陸淑華
摘?要:課堂提問是課堂教學(xué)的重要組成部分。有效提問對于學(xué)生思維品質(zhì)提高有積極作用。本文通過分析一節(jié)市級研討課中的提問方式,來研究英語導(dǎo)入課的有效提問策略,以期為提高學(xué)生思維品質(zhì)尋找一條實用的路徑。
關(guān)鍵詞:有效提問;思維品質(zhì)
中圖分類號:G633.41文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識碼:A ????文章編號:1992-7711(2019)03-053-2
課堂提問貫穿在整個英語教學(xué)過程中,是課堂中教師與學(xué)生交流的重要方式和手段。課堂提問是英語課堂教學(xué)中最重要的師生互動形式,可以引導(dǎo)學(xué)生拓展思維,提高學(xué)生的思維品質(zhì)(黃建良,2018)。
本文通過對牛津八上Unit 4 Do it yourself的第一板塊Comic strip&Welcome to the unit一節(jié)市級研討課中的課堂提問方式進(jìn)行分析,以期探討在英語單元導(dǎo)入課中有效提問的策略。
一、根據(jù)語境提問,提高認(rèn)識能力
為解決新課中的詞匯問題,執(zhí)教者用圖片創(chuàng)設(shè)了四個語境,并進(jìn)行有效提問。首先,直接猜測。師生對第一個圖片的提問以及回應(yīng)如下:T: Look at the picture. What am I trying to make? S: Paper roses. 其次,自然引出。對第二個圖片的提問及回應(yīng)如下:T: Picture 2, what am I going to do? S: You are going to brush the wall. T: Very good. Actually I am decorating the wall. 教師通過先肯定后帶出想要的單詞的方式來學(xué)習(xí)新單詞。然后,近義替換。第三個圖片的提問及回應(yīng)如下:T: Picture 3. I am going to fix it. Do you have another word for fix? S: Repair. 教師直接通過替換近義詞的方式引出新授詞匯。接著,理解語境。第四個圖片的提問及回應(yīng)如下:T: Picture4, it's not me. It's one of my best friends. I pay her some money to do something for me. So is this DIY? S: No. T: I pay money to do it. 教師通過將新詞出現(xiàn)在語境中幫助學(xué)生理解單詞pay。
通過設(shè)置語境的方式來加強(qiáng)對細(xì)節(jié)信息的有效提問。語境一:T: I am trying to make a rose paper. What tools do I need? What's this?語境二:T: I am trying to repair things. What do I need? What are these? 語境三: T: Because I can not fix my mobile phone. What can I do? I can search the Internet and get them. 教師展示出來提示instructions的圖片,引出instructions這個詞。教師帶著學(xué)生總結(jié)做DIY需要的工具:Very good. We need instructions, screwdriver and glue for repairing my mobile phone. 語境四:T: I want to make my room more beautiful. What's this? S: Brush. T: What's this? S: Hammer. T: What do I need for my decorating? 所有學(xué)生一起說出所需要的工具,明確所學(xué)的內(nèi)容。
圖片的提示、語境的創(chuàng)設(shè)和基于語境的有效提問,能夠提高學(xué)生的認(rèn)識和理解語境的能力,自然引出所學(xué)內(nèi)容。
二、根據(jù)過渡提問,培養(yǎng)目標(biāo)意識
過渡的語言越自然、越生活化,提問效果就越好。在本課教學(xué)中,教師使用貼近生活的自然過渡語,通過有效提問自然引出教學(xué)任務(wù)。
第一次自然過渡:為完成第二個任務(wù)即學(xué)習(xí)DIY工具,教師說:Now I am starting my DIY work. I need prepare a lot of DIY tools。接著,通過提問掃除學(xué)生對于關(guān)鍵詞的理解障礙:What does tool mean? 并通過語境學(xué)習(xí)不同工具。
進(jìn)行第二次自然過渡:在學(xué)習(xí)完不同的工具后,教師說:Now I have a new friend. He is called Andrew. Andrew is crazy about DIY. Here are some of his tools. Do you still remember them? Please turn to Page 43. Please write down the names of the tools in Part A. 有效的提問過渡將學(xué)生自然而然帶入下一項任務(wù)。
第三次自然過渡如下:Thank you for helping Andrew. Would you like to read sentences together? Tools are ready. Andrew's got to work. Can you help him find the correct tools? You can discuss with your partners. What tools does he use? 通過承上啟下過渡到下一項鞏固任務(wù)。
第四次自然過渡如下:在介紹Andrew's DIY stories中,教師提問:This is our new friend Andrew. Do you still remember our old friend Hobo? Hobo is crazy about DIY too.Do you remember them? What's this? Can you guess what Hobo is going to make? 通過新朋友和老朋友的介紹自然帶入到Comic Strip部分的學(xué)習(xí)。
第五次自然過渡如下:Not only Hobo, but more and more students like doing DIY. Suzy is one of the students who like DIY very much. Now look, this is Suzy's DIY work. Would you like to listen to the tape between Suzy and Millie and answer the questions? 通過從Hobo到Suzy的自過渡語言,完成故事之間的轉(zhuǎn)換。
第六次自然過渡如下:Now, you know my mother's birthday is coming. I am not going to buy the present and I want to make it myself. I'd like you to help me. Can you help me?通過貼近生活的語境過渡,讓學(xué)生進(jìn)入知識的運用階段。
三、根據(jù)層次追問,培養(yǎng)深層思維
在追問的過程中,教師的提問類型從基本的知識類問題,逐步過渡到理解原因的問題,以及判斷如何去做的問題,推斷分析意義的問題,有利于提高學(xué)生批判思維能力,進(jìn)而提升學(xué)生的思維品質(zhì)。
在Comic strip部分,聽后教師提問:What is Hobo going to make? 第一次追問:Will Eddie help him? 第二次追問:Why? 第三次追問:What can Hobo do? 第四次追問:What should Hobo do to finish the DIY? 第五次追問:Now, look, the house is ready. It's nice? 第六次追問:I don't think so. How to make it beautiful?學(xué)生說好看,教師卻說:I don't think so, 教師第七次追問:He can brush it? 并指出在用詞上還可以考慮使用paint。教師引導(dǎo)學(xué)生:He had better..., he can use some flowers or grow some trees. You know the house is made of wood. Do you know wood? This is wood。教師一遍敲打邊上的木頭桌子。接著第八次追問:Can you put it near fire? He had better not...(put the house near fire). 教師帶領(lǐng)學(xué)生一起得出結(jié)論,在語境中使用had better... / had better not...提出建議。這個過程中教師一步步引導(dǎo)出與學(xué)生實際生活有意義的內(nèi)容。
在Your DIY story的部分,教師先進(jìn)行對話示范,然后學(xué)生小組合作練習(xí),第一組展示后,教師提問:One question, what does the boy want to make? 這個問題為知識性問題,采取集體回答方式。第二組展示后,教師提問:What does the girl need for her lucky stars? 學(xué)生對工具進(jìn)行了了解。第三組展示后,教師追問:One more question, when your mother receives your present, how does she feel? 學(xué)生回答:I think she will be very happy。問題層次逐漸提升。教師再次追問:Why? 學(xué)生回答:Because the present shows your love。通過追問和逐層深入的提問方式,學(xué)生聯(lián)系了自身,思維和情感提到了提升。
四、根據(jù)產(chǎn)出提問,引導(dǎo)創(chuàng)新意識
提問需要考慮學(xué)生的產(chǎn)出情況,要及時建橋搭梯,如果沒有搭建梯子,那只能低效產(chǎn)出。
在Joy'?DIY story部分,教師提問:I've got known something about you. Do you want to know something about me? Can you guess what I like to do in my free time? Can you guess?For example, maybe you like...教師第一個提問問學(xué)生是否想了解老師,但是學(xué)生沒有回應(yīng),學(xué)生沒有產(chǎn)出,因此教師直接問第二個問題。分析原因,借班上課的教師與學(xué)生的情感聯(lián)系少,客觀上存在距離感。并且學(xué)生已經(jīng)在導(dǎo)入部分了解了她的名字、來自哪個學(xué)校,和她的感受。所以這個提問讓學(xué)生在思考還需要問什么。在設(shè)置問題時,要基于學(xué)生產(chǎn)出答案的可能性進(jìn)行分析和判斷,進(jìn)行有效的提問。
如果教師給學(xué)生一些圖片后提問,就會降低難度,讓學(xué)生有判斷點,能讓提問產(chǎn)生積極的效果。如T: I have known some of you can do something yourself. Look at the pictures. Can you guess what I like to do in my free time? 此處要給學(xué)生一個梯子,使學(xué)生猜測的難度下降,通過給學(xué)生提供一些教師真實相關(guān)的DIY圖片,可以使交流更加真實、有意義和生活化,同時在圖片的展示上,可以一個接一個地全屏展示,學(xué)生的興趣度會更高,學(xué)生的反應(yīng)和效果也會更好
在最后部分,教師深入提問:From the five stories, we can see DIY is very meaningful. So what can we get from DIY? 學(xué)生對這個問題進(jìn)行討論,這是對DIY內(nèi)容和意義上的總結(jié)。在產(chǎn)出部分,學(xué)生的回答略有些局限性,產(chǎn)出的內(nèi)容涉及到的有experience,skills,fun等。教師預(yù)期產(chǎn)出的意義:have fun; have a green lifestyle; practise your ability; show more love。這些并沒有全部呈現(xiàn)。
如果教師這一部分能夠基于生活實際進(jìn)行拓展并深入提問,就能有效地擴(kuò)大學(xué)生的思維面。如:If we do DIY for our parents / friends / ourselves, how will they / shall we feel? Why? So what can DIY bring our parents, our friends, ourselves or other people around us in our daily lives? 學(xué)生有了前面的問題作為鋪墊,思維能力就能夠得到有效的提升。
這節(jié)導(dǎo)入課幫助我們找到了優(yōu)質(zhì)并有效的課堂提問的策略:一是要要在語境中提問;二是要在自然過渡中提問;三是要進(jìn)行有層次的追問;四是要根據(jù)產(chǎn)出提問,為學(xué)生搭橋建梯使提問能夠適合學(xué)生的認(rèn)知水平。這樣才能夠更好地提高學(xué)生的思維品質(zhì),更好地提高教學(xué)效果。