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摘要:為探索閱讀教學新思路, 應用美國一線教師對于故事型文章教學的新穎方法在高中英語閱讀教學中的嘗試。
關鍵詞:故事型閱讀教學,pre-reading, 教學策略
中圖分類號:G633.41文獻標識碼:B文章編號:1672-1578(2017)11-0116-01
從事英語教學二十多年,閱讀教學方法總是停留在傳統(tǒng)方法上,難有突破。在今年暑假參加SABEH的課程,接收到來自美國一線教師的教學理念后, 我開始對閱讀的教學有了一些新的思路,繼應用MINDWRITE來進行有關人物的閱讀文章的教學后,我又開始探索故事型閱讀文章的教學。在這個閱讀教學中我應用了來自SABEAH的老師的教學策略,這個的策略的精華主要在于讀前:This is a pre-reading technique that integrates prediction, summarization, vocabulary instruction and story frames. The purpose is to generate reading interest in a text by getting students to predict the plot outcome of a narrative or the main idea of an expository text. 主要的過程包括:(1)Select important terms and concept from text to be read. (2)Have the students categorize them according to the story or the text using the graphic organizer. Narrative elements would include setting, characters, problems, outcomes, unknown words, to discover. Expository elements would include who, what, when, where, why, how. (3)Then have students write a gist statement by making a prediction about the plot of the story or the main idea of the text using as many of the words as possible. Also, have students generate a list of things they want to discover about the reading. 4. Have the students read the story or text and compare their gist statements to the version they predicted. Then have the students modify their predicted story or text to make it a summary.
我嘗試應用這個教學策略來教學北師大教材模塊三的第八單元第四課journey to the Antarctic ,以往這篇文章學生常常因為文章難且趣味性不大而讀不下去,應用這個方法,我充分地調(diào)動了他們的興趣。首先,我從文章中找出這樣的一些關鍵詞:journey ,Antarctic, race, winter, spring, teams, Scott, Amundsen, food, break down, run out, rocks, disaster, food, diary, death. 然后給了學生幾個區(qū)塊:CHARACTERS, SETTING, CONFLICT/PROBLEM, RESOLUTION/OUTCOME, UNKNOWN WORDS. 讓學生把關鍵詞按區(qū)塊進行討論歸類,接著分小組對故事內(nèi)容進行猜測,并用關鍵詞組成各自的故事梗概,然后每個小組派一個代表來進行闡述,學生充分發(fā)揮了自己的想象力,用同樣的幾個詞組成了各自的五花八門的故事梗概,這樣學生的積極性已經(jīng)得到了充分的調(diào)動,同時,組詞成文和小組協(xié)作能力也得到鍛煉。與此同時,學生對了解故事的真實情節(jié)也充滿了期待。這時,我才給他們布置閱讀任務:(1)Read "The Interlopers". As a result, pay attention to the context in which the words from today's activity appear. (2)For each word, explain how it fits into the story including whether or not you categorized each word accurately. (3)Revisit your gist statement to see how it aligns with "Journey to Antarctic" and write a short statement about this. 學生帶著這樣的任務饒有興趣的進行閱讀,整個驅(qū)動力以及教學的效果都是傳統(tǒng)教學所無法匹及的。他山之石可以借鑒,這次培訓讓我不僅接觸到新穎的教學理念,還學到許多新穎有用的教學技巧和方法,我還會繼續(xù)探索更多好的適用不同文章類型的閱讀教學方法。
參考文獻:
[1]《course design》《Teacher's handbook》《Sabeh 2017》