肖立梅
摘 要:閱讀作為語(yǔ)言技能的重要組成部分語(yǔ)言輸入的主途徑,在初中英語(yǔ)教學(xué)中占據(jù)著重要地位(羅敏江,2015),如何在閱讀中對(duì)于文本的處理階段設(shè)計(jì)恰當(dāng)?shù)膯?wèn)題增加學(xué)生與文本的深層次的接觸機(jī)會(huì),提升問(wèn)題本身帶給學(xué)生的思維含量,提升學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語(yǔ)言的能力,是我們?cè)陂喿x教學(xué)中應(yīng)該思考的問(wèn)題。
關(guān)鍵詞:閱讀教學(xué);問(wèn)題設(shè)計(jì);思維鍛煉
閱讀作為語(yǔ)言技能的重要組成部分語(yǔ)言輸入的主途徑,在初中英語(yǔ)教學(xué)中占據(jù)著重要地位(羅敏江,2015),閱讀教學(xué)不僅僅是為了讓學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)詞匯、語(yǔ)法還是獲取新知識(shí),提高認(rèn)識(shí)水平和提升閱讀能力的重要途徑,還是增強(qiáng)學(xué)生分析和解決問(wèn)題能力的重要手段(葛連干,2010)。閱讀在整個(gè)初中英語(yǔ)教材中占了很大的比重(每個(gè)單元有兩篇閱讀理解),在我們威海市新改進(jìn)的中考新模式(80分的筆試題中,閱讀理解的分值占據(jù)了30分,閱讀的數(shù)量也升至五篇)。對(duì)于學(xué)生閱讀技能和英語(yǔ)思維品質(zhì)提出了更高的要求。在以往的英語(yǔ)閱讀教學(xué)中,我們的問(wèn)題設(shè)計(jì)過(guò)多的基于對(duì)文本的基本信息的理解,缺乏對(duì)文本內(nèi)涵的深度挖掘,學(xué)生的閱讀微技能和思維品質(zhì)(理解能力、比較能力、概括能力、抽象能力、推理能力、論證能力和判斷能力)并沒有得到實(shí)質(zhì)性的提升。如何在閱讀中對(duì)于文本的處理階段設(shè)計(jì)恰當(dāng)?shù)膯?wèn)題增加學(xué)生與文本的深層次的接觸機(jī)會(huì),提升問(wèn)題本身帶給學(xué)生的思維含量,提升學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語(yǔ)言的能力,是我們?cè)陂喿x教學(xué)中應(yīng)該思考的問(wèn)題。
問(wèn)題的類型課分為展示性問(wèn)題、參閱性問(wèn)題以及評(píng)估性問(wèn)題。展示性問(wèn)題是為了促進(jìn)學(xué)生對(duì)于文本信息的識(shí)記和理解而設(shè)計(jì)的問(wèn)題,答案很大程度上依賴于文本信息。參閱性問(wèn)題是在學(xué)生理解并獲取文本的事實(shí)性信息之后,為了幫助學(xué)生進(jìn)一步理解文本,教師圍繞文本中有價(jià)值的關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)進(jìn)行的提問(wèn)。而評(píng)估性問(wèn)題是為了增進(jìn)學(xué)生對(duì)文本的熟悉程度,幫助學(xué)生形成正確的解決問(wèn)題的方法和態(tài)度,對(duì)文本進(jìn)行的拓展。(騰家慶《初中英語(yǔ)課堂教學(xué)的20個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)》。
“Do you remember what you were doing?”是一篇典型的閱讀理解,講述的是美國(guó)歷史上很重要的兩個(gè)歷史事件Dr.Martin Luther King被殺和9·11事件以及美國(guó)的普通民眾Robert Allen和Kate Smith當(dāng)時(shí)的活動(dòng),基本的語(yǔ)法基調(diào)是過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí)和過(guò)去時(shí)。本文從教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)中問(wèn)題設(shè)計(jì)的角度來(lái)剖析文本,注重培養(yǎng)學(xué)生閱讀微技能以及思維品質(zhì),從而提升學(xué)生的閱讀理解能力。
Step1:讀前引入
Question 1:Here is a short video,watch the short video and tell what the main idea is.
Question 2:How can we get the main idea of a passage?
(設(shè)計(jì)意圖:讓學(xué)生帶著問(wèn)題去觀看視頻,鍛煉學(xué)生集中精力做事,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生概括事件的思維品質(zhì)。在獲取文本大意方面,先讓學(xué)生猜測(cè)方法,然后再動(dòng)手去實(shí)踐,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的策略意識(shí):從文本所給的圖片、標(biāo)題還有每段的段首句來(lái)確定文章的梗概。)
Step 2:讀中體會(huì)
Question1:How many paragraphs are there in the passage?There are two big events,so how many parts can we divide the passage into?
(設(shè)計(jì)意圖:引導(dǎo)學(xué)生在概括完文本的大意之后,根據(jù)兩個(gè)事件將文本劃分為兩個(gè)部分,得出這篇文章的框架結(jié)構(gòu),增強(qiáng)學(xué)生篇章整體意識(shí)。)
Question 2:We have known the structure of this passage,now lets try to get some details.Can you fill in the form by finding key words in each paragraph?
[event time people activity ]
(設(shè)計(jì)意圖:引導(dǎo)學(xué)生在閱讀中快讀找事件、人物、以及活動(dòng)這幾個(gè)關(guān)鍵詞來(lái)迅速獲取信息,提升找出答案的速度和正確率。)
Question 3:Look at these three sentences and can you tell me the people in each sentence?Can you tell we in which part can we find the answer?Now read the passage and tell Whether they are T or F?
(1)Everyone in America remembers who killed Dr.King.
(2)Robert parents are shocked to hear the news.
(3)Kate didnt think her friend was telling the truth about the event.
(設(shè)計(jì)意圖:在完成這各事實(shí)判斷的問(wèn)題前,老師引導(dǎo)學(xué)生先找出每個(gè)句子中的人物,然后對(duì)照我們之前的分段,說(shuō)出我們可能找到答案的段落,然后再去相應(yīng)的部分中去逐個(gè)驗(yàn)證所給句子是否屬實(shí)。這是一種比較實(shí)用的閱讀微技能,先鎖定范圍,再去驗(yàn)證信息,這對(duì)于提升學(xué)生的閱讀效率幫助很大。)
Question 4:Do you know the meaning of these sentences?Could you find the sentences that have the same meaning with these sentences?
(1)Not everyone will remember who killed him,but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed.
(2)No one said anything for the rest of the dinner.
(3)Sep.11,2001-the date alone means something to most people in the US.
(4)I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid.
(對(duì)于重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)not everyone/have meaning to most people/have trouble doing沒有進(jìn)行翻譯性的提問(wèn),而是將這些短語(yǔ)放在句子中,讓學(xué)生在原文本和這幾個(gè)句子的比較中獲取其意義,這很好的鍛煉了學(xué)生的利用相似句對(duì)比的方法理解句子意義的能力。)
Question 5:Can you remember some things very well?What are they?Robert Allen and Kate Smith both can remember the event very well,why?
(這是一個(gè)參閱性的問(wèn)題,老師先提出一個(gè)問(wèn)題來(lái)啟發(fā)學(xué)生:你有一些記憶深刻的事件嗎?為什么?然后再引申到文本中的人物,對(duì)于他們來(lái)講這些事件的記憶如此深刻的原因是什么?引導(dǎo)學(xué)生思考這些事件對(duì)于他們的重要意義)
Question 6:How does Robert Allen and Kate Smith feel about these events?How do you feel about these events?
(設(shè)計(jì)意圖:這是另一個(gè)參閱性的問(wèn)題,學(xué)生結(jié)合自己的生活體會(huì)和對(duì)文本的理解,體會(huì)重大歷史悲劇給人們?cè)斐傻谋唇?jīng)歷,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生學(xué)會(huì)珍惜和平幸福的生活。這也是作者的寫作意圖。)
Step 3:讀后提升
Question:Imagine you are taking part in a CCTV news report,work in a group of three,one is a reporter,one is Robert Allen,one is Kate Smith,try to make a report about these two events.
(設(shè)計(jì)意圖:這是一個(gè)評(píng)估性的問(wèn)題,在完成文本的閱讀之后,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生將文本轉(zhuǎn)化成一篇新聞報(bào)道,激發(fā)學(xué)生思考我們之前學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)的詢問(wèn)事件相關(guān)的句型,類似歷史還原的方式讓學(xué)生更深刻的理解文本,感受當(dāng)時(shí)人物的心理感受,這也是文本復(fù)述的一種很好的方法。)
Step 4:課后作業(yè)
Question:How could we write a passage about a big event in your life?(What was the event?When did the event happen?What were you doing?Where were your friends doing?Why is it so important for you?)Try to write a short passage about some big events in your life?
(設(shè)計(jì)意圖:作業(yè)的布置是基于課堂學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容的拓展,在思考如何描述某一個(gè)事件之后,來(lái)描述一下自己經(jīng)歷的重大事件。課堂中學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)的謀篇結(jié)構(gòu)、一些重要的短語(yǔ)、學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)的句型,學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)的過(guò)去時(shí)、過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí),都要在寫作中使用,很好的檢測(cè)了學(xué)生對(duì)于文本的理解,也很好的鍛煉了學(xué)生綜合使用語(yǔ)言的能力。)
閱讀理解的過(guò)程并不是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的信息尋找的過(guò)程,而是一個(gè)活躍的信息加工的過(guò)程,學(xué)生應(yīng)該始終處在信息的解碼、加工和處理的思維活動(dòng)之中,處在如何采用恰當(dāng)?shù)募记蓙?lái)提升閱讀理解的效率的思考之中,閱讀理解應(yīng)該為實(shí)現(xiàn)語(yǔ)言綜合運(yùn)用能力的提升而服務(wù)。一個(gè)個(gè)好的問(wèn)題能夠幫助學(xué)生實(shí)現(xiàn)這一學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo),幫助學(xué)生提升英語(yǔ)思維品質(zhì)和閱讀技能,我們要提升閱讀教學(xué)的質(zhì)量,就應(yīng)該在問(wèn)題的設(shè)計(jì)上努力下功夫。
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