【摘 要】本文结合《牛津小学英语》(译林版)教材中复习课的教学实践,探讨了如何在小学英语复习课中创编语言材料,使学生在知识、能力和情感上得到长远的发展。
【关键词】复习课,语言材料
谈及小学英语复习课,人们总会不由自主地联想起多如繁星的知识点和浩如烟海的习题。确实,许多教师在进行复习课教学时觉得难以把握,如果将学过的知识进行简单再现或机械重复,或是以考卷代替,就失去了复习课巩固、拓展和提高的功效。
通过深入学习、反思和研究,笔者意识到,学生在新授课中学到的知识是零碎、散乱、不成一体的。作为复习课,我们应该让学生在具体的语篇或语言环境中重新感知语言、运用语言并巩固语言。如果能在复习课中创造性地使用恰当的语言材料,则可有效地将复习课的知识进行融合与提升。
针对以上问题,本文将从如何进行创编的角度探讨自编语言材料在复习课中的实践与思考。
一、由情境而生——语言材料创编的基石
语篇是以篇章为单位的,其特点是语境的流畅性、内容的整体性(宫文胜,2009)和主题的集中性。教师在创编语言材料时,要设法让零碎的知识点融为一体,创设恰当的语境。语境创设在很大程度上影响着复习课教学的质量。(刘兴林,2004)
[教学片段一]
以下是某位教师在教学《牛津小学英语》(译林版 以下同)6B Unit1-2复习课中情景创设的两个教学片段。
情境一:Shopping
(由Free talk导入)
T: I often watch sports meetings. Do you like watching sports meeting, too?
S: Yes. I like watching ball games.
T: Jiangsu 17th sporting meeting will be held in our city soon. And today there are many matches in Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre. Let’s go and have a look?
S: OK. (学生饶有兴趣地注视着大屏幕)
(Discuss how to get there)
T: Before we visit there, I want to buy something in a shop. Would you like to go with me?
S: Yes. (学生兴致高涨)
T: We can buy something we need. What do you want to buy?
S: I want to buy …
T: Do you want to know what I want to buy?
Listen and answer: Which water bottle do I want to buy? Why?
针对以上情境,该教师创编了一段听力语言材料,内容如下:
In the supermarket (S—Shop assistant, C—Customer) S: Can I help you? C: Yes. I’d like a water bottle, please. S: What about this yellow one? C: No. It’s too expensive. I’d like a cheaper one. S: How about this blue one? C: Hmm, it's much bigger and nicer than the blue one. I like it. S: OK. Here you are. C: Thank you. Here’s the money. |
情景二:Visit Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre
T: You bought so many things. Now let's go to Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre by BRT. Here we go!
(借助多媒体演示,来到常州奥体中心)
T: Look at the notice board. There are many matches today.
(Read the names of the matches and discuss “Which match would you like to watch?”)
该教师为以上情境创编了如下语言材料,并与学生作了充分示范:
T: There are many exciting matches today. S: Really? I want to watch the running race, because I like Liu Xiang best. T: Look, who runs faster, Liu Xiang or Shi Dongpeng? S: Liu Xiang runs faster than Shi Dongpeng. Do you like him, too? T: Of course. But I’m not good at PE, I want to do better in it. S: Don’t worry. Do more exercise, you’ll be stronger. |
对该教师以上两个语言材料创编的分析:
(1)充分利用地方资源。该教师以恰逢即将在本地举行的省运会作为切入点,创设了去奥体中心观看比赛的情境,并将在此之前加入购物情境,过程自然、合理并有新意。教师还可对这一资源进行进一步挖掘与利用,如可借助省运会的口号“我为省运添光彩,省运有我更精彩。”“精彩省运,魅力江苏。”等激发学生热爱家乡、热爱祖国的情感——Love Changzhou.Love Jiangsu. Love China. 以达成本课的情感态度目标。
(2)巧妙安排复习内容。本课的主要内容是复习形容词和副词的比较级。该教师借助情境一将形容词的比较级不着痕迹地融入了这一对话中,且内容涉及形容词比较级的三种变化规则,如cheaper直接加er; nicer去e加er; bigger双写加er.。这一设计也为后面对形容词比较级变化规则的归纳与整理埋下了有效的伏笔。在情境二的语言材料中,教师意在复习副词的比较级,并借此渗透比较级的其他变化规则,如: good/well—better,much/many—more等,看似无意,却处处流露出设计者的心思缜密。
如此浑然一体、相辅相成的情景创设,必能让学生对语言材料的学习与运用留下深刻的印象。
二、为复习所用——语言材料创编的保障
教师仅教教材是不够的,必须帮助学生从多个渠道汲取养料,为学生提供能增长见识、提高阅读能力的语言材料。教师只有跳出英语教英语,跳出教材用教材,不唯本而教,不断开发与创新语篇,实现拓展化、实践化和趣味化,才会让学生在拓展的阅读中得以发展,使知识在被拓宽的同事,被接受、被消化和被吸收。(教育部,2001)
可见,语言材料创编的首要任务是帮助学生巩固与所学的课文主题相关的知识,使之条理化、系统化,并最终为复习所用。
[教学片段二]
在教学《牛津小学英语》4B Unit8-9复习课时,有位老师在一系列There be句型的比较与练说之后,话锋一转,进入以下环节。
T: Now you know something about my school, and I want to know more about your school, too. Would you please take out your paper and finish this passage?
出示首字母填空材料:
I'm from Mahang Primary School. Welcome to o_____ school. It's big and n_____.T_____ are many trees and c_____ in the school. There i_____ a TV, a clock, some desks and c_____ in every classroom. There are two b_____, too. There is a big l_____. There are lots of b_____ and some c_____ in it. Look, that is an art room. There are some p_____ on the wall. How nice! Where's the p_____? It's n_____ the wall of our school. Let's go and see. |
对以上阅读材料创编的分析:
(1)语言材料的创编要立足于教材,要围绕复习课中的目标词汇、句型而进行,真正做到“词句结合,语篇感悟”。所编材料要尽可能地贴近学生原有的知识发展区,但涉及的同一重、难点不宜过多,这样才能有利于学生向新的知识发展区跨越,或更好地巩固旧知。在以上语言材料中,该教师一味追求重、难点知识的复现,内容过于拖沓冗长。如从school的描述到各个功能房,有classroom, library, art room, playground等。此外对复数的知识点考查过多,有失“短小而精悍”的标准。因此,教师要根据学校的实际情况合理改编。
(2)拓展材料练习的设置要适量,有针对性,用于复习课的巩固。练习的设置必须符合小学生的年龄特征和知识水平,难度设置应科学、合理,遵循由易到难的认知规律,使语言知识的巩固与语言技能的培养相结合,阅读与领悟相结合。针对以上材料,除了在“适量”、“科学”、“合理”上小做文章外,教师还可适当注重拓展。如加入适量生词,以培养学生的猜词以及阅读理解能力。
(3)创编语言材料要注意语言的规范化,尽量避免模糊不清的语言概念。如:Where’s the playground? It’s near the wall of our school.
建议更改如下:
I'm from Mahang Primary School. Welcome to o_____ school. It's big and n_____. T_____ a TV and some p_____ in every classroom. Look, that's a new l_____. There a_____ a lot of books and computers in it. W_____ the playground? I_____ behind the library. Let's go and see. 考考你: 同学们,读了以上短文,你能猜猜behind的词义吗? |
三、以拓展为伸——语言材料创编的精髓
围绕语篇创编语言材料可以使复习课的文本信息得以延伸,使教材的生命力进一步加强。只有拓展语言材料,扩大阅读空间,学生才会在蕴含丰富文化和社会生活信息的语篇中体会英语、运用英语,英语才会有活力。只有把拓展的语言材料与复习课内容进行有效的结合,学生对课文内容的学习才既有广度,又有深度。
因此,创编拓展的语言材料必须与复习课的主题密切相关。主题鲜明的材料不仅能有效巩固教材中的词汇、语法知识,而且可以拓宽学生的知识面。例如,针对《牛津小学英语》
The White family is in the park today. The sun is shining and the birds are singing. Mr White is sitting under the tree. Mrs White is listening to music. Sally and Patty White are dancing. And Tody White is running after the cat. The White family is very happy today. |
通过阅读这个语篇,学生对现在进行时完成了再次认知和有效巩固,而且对这一语法现象在句子中的运用有了进一步的认识。通过呈现拓展语言材料,不仅使学生有机会运用所学知识,而且可以锻炼他们的创新思维。因此,教师可结合学生实际,设计分层任务目标,具体如下:
Task1: 猜测词义或句义并学习。
The sun is shining.
Tody White is running after the cat.
Task2: 连线
The sun singing
Mr White running after the cat
Mrs White is dancing
Tody White are listening to music
Sally and Patty White sitting under the tree
The birds shining
Task3: 知识小归纳
(1)现在进行时的变化规则,并列举文中以及课外例词。
(2)be动词的使用规则。
总之,在小学英语复习中创编语言材料时,教师要以学生的英语学习为主线,以教材为中心切入语篇,将课堂引向课外,使与教材有关的语言材料能得到有机整合和有效利用,在减负增效的前提下加大阅读教学的密度,这样才会提高课堂教学的有效性。
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