點燃學生創新思維的火花

根據新課程標準，英語基礎教育階段的任務是：激發和培養學生學習英語的興趣，培養學生的觀察、記憶、思維、想象能力和創新精神。新的課程標準孕育了新的教材，新教材之“新”不僅體現在它的內容上，更體現在它的功能上。新教材不是讓學生在頭腦中復制教科書所呈現的一切，而是憑借它激活學生的思維。在英語教學中如何有效地激活學生的創新思維呢?

著名教育家蘇格拉底說：“教育不是灌輸，而是點燃火焰。（Education is not the filling of a vessel，but the kindling of a flame.）”因此教師在教學過程中 ，應充分發揮創造性，成為學生學習生活的激活者，激活教材，激活學生，使學生能夠積極、主動地投入到學生生活中，實現新課標的要求。以下是一節初二學生的將來時態句型練習課。怎樣通過啟發學生創造性思維，把枯燥的句型練習課上得饒有趣味、精彩活躍是這里所要探討的。

一上課，我把前一課的句型通過屏幕展示出來，與學生通過問答形式溫習了句型一。

T：Do you think people will use cars in the future?

S1：I think so.

T：Do you think there will be more people in the future?

S2：I hope not，but I think so.

然后就做游戲，學生積極舉手，我請一位男生走到黑板前扮演比爾·蓋茨，與其他學生進行對話。

S3：Excuse me，Mr Bill Gates. May I ask you a question?

Mr Gates：Of course，please.

S3：Do you think there won’t be any air pollution in the future?

Mr Bill Gates：I hope so，but I don’t think so.

T4：Mr.Bill Gates，do you think people will be able to live on the moon in the future?

Mr.Bill Gates：I think so. Are there any other questions?

S5：Do you think the cars will not use petrol any longer in the future?

Mr.Bill Gates：I don’t think so，but I hope so.

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同學們各抒己見，把自己對未來的遐想用句型表達出來，氣氛很熱烈。采訪結束后，我領讀了一遍句型。

接著，我又出示了一幅森林被砍伐的圖片，引出今天上課的新句型。

T：In this picture，there is a large area of trees. A lot of trees are cut down. A forest is a large area of trees. Perhaps there will be no forest in the future. What do you think may happen from this picture?

S1：Perhaps people will cut down all the trees.

S2：Perhaps people will not be able to play in the forests.

S3：Perhaps animals will not be able to live in the forests. Perhaps they will die.

S4：Perhaps birds will have no places to live in.

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我看到學生已能順利運用句型，就領讀一遍句型。隨即點擊出四幅圖片：海底城市、宇宙飛船、電腦學習和學校午餐。

這時，課堂氣氛頓時活躍起來。四人一組，紛紛展開討論。5分鐘后，我們展開競賽，看看哪一組能造出更多的句子。

我的話音剛落，A B C D 組的同學爭先恐后地搶著舉手。我依次請四組輪流發言，每次一句。

S1：Perhaps there will be many cities under the sea in the future.

S2：Perhaps people will build houses under the sea.

S3：Perhaps people will not have lunch at school.

S4：Perhaps people will take pills only.

S5：Perhaps people will be able to learn from computers at home.

S6：Perhaps people will be able to travel by spacecraft.

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當我宣布B 組獲勝時，教室里響起一陣熱烈的掌聲，大家鼓掌向獲勝組祝賀。學生的創造性想象豐富多彩，集體的智慧是偉大的。眾多奇思妙想通過句型表達出來，令人刮目相看，為之折服。

當學生跟讀課文錄音后，我出示第三張圖片，給予課文對話的句型。

T：I think that I will be a mother in twenty years. I hope that everyone on earth will have enough food to eat. What do you think may happen in twenty years?

S1：I think that I’ll be a policeman in twenty years.

S2：I hope that I will have a big house in twenty years.

S3：I hope that I will be able to go abroad in twenty years.

S4：

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有前面將來時句型做鋪墊，學生能靈活地運用句型，回答貼近了生活，想象力進一步得到發揮。

2分鐘后，我拿出準備好的自制時間盒。要求寫下你認為二十年后將要發生的事，然后把你的句子放在時間盒里，等到二十年后，新的學生來打開它。

T：Would you like to put your paper into the time box?

S1：Yes，I’d like to do that.

T：Please read what you have written on the paper.

S1：I think that I will possibly be a business woman in twenty years’ time. I hope that I will be able to speak English very well in twenty years’ time.

T：OK. Who would like to put your paper into the time box?

S2：I hope that I will have a happy family in twenty yeas’ time. I think that I will possibly be a manager in twenty years’ time.

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同學們紛紛拿出筆，寫出自己對未來的遐想和期望。下課了，我一張張的翻閱時間盒內的紙條，句型極少出現錯誤，同學們已能夠通過句型表達出自己對未來的希翼。

素質教育要求我們研究、了解學生的心理特點，靈活采用多種符合教育規律的教法，寓教于樂，吸引學生，對他們進行教育和引導。而新教材容量大、單詞多、語法零散，對初中學生掌握基礎知識帶來一定難度。面對新教材、新課程，在英語教學中如何有效地培養學生的創新思維呢?我的理解是：興趣才是最好的老師，要根據中學生好問、好奇、愛做游戲的特點，在情景中設難解疑，激發學生的學習興趣，培養學生能力。這節課，重在反復圍繞句型啟發學生創造性思維，在課堂上適時設問，對學生進行多種思維訓練，兼顧到了聽、說、讀、寫四個方面，讓各類學生都有所收獲。達到了初中英語教學的要求，讓學生不僅學會了語法知識，而且還將學生的情感帶入了教育的境界，使之升華，收到了“潤物細無聲”的效果。同時也達到素質教育對師生的要求。