浅谈农村初中英语教学中兴趣教学的尝试

浅谈农村初中英语教学中兴趣教学的尝试

饶宇权

【Abstract】ThispaperdealswithinterestteachinginGoforitinthecountryside.WeallknowEnglishteachingshouldbequality-orientedandintheTEFLcontext,weshoulddevelopnotonlythelearner’slinguisticcompetence,butalsotheiridealqualitiesandpsychologicalaswellastheircommunicativecompetence.InthecountrysideinChinashouldlaymoreemphasisonimprovingthestudengs’abilitytocommunicate.Teachersshouldmakegooduseofthelearners’non-intellectualcapabilities,fullyenlargetheirscopeofknowledgeandhelpthemconstructtheirownmodelsoflearning.Inordertofinishthetask.Ithinginthemiddleschoolinthecountryside,weshouldtryourbesttomakeourlessonsinterestingandpleasure.BecauseEnglishissowidelyusedintheworld.Itisimportantforustoimprovethelearners’interest.

【Keywords】InterestisthebestteacherInourcountrysideboysandgirlsarefelttoopentheirmouthstospeakEnglishTheyfeelshy.

ⅠIntroduction

InordertolearnEnglishwell.Teachersshouldthinksomegoodideas.Improvethestudents’interestisspecialimportantandnecessary.Andtheconditionsintheirfamiliesarenotthesameasthecities’.

1．Goodbeginning

Goodbeginningisthehalfsuccess,ourschoolisfarawayfromthecity.Thestudentsdon’tgetenoughchancetoopentheireyes.TheyhavenoEnglishbase.AsanEnglishteacher.IlikechildrenandenjoyteachingthemEnglish.WhenIgivethemmyfirstEnglishclass.Ialwaysmakethemfeelrelaxtionandpleasure.Igetintotheclassroomwithasmile.Idon’tthinktheyfeelnervous.Maybetheylistentomecarefully.FirstclassIteachthemsayeverydayEnglish.Hello!Goodmorning!Goodafternoon!Standup!Sitdown,please!Atfirsttheysayinalowvoice.Becausetheyfeelshy.Atthismomenttheyneedsomeencourages.SoIpried:“Youareveryfiyouspeakloudly.”Theybecomeveryexciting.Theysayaftermeloudly.Theyhaveagoodbeginning.

2．Wordsstudy

WhenwelearnEnglishwords.I’lltrymybesttoletthemstudyhappilyandeasily,let’staleanexampl.InGoforitStudentsBook1Unit3atpage15Whatcolorisit?Therearefivecircles.Iaskstudentswhat’smeaning?TheycananswerIt’solympics’symbol.Doyouknowthecolorofeachcircle’smeaning?Blue-EuropeBlack-AfricaRed-AmericaYellow-AsiaGreen-Australia.Thecirclesareliketheplayesallovertheworldfriendlyandmeeting.We’reproudofhavingthe29thOlympicGamesinBeijing.RedisChinesepeople’slucklycolo.Whatcolordoyoulikebest?Inclassweallknowthecolorindifferentways,eg:Lookatthisruler,whatcolorisit?It’sblue.Ioftenputsomefruitontheteacher’sdesk.Thereareredapples,yellowbananas,orangeoranges,blackplumsandgreenpears.Letthemusecolorsaskandanswer.Iftheyarerighttheymayeatthefruit.

3．Havewordscompetition

Aswhenwelearnsomewords.Weshouldlearnthewordsbyheart.Weoftenhavewordscompetitions.Forexample,Book1Unit3Afterwelearn“Thisismysister”weknowsomewordsaboutthefamily.Iaskthemtowriteoutatleastintowritethewordsontheblackboard.eg:grandmother,grandfather,father,mother,brother,sister,aunt,uncle,daughter,son,boy,girl,husbangandwife.Let’sseewhowritesbestandfastest.Andwhocanexplainthemeaningoftheword“family”,(FatherandmotherIloveyou).

AnotherwaytoimprovelearningEnglishinterestisusingthewordsgames.Iwriteawordontheblackboard.Forexample:“work”SAmustwriteoutaworduse“k”asbeginning“key”.SBmustwriteoutaworduse“y”asbeginning“yellow”andsoon.Giveeachgroupaminute.Thenstop.Let’sseewhichgroupwritethewordsmostandcorrect.

4．UsingDialogues

Thestudentsareafraidoflistening.BecauseEnglishisnotournativelanguage.IoftentakethestudentstothePhoneticsRoomtopracticelisteningtodialogues.Sothattheycanimprovetheirlisteningabilitytheycanspeakmorethembefore.AndtheyaremoreinterestedinEnglish.Theyoftenmaketheirowndialoguesinclass.ForexampleGoforitBook1Unit11.

SA:Hello!LIPing.Whattimedoyougetup?

SLi:Igotupatsixo’clock.

SA:Whattimedoyouhavebreakfast?

SLi:Ihavebreakfastatseven.

SA:Whatdoyoulikeforbreakfast?

SLi:Ilikebread,eggsandanapples.Iofteneatalotofheakthyfood.

SA:Thenwhattimedoyougotoschool?

SLi:Igotoschoolatseventhirty.

NextthestudentscanaskandanswersomequestiongaboutLiPing.

eg:T:WhattimedoesLiPinggetup?

S:Hegetsupatsix.

T:Whattimedoeshehavebreakfas.

S:Hehasbreakfastatseven.

T:Whatdoeshelikeforbreakfast?

S:Helikesbread,eggsandapples.Heoftenhasalotofhealthyfood.andsoon.

Thestudengsareveryactivityinclass.

5．Usingthetexts

ThetextsinGoforithavemanymaterialsconcerninghistory,geography,culture,science,biology,politicsandsoon,someofthosehavevaluableideologicalcontents.Theteachershouldexploretheminthetextbooks.Suchtextas“Doyouthingyouwillhaveyourownrobot?”“HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?”“Whydon’tyoulearntosingEnglishsongs?”“Wouldyoumindkeepingyourvoicedown?”“I’vebeenstudyinghistoryinChina.”“Thevolunteerteachers.”areallgoodtextsforideologicaleducation,Wecanteachthestudentstohelpothersandbepolitein“Wouldyoumindkeepingyourvoicedown?”andlovesciencein“Doyouthinkyouwillhaveyourownrobot?”andtoacultvatetheirinterestandconfidenceinforeignlanguagelearningbyreadingthetextabout“HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?”

Let’stakeanexampleGoforitBookB2B.Beforetheyreading.Givethemsomequestiong.a)IsSingaporeawonderfulplacetotakeaholiday?b)WhydomangChinesepeoplegotoSingaporetotakeaholiday?c)Canyoutrynewfoodthere?d)DoesSingaporehaveanightzoo?e)Doyouunderstandwhythatzoosisospecial?f)Youcanchoosetogothereeachseason,can’tyou?Accordingthesequestionsthelearnerscanreadthetextcarefullyandtrytheirbesttofingtheanswersquickly.Thentheycandisscuss.Thiscanhelpthemtoimprovetheirinterest.

ⅡUsemultimedia

Theteachersoftenusemultimediateaching.Makethestudentsnotonlulisten,speak,read,writebutalsotranslate.Theyhavedeepmemoriesoverthescreen.

Motivationandinterestareveryimportantfactorsinlearning.ThesetwoaspectsoflearningshouldcoverthewholeprocessofEnglishteaching.Theteachersshouldtrytochangethethelearners’attitudefrom“Ihavetostudy”to“Imuststudyhard”.Lotsofinvestingationsandresearchessuggestthattheresultofstudyingdependonthestudents’intrinsicmotivation.Iftheyareinterestedinlearning,theywillworkharder,Frommyownlearningandteachingexperiencethestudentsseemtohavegreaterinterestinthefunstorierandgames.Soweoftenplaygamesinclass.eg:Icallsixstudentstocometotheblackboard.Theystandinarow.Igiveanerasertooneofthem.Theyputtheirhandsbehindtheirbacks.Thenthestudentscanpracticelikethis.Theymayguessandaskonebyone.

SA:Isthereaneraserinyourrighthand?

SB:Nothereisn’t.

SC:Isthereaneraserinyourlefthand?

SD:Nothereisn’t.

WhoguseeesrightI’llgiveheorsheasmallpresent.SometimeswelearntosingEnglishsongs.

eg:“IcansaymyABC”“Comeandseemyfamily”“DoReMe”etc.Afterclassweusuallymakeourowndialoguesaspossibleaswecan.Asthelearnersimprovetheirlearninginteresttheycanmakegreatprogresseveryday.I’msogladthatthestudentsinourcountrysidecanlearnEnglishbetter.PleasebelieveI’llworkharderthanbefore.