「朗読劇」、「グループリーディング」の魅力　

　　りんごの花

大学の音声学演習やオーラルインタープリテーション（簡単にいえば朗読法）のクラスで学生が燃える活動の一つに、「朗読劇」とか「グループリーディング」（群読といいます）があります。

　一つの作品をソロ（一人で）音読、朗読するのではなく、複数で読むことです。一斉に読むパートもあれば、一人で、二人で、3人で読むなど、作品の内容を考えながらメリハリをつけて読むのは楽しいようです。私も学生の時に一番楽しみにしていた活動でしたた。

　先月６月１１日の毎日更新ブログに載せた　This is the house that Jack built. は１１で分けて読めるので、最初に手掛けるには最適です。英語の発音を習得するための「音の脱落」なども身について、何しろ楽しい。意味を考えると少々残酷ですが。

実は受講生がこの詩を全部暗記できるようになり、台本も持たずスラスラ言えて、仲間と肩を組んだり、振りをつけたり、素晴らしい出来でした。ビデオにしっかり収録しましたので、何度でも観ることができます。よく頑張りました。Good job!

暗誦とは、「身心相即」ですね。

暗記課題の文章はこのように長いのです。【マザーグースですので、掲載しても著作権侵害には当たりません。】

This is the house that Jack built. – Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

　　This is the house that Jack built.

　　This is the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the dog
　　That worried the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the cow with the crumpled horn
　　That tossed the dog
　　That worried the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is maiden all forlorn
　　That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
　　That tossed the dog
　　That worried the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the man all tattered and torn
　　That kissed the maiden all forlorn
　　That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
　　That tossed the dog
　　That worried the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the priest all shaven and shorn
　　That married the man all tattered and torn
　　That kissed the maiden all forlorn
　　That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
　　That tossed the dog
　　That worried the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the cock that crowed in the morn
　　That waked the priest all shaven and shorn
　　That married the man all tattered and torn
　　That kissed the maiden all forlorn
　　That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
　　That tossed the dog
　　That worried the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.

　　This is the farmer sowing his corn
　　That kept the cock that crowed in the morn
　　That waked the priest all shaven and shorn
　　That married the man all tattered and torn
　　That kissed the maiden all forlorn
　　That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
　　That tossed the dog
　　That worried the cat
　　That killed the rat
　　That ate the malt
　　That lay in the house that Jack built.