《新英语课程标准》要求教师“创造性地设计贴近学生实际的教学活动,吸引和组织他们积极参与”,“重视从学生的日常生活出发,培养学生实际运用语言的能力”。因此,在日常的英语教学中,教师应努力创设生活化的教学氛围,让学生沉浸其中,潜移默化地受到感染,这样有助于学生用真实的方式来应用所学的知识,同时也认识到所学知识的作用和意义。现以译林小学英语三年级上册Unit4 My family为例,谈谈我是如何将生活融入课堂教学中的。
一、歌曲导入,融入生活
T:Today, there are some new teachers here. Lets sing a song for them,OK?
以“My family”这首歌导入,直接切入主题“甜蜜的家庭”,从课的一开始就把学生带入生活化的情境中,并以这条主线贯穿整节课,使学生所有的学习都是建立在自己家庭的已有知识储备和经验中,为学生后面的语言输出做好了铺垫。
二、词汇学习,链接生活
1.复习课文,以旧引新。
T:We know Mike has a sweet family. But do you know how many people are there in Mikes family?and who are they?Do you remember? Look!Whos this man?
S1:Mikes father.
T:Oh! He is Mikes father, read after me , father.(教授father并板书)
(同法教授mother, brother and sister四个课文中已经出现过的单词。)
T:Now, I want to be Mike! I can introduce my family. For example,this is my family ……I love my family. Boys and girls, do you understand?
Ss:Yes!
T:OK!Who wants to introduce Mikes family?
T:Boys and girls. I think you can introduce Mikes family very well. You know Mike has a sweet family and he has father, mother, brother, sister , but do you know who else are there in Mikes family? Lets listen to Mike!(通過听音猜意的方式教授另外两个课文中没有出现的单词,体现词汇教学的层次性,突出重点)
T:Oh! Hes Mike fathers father. So who is he?
S1:Grandpa.
T:Yes, he is Mikes grandpa and we also can him grandfather.
T:Next, shes Mikes fathers mother. Whos she?
S2:Grandma.
T:Yes,very good! We can call her grandmother,too.
T:So, How many people are there in Mikes family?Lets count!
S1:One,……Seven.
T:Yes,there are seven people in Mikes family. Theyre ……(整体读单词)
本节课是通过复习课文,引出单词和句型的教学,从而做到词不离句,句不离景,同时所学单词也都是家庭成员的称呼,所以很贴近学生的生活实际。
2.游戏激趣,寓教于乐。
T:You know Mike has a sweet family and Miss Zhao has a sweet family ,too.
T:Look, this is my family. I have a sweet family!This is my father……Can you introduce your family like me?(师示范介绍)
T:Lets start with I have a sweet family and end with I love my family.
T:Now,take out your family photos and show it to your classmates.Practice in pairs.
T:OK!Times up. Are you ready?Lets play a game, Ok? One two,three,stop! Oh!Whose family is it?(大屏幕转动转盘,停下时呈现谁的全家福,谁就上台介绍)
T:Yes,its ×××s family. Please come to the blackboard and introduce your family to us.(ask 4 students)
本节课主要话题是介绍自己的家人,为了突出重点,化解难点,我设计了一个“转盘”的游戏,收集了全班41个孩子的全家福照片,把fun time的活动进行了创新,融入到生活中,让学生在游戏中运用句型,寓教于乐。
三、情感体验,回归生活
英语作为一种重要的交际工具,要求学习者能在生活中运用语言。因此,在教学过程中尽量创设学英语,讲英语的生活情境,让学生大胆开口说话,并根据教材内容,配以小诗、游戏等多种形式,让学生在丰富多彩的活动中掌握语言,运用语言,让英语真正走进学生的生活。
1.生活中的韵律游戏——开启兴趣之门。兴趣是最好的老师,要让小学生在英语学习中始终保持稳定而持久的兴趣,就必须坚持愉悦式的教学。少年儿童好动,爱表现,对游戏有着天生的喜好。因而,把生活中的儿歌、游戏、竞赛带进英语课堂,让学生在轻松的游戏中,兴趣盎然地学英语,学习乐趣不言而喻。
2.生活化的情境创设——铺设教学之路。对一门语言来说,说话人说话的时间、地点、场合及身份等因素都制约着他说话的内容、语气等,要想在课堂上培养学生活用语言的能力,创设生活化的情境是十分重要的,让学生置身于情境之中,在自觉和不自觉的状态中去看、去听、去说、去感受,激活已有知识储备,达到掌握和运用语言的目的。
总之,新课程教学改革的目的就是以生活实践为基础,以学生为中心,充分发挥学生的主动性和创造性,引导学生说英语,讲英语,最终,在绚丽多彩的生活中用英语,使英语真正走进每一个学生的生活,使每一个学生真正爱上英语。
【作者简介】赵小凤,南京市浦口区江浦实验小学。