王青英

《普通高中英語課程標準(實驗)》中對聽力這種語言技能的教學目標描述為:能聽懂有關熟悉話題的談話并能抓住要點,能識別語段中的重要信息并進行簡單的推斷,能聽懂正常語速聽力材料中對人和物的描寫、情節發展和結果,能聽懂熟悉話題的內容、識別不同語氣所表達的不同態度。其實這些都是聽力微技能的體現。所謂“微技能”,實際上就是人潛在的微妙的心理認知能力,它支配人的行動和思維,包括語言學習。聽力微觀技能即聽力理解方面的具體技能技巧、聽力理解微技能,主要包括辨音、獲取主要信息、預測能力、猜詞語意的能力等。研究表明,注重聽力微技能的培養,運用各種教學手段,能夠較好地提高聽力理解的能力。因此,在提高聽力的過程中,應注重微技能的訓練培養。本文以我的一節聽說課“Water saving”為例,談談如何設計教學環節和任務,培養學生的聽力微技能。
Step 1: Lead- in
1. Appreciate a lot of pictures with colorful flowers, green grass and tall trees and ask students to think about the question: What is the most important for the flowers, grass and trees?
S: Sunshine... soil... water...
T: They are all very important, but the most important is water, because water is the source of everything.
2. Ask the students to appreciate another picture and answer: What can we see in this picture?
S: An eye... a drop of tear... smoke ....
T: What does the picture want to tell us?
S: Protect our environment...
T: Actually, it tells us that if we dont protect our environment from now on, the last drop of water on the earth maybe is our tear.
(設計意圖:通過美麗的自然風光的圖片來激發學生興趣,然后展示一張與之前圖片迥然不同的圖片,構成強烈反差,帶來強烈的視覺和心靈震撼,喚醒他們對保護環境,尤其是節約水資源的重視。)
Step 2: Pre-listening
Brainstorming:What can we do to save water in our daily life?
S1:Turn off the tap at once after every use.
S2: Reuse the water. For example, use the water first to wash clothes, and then use it to water flowers.
S3: ...
(設計意圖:激活已有知識,也為下一環節做鋪墊。)
Step3: While-listening
Task1: Listen and answer the following two questions.
Q1: According to WRA, what is the reason for the waste of water?
Q2: What are the simple ways mentioned to save water in peoples daily life?
Answer keys: Q1: The low price of tap water.
Q2: To turn off the tap after every use; To use a dishwasher instead of hand-washing; To store cold water for later use when taking a shower.
(設計意圖:這是global listening,培養學生聽取主要信息的能力。讓學生通過回答以上兩個問題來獲取main idea.因為聽力材料是課外的,通過回答兩個問題來獲取main idea,可以適當降低聽力任務難度。)
Task2: Listen again and write down the missing words.
The Water Resources Agency (WRA) of Taiwan has called on people to save water as a way to reduce pollution. The WRA pointed out that the low price of tap water in Taiwan, which has not increased in 1 years, has led people to waste the 2 resource. The lack of water has become a
3 of global tension. WRA suggests a water price rise and the 4 proposed a water cap system—might not appeal to the public during such economically difficult time. Before such
5 is made, people can save water through many simple ways in addition to
6 turning off the tap after every use. According to a study by environmental "Friends of earth," if every family in the UK used a dishwasher instead of hand-washing, more than a
7 liters of water would be saved every day. Another 8 waste of water that can be 9 : Tons of bathing water run down the drain unused every day as people wait for it to be
10 . Some people are already saving the cold water by storing it for later use. A more effective way to change the
11 is to improve the design of water heaters.
Answer keys: 1. fourteen/14 2. valuable 3. source 4. economist 5. policy 6. mindfully 7. quarter billion 8. typical 9. prevented 10. heated 11. situation
(設計意圖:這一環節的設計為intensive listening,主要培養學生聽取細節和猜測詞義的能力。所設置的空皆為實詞,因為實詞傳達了更為重要的信息???和7的設置是為了提醒學生在聽力時一定要注意聽力材料中出現的數詞???、5、6三個所填入的詞對高一學生來說是生詞,設置的目的是提醒學生在聽力材料中即便聽到了生詞也不要驚慌,可以在聽的過程中快速記下單詞發音,再根據所學的音標知識寫出相應的單詞,猜測單詞的含義。)
Step4: Discussion
Discuss in groups of four to find out waste phenomena(現象) in our school and give advice on how to prevent them.
(設計意圖:這一環節是對以上聽力材料的拓展,讓學生在聽的基礎上能發散思維,既充實了聽力材料信息,也能對學生進行情感價值觀教育的滲透。)
Step5: Listening practice
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Waste can be seen 1 . Some students ask for more food than they
2 . Some students forget to 3 the tap after they finish washing and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classrooms. Waste can bring 4 problems. Though China is
5 resource, it is 6 . It is reported that we will have no 7 to use in 100 years. So if we 8 wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we go? 9 . I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting 10 . If we do our best, waste can be stopped one day and many natural resources can be saved.
Answer keys: 1. everywhere at school 2. can eat 3. turn off 4. a lot of 5. rich in 6. short of others 7. coal or oil 8.go on 9. Think about it 10. as soon as possible
(設計意圖:這一材料其實是對以上所有聽和說的一個總結,材料本身難度不大。從所設置的空答案來看,所填入的詞都存在連讀現象,這一任務的設置是培養學生在聽力過程中的辨音能力,聽完之后根據錄音進行模仿朗讀,也是為了有意識地培養學生的連讀技能。)
Step 6: Conclusion & Assignment
Task 1: Write a letter about your discussion results to Principal Li.
Task 2: Read the second passage.
(設計意圖:激發學生校園生活主人翁的意識,同時使課堂與實際生活直接相聯系,讓學生更有參與熱情。)
這節課的話題源于課本,但所用材料并不拘泥于課本,而是選自網絡資源,并根據高一學生實際水平對材料進行刪減和處理,使之為課程目標服務。英語教師作為學生走向世界的領路人,更應該有開闊的眼界,不能“唯課本論”,而應善于利用一切優秀資源為教學所服務。這節課各個任務的設置環環相扣,圍繞著一個話題“說透”,而不是“蜻蜓點水”。“節水”這一話題于學生來說并不新奇,但是選用材料中所提供的信息又給學生打開了另一個思路。在任務設置上將聽力微技能中培養學生辨音、獲取主要信息、預測能力、猜詞語意等滲透在各個聽力練習中,做到對學生聽力微技能的培養“潤物細無聲”。
當然,任何一門語言技能的培養都不可能一蹴而就,需要長期的堅持才能初見成效,這就需要我們老師做好長期作戰的準備,在平時的教學中進行有效的滲透和堅持,終有一天我們會聽到花開的聲音。
責任編輯 魏文琦