黃彥林
摘要:人類(lèi)有三種閱讀模型:自下而上,自上而下和交流互動(dòng)模型。《英語(yǔ)課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)》強(qiáng)調(diào)高中英語(yǔ)教學(xué)應(yīng)注重批判性思維能力的培養(yǎng)。批判性閱讀課的關(guān)鍵在于,基于文本理解基礎(chǔ)上的交流探討,對(duì)文章和作者形成自己的觀(guān)點(diǎn)和看法。本文以一次公開(kāi)課為例,闡述如何將交流互動(dòng)模型與批判性思維能力的培養(yǎng)結(jié)合。
關(guān)鍵詞:閱讀教學(xué);批判性思維;高中英語(yǔ)
中圖分類(lèi)號(hào):G632.0 文獻(xiàn)標(biāo)識(shí)碼:A 文章編號(hào):1992-7711(2017)10-0046
一、批判性閱讀課設(shè)計(jì)思路及過(guò)程描述
閱讀材料是批判性閱讀課的重要一環(huán),并不是所有的閱讀材料都適用批判性閱讀的訓(xùn)練。本次課采用的是人教版英語(yǔ)7(選修)The Innuit Legend of Sedna the Sea Goddess。這篇文章是對(duì) Unit 3, Book 7 主題的一個(gè)拓展閱讀。它是一個(gè)傳奇故事,展現(xiàn)古代人民對(duì)自然的敬畏以及父輩與孩子溝通的重要性。故事中父親的角色可有多種解讀,情節(jié)的發(fā)展也比較曲折,因此,學(xué)生會(huì)有意愿與文本互動(dòng),利用已有的背景知識(shí),對(duì)文本進(jìn)行解構(gòu)與解讀。此外,該故事結(jié)構(gòu)清晰,用詞到位,句式優(yōu)美,可用于閱讀策略的訓(xùn)練。
本節(jié)課針對(duì)的是高二下學(xué)期的學(xué)生。他們已有一定詞匯以及閱讀策略方面的積累與訓(xùn)練,但在小組合作,交流探索方面仍有提升空間。因此,本節(jié)課首先讓學(xué)生明白傳奇故事是什么,激發(fā)他們的背景知識(shí)圖式。而后以問(wèn)題為引導(dǎo),讓學(xué)生猜測(cè)文中人物間的關(guān)系與結(jié)果,并通過(guò)閱讀印證假設(shè)。有了輸入,還要有輸出。筆者在輸出活動(dòng)中讓學(xué)生以小組為單位繪制思維導(dǎo)圖, 目的是讓每位學(xué)生都能理解故事,并且激發(fā)學(xué)生以思維導(dǎo)圖,構(gòu)建知識(shí),復(fù)述故事。筆者在學(xué)生分組復(fù)述故事后,引領(lǐng)他們理解故事的基本結(jié)構(gòu):背景,發(fā)展,高潮,結(jié)尾(寓意)。至此,筆者已引導(dǎo)學(xué)生進(jìn)行閱讀的掃讀、尋讀,理解代詞指代策略的訓(xùn)練。
教學(xué)過(guò)程描述:1. 教師與學(xué)生自由對(duì)話(huà),在對(duì)話(huà)中導(dǎo)入交流與傳奇話(huà)題。2. 讓學(xué)生帶著問(wèn)題第一次讀文本,初步了解人物、關(guān)系及情節(jié)。而后,小組合作回答細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題,幫助學(xué)生進(jìn)一步理解文本。3. 小組合作完成思維導(dǎo)圖,并以組為單位復(fù)述故事。
以下是小組復(fù)述故事的重現(xiàn):
T: This is a mind map describing the beginning of the story. Follow this and work with your peers to draw your mind maps. Each group is responsible for one paragraph.
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S: First of all, this is an island they came to. Sedna found what the island had was grass and seaweeds and animal feathers. After the hunter put off his fur, Sedna found that the hunter isnt a real man. He is a bird man. But Sedna has no choice.
T: Thank you very much! Group 2, please get ready!
S: The first picture is describing that Sedna is crying for help, because she found that her husband is a bird man. She never becomes used to the bird man and she cried for her fathers name. The second picture describes her father heard her calling and he begins to feel guilty. He says sorry for that. I will come to save you. He got into his canoe and paddled for days. This is the canoe. He is trying to save his daughter. His daughter was standing on a stone, and looking to find if her father will save her. And she very misses him. I am waiting for you. The last picture, her father picks up her daughter and they come home. This is a happy ending.
T: Thank you very much! Lets invite group
Whos your representative?
S: One day the bird man went out to catch his food. He caught some fishes back. When he came back to the island, he found that her wife has disappointed (disappeared). He then immediately went out in search of her. Then he found that his wife and his father began to escape from the island. The bird man is very angry, so he told his father to send Sedna back but he refused. So finally he was so angry that he flapped his wings and made huge waves.endprint
T: Then, what happened next? They were really scared, right? So are you ready to know the ending of this story? Lets invite group 6. S: Sednas was so frightened that he forced Sedna to leave him. Sedna hanged onto the canoe so her father cut off her fingers. As the fingers sank to the bottom of the ocean, they became large sea animals. Sedna lifted up and became goddess of the sea. Thats the ending.
批判性閱讀課的關(guān)鍵在于,基于文本理解基礎(chǔ)上的交流探討。因此,筆者在進(jìn)行小組合作繪制思維導(dǎo)圖前,先讓學(xué)生帶著問(wèn)題,獨(dú)立閱讀,與文本互動(dòng),充分激發(fā)他們的背景知識(shí)圖式,解讀文本。繪制思維導(dǎo)圖調(diào)動(dòng)學(xué)生通過(guò)自己的方式,解構(gòu)文本,再以此為基礎(chǔ)向他人解讀文本。這樣可確認(rèn)大部分學(xué)生對(duì)文本有基本的理解。
4. 總結(jié)與作業(yè)
課的最后,筆者布置了一個(gè)寫(xiě)作任務(wù)如下:
日常生活中,因?yàn)槿狈贤?,我們?duì)父母可能有誤解。請(qǐng)寫(xiě)一封信給父母,包含以下要點(diǎn):(1)你誤解父母的一件事情。(2)為什么會(huì)誤解?(3)你希望獲得父母的諒解。
因此,批判性閱讀課不僅僅要調(diào)動(dòng)學(xué)生與文本互動(dòng),與他人互動(dòng),形成自己的觀(guān)點(diǎn)看法,還需要教師適時(shí)引導(dǎo),讓交流討論往切合材料主題的方向走,這樣,學(xué)生獲得的輸入才能更好地促進(jìn)輸出。
二、教學(xué)反思
筆者在本次批判閱讀課中有許多收獲,但也存在不足。閱讀課應(yīng)該關(guān)注閱讀的過(guò)程,但不能忽視詞匯的準(zhǔn)備。在課前導(dǎo)入時(shí)應(yīng)適當(dāng)對(duì)故事中核心的詞匯做一些梳理,并且在閱讀后的反饋中反復(fù)復(fù)現(xiàn)詞匯。所以,筆者認(rèn)為,批判閱讀課在材料的選擇方面,應(yīng)最大程度上降低學(xué)生信息溝,文中70-80%的單詞應(yīng)為大部分學(xué)生熟悉的詞匯,或者在課前讓學(xué)生預(yù)習(xí)詞匯。
批判性閱讀課關(guān)鍵在于互動(dòng)與思考。筆者本次從文本的掃讀尋讀,到文本的解構(gòu)再到文本的深層理解與探討,能夠調(diào)動(dòng)一部分程度較為好的學(xué)生,但一些稍弱的學(xué)生在活動(dòng)中的參與程度有限。所以,筆者反思,在難度較低的任務(wù)中,如一開(kāi)始的尋找人物及關(guān)系任務(wù),應(yīng)多調(diào)動(dòng)那部分稍弱的學(xué)生, 給他們思考輸出的機(jī)會(huì)。
在任務(wù)完成的評(píng)價(jià)方面,筆者遵循言之成理的原則,只要學(xué)生有理有據(jù),便予以鼓勵(lì),但是,筆者認(rèn)為在鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生積極思考方面,還可以多下工夫,亟待從形成性與綜合性方面思考。
本次課的亮點(diǎn)在于以小組合作, 繪制思維導(dǎo)圖的任務(wù)設(shè)計(jì),體現(xiàn)了思維型和開(kāi)放性,讓學(xué)生積極思考,真正參與到課堂中。在未來(lái)批判閱讀課的設(shè)計(jì)中,筆者認(rèn)為有幾點(diǎn)可以思考:1. 如何讓學(xué)生真正參與到課堂中,激發(fā)學(xué)生的閱讀興趣。本篇傳奇故事講述人與人、人與自然的關(guān)系,這與學(xué)生的生活實(shí)際密切相關(guān),但又耐人尋味。2. 活動(dòng)與問(wèn)題設(shè)置的層次性與科學(xué)性。本次課的活動(dòng)與問(wèn)題設(shè)置針對(duì)傳奇故事這一主題展開(kāi),以文本理解為前提,層層遞進(jìn),讓學(xué)生有比較清楚明晰的認(rèn)識(shí)。未來(lái)的研究方向可針對(duì)不同的文體開(kāi)展探討,如說(shuō)明文,議論文等。
(作者單位:廣東省翠園中學(xué) 518003)endprint