朱紅琴
(南京六合中等專業學校)
與大部分中職學生一樣,我班學生英語基礎弱。我曾經抱怨學生素質差,教授多遍的簡單語法都學不會。反思我們的語法課堂,存在低效甚至無效的教學活動。如果我們改變教學策略,讓語法課生動起來,學生像聽故事一樣對語法課產生興趣,這樣的語法課定會成為有效課堂。教學過去完成時,我做了一次嘗試。
課堂伊始,呈現今天的教學內容。(Today we are going to have fun learning Grammar,the past perfect tense and also we’ll have fun listening to some stories.)
張老師昨晚的時間去哪兒了?
我呈現了我班張老師的一張照片作為導入。學生低聲議論著照片并迫不及待地等著下文。我問:Where did Mr.Zhang’s time go last night?Do you want to know?全班學生大聲齊答:Yes.我連續呈現張老師的家庭生活照并配時間安排表,生動展現了張老師“昨晚”的生活,學生興奮了。這時,呈現目標語法便是水到渠成。(Mrs.Zhang had got supper ready when Mr.Zhang arrived home last night.He had finished supper by the time he went Power Walking...)我把已呈現的例句放入時間軸,學生對這一時態結構和概念有了一個直觀形象的理解。
習主席的時間去哪兒了?
區分一般過去時態與過去完成時態的異同是難點。我呈現了2014 習主席訪歐日志的照片。(Where did President Xi’s time go from March 22 to April 1?)問題剛出,就有學生分別用中英文回答了。我重復答案并呈現習主席所出訪的歐洲四國的精美圖片,繼續話題。(President Xi went to attend an important meeting and then visited the four countries in Europe.)借助圖片,導入例句:President Xi visited Netherlands on March 22.He had finished visiting Netherlands before he went to visit France on March 26.He went to visit Germany on March 28.He had finished visiting Germany by the time he went to Belgium.因為有真實的情境,學生便不難理解一般過去時與過去完成時的用法區別了。
馬航去哪兒了?
為加強學生對過去完成時典型句型的理解與記憶,我創設了第三個情境。(Where has the MH370 gone?Malaysia’s prime minister announced that maybe the flight had crashed into the Southern Indian Ocean.Hardly had Chinese heard the bad news when they felt pain.If the passengers had known the flight was not safe,they wouldn’t have taken this flight.)MH370 失聯的事故讓世人為之惋惜,相信這些例句也會被學生牢記在心。
貝蒂的獎杯去哪兒了?
沉重的故事之后,我設計了輕松的游戲:A famous singer,Betty,won an award.No sooner had she received the trophy then she held a party to celebrate.After dinner she found that the trophy had gone...Chris said his Dalmatian(斑 點 狗)had given birth to three babies.He went home and saw three puppies with lovely dots(圓點).Now can you help Detective Lu find the thief?學生積極討論找答案,但仍一臉的茫然。這時我給出一張斑點狗媽媽和狗寶寶的圖片。學生此時恍然大悟:原來斑點狗出生時是沒有斑點的。答案已不言而喻了,這時學生已非常開心了。
我的獎品會去哪兒呢?
反饋練習環節,我準備了四組不同題型的練習題供學生搶答并為獲勝者頒發小獎品。練習的正確率出乎意料的高。一堂有效的語法課結束了。
語言學習既不是純粹的知識原理性學習,只要知道了、明白了就可以靈活運用,也不是純粹的技能技巧學習,一旦操練多次,就可以熟練掌握。本節語法課的教學中我改變了以講授為主的教學策略,遵循語言學習的規律,以學生為中心,層層深入,循序漸進地設計教學活動,營造了啟動學生思維的豐富的教學環境。
語法知識的學習離不開語法項目所存在的語言情境,在本節語法課中,我創設了系列情境故事,每一教學環節就是一個情境故事。本課的教學證明語法不是僅憑教師靠教材講出來的,而是學生積極主動參與學習、體會從而感悟出來的。學生在充分接觸和體驗的基礎上分析和理解語法,然后再去學習語法規則,從而實現有效語法教學。