【案例背景】
與大部分中職學(xué)生一樣,我班學(xué)生英語(yǔ)基礎(chǔ)弱。我曾經(jīng)抱怨學(xué)生素質(zhì)差,教授多遍的簡(jiǎn)單語(yǔ)法都學(xué)不會(huì)。反思我們的語(yǔ)法課堂,存在低效甚至無(wú)效的教學(xué)活動(dòng)。如果我們改變教學(xué)策略,讓語(yǔ)法課生動(dòng)起來(lái),學(xué)生像聽(tīng)故事一樣對(duì)語(yǔ)法課產(chǎn)生興趣,這樣的語(yǔ)法課定會(huì)成為有效課堂。教學(xué)過(guò)去完成時(shí),我做了一次嘗試。
【案例描述】
課堂伊始,呈現(xiàn)今天的教學(xué)內(nèi)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(shí)間去哪兒了?
我呈現(xiàn)了我班張老師的一張照片作為導(dǎo)入。學(xué)生低聲議論著照片并迫不及待地等著下文。我問(wèn):Where did Mr. Zhang’s time go last night?Do you want to know?全班學(xué)生大聲齊答:Yes. 我連續(xù)呈現(xiàn)張老師的家庭生活照并配時(shí)間安排表,生動(dòng)展現(xiàn)了張老師“昨晚”的生活,學(xué)生興奮了。這時(shí),呈現(xiàn)目標(biāo)語(yǔ)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(xiàn)的例句放入時(shí)間軸,學(xué)生對(duì)這一時(shí)態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu)和概念有了一個(gè)直觀形象的理解。
習(xí)主席的時(shí)間去哪兒了?
區(qū)分一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)與過(guò)去完成時(shí)態(tài)的異同是難點(diǎn)。我呈現(xiàn)了2014習(xí)主席訪歐日志的照片。(Where did President Xi’s time go from March 22 to April 1?) 問(wèn)題剛出,就有學(xué)生分別用中英文回答了。我重復(fù)答案并呈現(xiàn)習(xí)主席所出訪的歐洲四國(guó)的精美圖片,繼續(xù)話題。( President Xi went to attend an important meeting and then visited the four countries in Europe. )借助圖片,導(dǎo)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?yàn)橛姓鎸?shí)的情境,學(xué)生便不難理解一般過(guò)去時(shí)與過(guò)去完成時(shí)的用法區(qū)別了。
馬航去哪兒了?
為加強(qiáng)學(xué)生對(duì)過(guò)去完成時(shí)典型句型的理解與記憶,我創(chuàng)設(shè)了第三個(gè)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(lián)的事故讓世人為之惋惜,相信這些例句也會(huì)被學(xué)生牢記在心。
貝蒂的獎(jiǎng)杯去哪兒了?
沉重的故事之后,我設(shè)計(jì)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(diǎn)狗)had given birth to three babies. He went home and saw three puppies with lovely dots(圓點(diǎn)). Now can you help Detective Lu find the thief?學(xué)生積極討論找答案,但仍一臉的茫然。這時(shí)我給出一張斑點(diǎn)狗媽媽和狗寶寶的圖片。學(xué)生此時(shí)恍然大悟:原來(lái)斑點(diǎn)狗出生時(shí)是沒(méi)有斑點(diǎn)的。答案已不言而喻了,這時(shí)學(xué)生已非常開(kāi)心了。
我的獎(jiǎng)品會(huì)去哪兒呢?
反饋練習(xí)環(huán)節(jié),我準(zhǔn)備了四組不同題型的練習(xí)題供學(xué)生搶答并為獲勝者頒發(fā)小獎(jiǎng)品。練習(xí)的正確率出乎意料的高。一堂有效的語(yǔ)法課結(jié)束了。
【案例反思】
一、更新語(yǔ)法教學(xué)策略,樹(shù)立以學(xué)生為中心的教學(xué)理念
語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)既不是純粹的知識(shí)原理性學(xué)習(xí),只要知道了、明白了就可以靈活運(yùn)用,也不是純粹的技能技巧學(xué)習(xí),一旦操練多次,就可以熟練掌握。本節(jié)語(yǔ)法課的教學(xué)中我改變了以講授為主的教學(xué)策略,遵循語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)的規(guī)律,以學(xué)生為中心,層層深入,循序漸進(jìn)地設(shè)計(jì)教學(xué)活動(dòng),營(yíng)造了啟動(dòng)學(xué)生思維的豐富的教學(xué)環(huán)境。
二、合理補(bǔ)充教學(xué)資源,創(chuàng)設(shè)情境并實(shí)現(xiàn)有效語(yǔ)法教學(xué)
語(yǔ)法知識(shí)的學(xué)習(xí)離不開(kāi)語(yǔ)法項(xiàng)目所存在的語(yǔ)言情境,在本節(jié)語(yǔ)法課中,我創(chuàng)設(shè)了系列情境故事,每一教學(xué)環(huán)節(jié)就是一個(gè)情境故事。本課的教學(xué)證明語(yǔ)法不是僅憑教師靠教材講出來(lái)的,而是學(xué)生積極主動(dòng)參與學(xué)習(xí)、體會(huì)從而感悟出來(lái)的。學(xué)生在充分接觸和體驗(yàn)的基礎(chǔ)上分析和理解語(yǔ)法,然后再去學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)法規(guī)則,從而實(shí)現(xiàn)有效語(yǔ)法教學(xué)。
編輯 魯翠紅