插圖,作為一種直觀的視覺(jué)信息和教學(xué)媒體,是教材內(nèi)容的有機(jī)組成部分,它傳遞著與教材內(nèi)容相關(guān)的豐富信息,并提供了相關(guān)的背景。新目標(biāo)英語(yǔ)(GO FOR IT!)教材圖文并茂,幾乎每個(gè)語(yǔ)篇都配有色彩鮮明、生動(dòng)活潑的插圖,比較符合中學(xué)生的生理、心理特點(diǎn)和學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的規(guī)律。外語(yǔ)教學(xué)插圖的功能:一個(gè)是它對(duì)教科書(shū)的裝飾作用;另一個(gè)是它對(duì)課外提供語(yǔ)境作用;第三是在課堂上的操練作用。”
一、拋磚引玉, 導(dǎo)入語(yǔ)篇話題
新目標(biāo)英語(yǔ)九年級(jí)Unit 1 How can we become good learners? Section A 1a 圖中呈現(xiàn)The girl says: “ I study by making word cards.”讓學(xué)生照樣畫(huà)葫蘆,通過(guò)對(duì)圖片的解讀,很快能回答出: The boy in green says: “I study by listening to the tapes.” 學(xué)生還能各抒己見(jiàn),快樂(lè)地與其他同學(xué)分享自己的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)驗(yàn),培養(yǎng)學(xué)生用英語(yǔ)思維的能力,給學(xué)生提供用英語(yǔ)交流的平臺(tái)。
二、激活思維, 預(yù)測(cè)語(yǔ)篇內(nèi)容
培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的觀察、記憶、思維、想象能力和創(chuàng)新精神是基礎(chǔ)教育階段英語(yǔ)課程的重要任務(wù)之一。在語(yǔ)篇教學(xué)中,大多數(shù)教師通常采用視聽(tīng)動(dòng)畫(huà)、閱讀文本等方式直截了當(dāng)?shù)馗兄⒗斫夂腕w驗(yàn)文本。其實(shí)在進(jìn)入語(yǔ)篇文本學(xué)習(xí)前,不妨適時(shí)地指導(dǎo)學(xué)生觀察插圖,利用插圖能對(duì)課文提供直觀線索的作用,讓學(xué)生結(jié)合自身的知識(shí)和生活經(jīng)驗(yàn),對(duì)文本內(nèi)容進(jìn)行大膽地推測(cè)或預(yù)測(cè),從而培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的觀察、思考和想象力。新目標(biāo)英語(yǔ)九年級(jí)Unit13 Were trying to save the earth! Section B 2a Look at the title and the pictures in 2b. Can you guess what the passage is about? 我把它分解成兩個(gè)問(wèn)題.1.What can you see in the pictures? An unusual house, two handbags and a small art piece. 2.What may the passage talk about? It may talk about recycling and the protection of the environment. 或者Its about how people can think of creative ways to use things that are no longer used(wanted). 學(xué)生能用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)自己的想法,并能靈活使用所學(xué)知識(shí),這是作為一線教師最愿意看到的。Who made them? What are they made of /from? 通過(guò)師生間的討論,可以繪制出思維導(dǎo)圖,即板書(shū)雛形.
三、訓(xùn)練技能, 輔助語(yǔ)篇復(fù)述
復(fù)述是英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)篇教學(xué)中必要環(huán)節(jié)之一。它是指學(xué)生在理解和記憶的基礎(chǔ)上,把文本內(nèi)容加以整理,有重點(diǎn),有條理地進(jìn)行敘述,對(duì)提高他們的口頭表達(dá)能力有獨(dú)特的作用。由于復(fù)述不是簡(jiǎn)單的、機(jī)械的背誦,而是經(jīng)過(guò)自己大腦言語(yǔ)中樞的加工,創(chuàng)造性地再現(xiàn)已知語(yǔ)言材料的內(nèi)容。教師在讓學(xué)生復(fù)述前,給予他們足夠的信息提示。
新目標(biāo)英語(yǔ)九年級(jí)Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section A 1c --2a.
Tell a story about Marys morning.
Mary overslept yesterday. By the time she got up, her brother had already gotten in the shower. After he got out of the shower, she took a quick shower and got dressed. But by the time she went outside, the bus had already left. So she had to run all the way to school. When she got to school, she realized that she had left her backpack at home.Then she ran home to get her backpack. What was worse, when she got home, she realized she had left her keys in the backpack. So she had to run back to school without her keys or her backpack. By the time she got back to school, the bell had rung. By the time she walked into class, the teacher had already started teaching. 在課文9幅圖片的幫助下,大部分學(xué)生能流利地講述這個(gè)故事。然后把它作為當(dāng)堂作文。學(xué)生覺(jué)得簡(jiǎn)單,從心理上就容易接受,樂(lè)于動(dòng)筆寫(xiě)。
教材是學(xué)生接觸最多,最熟悉的學(xué)習(xí)資料,對(duì)于學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)是最親切的,作為教師有責(zé)任把教材提供的各種(素材)信息進(jìn)行最大限度的挖掘。
作者簡(jiǎn)介:
陶益菲(1981~),女,漢族,浙江紹興人,本科,中教一級(jí),浙江華維外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)校,主要研究方向:初中英語(yǔ)教育。