隨著中學(xué)英語新課程改革的不斷深入,在以強(qiáng)調(diào)功能意念為主的教學(xué)活動中,人們關(guān)注的是語言的交際功能,而語言形式的對錯與否似乎已不再顯得那么重要。中學(xué)英語教學(xué)要不要教語法,應(yīng)該如何教語法,筆者認(rèn)為,現(xiàn)在的中學(xué)英語語法教學(xué)不能簡單地予以淡化,而應(yīng)轉(zhuǎn)變觀念和改變教學(xué)模式。
所以語法知識對高中生非常重要,那我們英語教師該如何進(jìn)行語法教學(xué)呢?下面我以定語從句為例談?wù)劰P者對語法教學(xué)的看法。
下面筆者結(jié)合定語從句的特點(diǎn),談?wù)劧ㄕZ從句的教學(xué)。
一、導(dǎo)入新穎,引起興趣
眾所周知,相對于閱讀課、聽力課和寫作課等課型,語法課是高中教師最頭痛的課型。究其原因是語法知識的講授比較枯燥,學(xué)生沒有興趣聽,課堂參與少,師生互動不夠,導(dǎo)致課堂氣氛沉悶,課堂效率低。要解決這一難題關(guān)鍵是要引起學(xué)生的興趣。
我在教學(xué)定語從句時進(jìn)行了這樣的導(dǎo)入。我們學(xué)校的校園環(huán)境優(yōu)美,剛剛又建了一批新的機(jī)房和語音室,學(xué)生很興奮。我抓住這些鮮活又真實(shí)的情景作為我們教學(xué)的素材。我先在屏幕上展現(xiàn)美麗的校園全景,吸引學(xué)生的注意力,接著,我啟發(fā)他們用英語來描述優(yōu)美的校園。他們說出了如下的一些句子。
Our school is very beautiful.
Our school has many trees and flowers.
The computer rooms are bright and tidy.
The teachers are very kind and friendly in our school.
二、 順勢引出,呈現(xiàn)語法
在學(xué)生有了一定興趣時,應(yīng)該借勢引出所要學(xué)習(xí)的語法。這樣學(xué)生懷著一種好奇的心情去學(xué),效果就會很不一樣。說完上面的一些句子后,很快,同學(xué)們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的修飾詞已遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)滿足不了他們表達(dá)心情的需要。于是我向他們介紹了一種新的表示方法 —“定語從句”,用一個句子來修飾,做定語。在我的引導(dǎo)下,學(xué)生又說出了一些定語從句。
三、探究學(xué)習(xí),情景模擬
以小組競賽的方式讓一個學(xué)生站起來描述一個人或物,其他學(xué)生猜出他/她描述的是誰或是什么。(S1代表學(xué)生1,S2代表學(xué)生2,S3代表學(xué)生3,S4代表學(xué)生4,S5代表學(xué)生5,Ss代表除提問者外的全體學(xué)生)
S1:She is a girl who got three gold medals in the last sports meeting .Who is she?
Ss: She is Wu Yan.
S2:It is a book that can tells you the meaning of new words when you study English. What is it?
Ss: It is a dictionary.
S3: He is boy who wears a pair of glasses and loves dog very much. Who is he?
Ss: He is Li Wei.
S4: She is a lady whose daughter is one year old. Who is she?
Ss: She is Miss Guo.
S5: It is a place where we study every day. What is it?
Ss: It is our classroom.
情景模擬:每四個同學(xué)們一組,按照情景編一段對話,要求要用到一些定語從句,然后分角色扮演。情景如下:你的外籍教師正在郊區(qū)踏青,他以前的一個學(xué)生Bill今天下午3點(diǎn)要來看望他,Bill的火車14:30到站,而你的老師15:30才能趕回家,所以請你到火車站接Bill。(T代表Teacher, S代表Student, M代表A man, B代表Bill)下面是一組同學(xué)的分角色扮演:
T: Where are you, Li Lei?
S: I'm near the exit of the Railway Station, but I can't find Bill.
T: Sorry. I forgot to tell you that Mr. Bill is a tall man who will carry a red suitcase.
S: Oh, I see. But there are three men who are carrying red suitcases.
T: He is the one whose hair is blond.
S: But there are two men whose hair is blond.
T: Don't worry. You may ask them. Bill is the one who is from Australia.
S: All right. I will. (S moves forward and asks) Excuse me, sir, Are you Bill?
M: Sorry, I'm not.
S: Excuse me, sir; you must be Bill, who is from Australia.
B: Yes, I am. Thank you very much for coming to meet me.
通過這節(jié)語法課改革的嘗試,筆者體會到這種嶄新的課型比傳統(tǒng)的語法教學(xué)更符合語言教學(xué)的規(guī)律。學(xué)生從直觀的感覺來認(rèn)識語法規(guī)律,在語境中去感知語法規(guī)律,在交際中去實(shí)現(xiàn)語法的應(yīng)用,從而達(dá)到掌握語法知識的目的。