黃婭菲
導讀:2021年暑假,我國開啟了“雙減”政策,旨在有效減輕義務教育階段學生過重的作業(yè)負擔和校外培訓負擔,一大重點在于有效提高課堂教學質量。英語是一門語言學科,需要大量輸入才會生成高質量的輸出。筆者是一名奮斗在一線的鄉(xiāng)村英語教師,在教學實踐中發(fā)現(xiàn),鄉(xiāng)村小學的學生除了在英語課堂上學習英語,在課外主動接觸英語的機會很少。鄉(xiāng)村小學的部分家長有的常年在外打工顧不到學生的學習,有的文化程度不高,無法指導學生的英語學習,導致學生英語語言知識儲備嚴重不足。所以,學校的英語繪本閱讀課對鄉(xiāng)村學生來說就顯得尤為重要。
目前,筆者所在城市為以一年級為英語學習起點升上來的學生加入了一套英語閱讀教材,而以三年級為英語學習起點升上來的學生可以自由選擇繪本閱讀。但在教學實踐中發(fā)現(xiàn),鄉(xiāng)村小學英語繪本閱讀課的有效性有待提升。究其原因,一方面,鄉(xiāng)村小學生的語言儲備知識較少,教師會花費大量時間處理繪本中的生詞,學生只能理解文本的表面意思,課堂浮于表面。另一方面,教師對課型的定位不準,容易滿堂灌輸知識,期望在一節(jié)課中實現(xiàn)所有教學目標。這導致深層次教學活動形同虛設、淺嘗輒止,課堂上的分享展示不充分,學生閱讀主觀能動性沒有得到充分發(fā)揮,繪本閱讀課的有效性不高。如何在一節(jié)鄉(xiāng)村小學的英語繪本閱讀課中充分調動學生閱讀的主觀能動性,提升課堂有效性?人民教育家陶行知先生的“六大解放”教育思想給了我們靈感。我們可以解放學生的眼睛、頭腦、雙手、嘴、空間和時間,進一步提升課堂教學質量,真正讓英語課堂服務于“雙減”政策的開展。接下來,筆者以《跟上兔子》分級英語繪本四年級上冊Can I Play with You?教學設計為例,淺議如何在“六大解放”理論的指導下,提升鄉(xiāng)村小學英語繪本閱讀課的有效性。
一、多種形式導入,多角度激活學生思維
(一)舊知導新知,解放學生的課堂時間和空間
筆者在熱身環(huán)節(jié)讓學生站起來帶著動作唱“Don't talk,Tom!”,這首歌是三年級下冊學習的內容。在復習歌曲的過程中既激活了課堂氛圍,又復習鞏固了“want to”這一短語。這種用舊知導入新知的教學方式既解放了學生課堂上的時間和空間,又降低了學生學習新知的難度。
教學片段:
Step 1 Pre-reading
1.Sing a song
T:Hello,boys and girls! Don't talk! Let's begin our class! First,Let's sing a song!
(學生站起來帶著動作唱。)
T:Are you happy? I'm happy too. I want to play a game. Can you play with me?
S:Yes?
(二)游戲中的頭腦風暴,解放學生的大腦和嘴
頭腦風暴是一個很常見的課堂熱身環(huán)節(jié),可以很好地激活學生的思維,讓學生對本節(jié)課的學習有一個更好的思維準備。將頭腦風暴和游戲相結合既解放了學生的大腦,激活了學生的思維,又激發(fā)了學生的學習興趣,讓學生產(chǎn)生表達欲望,解放了學生的嘴。所以,在本節(jié)繪本課中,筆者設計掃雷游戲讓學生在一個個懸念中選擇單詞進行句型操練并得到獎勵,激發(fā)學生學習英語的興趣,活躍課堂氛圍。同時,此處操練的句型均是四年級已學的三個單元的句型,學生易于進入英語學習氛圍,掌握相關知識。此處討論的單詞均為動物類單詞,與繪本故事的背景相呼應。在討論動物的過程中滲透課文中的生詞rude、polite,讓學生根據(jù)圖片理解含義,降低后面理解文本的難度。此外,由掃雷游戲引出elephant一詞,自然過渡到繪本封面,和學生一起討論繪本主人公little elephant,讓學生不知不覺帶著好奇進入繪本閱讀。
教學片段:
2.Play a game
T:There are two mines under these words. You can choose a word and read it. Then,you can open it. If there is a number under it,you can get some stickers. If there is a mine under it,you get nothing.
T:Let's play! Ready go! Which one do you choose?
S:Dog!
T:Do you have any dogs?
S:Yes,I do.
T:How many dogs do you have?
S:I have two dogs.
T:Great! Now,you can open it! The magic words?
S:Open,open,open!
(隨著學生的咒語,點擊“dog”一詞,出現(xiàn)數(shù)字“3”。)
T:Oh! You can get three stickers. Here you are!
S:Thank you!
T:Look! The dog is fighting with the chicken. Do you like this dog?
S:No,I don't.
T:I don't like it,too. Is it rude? Read it after me!? “Rude!”
(學生跟讀。)
T:And what's behind the smiling face?
T:Lets open it!
S:Its an elephant!
(出示繪本的封面,引導學生討論繪本封面。)
T:Do you like the elephant? Why?
S:Yes,I do./ No,I don't. It is...
T:Anyway,someone likes it,and someone doesn't. Today,we will read a story about the elephant.Its title is“Can I Play with You?”Read it after me please.
二、帶著問題梳理文本,對比閱讀中解放學生的眼睛和頭腦
針對一本繪本的閱讀,可以按部就班地按順序瀏覽,也可以不走尋常路。本課中,筆者以哭聲導入故事,先給出故事的開頭和中間的轉折點,解放學生的眼睛,激發(fā)學生的閱讀好奇心,引導學生帶著疑問閱讀前半部分。同時,通過四個問題“小象想要和哪些動物一起玩?”“這些動物在哪里?”“小象和這些動物一起玩什么?”“小象一開始是如何和這些動物一起玩的?”逐步梳理故事,找到小象沒有朋友的原因。此時,再回到轉折點“I have no friends. I want to play with you,but I don't know how”,圍繞“But I don't know how”引導學生閱讀后半部分,了解其他動物對小象的建議,找出小象如何有禮貌地和其他動物一起玩。最后,將小象的結局“I have many friends now”和中間部分的情節(jié)“I have no friends”作對比,教育學生要禮貌待人,解放學生的頭腦。
教學片段:
Step 2 While reading
享受閱讀第1步:帶著想象走近故事。
T:Listen?。ɑ脽羝シ趴薜穆曇簦?What's wrong with the little elephant? Let's read the story together. Ok?(幻燈片播放繪本,教師朗讀繪本。)
T:Little elephant is naughty. He wants to play with other animals.
T:Oh! No! The page is missing. The page is missing too. And this page is missing.
(幻燈片播放的繪本缺了幾頁。)
T:Now,little elephant says,“I have no friends. I want to play with you, but I don't know how.”
享受閱讀第2步:帶著好奇走近故事。
T:Why does the elephant have no friend? Can you guess? Lets learn more about the story.
享受閱讀第3步:帶著問題理解繪本內容。
(1)Look and find
T:Please open your picture book,and read it by yourself and find out“What animals does little elephant want to play with?”Then put the correct pictures on the blackboard.
(2)Ask and answer
T:We know that the little elephant wants to play with the monkeys.
T:Look! Where are the monkeys?
S:They are in the tree.
T:Good! So we can say,“Little monkey,in the tree.”Read it in the correct rhyme!
(根據(jù)繪本內容改編四年級第一單元Rhyme time板塊:“Little monkey,in the tree;Little duck,in the water;Little tiger,on the swing;Little elephant,want to play.”在朗讀過程中復習鞏固新授短語。)
(3)Read and complete
T:Little elephant,want to play. What does little elephant want to play? Open the picture book,read it again,then find out the answer.
T:OK! Now let's check the answer. What does little elephant want to play?
S:He wants to play ball games.
(4)Let's think
T:Are these monkeys happy?
S:No!
T:How do these monkeys feel?
S:Angry.
T:So these monkeys say,“What are you doing,little elephant? Go away!”Read it after me.
T:Then little elephant leaves sadly.Do you like this elephant?
S:No.
T:Why does little elephant have no friends?
T:So the little elephant says,“I'm sorry for my rudeness.” What does rudeness mean? Guess!
(5)Listen and answer
T:Little elephant has no friends. He still wants to play with other animals,but he don't know how. His friends give him some suggestions.Listen!
T:Now Let's check the answer! How does the little elepanant play with other animals politely?
T:Now,the little elephant is polite and do you like it?
S:Yes!
T:We all should be polite. The good meal not late,good words too slow.
三、適度拓展延伸,解放學生雙手,高效且減負
本課定位為繪本閱讀的第一課時,重在引導學生欣賞和了解繪本故事大意,過度拓展延伸不符合鄉(xiāng)村學生的學情,教師教得累,學生也學得云里霧里。所以,本課時的拓展延伸部分,筆者帶著學生聆聽整體故事而非朗讀全文,引導學生帶著已有的理解從全局掌握故事內容,真正欣賞故事。同時,這篇故事句型簡單且趣味性濃,筆者引導學生根據(jù)板書內容,演一演故事最主要的三個場景。其中,板書內容可以幫助學生理清脈絡,脫離繪本復述故事。這樣既鞏固了閱讀知識,又提高了學生語言能力。課后,筆者讓學生解放雙手,制作自己的讀書推薦卡,和朋友分享所學的故事,既培養(yǎng)了學生之間的友誼,又在課外對本次閱讀課的內容進行了鞏固提升,還避免了機械抄寫作業(yè),減輕了學生的作業(yè)負擔。
教學片段:
Step 3 Post-reading
享受閱讀第4步:帶著期待聆聽故事。
享受閱讀第5步:有感情地演繹故事。
T:I know that you all like the story.Let's act it out! OK?
S:OK!
T:There are three scenes.You can choose one to act it out.
享受閱讀第6步:帶著欣賞與他人分享。
T:We should share good things.Now,your homework is making a recommendation card.
四、結語
總之,在“雙減”政策背景下,要想有效提升鄉(xiāng)村小學英語繪本閱讀課的教學質量,我們可以精準提煉問題,讓學生帶著問題梳理文本,在對比閱讀中解放眼睛和頭腦。我們也可以適度拓展延伸,解放學生雙手,讓學生在親手實踐中升華繪本主題。