點(diǎn)燃學(xué)生創(chuàng)新思維的火花

根據(jù)新課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，英語基礎(chǔ)教育階段的任務(wù)是：激發(fā)和培養(yǎng)學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)英語的興趣，培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的觀察、記憶、思維、想象能力和創(chuàng)新精神。新的課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)孕育了新的教材，新教材之“新”不僅體現(xiàn)在它的內(nèi)容上，更體現(xiàn)在它的功能上。新教材不是讓學(xué)生在頭腦中復(fù)制教科書所呈現(xiàn)的一切，而是憑借它激活學(xué)生的思維。在英語教學(xué)中如何有效地激活學(xué)生的創(chuàng)新思維呢?

著名教育家蘇格拉底說：“教育不是灌輸，而是點(diǎn)燃火焰。（Education is not the filling of a vessel，but the kindling of a flame.）”因此教師在教學(xué)過程中 ，應(yīng)充分發(fā)揮創(chuàng)造性，成為學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)生活的激活者，激活教材，激活學(xué)生，使學(xué)生能夠積極、主動地投入到學(xué)生生活中，實現(xiàn)新課標(biāo)的要求。以下是一節(jié)初二學(xué)生的將來時態(tài)句型練習(xí)課。怎樣通過啟發(fā)學(xué)生創(chuàng)造性思維，把枯燥的句型練習(xí)課上得饒有趣味、精彩活躍是這里所要探討的。

一上課，我把前一課的句型通過屏幕展示出來，與學(xué)生通過問答形式溫習(xí)了句型一。

T：Do you think people will use cars in the future?

S1：I think so.

T：Do you think there will be more people in the future?

S2：I hope not，but I think so.

然后就做游戲，學(xué)生積極舉手，我請一位男生走到黑板前扮演比爾·蓋茨，與其他學(xué)生進(jìn)行對話。

S3：Excuse me，Mr Bill Gates. May I ask you a question?

Mr Gates：Of course，please.

S3：Do you think there won’t be any air pollution in the future?

Mr Bill Gates：I hope so，but I don’t think so.

T4：Mr.Bill Gates，do you think people will be able to live on the moon in the future?

Mr.Bill Gates：I think so. Are there any other questions?

S5：Do you think the cars will not use petrol any longer in the future?

Mr.Bill Gates：I don’t think so，but I hope so.

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同學(xué)們各抒己見，把自己對未來的遐想用句型表達(dá)出來，氣氛很熱烈。采訪結(jié)束后，我領(lǐng)讀了一遍句型。

接著，我又出示了一幅森林被砍伐的圖片，引出今天上課的新句型。

T：In this picture，there is a large area of trees. A lot of trees are cut down. A forest is a large area of trees. Perhaps there will be no forest in the future. What do you think may happen from this picture?

S1：Perhaps people will cut down all the trees.

S2：Perhaps people will not be able to play in the forests.

S3：Perhaps animals will not be able to live in the forests. Perhaps they will die.

S4：Perhaps birds will have no places to live in.

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我看到學(xué)生已能順利運(yùn)用句型，就領(lǐng)讀一遍句型。隨即點(diǎn)擊出四幅圖片：海底城市、宇宙飛船、電腦學(xué)習(xí)和學(xué)校午餐。

這時，課堂氣氛頓時活躍起來。四人一組，紛紛展開討論。5分鐘后，我們展開競賽，看看哪一組能造出更多的句子。

我的話音剛落，A B C D 組的同學(xué)爭先恐后地?fù)屩e手。我依次請四組輪流發(fā)言，每次一句。

S1：Perhaps there will be many cities under the sea in the future.

S2：Perhaps people will build houses under the sea.

S3：Perhaps people will not have lunch at school.

S4：Perhaps people will take pills only.

S5：Perhaps people will be able to learn from computers at home.

S6：Perhaps people will be able to travel by spacecraft.

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當(dāng)我宣布B 組獲勝時，教室里響起一陣熱烈的掌聲，大家鼓掌向獲勝組祝賀。學(xué)生的創(chuàng)造性想象豐富多彩，集體的智慧是偉大的。眾多奇思妙想通過句型表達(dá)出來，令人刮目相看，為之折服。

當(dāng)學(xué)生跟讀課文錄音后，我出示第三張圖片，給予課文對話的句型。

T：I think that I will be a mother in twenty years. I hope that everyone on earth will have enough food to eat. What do you think may happen in twenty years?

S1：I think that I’ll be a policeman in twenty years.

S2：I hope that I will have a big house in twenty years.

S3：I hope that I will be able to go abroad in twenty years.

S4：

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有前面將來時句型做鋪墊，學(xué)生能靈活地運(yùn)用句型，回答貼近了生活，想象力進(jìn)一步得到發(fā)揮。

2分鐘后，我拿出準(zhǔn)備好的自制時間盒。要求寫下你認(rèn)為二十年后將要發(fā)生的事，然后把你的句子放在時間盒里，等到二十年后，新的學(xué)生來打開它。

T：Would you like to put your paper into the time box?

S1：Yes，I’d like to do that.

T：Please read what you have written on the paper.

S1：I think that I will possibly be a business woman in twenty years’ time. I hope that I will be able to speak English very well in twenty years’ time.

T：OK. Who would like to put your paper into the time box?

S2：I hope that I will have a happy family in twenty yeas’ time. I think that I will possibly be a manager in twenty years’ time.

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同學(xué)們紛紛拿出筆，寫出自己對未來的遐想和期望。下課了，我一張張的翻閱時間盒內(nèi)的紙條，句型極少出現(xiàn)錯誤，同學(xué)們已能夠通過句型表達(dá)出自己對未來的希翼。

素質(zhì)教育要求我們研究、了解學(xué)生的心理特點(diǎn)，靈活采用多種符合教育規(guī)律的教法，寓教于樂，吸引學(xué)生，對他們進(jìn)行教育和引導(dǎo)。而新教材容量大、單詞多、語法零散，對初中學(xué)生掌握基礎(chǔ)知識帶來一定難度。面對新教材、新課程，在英語教學(xué)中如何有效地培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的創(chuàng)新思維呢?我的理解是：興趣才是最好的老師，要根據(jù)中學(xué)生好問、好奇、愛做游戲的特點(diǎn)，在情景中設(shè)難解疑，激發(fā)學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)興趣，培養(yǎng)學(xué)生能力。這節(jié)課，重在反復(fù)圍繞句型啟發(fā)學(xué)生創(chuàng)造性思維，在課堂上適時設(shè)問，對學(xué)生進(jìn)行多種思維訓(xùn)練，兼顧到了聽、說、讀、寫四個方面，讓各類學(xué)生都有所收獲。達(dá)到了初中英語教學(xué)的要求，讓學(xué)生不僅學(xué)會了語法知識，而且還將學(xué)生的情感帶入了教育的境界，使之升華，收到了“潤物細(xì)無聲”的效果。同時也達(dá)到素質(zhì)教育對師生的要求。