吴淑兰
(福建省云霄第一中学)
教育部制订的《普通高中英语课程标准》对词汇量是这样规定的,七级要求学会2400~2500 个单词和300~400个习惯用语和固定搭配;八级要求学会使用3000 个单词和400~500 个习惯用语或固定搭配。如何高质量地完成词汇教学目标是每位教师必须思考的问题。在繁重的高三英语教学中,除了包括合成、派生、转化等方法的构词法可以帮助学生掌握大量单词,教师有必要采用多样的词汇复习方式和手段来帮助学生在语境中复习词汇、运用词汇,从而促进词汇积累,促进听、说、读、写技能和综合运用英语能力的提高。本文在此介绍几种有效的词汇复习方法。
具体做法就是先将方法介绍给学生并做一示范,然后充分发挥学生的想象,从连词成句到连词成段,在此过程中既巩固了词汇也发展了学生的创造能力,提升写作能力。
如,Mr.Black is an enthusiastic teacher who is always searching for some academic information on the website.His comprehension of teaching method is wonderful,and his instruction and description impress his students.He also corrects the students’behavior and encourages them to understand each other and not to get others embarrassed and bored.
此外,下面这种串词方式也有助于学生掌握词汇用法。
The applicant applied himself to applying for a post for teaching applied chemistry,saying that he would apply what he learnt to his teaching.
Manypeoplecontributedmoney tothepoorboy,which contributed to his returning to school.A reporter covered the story and contributed it to China Daily.
The little girl was the only survivor who survived the strong earthquake.She told the reporter that she had to survive on little food during the days when she was buried.Her survival was a real wonder.
在词汇教学中利用联想对同类词进行归纳,可以举一反三,复习已学词汇,巩固记忆,同时增强学生的学习兴趣。同类词归纳有很多方法,如word network(单词网络类),word tree(单词树),word house(单词屋),word pyramid(词汇金字塔)等。进入高三复习阶段,按照课文的原来结构复习会让学生觉得乏味,教师可以利用词汇树将话题与词汇结合起来复习,不仅可以帮助学生系统记忆单词,而且有助于激活学生关于某个话题已有的知识和经验,培养写作能力。
例如,话题19“世界和环境”是热门话题,教师复习完相关词汇后,可以找一篇环保话题的完形或阅读,也可以设计短文填词,让学生尽可能多地重复或使用刚复习的词汇,最后,2010 年福建高考卷中的书面表达又可以给学生一次“输出”的操练机会。
脱离语境进行词汇教学,既使学生记住了词形和词义,也很难正确地运用到实际中,因此,词汇复习可以融入语篇教学中。例如必修2 Unit 1,要求学生缩写或让学生进行短文填词练习。The Amber Room belongs to the seven wonders of the world.It was originally designed for the Palace of Frederick I.It took the country’s best artists about10 years to finish it.Everyone thought highly of its style and design.Several tons of amber as well as gold and jewels were used to make it,so no wonder it is worth a lot of money.But later,the next king decided to give it as a gift to the Russia people,who gave Prussia a troop of their best soldiers in return...
利用这篇短文,教师除了复习本单元重点词汇belong,design等词汇的用法,还可以拓展复习survive,remain 等词,同时引导学生用对no wonder 和no doubt。总之,具体的语境为学生提供了复习词汇及其用法的有利条件,也有助于学生发现并记住词汇在使用形式上的特点及变化。
为了调动学生已有的语言知识,教师可以激发学生在复述课文的过程中,增加与话题相关的新鲜内容。有效的语言生成取决于对文本资源的利用和课外资源的挖掘,取决于教师在教学设计和教学过程中及时关注学生的学习兴趣。
高中英语词汇中有一部分单词,学生已经掌握了它们的基本用法,但这些词汇在不同的语境中往往有了新的含义,也就是我们通常所说的“熟词生义”,教师在复习时应当引导学生关注这些词汇的用法。例如,(1)The dark clouds promise rain.(v.有…的希望;使…有可能)
(2)Therefore,the funding for the park and museum should be increased significantly.(大大地)
(3)He was cut down by the lung cancer at an early age.(夺去生命)
许多单词彼此之间都有联系,有的拼法相似,有的意义相关,如近义词、反义词、上下义词、同音词等。学习时,可以训练学生互相联想,巩固记忆。
阅读理解试题取材较广,表达地道,其中不乏优美的词汇,教师可以精选完形填空和阅读理解文章为材料复习词汇,加强对词汇活用能力的培养,同时可以引导学生仔细品味用词的精确达意,提高学生的词语辨析能力和写作能力。
在搜寻某一对应表达时,人们联想到的词语将远远超过所需要的。也就是说,在翻译句子的过程中不仅这个词被激活了还有其他许多关联词的拼写、读音、意义和用法也会被激活.
例如,(1)她对学生很耐心也很关爱体贴。每当学生有难题她都详细解答。She shows her patience and consideration whenever her students are faced with difficult problems.
(2)无论生活多忙碌,她总是尽力抽出时间研究红树林。However busy her life is/ Busy as her life is,she always manages to spare some time to do/carry out her research on mangrove forest.
(3)出国留学不仅可以开阔我们的视野,而且能丰富人生经验。
Studying abroad can not only broaden our horizons but also enrich our life experience.
总之,词汇教学是一项繁重而艰巨的任务,它贯穿于整个高三英语复习教学过程中。“授人以鱼,不如授人以渔。”只要教师在平时教学中多留心观察、总结归纳,学生就能多一些掌握词汇的方法,提高词汇复习的效率,从而掌握更多的词汇,并灵活运用这些词汇。
陈琳,王蔷,程晓堂.普通高中英语课程标准(实验)解读[M].南京:江苏教育出版社,2003.