【摘 要】項(xiàng)目式學(xué)習(xí)提倡教師以目標(biāo)為導(dǎo)向分層級(jí)設(shè)置項(xiàng)目任務(wù),注重教、學(xué)、評(píng)一體化。在高中英語語法教學(xué)中設(shè)置層級(jí)項(xiàng)目任務(wù),可以讓師生在語篇的真實(shí)情境中邏輯性地感悟語法使用形式,批判性地歸納語法使用規(guī)則,發(fā)散性地開展交流式評(píng)價(jià),創(chuàng)造性地進(jìn)行論述式評(píng)價(jià)。這有助于培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的邏輯性、批判性、發(fā)散性和創(chuàng)造性思維品質(zhì)。
【關(guān)鍵詞】高中英語;項(xiàng)目任務(wù);分層;教、學(xué)、評(píng)一體化;思維品質(zhì)
【中圖分類號(hào)】G633.41? 【文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)志碼】A? 【文章編號(hào)】1005-6009(2023)07-0047-06
【作者簡(jiǎn)介】魏玉平,南京市鼓樓區(qū)教師發(fā)展中心(南京,210017)高中英語教研員,高級(jí)教師,南京市英語學(xué)科帶頭人。
《普通高中英語課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(2017年版2020年修訂)》(以下簡(jiǎn)稱“高中新課標(biāo)”)指出:“思維品質(zhì)體現(xiàn)英語學(xué)科核心素養(yǎng)的心智特征。思維品質(zhì)的發(fā)展有助于提升學(xué)生分析和解決問題的能力,使他們能夠從跨文化視角觀察和認(rèn)識(shí)世界,對(duì)事物作出正確的價(jià)值判斷?!保?]5語言是表達(dá)思想的工具,與思維密切相關(guān)。關(guān)注和培養(yǎng)學(xué)生思維品質(zhì)是語言教學(xué)的重要目標(biāo)之一,也是提升學(xué)生智力與能力的主要突破口。
高中英語項(xiàng)目式學(xué)習(xí)提倡教師以素養(yǎng)目標(biāo)為導(dǎo)向分層級(jí)設(shè)置項(xiàng)目任務(wù),注重教、學(xué)、評(píng)一體化,將評(píng)價(jià)貫穿于教與學(xué)的全過程。在教學(xué)中,教師引導(dǎo)學(xué)生在語篇的真實(shí)情境中自主探究,在問題分析和問題解決的過程中通過分析判斷、歸納小結(jié)、交流分享和及時(shí)反饋,實(shí)現(xiàn)教學(xué)目標(biāo)、學(xué)習(xí)活動(dòng)、多元評(píng)價(jià)相統(tǒng)一,提高學(xué)生的語言能力,培養(yǎng)其邏輯性、批判性、發(fā)散性和創(chuàng)造性思維品質(zhì),促進(jìn)語言技能與學(xué)習(xí)能力的發(fā)展。
2022年4月,南京師范大學(xué)附屬揚(yáng)子中學(xué)高芳老師開設(shè)了一節(jié)高三英語語法復(fù)習(xí)課。高老師基于“指代”這一知識(shí)點(diǎn),分層級(jí)設(shè)置多維目標(biāo)任務(wù),通過顯性和隱性教法帶領(lǐng)學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)和復(fù)習(xí)語法,注重教、學(xué)、評(píng)一體化設(shè)計(jì),多元評(píng)價(jià)學(xué)生的語篇理解能力、規(guī)則概括能力、推理評(píng)判能力和綜合表達(dá)能力等,螺旋式培養(yǎng)和提升學(xué)生的思維品質(zhì)。本次教學(xué)指向二次??己蟾呷龑W(xué)生對(duì)英語閱讀解題經(jīng)驗(yàn)反饋效度的驗(yàn)證,高老師將項(xiàng)目任務(wù)分成四個(gè)層級(jí)。
一、第一層級(jí)任務(wù):在語篇中邏輯性地感悟“指代”使用形式
【教學(xué)任務(wù)】Circling different references in the passage and trying to guess what they refer to.
【教學(xué)文本1】In many ways my disability has made me grow stronger and more independent. I have had to work hard to live a normal life,but it has been worth it. If I had the chance to say one thing to healthy kids,it would be this: Just having a disability doesnt mean your life is not satisfying. So dont feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them,and dont ignore these people either. Just accept them for who they are and give them encouragement to live a rich and full life. By doing so,you will win friends for sure.
T:What does “it” refer to?
S1:“It” refers to a normal life.
S2:I dont quite agree with him. I think “it” refers to the whole sentence——I have had to work hard to live a normal life.
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T:Now, lets sum up these references.
學(xué)生在自主觀察與辨析語篇中的指代詞之后交流彼此的見解,對(duì)不一致的答案進(jìn)行評(píng)價(jià),并說明評(píng)判理由,講述自己的見解,培養(yǎng)思維的邏輯性。隨后,教師帶領(lǐng)學(xué)生對(duì)語篇中的指代形式(a noun,a pronoun,a clause or an adverb)與指代類型(人稱代詞、指示代詞和意義指代)等進(jìn)行概括性小結(jié),將零散的語言知識(shí)歸類,從感悟到內(nèi)化,通過概括形象來明確指代的本質(zhì),引導(dǎo)學(xué)生在元認(rèn)知活動(dòng)中把握和建構(gòu)新的概念,符合學(xué)生的認(rèn)知規(guī)律和情感發(fā)展規(guī)律。
思維的邏輯性主要指人們?cè)诒硎鲆患虑榛蛘撌鲆环N觀點(diǎn)時(shí),前后是否相關(guān)聯(lián),段落之間是否順序得當(dāng)、條理清楚,所用論據(jù)是否能有效支撐論點(diǎn),所得結(jié)論是否順理成章等。[2]形象和抽象的邏輯性思維是項(xiàng)目學(xué)習(xí)中語篇整合、信息分析、觀點(diǎn)區(qū)分和概念構(gòu)建的重要基礎(chǔ)。在此環(huán)節(jié),教師引導(dǎo)學(xué)生進(jìn)行讀、找、析,并相互評(píng)價(jià)與討論,激活項(xiàng)目主題,開啟思維之門,創(chuàng)設(shè)語用情境,厘清語篇的抽象邏輯結(jié)構(gòu),區(qū)分觀點(diǎn)并提供支撐信息,這樣的教學(xué)形成了教、學(xué)、評(píng)三元互動(dòng),凸顯評(píng)對(duì)教與學(xué)的促進(jìn)作用。學(xué)生在思辨中感知語言的形象性,在積極的思維體驗(yàn)中習(xí)得語言知識(shí),有利于提升形象邏輯思維能力。
二、第二層級(jí)任務(wù):創(chuàng)設(shè)問題情境,批判性地歸納“指代”使用規(guī)則
【教學(xué)任務(wù)】Making a double-check of strategies for reference questions in the following context,finding out some rules and making comments.
【教學(xué)文本2】Narayanswami grew up in Southwest London,and at grammar school suffered horrific racist bullying. The library provided shelter. But,as she reached her late teens,she felt family pressure for an arranged marriage; “I really protested,” she says. “But I want to be an astronaut! My mother made a promise. As long as you are getting an education we will not look for a husband for you.”
Narayanswami studied biology at Leicester University,then did a PhD at St Andrew,followed by postdoctoral research at the University of California. “Every time you move you get further away,” her dad remarked on the phone. “I didnt feel I would be able to escape unless I did that.” she says.
T:What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
S3:“That” refers to getting or receiving an education.
T:Right! What rule can you conclude?
S3:The referent part is in the paragraph above,a bit far from that,and we should be careful of this.
T:Good job!
【教學(xué)文本3】Despite the celebrations,though,in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older,and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.
Its Jason Morans job to help change that. As the Kennedy Centers artistic adviser for jazz,Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz,make the music more accessible,and preserve its history and culture.
T:What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
S4:“That” refers to jazz failing to connect with younger generations or being less popular with the young.
T:Now,what rule can you find in it?
S4:The reference is the meaning of the paragraph above,and we should understand the referential relationship in logic.
就方法類知識(shí)而言,語法規(guī)則的學(xué)習(xí)涉及聯(lián)想、提煉、歸納、綜合、抽象、對(duì)比和批判等思維過程。在這一教學(xué)流程中,學(xué)生完成兩個(gè)微任務(wù),歸納語篇中指代的使用規(guī)則,表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)并作出評(píng)價(jià)。
語言規(guī)律是思維規(guī)律的具體體現(xiàn)。在此環(huán)節(jié)中,教師可創(chuàng)設(shè)問題情境,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生批判性地在零散的信息和新舊知識(shí)之間建立關(guān)聯(lián),引發(fā)思考與遷移,促進(jìn)理解和內(nèi)化,提升學(xué)生區(qū)分事實(shí)信息和表述自己見解的能力;也可借助論證沖突厘清論據(jù)和論點(diǎn)之間的邏輯聯(lián)系,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生有思想地去表達(dá),在完成信息交換的過程中縮小或填平彼此之間的“信息溝”,在學(xué)習(xí)活動(dòng)中共存互促、以評(píng)促學(xué),滲透對(duì)學(xué)生批判性思維能力的培養(yǎng)。
思維的批判性在于反思、質(zhì)疑、求證的態(tài)度和行為,通過合理的途徑由表及里、層層推進(jìn),分析、比較、推理、解釋、判斷、評(píng)價(jià)和求證事物的真假。高中新課標(biāo)指出,“教學(xué)的過程同時(shí)也是評(píng)價(jià)學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)效果的過程。在這一過程中,學(xué)生也應(yīng)該成為評(píng)價(jià)自己學(xué)習(xí)的主體”[1]69?;诖?,教師可運(yùn)用課堂評(píng)價(jià)如自評(píng)、互評(píng)、師評(píng)和合作評(píng)價(jià)等轉(zhuǎn)變學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)方式和教師的教學(xué)方式,通過理性質(zhì)疑、大班討論、小組合作等方式引導(dǎo)學(xué)生表達(dá)理解、闡釋觀點(diǎn)并揭示問題的本質(zhì),構(gòu)建面向師生持續(xù)共同成長(zhǎng)與發(fā)展的課堂組織形式與文化生態(tài)環(huán)境;鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生在獨(dú)立思考和相互討論的基礎(chǔ)上闡明觀點(diǎn)、原因和建議,在感悟和分享方法類知識(shí)的過程中建立學(xué)習(xí)共同體,實(shí)現(xiàn)以評(píng)促學(xué)。
三、第三層級(jí)任務(wù):以評(píng)驗(yàn)學(xué),發(fā)散性地開展交流式評(píng)價(jià)
【教學(xué)文本4】The discovery of a dwarfed “human being” who lived in Flores,Indonesia,up to 18,000 years ago is changing the way we think about the human family. This “Flores Human” was three feet tall and her brain was smaller than that of the average chimp. Yet she and her relatives apparently lived fully human lives. They seem to have made tools,worked together to find food and cook it,and perhaps even buried their dead with ceremony.
It was a major surprise to find tools associated with the new human family member. The tools are like those formerly seen only with European fossils from our own species,Homo sapiens(智人),and the oldest of them were made 94,000 years ago. Homo sapiens is thought to have arrived in the island about 40,000 years ago,much too late to be responsible for the tools. If this tiny human made the tools,then the inside structure of its brain must have been more like our own than a chimps,despite being just a third the size of ours.
T:What does “this tiny human” refer to in your own words?
S5:It refers to the Flores Human,a dwarfed human being.
S6:Strictly,it refers to a female Flores Human in ancient Indonesia.
S7:Careful observation and excellent expression! Ill learn from you.
此環(huán)節(jié)通過課堂測(cè)評(píng)的即時(shí)反饋,培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的發(fā)散性思維能力。學(xué)生在新的語境中展開想象,概括、梳理文本信息,仔細(xì)觀察后用自己的話語表達(dá)觀點(diǎn),運(yùn)用所學(xué)語言知識(shí)分析和解決問題,在深層次思考中形成新的認(rèn)知。
在教學(xué)中,教師不拘泥于教條式的參考答案,以培養(yǎng)發(fā)散性思維能力為導(dǎo)向,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生從不同角度挖掘隱藏于字里行間的內(nèi)容信息,從多個(gè)角度綜合分析語篇中信息的內(nèi)在聯(lián)系,歸納共同要素,交流習(xí)得性知識(shí),建構(gòu)新的概念,辨析和推斷指代之間的邏輯關(guān)系,在評(píng)價(jià)中互動(dòng)。這樣的教學(xué)關(guān)注學(xué)思結(jié)合和用創(chuàng)為本,以學(xué)定教、以教定評(píng)、以評(píng)驗(yàn)學(xué),有利于提升學(xué)生思維的發(fā)散性,達(dá)到語法教學(xué)中“形式—意義—語用”的有機(jī)結(jié)合,體現(xiàn)教、學(xué)、評(píng)的一致。
教師鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生對(duì)同伴的解答給予評(píng)論,在交流式評(píng)價(jià)中圍繞有爭(zhēng)議的話題有理有據(jù)地表達(dá)個(gè)人的觀點(diǎn),作多元化的歸因分析,從對(duì)語言的形合認(rèn)識(shí)層面和意合思想層面上促進(jìn)學(xué)生自主地發(fā)散思考。通過信息轉(zhuǎn)述、推理判斷和深度理解,學(xué)生可發(fā)展自身思想的內(nèi)涵、水平、深度和廣度。
四、第四層級(jí)任務(wù):自主命題,創(chuàng)造性地進(jìn)行論述式評(píng)價(jià)
【教學(xué)任務(wù)】Designing your reference questions and asking your partner to answer and make assessments.
【教學(xué)文本5】The first pathological(病理上的) changes that lead to dementia(老年癡呆癥) occur one to two decades before the disease becomes obvious,as sticky proteins called amyloid build up in the brain. When the 1985 Whitehall Study first assessed the sleep of volunteers who later developed dementia,this process had probably not started. This meant that if they were sleeping too little,it was unlikely to have been caused by dementia-related brain changes.
S8:What does “this” refer to in the passage?
S9:“This”refers to the 1985 Whitehall study. Whats your opinion?
S8:I quite agree with you,thank you.
【教學(xué)文本6】For all of Bellevues success,adaptive signals are not a cure-all for jammed roadways. Kevin Balke,a research engineer at the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute,says that while smart lights can be particularly beneficial for some cities,others are so jammed that only a sharp reduction in the number of cars on the road will make a meaningful difference.“Its not going to fix everything,but adaptive signals have some benefits for smaller cities,” he says.
S10:What does “it” refer to in the passage?
S11:“It” refers to an adaptive signal.
S12:I hold that “it” refers to a sharp reduction in the number of cars on the road,for adaptive signals are less helpful in cities seriously jammed,as Kevin Balke says.
S13:I think “it” refers to a smart light.
S14:I suppose “it” refers to all of Bellevues success in the switch to adaptive signals,as it is rewarding to try new things.
T:Wonderful! Different people have different views. Here,“it” has been a controversial topic, any other opinions?
S15:I agree with S13,but seemingly,S15s view is reasonable. Now,Ms Gao,what is your idea?
T:My understanding of the passage theme is Bellevues control of traffic jam,the innovative use of adaptive signals. On the basis of the thematic meaning,I am in favor of S15,especially his way of expressing.
在此環(huán)節(jié)中,學(xué)生借助論述式評(píng)價(jià),在從理解到應(yīng)用的過程中培養(yǎng)和提升創(chuàng)造性思維能力。教師巧妙地轉(zhuǎn)變課堂角色,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生對(duì)兩個(gè)語篇中的“指代”對(duì)象進(jìn)行創(chuàng)造性的自主命題、互動(dòng)答題,暢所欲言,相互檢測(cè)并作出評(píng)價(jià)。尤其是在完成第6個(gè)微任務(wù)的過程中,4名學(xué)生提出了各自不同的觀點(diǎn),教師在互動(dòng)評(píng)價(jià)中發(fā)揮引領(lǐng)作用,激勵(lì)學(xué)生在把握主題意義的過程中去思考、實(shí)踐、討論和評(píng)價(jià),通過評(píng)價(jià)結(jié)果對(duì)教學(xué)效果進(jìn)行反饋。學(xué)生在習(xí)得價(jià)值類知識(shí)的進(jìn)程中通過自我反思、自我認(rèn)識(shí)和自我調(diào)控,實(shí)現(xiàn)語言知識(shí)的內(nèi)化和語言技能的提升,發(fā)展思維能力、學(xué)習(xí)能力和創(chuàng)新能力。
創(chuàng)造性思維指學(xué)生在實(shí)踐體驗(yàn)活動(dòng)中能擺脫思維定式,敢于超越常規(guī),重新架構(gòu)原有知識(shí),產(chǎn)生新的獨(dú)特的想法和做法,從而創(chuàng)造性地解決問題。[3]創(chuàng)造性思維基于實(shí)踐性知識(shí)和語篇情境,基于語篇而超越語篇,具有獨(dú)創(chuàng)性、求異性、散發(fā)性和綜合性,師生拓展語篇內(nèi)涵是培養(yǎng)學(xué)生創(chuàng)造性能力的充要條件和路徑。師生通過自主、合作、探究和評(píng)價(jià)的學(xué)習(xí)方式,在新的語境中開展想象與創(chuàng)造,運(yùn)用所學(xué)語言知識(shí)分析問題和解決問題,實(shí)現(xiàn)評(píng)價(jià)目標(biāo),在綜合運(yùn)用語言技能的過程中進(jìn)行多元思維,基于新的知識(shí)結(jié)構(gòu)去創(chuàng)造性地解決新情境中的問題,理性表達(dá)觀點(diǎn),將能力內(nèi)化為素養(yǎng)。
五、思考與總結(jié)
高中新課標(biāo)提倡教師將教學(xué)、學(xué)習(xí)、評(píng)價(jià)融為一體,“通過組織和引導(dǎo)學(xué)生完成以評(píng)價(jià)目標(biāo)為導(dǎo)向的多種評(píng)價(jià)活動(dòng),以此監(jiān)控學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)過程,檢測(cè)教與學(xué)的效果,實(shí)現(xiàn)以評(píng)促學(xué),以評(píng)促教”[1]77,切實(shí)推動(dòng)新課標(biāo)理念的落地和新的考試評(píng)價(jià)方式的實(shí)施?!耙鶕?jù)評(píng)價(jià)目標(biāo)設(shè)計(jì)語言活動(dòng)方案,設(shè)計(jì)過程可以讓學(xué)生參與其中,要關(guān)注批判性思維和知識(shí)整合,確?;顒?dòng)方案的綜合性、關(guān)聯(lián)性、實(shí)踐性,體現(xiàn)評(píng)價(jià)的科學(xué)性和可行性,特別要注意評(píng)價(jià)的公平性,以保護(hù)學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)積極性”[1]85。英語項(xiàng)目任務(wù)的設(shè)計(jì)要著眼于學(xué)生語言能力和學(xué)習(xí)能力的提高,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生在語篇所呈現(xiàn)的問題情境中通過學(xué)習(xí)理解、應(yīng)用實(shí)踐、遷移創(chuàng)新等層層遞進(jìn)的活動(dòng)習(xí)得語言知識(shí),解決“從理解到應(yīng)用、從分析到評(píng)價(jià)等有層次的問題,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生的思維由低階向高階穩(wěn)步發(fā)展”[1]63。教師要增強(qiáng)教、學(xué)、評(píng)一體化意識(shí),在實(shí)施好教師課堂評(píng)價(jià)的同時(shí),還要鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生通過互評(píng)、自評(píng)等方式,充分參與課堂學(xué)習(xí)和評(píng)價(jià)活動(dòng),指導(dǎo)學(xué)生通過持續(xù)反思,形成元認(rèn)知意識(shí),發(fā)展自主學(xué)習(xí)能力。[4]
這節(jié)高三英語“指代”語法復(fù)習(xí)課,教師分層級(jí)設(shè)置項(xiàng)目任務(wù),將“教” “學(xué)” “評(píng)”同時(shí)、同步、同時(shí)空地三元互動(dòng),在多環(huán)節(jié)、多主體、多方式的課堂評(píng)價(jià)中整合評(píng)價(jià)與教學(xué)內(nèi)容,以評(píng)促教、以評(píng)促學(xué);在培養(yǎng)和發(fā)展學(xué)生英語學(xué)科素養(yǎng)的過程中,以問題情境引導(dǎo)學(xué)生拓展思維,增進(jìn)理解,促進(jìn)學(xué)生在互評(píng)中取長(zhǎng)補(bǔ)短,增強(qiáng)學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)驅(qū)力,領(lǐng)悟并形成有效的學(xué)習(xí)策略。師生借助課堂項(xiàng)目學(xué)習(xí)中的任務(wù)分層、多元評(píng)價(jià)、思維碰撞、問題探討和思想啟迪,通過形成性評(píng)價(jià)帶來的反撥效應(yīng)培養(yǎng)和發(fā)展思維品質(zhì),提升語言技能和學(xué)習(xí)能力。
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