Rote, Rule, Role, Rule: From A to B and Back Again in Sutra-Chanting-Style Exercises  

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Kellogg, David

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: ENGLISH TEACHING FORUM (http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum/archives.html) vol. 32 no. 2 (Apr. 1994), page 1-7.
Topik: Rote; Rule; Role; Rule: Sutra-Chanting-Style Exercises
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On the slopes of Yushan in Fuzhou, China, there is a Buddhist temple with an inscription commemorating the stay of a nineteenth- century reformer who spent some time there learning English. The couplet, which I no longer remember exactly, speaks of the harmonious medley of Buddhist chants and English dialogues breaking the brittle morning air, "With A and B riddling each other, and answering the Buddhist sutras." Chanting texts is still very much part of EFL in China, surrounded by a halo of matinal asceticism. At its worst the practice consists of an unenlightening drone that deadens intonation and substitutes repetition for comprehension. But it can be a bracing morning warm-up to something more innovative and interactive. Perhaps, by going beyond the unvarying chant done in lockstep to the underlying rules and roles of common conversational situations, such EFL "sutras" may actually, as Buddhists claim, "cultivate character."

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