摘 要:新的教育要求在教學(xué)過程中要體現(xiàn)“學(xué)生為主體,教師為主導(dǎo),訓(xùn)線為主線,思維為核心”的教學(xué)思想,尊重學(xué)生的人格及創(chuàng)造精神,把教學(xué)的重心和立足點轉(zhuǎn)移到引導(dǎo)學(xué)生主動積極地“學(xué)”上來,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生想學(xué)、會學(xué)、善學(xué)。因此,英語教師要根據(jù)各個知識點之間的聯(lián)系,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生對所學(xué)知識進行組合,使學(xué)生能多角度、多方位地思考問題,進行發(fā)散性的質(zhì)疑求異思維,以獲得生動、活潑、獨立、主動的發(fā)展,這樣才能奏響“有效教學(xué)”的協(xié)助曲。
關(guān)鍵詞:質(zhì)疑;求異思維;思維定式;有效教學(xué)
愛因斯坦說:“提出一個問題比解決一個問題更重要?!眮喞锸慷嗟乱苍f:“思維是從疑問驚奇開始的?!币墒撬季S的開端,是創(chuàng)造的基礎(chǔ)。其實,所謂“學(xué)問”,就是學(xué)習(xí)和發(fā)問??梢哉f,學(xué)習(xí)的過程是圍繞一個“疑”字展開的,有疑才產(chǎn)生問題,有問才引人深思,這就是“學(xué)則須疑”的意義之所在。因此,我們在課堂教學(xué)中,不但要把“釋疑”作為天職,更應(yīng)鼓勵學(xué)生獨立思考,敢于“say No”,大膽質(zhì)疑,標新立異,讓學(xué)生多側(cè)面、多角度地思考問題,用與眾不同的方法質(zhì)疑、解惑,激發(fā)他們的求知欲望和探索熱情,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的質(zhì)疑求異思維。
一、巧設(shè)問題疑境,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生質(zhì)疑求異能力
發(fā)問是培養(yǎng)學(xué)生思維能力的有效途徑。巧妙的發(fā)問可以啟發(fā)想象,開闊思路,引導(dǎo)創(chuàng)新。因此,在英語教學(xué)實踐中,教師要善于用提問的方式把學(xué)生思維的導(dǎo)火線很好地點燃起來,不斷給學(xué)生以思維的動機和空間,處處設(shè)疑、激疑,使學(xué)生展開思維的翅膀,由過去機械接受向主動探索發(fā)展,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的質(zhì)疑能力。如在學(xué)習(xí)牛津英語模塊一Unit3《Looking good, feeling good》這一單元時,我提出了以下問題:①Are there any people around you who need to lose some weight?②Which do you think is more important, looking
good or feeling good ?③How will you keep healthy in the future after
learning the text?讓全體學(xué)生展開討論,擺脫束縛,自由發(fā)揮,以培養(yǎng)他們的求異思維。又如在學(xué)習(xí)完課文《The necklace》后,我通過以下問題讓學(xué)生談?wù)勛约旱囊娊夂涂捶ǎ篧hat do you think of Mathilde?What kind of people is she?Do you think honesty is very important?Why or why not?這樣,學(xué)生就會進行積極思維,提出自己的意見和看法。有部分同學(xué)對Mathilde這個人物進行了“標新立異”的評價。有同學(xué)認為:Mathilde was beautiful, but she married a poor and little clerk. It was unfair. She could have lived a much happier life. It was not wrong of her to ask for an evening dress and jewelry. It suggested that she respected others. 還有人認為:She was honest and dependable. She tried every possible means to borrow money and bought a necklace which was exactly like Jeanne’s in order not to hurt her friend. 甚至還有人認為:She was hardworking. She worked day and night for ten years to pay back the money. This was where her virtue lay. 學(xué)生表現(xiàn)出來的往往是多向性思維,這種多向性思維正是各具特點的個性反映,其中蘊含著一種懷疑與探索精神。對于這種思維苗頭,一般不要輕易否定與扼殺,而應(yīng)正確引導(dǎo),想方設(shè)法啟發(fā)學(xué)生多角度、多層次思維,鼓勵學(xué)生大膽想象,勇于創(chuàng)新。
二、幫助學(xué)生質(zhì)疑解惑,激活學(xué)生的求異思維
“學(xué)成于思,思源于疑?!毙睦韺W(xué)家把發(fā)現(xiàn)疑難看成是“思維”的路標、“創(chuàng)造”的基石。在英語教學(xué)中,教師應(yīng)引導(dǎo)學(xué)生自我“設(shè)疑——析疑——釋疑”,使學(xué)生在質(zhì)疑問難中真正確立在學(xué)習(xí)過
程中的主體地位。因為學(xué)生自己發(fā)現(xiàn)并提出的問題,更能激起學(xué)生的探求欲望,也更能激活思維和課堂氣氛。而活躍的課堂氣氛又能使不同水平的學(xué)生積極參與探究學(xué)習(xí),無拘無束地發(fā)表自己的見解,使課堂教學(xué)真正做到面向全體學(xué)生。如在學(xué)完牛津英語模塊一Unit3《Looking good, feeling good》后,我又找了一篇關(guān)于中國飲食的閱讀材料供學(xué)生閱讀。當(dāng)時有一名學(xué)生針對文中的“The Chinese diet is considered to be the healthiest in the world”提了這
么一個問題:“Many Chinese people eat wild animals’ meat. Is such a kind of diet the healthiest in the world?”其實,有些同學(xué)也有同感,只是不敢發(fā)問。這時,我便抓住這個機會把問題留給學(xué)生,讓他們對這個問題展開討論。經(jīng)過激烈討論,師生達成共識:“The
Chinese common or family diet is, of course, the healthiest in the world. However, the diet which contains wild animals’ meat can’t be considered healthy, and it goes against nature.”同時,我還表揚了提出這個問題的同學(xué),并鼓勵學(xué)生在平時的生活中要多觀察,多思考。又如在講到句子I will tell you all that he told me.時,教師通常對學(xué)生解釋all that=what,故此句可替換為I will tell you what he told me.但我們有一個同學(xué)提出I will tell you all what he told me.也是正確的,這時all作you 的同位語。對于這位同學(xué)的多角度分析應(yīng)給予贊揚,并鼓勵學(xué)生積極啟動思維,學(xué)生們還會大膽地創(chuàng)造性地說出I will tell you everything he told me. I will tell you both what he told me. 等句子。因此,要讓學(xué)生質(zhì)疑問難,首先要幫助學(xué)生質(zhì)疑解惑,樹立學(xué)生質(zhì)疑的信心,切不可輕易否定學(xué)生,更不可用“鉆牛角尖”“多此一舉,自作聰明”等話語中傷學(xué)生,扼殺學(xué)生的創(chuàng)造性思維。
三、引導(dǎo)學(xué)生打破思維定式,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的求異思維
定式的思維不利于學(xué)生發(fā)揮想象。打破思維定式,才能讓學(xué)生廣開思路,發(fā)揮想象。打破思維定式,就是用可變角度去思考問題,用新的思路解決問題,使思維靈活而富有創(chuàng)造性。通過下面這個句子,可以引導(dǎo)學(xué)生從不同的角度去思維從而得出不同的結(jié)論:
I met the girl in the classroom.在這個句子中,如果把in the classroom當(dāng)作狀語,其意思為“我在教室里遇到了那個女孩”。如果把其當(dāng)作the girl的定語,則意為“我遇到了教室里的那個女孩”。所以,思考問題的角度不同,得出的結(jié)論也就不一樣。在平時的習(xí)題教學(xué)中,可以這樣訓(xùn)練學(xué)生的求異思維,如:先讓學(xué)生用定式的思維完成下列兩道題:
(1)We were all looking forward to from you at that time.
A.hear B.hearing
C.heard D.have heard
(2) to all that paper was first made in China.
A.It’s known B.As is known
C.What is known D.That is known
之后,讓學(xué)生打破原來的思維定式,解答下列三題:
(3)The present you are looking forward to by your
father.
A.being given B.will be given
C.giving D.have been given
(4) ,paper was first made in China.
A.It’s known to all
B.As is known to all
C.What is known to all
D.That is known to all
(5)What is known to all paper was first made in
China.
A.is B.that
C.\\ D.is that
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(作者單位 江蘇省揚州市寶應(yīng)縣氾水高級中學(xué))