韓瓊麗
【內(nèi)容摘要】初中英語老師一定要能勝任英語教學(xué)五大課型:聽說課、閱讀課、詞匯課、語法課、寫作課。每一個(gè)課型都值得不斷學(xué)習(xí)、理解、鉆研和創(chuàng)新,尤其是詞匯課!詞匯是構(gòu)建學(xué)生英語綜合運(yùn)用能力的基石,決定學(xué)生英語綜合素養(yǎng)水平;再者詞匯課難以操作,一不小心就可能上成死板枯燥的翻譯課。
【關(guān)鍵詞】詞匯 形音義用 問題 反思
一、教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)反思
比賽形式:參賽老師提前一個(gè)小時(shí)知道授課內(nèi)容(五個(gè)隨機(jī)抽取的單詞),然后在機(jī)房現(xiàn)場(chǎng)備課、制作課件和教具,并提前十分鐘攜帶課件教具趕到賽課教室,無論教授哪些具體詞匯,目的都是要讓學(xué)生掌握形、音、義、用。
我認(rèn)為“形”的環(huán)節(jié)不難操作,在PPT上展示單詞就能實(shí)現(xiàn),所以我的設(shè)計(jì)直接省去了“形”的輸入。
“音”是一個(gè)難題。如果簡單機(jī)械地看音標(biāo)和單詞來跟讀錄音或者老師帶讀,學(xué)生很快就會(huì)感到枯燥疲憊,在后面的課堂失去學(xué)習(xí)興趣。為了解決這個(gè)不足,我編了一個(gè)chant。這種東西有節(jié)奏,有押韻,學(xué)生朗朗上口。不過一個(gè)只有節(jié)奏和押韻的chant,如果能融入一定的語義,就能為后續(xù)環(huán)節(jié)做更好地的鋪墊了。于是短促的時(shí)間誕生了如下并不完美的chant:
Boring, boring, boring meaning.
Reach, reach, reach home for lunch.
Language, language, use mouth and body.
Communicate, communicate, communicate with people.
在每行chant下面,我還對(duì)元音音標(biāo)進(jìn)行了標(biāo)注,幫助學(xué)生規(guī)范發(fā)音。
“義”的學(xué)習(xí)我們一直強(qiáng)調(diào)語境和運(yùn)用。在筆者的詞匯課堂,學(xué)生經(jīng)常在圖片提示下用目標(biāo)詞匯完成句子?!坝迷~”環(huán)節(jié)涉及到詞形變化、時(shí)態(tài)語態(tài)、固定搭配等多個(gè)方面,學(xué)生收獲很大。但是本次備課時(shí)間有限,無法短時(shí)查找和選擇合適圖片,設(shè)計(jì)地道語句。于是,我采用如下dialogue的形式:
Tom: When did you____ China?
Mary: Two months ago.
Tom: What____ do you use to____ with people?
Mary: Of course Chinese.
Tom: But you are not good at Chinese. Is your life____ there?
Mary: No. I have a lot of fun. I can understand people's____ by my e-dictionary.
筆者沒有直接給出完整對(duì)話讓學(xué)生role play,這樣會(huì)剝奪學(xué)生思考的過程。老師對(duì)目標(biāo)詞匯挖空,學(xué)生先填寫,再對(duì)話,在語境中理解詞義。
掌握了“形”、“音”、“義”,最后一個(gè)“用”便水到渠成。筆者采用“寫長法”,并在示范時(shí)給學(xué)生提煉出寫長要素,讓學(xué)生有更清晰的思路和著眼點(diǎn)。
板書示范:Mary reached China.
1. Mary reached China two month ago. →time
2. Mary reached China at Beijing Airport. →place
3. Mary reached great China. →adj.(+n)
4. Mary reached China successfully. →(v/adv.+)v
5. Mary reached China because she wanted to meet many businessmen. →because…(reason)
6. Mary reached China so she could have business. →so…(result)
寫長句的訓(xùn)練能為學(xué)生寫短文、小故事打開思路。學(xué)生們突然意識(shí)到:句子寫到足夠長,就能蛻變成一篇短文。獲得了如此的成就感和自信心,學(xué)生已經(jīng)對(duì)編寫包含五個(gè)目標(biāo)詞匯的小故事躍躍欲試了。
二、教學(xué)過程反思
這節(jié)詞匯課的整個(gè)過程比較完整,環(huán)環(huán)相扣,步步為營,課堂的節(jié)奏和學(xué)生的表現(xiàn)基本按照課前預(yù)設(shè)進(jìn)行。不過有些環(huán)節(jié)仍然有待斟酌和完善。
比如導(dǎo)入部分。任何課型,導(dǎo)入至關(guān)重要,一旦冷場(chǎng),整節(jié)課基本報(bào)廢。筆者對(duì)自己的導(dǎo)入要求很高,卻最沒信心。愛吃糖是孩子的天性,而我的賽課是上午最后半節(jié)課,學(xué)生肯定饑腸轆轆,這個(gè)時(shí)候獻(xiàn)上“糖衣炮彈”一定管用!一進(jìn)教室,我就關(guān)心地詢問:It's almost at noon. Are you hungry now?不出意料,學(xué)生異口同聲告訴我:Yes! 我繼續(xù)誘導(dǎo):Me too. So I bring you some candies. Do you like candies? 學(xué)生又答:Yes! 但是我談起了條件:Then we must work hard in class and enjoy candies after class.這個(gè)簡單的free talk,一方面是給學(xué)生獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)的刺激,一方面導(dǎo)入我的下一個(gè)話題。我一邊展示圖片,一邊不動(dòng)聲色地和學(xué)生閑聊:
I have a daughter. She is only two years old. She likes candies very much, just like you. But she can't speak too much. When she wants to eat candies, she does something like this. (Show Ss a cartoon in which a little bear is lying on ground, waving hands and kicking feet.)She uses her body language to tell me a meaning: “Mum, I love candies, even more than you.” She can't speak too much, so she uses this way to communicate with her mum. But we are different. We can use our mouth to tell meanings. For example, if Miss Han asks: “What's the weather like today?” What will you say? S: It's rainy and a little cold. T: Good! We know English people likes talking about weather. Maybe one day we can visit the UK. When you reach the UK, you can communicate with English people by talking about weather. Anyway, we should learn English well at first. I hope this English class is not boring and you won't be bored…幾分鐘下來,五個(gè)目標(biāo)詞匯及其簡單的意義解釋都鋪墊出來了。不過這個(gè)free talk環(huán)節(jié)繁瑣冗長,學(xué)生真正開口表達(dá)的機(jī)會(huì)很有限,需要換一種更吸引學(xué)生、更精簡的導(dǎo)入形式。