吳敏娜
新教材Go For It在編排和內(nèi)容上都充分考慮學(xué)生“聽(tīng)”的能力培養(yǎng)和訓(xùn)練。教材提供了大量貼近學(xué)生生活實(shí)際,生動(dòng)有趣的聽(tīng)力材料,每一單元的Section A和Section B都是以聽(tīng)為領(lǐng)先,然后開(kāi)展說(shuō)、讀、寫(xiě)綜合能力的教學(xué)。然而,不少教師將聽(tīng)力教學(xué)等同聽(tīng)力測(cè)試,將教學(xué)目標(biāo)和重點(diǎn)放在完成聽(tīng)力練習(xí)、語(yǔ)法分析和閱讀能力的培養(yǎng)上。整節(jié)課就是聽(tīng)錄音—做題目—對(duì)答案,這樣會(huì)使聽(tīng)力的教學(xué)形式單調(diào)枯燥,學(xué)生容易產(chǎn)生厭倦,提不起興趣,以至于部分學(xué)生在聽(tīng)的過(guò)程中無(wú)事可做,就坐著等答案,久而久之,這部分學(xué)生就對(duì)學(xué)英語(yǔ)失去興趣、失去信心。根據(jù)初中生好奇心強(qiáng)、對(duì)新鮮事物充滿(mǎn)興趣的特點(diǎn),如何利用教材中的聽(tīng)力材料,運(yùn)用多種形式的教學(xué)方法,激發(fā)學(xué)生想聽(tīng)的興趣,教會(huì)學(xué)生聽(tīng)的方法,使其會(huì)聽(tīng)并且聽(tīng)懂,并在聽(tīng)懂的基礎(chǔ)上,培養(yǎng)語(yǔ)言的綜合運(yùn)用能力,這些都取決于教師對(duì)聽(tīng)前、聽(tīng)時(shí)、聽(tīng)后的教學(xué)活動(dòng)設(shè)計(jì),這些設(shè)計(jì)能否引起學(xué)生興趣,能否激發(fā)學(xué)生的關(guān)注,能否激發(fā)學(xué)生在聽(tīng)的基礎(chǔ)上創(chuàng)造運(yùn)用語(yǔ)言的能力,有至關(guān)重要的作用。
一、聽(tīng)前活動(dòng)設(shè)計(jì)
設(shè)計(jì)聽(tīng)前活動(dòng)的目的是明確聽(tīng)的目的,激發(fā)興趣,熟悉話(huà)題,預(yù)測(cè)大意,明確聽(tīng)的任務(wù)。
教師在課堂上要營(yíng)造輕松、和諧的氣氛,努力消除學(xué)生因害怕、沮喪、反感而產(chǎn)生的心理障礙。因此,選擇學(xué)生熟悉、了解和感興趣的內(nèi)容,通過(guò)頭腦風(fēng)暴、Free Talk、圖片等形式,激活學(xué)生已有的相關(guān)知識(shí),為學(xué)生提供語(yǔ)境,引入話(huà)題,導(dǎo)出生詞,降低難度,使其產(chǎn)生聯(lián)想,激發(fā)想聽(tīng)的興趣。
如九年級(jí)Unit 10 “By the time I got outside,the bus had already left.” Section A的聽(tīng)力話(huà)題是Tina’s bad morning,由于Tina 睡過(guò)頭了,以至于發(fā)生一系列倒霉的事情。這一話(huà)題學(xué)生比較熟悉,也經(jīng)常發(fā)生在自己的身上。聽(tīng)前我讓學(xué)生先觀看發(fā)生在我身上的小片段,由于鬧鐘壞了,以至于睡過(guò)頭,由于太慌,到了公交車(chē)站才發(fā)現(xiàn)忘帶皮包,只好跑步到學(xué)校,到校門(mén)口時(shí),上課鈴早就響了,由于遲到發(fā)生一系列糟糕的事情,弄得自己很狼狽,學(xué)生對(duì)短片很感興趣。根據(jù)短片,我提了幾個(gè)問(wèn)題:What happened to me? What do you think of my morning?學(xué)生的反應(yīng)熱烈,覺(jué)得老師也會(huì)和他們犯同樣的錯(cuò)誤:You overslept,You had a bad/terrible morning.When you got to the bus stop,you realized you had left your wallet at home,How careless you are.在不知不覺(jué)中,幾個(gè)基礎(chǔ)好的學(xué)生把聽(tīng)力中詞匯和語(yǔ)法呈現(xiàn)出來(lái)。接著我問(wèn)學(xué)生:“Do you have the same experience as me?My pen pal Tina has the same experience as me,Let’s listen What happened to her? then finish 1b.”從我的bad morning再延續(xù)到Tina’s bad morning,為學(xué)生創(chuàng)設(shè)真實(shí)的情境,提高聽(tīng)的興趣。
二、聽(tīng)中活動(dòng)
聽(tīng)中活動(dòng)主要是培養(yǎng)學(xué)生聽(tīng)主題大意,捕捉關(guān)鍵信息,大體推斷及聽(tīng)具體細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。判斷真?zhèn)?,完成任?wù),熟悉口語(yǔ)的特點(diǎn)。
聽(tīng)力活動(dòng)必須符合學(xué)生的認(rèn)知水平,如果聽(tīng)力活動(dòng)太難,易使學(xué)生產(chǎn)生不安或畏懼的情緒,失去聽(tīng)的信心,使其呈階梯式提進(jìn),則可形成有效的聽(tīng)力任務(wù)鏈(曹陽(yáng)剛)。
如八年級(jí)上Unit 9 “When was he born?”SectoinB的2b Iisten again.Are these sentences about Midori or Lauray?Write“M”for (Midor)or “L”(for Laura)on the lines,對(duì)于學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō),完成這個(gè)任務(wù)有點(diǎn)難,因?yàn)槿蝿?wù)中既有關(guān)Midor的信息又有關(guān)Laura信息,并且信息容量比較多。在完成2a cirle the words in the list in 1a that you hear的任務(wù)后,為更好地完成2b,在教學(xué)中我增加了2a的一個(gè)延續(xù)任務(wù):listen and tell us Who is Midor?Who is Laure?在完成任務(wù)的基礎(chǔ)上,學(xué)生已了解Midor is a famous violinist and Laura was a skating champion,有這個(gè)鋪墊并利用預(yù)測(cè)策略,學(xué)生在聽(tīng)時(shí)大部分能準(zhǔn)確地完成聽(tīng)力任務(wù),大大增強(qiáng)他們聽(tīng)的信心。
三、聽(tīng)后活動(dòng)
聽(tīng)后活動(dòng)旨在聯(lián)系生活實(shí)際,將聽(tīng)力材料主題延伸。在這一過(guò)程中,教師要充分深入分析和挖掘聽(tīng)力材料中蘊(yùn)涵的信息和意義,設(shè)計(jì)考查學(xué)生聽(tīng)、說(shuō)、讀、寫(xiě)技能的任務(wù)和拓展任務(wù)(揚(yáng)梳琴)
1.聽(tīng)說(shuō)結(jié)合
(1)同桌合作
新教材中的聽(tīng)力材料都有一定的主題,是學(xué)生進(jìn)行口語(yǔ)表達(dá)很好的范例。如七下Unit 1 Section A的主題是談?wù)摴P友,利用2c的表格,我設(shè)計(jì)了pair work:
A:Where is John’s pen pal from?
B:He’s from...
A:Where does he live?
B:He lives in...
通過(guò)pair work,操練鞏固了文中的重要短語(yǔ)和句型。之后進(jìn)行聽(tīng)力內(nèi)容的拓展,談?wù)勛约旱墓P友,因?yàn)橛辛酥暗匿亯|,給學(xué)生創(chuàng)設(shè)說(shuō)的情境,學(xué)生都非常踴躍地談?wù)撟约旱呐笥鸦蚬P友。
(2)角色扮演
初中生模仿性強(qiáng),為何不利用聽(tīng)力料加強(qiáng)對(duì)學(xué)生語(yǔ)音、語(yǔ)調(diào)的訓(xùn)練,在訓(xùn)練中,我引入了競(jìng)爭(zhēng)機(jī)制,在liste and repeat后,我都會(huì)讓學(xué)生進(jìn)行分角色朗讀,每次模仿后都要評(píng)選最佳語(yǔ)音、語(yǔ)調(diào)和最佳模仿獎(jiǎng)。這就需要學(xué)生在listen和repeat的環(huán)節(jié)中注意模仿錄音里語(yǔ)音、語(yǔ)調(diào)并注意句中的重音、節(jié)奏、連讀、吞音、失去爆破等,從而提高學(xué)生聽(tīng)和模仿的能力。
(3)復(fù)述所聽(tīng)的內(nèi)容
復(fù)述不是簡(jiǎn)單的背誦,而是對(duì)課文內(nèi)容進(jìn)行歸納和總結(jié)。如八上Unit10Secton A 2b 是談?wù)揅heng Han’s futuer的,在教學(xué)中,我先把完成表格的聽(tīng)力任務(wù)轉(zhuǎn)設(shè)為聽(tīng)力,回答問(wèn)題:
①What is Cheng Han going to be when he grows up?
②Where is he going to move?
③How is he going to be?
④When is he going to start?
在學(xué)生完成這些問(wèn)題后,用自己的話(huà)進(jìn)行復(fù)述,幾乎在課堂上學(xué)生就消化本節(jié)所學(xué)的句型和語(yǔ)法,并在不知不覺(jué)消化了2a 2b 的聽(tīng)力材料。將聽(tīng)延伸到說(shuō),聽(tīng)說(shuō)結(jié)和,既完成了聽(tīng)力任務(wù),又培養(yǎng)了學(xué)生的概括和口語(yǔ)表達(dá)能力。在復(fù)述的基礎(chǔ)上,我讓學(xué)生說(shuō)說(shuō)自己的future,在說(shuō)的過(guò)程中學(xué)生將自身知識(shí)和體驗(yàn)帶進(jìn)課堂,使聽(tīng)力學(xué)習(xí)個(gè)性化,從而提高學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)動(dòng)機(jī)和興趣。
2.聽(tīng)寫(xiě)結(jié)合
(1)聽(tīng)后改寫(xiě)
以聽(tīng)?zhēng)?xiě),聽(tīng)寫(xiě)結(jié)合,聽(tīng)說(shuō)讀之后,通過(guò)寫(xiě)的活動(dòng)及時(shí)鞏固聽(tīng)、說(shuō)、讀的知識(shí),實(shí)現(xiàn)輸入向輸出轉(zhuǎn)變。如九年級(jí)Unit10,在完成sectionA,2a 2b的任務(wù)后,可以深入挖掘聽(tīng)力材料,通過(guò)將對(duì)話(huà)改編為短文形式,提高學(xué)生寫(xiě)的能力。以下是學(xué)生的范文:I had a bad morning,first of all I overslept.By the time I got up,my brother had already gotten in the shower,after he got out of the shower,I took a quick shower and got dressed.By the time I went outside,the bus had already left.so I ran all the way to school,when I got to school,I realized I had left my backpack at home.I ran home to get my backpack,but when I got home,I realied I had left my keys in the backpack,so I ran back to school without my keys or my backpack,and by the time I got back to school,the bell had rung,by the time I walked to school,the bell had rung,by the time I walked into class,the teacher had started teaching already,she asked for our homework,of course I didn’t have it.在學(xué)生改寫(xiě)材料的過(guò)程中,再次理解了聽(tīng)力的內(nèi)容并鞏固了語(yǔ)法知識(shí)。
(2)聽(tīng)后續(xù)寫(xiě)
如九年級(jí)SectionA 2C Make up an ending for the story,根據(jù)聽(tīng)力內(nèi)容又不局限于教材,學(xué)生充分發(fā)揮自己的想象力,給出了許多意想不到的結(jié)尾。其中一個(gè)同學(xué)的續(xù)寫(xiě)如下:The teacher looked at Tina and asked her to sit on her seat.After class,the teacher asked Tina to come to her office and asked why she was late.Tina told her the whole story this morning.The teacher asked her to get up earlier and not to be late for class.以上活動(dòng)的設(shè)計(jì)目的在于結(jié)合本課所學(xué),操練并內(nèi)化知識(shí),培養(yǎng)和提高學(xué)生的綜合表達(dá)能力。
初中英語(yǔ)的聽(tīng)力教學(xué)雖然沒(méi)有固定模式,但在教學(xué)中一定要以學(xué)生為主體,循序漸進(jìn)設(shè)計(jì)聽(tīng)力的各個(gè)環(huán)節(jié),調(diào)動(dòng)學(xué)生積極參與,使聽(tīng)、說(shuō)、讀、寫(xiě)四種技能有機(jī)結(jié)合,不為聽(tīng)而聽(tīng),而是為學(xué)而聽(tīng),為用而聽(tīng),為提高學(xué)生英語(yǔ)的綜合能力而聽(tīng)。
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