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运用英语语言是种技能,任何技能都要靠大量实践才能达到完善和熟练的程度。英语课堂的一些活动提供了英语交流的机会,这样远远不够,从初中学生的心理特点出发,尤其是农村中学生。首先要克服他们的心理障碍,我们从简问、简答入手,不怕说错遭人笑话,鼓励他们大胆地说英语,提高英语口语的水平,从而增强他们的信心。用未来学家奈斯比特在《大趋势》里提出的“要想真正取得成功,你必须要懂得三门语言:英语、西班牙语和电脑语言”,勉励他们根据我们的具体的国情,首先学好英语。用各种方法去促进英语的教与学。
一、活泼的课堂教学活动、丰富多彩的课堂学习方法;创造第二语言的情景,激发学生们的学习积极性和创造力。
a)语音语调方面,通过singing
tongue twisters(进行绕口令练习)。
如:Good,better,best,
never let it rest. Till good is better, and better best. [b] [l]
[r]
A bootblack blacks boots with a
black blacking brush…
[æ] [u]
b)Singing songs,
帮助对单词的记忆和句法,语调的练习,
如:“I Can Say My A.B.C”帮助记忆二十六个英语字母。
数字歌—One,
two, three, four, five, once I caught a fish alive. Six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, then I Let it go again…
c)寓教于乐:利用猜谜语和比赛记忆、书写格言:
如:We live
and learn.
Easy come, easy go…(以上内容从略,因在论文《英语教学是门艺术》中论述过)。
在学生们有了信心和学习热情之时,我们更应该鼓励他们在课堂之外自觉进行阅读练习,这是学生们自觉走上正轨,走向成功的必由之路;
二、引导阅读法;加强自觉阅读对提高英语语言机能是十分必要的,阅读的过程不应满足于单纯量的重复,而是不断完成质的飞跃,分析、掌握其规律性,同时也充实词汇量利于再阅读,体验阅读之乐趣:
1.词汇的科学记忆;有利阅读,有利于解决阅读之困难。
a)旁引的:rain—rainy—rainwear—raincoat—rain
cap—raingear
cloud—cloudy—white
cloud—dark cloud—black
cloud
b)形似意异:
China—中国
china—瓷器 Turkey—土尔其
turkey—火鸡
c)前后缀的:
fair—unfair
clean—unclean cover—uncover
agree—disagree appear—disappear
able—disable
d)(性别)actor—actress
author—authoress
conductor—conductress
waiter—waitress
man artist—woman
artist man boss—woman
boss
man doctor—woman
doctor man teacher—woman
teacher
man writer—woman
writer man scientist—woman
scientist
后置:chair
man—chair woman
policeman—policewoman
salesman--saleswoman
kinsman—kinswoman
sportsman—sportswoman
businessman—businesswoman
tradesman—tradeswoman
2.阅读予培养认真分析之习惯;根据文中之意上下融会利于观察思考,即(Keen
in reading)。利于增进求知欲望、开阔视野、更利阅读。
a)准确理解冠词的意思:
1、He
is the poet of the day.
他是当代著名的诗人。
2、This
is the drink for hot weather.
这是热天最理想的饮料。
3、There
are workers in plenty, but the worker does not exist.
工人很多,但真正好的工人却没有。
b) (at
home 不一定表示在家)
1.Is
anybody at home? 有人在家吗?
2. Hao Haidong played two
games at home and one away.
郝海东有两场比赛一场在本地,另一场在外地。
3. If he telephones, say I am
not at home to visitors till ten.
如果他来电话,就说我10点钟以前不接待来访。
4. They
feel at home with each other.
他们俩之间熟不拘礼。
5. He is at home in English.
他英语很棒。(精通、熟悉)。
6. He is at home in English.
他水性很好。
c)英语中“问答”的不一致现象(应善于发现和归纳)
1、A:
Are there many boxes on the ground? (数的不一致)
B: No,
there is only one.
2、A:
Is there anything in the red box?
B: Yes, there are some.
3、A:
Have they been to Beijing?
B: Tom has, but the others
haven’t.
4、A:
Have you ever read Hamlet?
(时体的不一致)
B:
Yes, I read it last year.
5、A:
Have you finished your work?
B: Yes, I did it last
Sunday.
6、A:
Will you be free tomorrow at three?
B: No, I always go swimming
in the afternoon.
7、A:
Could I use your pen?
(情态动词不一致,more
polite)
B:
Yes, of course you can.
8、A:
Must I finish the work right away?
B: No, you needn’t.
三、语法总结方法;语法对英语学习很重要,让学生们在学习相关课程后,再加以总结语法现象,加深理解,印象深、效果好。而中文水平的提高,更有助于对语法的理解和归纳,地理课、历史课的学习对学习帮助大,中文水平高,理解、语感也会更好。增长自己的各方面的知识和阅历,各方面的知识越广、积累越多,阅读会更有效。英语学习和其他学科的学习是相互参加促进的,知识面越广,理解能力越强,越能轻松进行阅读,正确理解字里行间的内容:
如:1、His
daughter is the apple of his eyes.
(在父亲的眼里)女儿是最聪慧活泼可爱的,
( The daughter is the brightest
and most cheery person in his life.)
2、Are
you pulling my leg?
你不会是糊弄我吧?
--Are you telling me false
information just to make a joke? (Just make fun of me?)
四.每周——每日练笔方法;要求初二的同学应用所学知识,写每日一句diary的练笔引入,写最想说的,认为最重要的人、事、物。
引导:a)可包括诸如内容:
1、First
day in school
2、Learning
to ride a bike
3、A
favorite day of the week
4、Family
gatherings
5、A
special friend…
b)可以引用的下列形式开头:
1、The
best thing about…
2、I
remember…
3、I
never forget…
4、I
do not remember much about it.
5、I
am thinking of…
这样,学生们尝试记着一日一句话,学会了用学到的知识描绘身边的简单、朴素的人和事物,他们尽管有出现这样、那样的错误,但他们在更正之后热情不减,因为更多的是驾御新语言的快乐。
综上所述四种英语教学和辅助方法,对学生掌握英语技能有一定效果,但我们还应致力培养学生们的创造力,改变那种机械地模仿和死记硬背的陋习。希望能培养他们创造性和分析思考能力,使他们在英语的学习和应用方面更加得心应手,成为现代化建设的杰出人才,使我们的事业顺利、成功。
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