of race or with educational deprivation.,Para. 2,Questions for discussion: What are the two extreme views listed in Para. 2? What are their views on black English? The racist: physical features like thick lips or a large tongue inferior must be eradicated Well-intentioned liberal: a dialect, educational deprivation 2. Does the author agree or disagree with the two extreme views? On what grounds does the author agree or disagree? Both views are wrong. Black Englishs radical departure from SE has nothing to do with the anatomy of race or with educational deprivation. Black English has been different from the very beginning.,Sentence 1,Be tied up with = have close relationship with Racism Good intention= well intentional liberals,Sentence 1 means:,The study of Black English involves issues of various natures including racism and good intention, which have almost never been seriously and fairly discussed, even by specialists in this science.,Other words: Attribute to (L12) Inferior (L13) Eradicate (L14) = get rid of Anatomy (L18) Exceptional (L 22) Overwhelming( L22),Attribute to,(V. N.) (N.) a quality or feature that someone or something has. (1) Cruelty is a normal attribute of human behaviour. 残忍是人的天性之一。 (2) He has every attribute you could want and could play for any team. 他具备你想要的所有品质，放在哪个队都行。 (v. ) If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation. (2) Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck. 女性倾向于将她们的成功归因于外部因素，比如运气。 Attribution Attributive,inferior,Less important; not as good as (quality) (1) He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself. 他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。 (2) .the inferior status of women in pre-revolutionary Russia. 革命之前俄国妇女的低微地位 (3) Most career women make me feel inferior. 大部分职业女性让我感到自己不如她们。 Inferiority/ superior - superiority,Anatomy,(1) the study of the structure of the bodies of people or animals. (2) body E.g.: The ball hit him in the most sensitive part of his anatomy. 球击中了他身上最敏感的部位。 (3) structure of a body E.g: He had worked extensively on the anatomy of living animals. 他在活体解剖方面经验丰富。 (4) an examination or investigation E.g: This was a troubling essay on the anatomy of nationhood. 这是一篇剖析民族主义的让人不安的文章。,Overwhelming, overwhelmingly,If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. E.g.: (1) The task wont feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps. 如果将这个任务细分为简单易行的若干步骤来做，便不会感到如此无所适从。 (2) She felt an overwhelming desire