摘要: 中學英語書面表達作業的批改是一項很艱巨的工作,對于如何做好這項工作,有效地提高學生的表達能力,本文從幾種批改策略方面作了探討。
關鍵詞: 英語書面表達作業批改批改策略
在教學過程中,布置作業是教師檢查教學效果和獲得信息反饋的一個重要環節,而批改作業則是教師在課后與作為個體的學生進行信息交流的有效手段,通過作業批改,能夠了解學生存在的問題所在,有效地采取各種措施,有的放矢地與學生進行信息交流。認真地批改學生作業,是對要求學生認真完成作業的最有效的鞭策,有助于培養學生對這門課的學習興趣,也能增加師生間的理解和情感,保持和激發學生的學習積極性,從而提高學生的學習水平。在英語教學中,書面表達作業批改確實是一件枯燥乏味、費時費力的事。那么怎樣才能有效地做好這項工作?我認為可以從以下幾個方面進行。
一、靈活安排作業批改的數量
教師重視作業批改,并不意味著每次作業都要本本細看、篇篇精改。教師可以根據作業的量大小、題目的難度大小采取全部批改、部分批改和抽取代表批改幾種方式。
二、師生聯合做好批改
1.教師批改
如果是課堂上的限時練習,當場批改,教師可以邊走邊查看,給以指點訂正,也可以選一、二名代表上黑板完成,教師當眾批改,指出錯誤,給出正確答案。如果是課后批改,對于語言錯誤嚴重的學生,老師可給予面批。
2.學生互批
采取記名形式,學生互相批改,批改后雙方可以私下交流,這樣每個學生都有機會看到多名同學的作文,學習別人的長處,別人的短處、缺點,自己也可以引以為戒。如果拿不準的地方,相鄰者可以一起討論,或在旁邊做個記號,待老師復查互批情況時,再做處理。
3.學生自批
對于仿寫、擴寫、縮寫、套用固定格式等類作文練習寫起來比較容易,教師可放給學生自己批改。
三、批改的方式要靈活
對學生來說,寫作是一件苦差事,如何讓苦事變樂事?那就要激發學生的快樂情趣,而學習的快樂情趣更多地來自成功需要的滿足。試想,一個學生拿到作業本,發現里面布滿紅墨跡,他不免心情沮喪,有失敗感,從而影響其作業寫作的積極性和主動性,更談不上快樂寫作。所以教師在批改作文時,一定要避免出力不出效的這種情況。如果學生的作文里確實出現很多錯誤,不妨采取下列做法。
1.分項批改
根據書面表達中考生的主要失分點,按照以下幾個方面進行分項批改。
(1)詞。
1)看單詞的拼寫和詞形有無不當。如:
The car hitted the old man and drived away.(hitted-hit,drived-drove)The students show great interesting in them.(interesting-interest)He always wears simply cloths.(simply-simple)
2)選詞有無不當,如:
He doesn’t want to say something about this matter.(something-anything)
More people prefer to take taxi,because they spare people a lot of time.(spare-save)
3)用詞是否重復,在英語寫作中,如果用詞重復,寫出的句子很乏味,文章沒有動感和表現力,用詞多樣化可以使句子表意生動、形象,從而增加文章的整體表現力,如:
John:I’m 12 years old and I love football.I also like reading,especially stories about people from other countries.I don’t enjoy singing,nor do I like computers.
Ann:I’m from Australia.I am fond of singing...
Sarah:My name is Sarah.My interests are reading novels,playing football and singing songs.
在上文對話中,作者使用了like,love,enjoy,be fond of,interest 等詞表示“喜歡”、“愛好”這一概念,避免了用詞重復,使文章具有極強的動感和表現力,使讀者留下深刻的印象。
(2)句式。
1)句子結構搭配是否完整正確,或是否出現漢語式英語。如:
I very like the novel.(I like the novel very much.)
Next month have a sports meeting.(We will have a sports meeting next month.)
I have seven hours at work in every day.(I have to work for seven hours every day.)
Everything belonging to who has money.(Everything belongs to the person who has money.)
2)句式是否過多重復或單調。目前的高考書面表達的評分標準來看,提倡和鼓勵考生盡可能多地使用復雜句,以體現考生較強的書面表達能力。如:
Playing football makes us tall and strong.Playing football gives us a sense of fair play and team spirit.
這一句話意思表達無可挑剔,但放在一起總感覺結構松散,其實稍作改動就會增色不少。
改為:Playing football not only makes us grow up tall and strong but also gives us a sense of fair play and team spirit.
再如:In recent years,Beijing has been advancing very fast.All these make people’s lives convenient,pleasant and colorful.
換成以下幾種說法,效果會更好。
In recent years,Beijing has been advancing very fast,which makes people’s lives convenient,pleasant and colorful.
With the development of Beijing,people’s lives are becoming more and more convenient,pleasant and colorful.
Nowadays,Beijing is developing so fast that people’s lives are getting more convenient,pleasant and colorful.
(3)從語法角度審視。
1)有無時態、語態亂用。如:
The meal is so nice that we all enjoyed it very much.(is-was)
The old man knocked down by the car and injured badly.(man后加was)
2)主謂是否保持一致。如:
My uncle often go to the cinema himself.(go-goes)
Tom as well as his sisters like English.(like-likes)
3)句子成分是否出現殘缺或多余。如:
The car which painted red didn’t stop.(去掉which 或在which后加was)
(4)是否恰當地使用關聯過渡詞,使內容連貫得體。
差:On the morning of Feb 8,2000,at 7:10,I was on the way along Park Road towards the east.I saw an old man came out of the city park.A yellow car drove up Third street.It suddenly turned right.It hit the old man.He fell down with a cry.The car didn’t stop to save the old man.It ran away.
好:The accident happened at 7:10 on the morning of Feb 8,2000.I was riding along Park Road towards the east when an old man came out of the Park on the opposite side of the street.Then I saw a yellow car drive up Third Street and made a sudden right turn in to Park Road.The next moment the car hit the old man.He fell down with a cry.But the car didn’t stop to save the old man.Instead,it drove off at a great speed.
(5)是否審題不嚴,要點不全;書寫是否潦草,字跡不清;字數是否合理等,這些都可以作為批改分項。
2.借助符號批改
對于學生作文中出現的錯誤,并不必要回回給以改出,適時地運用符號批改法,只指出作文中錯誤表現,讓學生自己去思考,發現錯誤所在,加以訂正,更利于學生對知識的掌握和運用。所有符號可有以下:對于病句可用“?搖?搖”,句序有誤用WO,動詞時態有誤用VT,語態有誤用VV,單詞誤用用S,對于文中較好的句子用G以表欣賞和鼓勵。
3.評分法
在經過分項和符號批改訓練后,教師可采取評分法。按照高考評分要求,給學生作文打分,讓學生清楚自己的作文水平,然后自己尋找失分點,自行修正。關于評分法可采用以下幾種。
(1)印象法。即教師根據自己對文章的總體印象給文章打一個總分。
(2)分析法。即教師把一篇文章分成若干項目,按照事先規定的評分標準,對每項分別評分,最后統計總分。
(3)機械法。又稱計算錯誤法。即按照錯誤數目扣分。
四、恰當地寫好評語
恰當地寫好評語,不僅是與學生思想交流、情感貼近的一種方式,更是通過所寫的句子,給學生提供效仿的機會。恩格斯說,重復產生力量。通過模仿,可以把別人的體驗化為自己的智慧,由陌生到熟練,由模糊到精確。對于高中生來說,評語最好采用常用短語、句型。如:
Try to do better next time.
What good work you have done.
I wish you would be more careful.
Your English have been greatly improved this term.
Keep on and on.
總之,有效地做好書面表達批改,既能減輕教師的批改壓力,又能調動和保持學生寫作的積極性。當然,提高書面表達能力非一日之功。首先教師要有熱情、耐心,不求人人成功,但求人人進步,這是教師不懈的追求。