【摘要】本文通過分析一節(jié)在閱讀策略引導(dǎo)下的初中英語(yǔ)閱讀課,在閱讀教學(xué)中有意識(shí)地滲透導(dǎo)入、預(yù)測(cè)、略讀、尋讀、細(xì)讀、猜測(cè)詞義、推理、理解文章結(jié)構(gòu)等閱讀策略,以提高課堂閱讀教學(xué)的有效性。
【關(guān)鍵詞】閱讀策略;閱讀課
【作者簡(jiǎn)介】鄭鳳娟,浙江省臺(tái)州初級(jí)中學(xué)。
一、閱讀教學(xué)中存在的問題
閱讀課以讀作為語(yǔ)言輸入方式,旨在培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的閱讀理解、思考和表達(dá)能力,同時(shí)也是發(fā)展學(xué)生思維能力的重要途徑。而低效的英語(yǔ)閱讀直接影響著學(xué)生對(duì)英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的情感態(tài)度,嚴(yán)重制約著學(xué)生英語(yǔ)水平的提高。
在目前的初中閱讀教學(xué)中,許多教師在教學(xué)中重語(yǔ)言的講解,輕語(yǔ)言內(nèi)容的理解與分析。對(duì)課文一般是逐字逐句的閱讀。另一方面,教師在閱讀教學(xué)時(shí)策略滲透意識(shí)差,導(dǎo)致學(xué)生閱讀能力欠缺。
本文將以人教版(Go for it)八年級(jí)下冊(cè)Unit 5中Section A 3a The Storm Brought People Closer Together的閱讀課為例,在閱讀中有意識(shí)地滲透略讀、掃讀、理解大意、猜測(cè)詞義、推理、理解文章結(jié)構(gòu)、理解圖表信息等閱讀策略,切實(shí)提高學(xué)生的閱讀效率。
二、教材分析和教學(xué)目標(biāo)設(shè)定
本節(jié)課的閱讀文本共四段,介紹了美國(guó)Alabama州發(fā)生的一場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨,以及這場(chǎng)暴雨對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)厮斐傻挠绊?。本單元的語(yǔ)言目標(biāo)是能夠用過去進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)對(duì)過去發(fā)生的事情進(jìn)行描述。依據(jù)這個(gè)語(yǔ)言目標(biāo),本節(jié)課設(shè)定了如下的教學(xué)目標(biāo)。
1.能選擇適當(dāng)?shù)拈喿x策略獲取相關(guān)信息。
2.能夠準(zhǔn)確地運(yùn)用 when/while引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句來描述故事中發(fā)生的事情。
3.能夠用本課所學(xué)語(yǔ)言描述2008年汶川大地震發(fā)生的故事。
三、教學(xué)過程
Step 1:欣賞風(fēng)景照——導(dǎo)入文本主題。
教師首先呈現(xiàn)一張美國(guó)地圖以及Alabama州的一張優(yōu)美風(fēng)景照,然后再呈現(xiàn)文本中被暴風(fēng)雨襲擊后的Alabama州的圖片。
Teacher: Alabama is a beautiful state in America. However, a terrible rainstorm hit that area last year and broke many things apart. Today we are going to read a passage about the rainstorm.
設(shè)計(jì)說明:通過兩張圖片的比較,讓學(xué)生明白這場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨所造成的嚴(yán)重后果,開門見山的點(diǎn)明了閱讀的主題,激發(fā)學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)興趣,同時(shí)巧妙地處理了生詞area和詞組break apart。
Step 2.略讀——理解文本結(jié)構(gòu)。
Teacher: There are four paragraphs in the passage.
According to the time, can you divide the passage into three parts?
PPT設(shè)計(jì)如下:
設(shè)計(jì)說明:通過略讀,學(xué)生能夠快速獲取信息,理解文本總體結(jié)構(gòu),為下一步的細(xì)讀打下基礎(chǔ)。
Step 3.細(xì)讀——了解文本細(xì)節(jié)。
學(xué)生通過略讀后,對(duì)文本的脈絡(luò)有了基本的認(rèn)識(shí),筆者要求學(xué)生通過細(xì)讀來了解文本細(xì)節(jié)。在學(xué)習(xí)文本細(xì)節(jié)時(shí),筆者采取填寫表格、提問、思維導(dǎo)圖等多種任務(wù)形式,幫助學(xué)生熟悉文本內(nèi)容。
Teacher: How was the weather before the rainstorm?
What preparation did Bens parents do before the rainstorm came?
筆者要求學(xué)生在閱讀第一、二自然段后完成下列表格內(nèi)容:
在核對(duì)答案的同時(shí),筆者對(duì)一、二兩段文本進(jìn)一步細(xì)化處理。
1)讓學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境猜測(cè)light這一詞在文中的意思。
A. n.燈 B. n.電燈 C. adj.輕的
2)T: What else might be needed in a storm?
S: food, drinking water, smartphones, medicine, etc.
對(duì)文本第二部分的處理是采用提問的方式。
Teacher: When did the rainstorm start?
Ss: While Ben was helping his mom make dinner.
Teacher: What did they do after dinner?
Ss: They played a card game.
Teacher: Did they have fun playing the card game?
Ss: No,they didnt .
Teacher: How do you know that?
Ss: It was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.
Teacher: What can you infer from the sentence?
Ss: The rainstorm was scary/serious/heavy.
Everyone was worried about the storm.
第四自然段閱讀檢測(cè)方式則是要求完成一張表格和一張思維導(dǎo)圖。
Teacher: Did Ben worry about the storm,too?
How do you know that?
Ss: He couldnt sleep at first.
Teacher: When did he fall asleep? When did he wake up?
設(shè)計(jì)說明:對(duì)于閱讀而言,表格比文字更有利于提取有意義的信息,表格展示了文本的關(guān)鍵信息和事物的主要特征,并且把多種信息整合、聯(lián)系起來,容易讓學(xué)生理清各種關(guān)系(李杰、陳靜波,2014)。表2和表3清晰地理清了故事發(fā)展中的各項(xiàng)活動(dòng)內(nèi)容。思維導(dǎo)圖1用立體的方式展現(xiàn)了暴雨對(duì)該地區(qū)所造成的破壞。通過推理得出結(jié)論,可以將學(xué)生帶入思維空間,啟發(fā)學(xué)生思維。
Step 4.深思——了解作者意圖。
筆者讓學(xué)生結(jié)合文本思考以下問題:
Teacher: What does the writer think of the storm?
A. The storm was completely terrible.
B. The storm was not always bad.
Ss: B
Teacher: Why do you think so?
Ss: Although the rainstorm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.
Teacher: How did the people help each other after the storm?
Ss: They helped to clean up the neighborhood.
設(shè)計(jì)說明:閱讀的目的不僅僅是獲取信息和培養(yǎng)閱讀策略,還在于明白作者的寫作意圖。教師應(yīng)該引導(dǎo)學(xué)生對(duì)文本進(jìn)行深層次的理解,使學(xué)生通過獲取信息學(xué)會(huì)欣賞語(yǔ)言文字、篇章結(jié)構(gòu)和文章的思想,最終領(lǐng)悟文本所體現(xiàn)的思想內(nèi)涵。學(xué)生通過思考明白,暴風(fēng)雨雖然對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)卦斐闪似茐?,卻讓人們更緊密地團(tuán)結(jié)在一起。
Step 5.讀寫結(jié)合——文本輸出。
Teacher: What other things can bring people closer together?
Ss: The earthquake/the flood/the accidents ,etc.
Teacher: How can we help each other in times of difficulty?
Ss: We could give away money/food…
We could work as volunteers.
最后,筆者呈現(xiàn)汶川地震的幾張圖片和一個(gè)幸存者的照片,要求學(xué)生以幸存者的身份,發(fā)揮想象,以小組的討論的形式把下列文章補(bǔ)充完整。
I will never forget the day when the earthquake happened at 14:28 on Monday, May 12th, 2008.I was ________when I suddenly found the floor shaking. People were really scared. Some were __________, some were ___________, and others were_________. Luckily, I ran out of the building in time. I found everything was in a mess. ____________________. What a terrible day! That night, I stayed in the square with my parents. I didnt ________ until midnight. The next morning, when I woke up, I saw many people offering to help. Soldiers(士兵) were _______________. Doctors were ______________. Volunteers were____________. I was deeply moved. Although the earthquake _________, it ________.
設(shè)計(jì)說明:以讀促寫、讀寫結(jié)合等形式的教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)在課堂的后文本階段得到廣泛實(shí)踐,通過這種活動(dòng),學(xué)生可以遷移運(yùn)用已有的語(yǔ)言知識(shí),實(shí)現(xiàn)閱讀和寫作教學(xué)的良性循環(huán),達(dá)到閱讀和寫作兩種能力共同提高的目的(史旭花,2015)。
四、結(jié)束語(yǔ)
總而言之,閱讀策略的培養(yǎng)是提高學(xué)生閱讀理解能力的有效手段,是學(xué)習(xí)策略的重要組成部分,也是體現(xiàn)英語(yǔ)教育總體目標(biāo)的一個(gè)重要方面。教師在閱讀教學(xué)中要以文本為依托,逐步培養(yǎng)學(xué)生有效的閱讀策略,提高學(xué)生的閱讀興趣,讓學(xué)生樂于閱讀,并善于閱讀。
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