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高中英语语法复习教学之我见

作者:柳丽娟




  在高中英语语法复习教学中,教师在引导学生复习巩固英语语法知识的同时,应通过过程与方法的完善,以合作、探索、自主、互动的学习活动使学生达成知识与技能的目标,充分启发学生的发散性思维,使课堂由以前的教师“一言堂”变为学生积极参与、思维活跃、师生互动的场所,让学生学有所得,从复习中获取学习的乐趣,体验成功的喜悦。
  
  (一)比较归纳
  
  语言只有在一定的情境中运用才能正确理解,真正掌握。因此,教师必须利用真实的环境或者设置模拟的情境进行语法教学,使语法教学更加形象化、真实化和趣味化,让学生在活动中学习、运用英语语法,并且教学生将零散的语法知识进行比较归纳,使语法知识系统化,从而达到牢固掌握的目的。
  情态动词是英语语法教学中的难点,尤其是 must和should都表示一种责任、义务或必要性,对学生来说,难以区别。教学中笔者通过语境的设置,让学生对不同句子进行领悟、比较,帮助学生理解它们的不同用法。
   T: (to S1)You must practice speaking English at least an hour a day.
   S1: (to S2)I have to practice speaking English at least an hour a day.
   S2: (to S1)You should practice speaking English at least an hour a day.
  教师与学生进行了以上对话后,引导各小组讨论以上语境中的情态动词,最后归纳并得出结论:对话中的must表示上级对下级的一种权威;have to表示来自外部的压力;should表示来自朋友的建议或鼓励。经过这样的比较归纳,学生对这些情态动词的运用就得心应手了。
  
  (二)说写转换
  
  教师在讲解语法规则后,应尽可能给学生提供表达的机会,使他们能够运用所学语法项目进行口头或书面交流,促进学生对语法项目的理解、掌握。如教完定语从句后,笔者设置了让学生去火车站接人的情境:由于外籍教师正在郊区踏青,无法按时去火车站接来拜访他的以前学生Bill,于是拜托你去接站。
  三个学生讨论后,分配了角色,并表演了以下对话。(S1扮演外籍教师,S2扮演去接站的学生; S3扮演Bill)
   S1: (Phoning S2)Where are you, Xiao Hua?
   S2: I’m near the exit of the railway station, but I can’t find Bill.
   S1: Sorry. I forgot to tell you that Bill is a tall man who will carry a black suitcase.
  S2: Oh, I see.But there are three men who are carrying black suitcases.
   S1: He is a handsome man whose hair is blond.
   S2: But there are two handsome men whose hair is blond.
   S1: Don’t worry. You may ask them. Bill is the one who is from the USA.
   S2: All right, I will.
   S2: (Moving forward and asking S3)Excuse me, sir. You must be Bill, who comes from the USA.
   S3: Yes, I am. Thank you very much for coming to meet me.
  以上三个学生把教师设置的情境演绎得淋漓尽致,并且充分发挥想象,把教师提供的材料进行了适当补充,同时也不忘运用定语从句的知识,把所学知识运用得恰到好处。
  
  (三)教学游戏
  
  学习要活动化,活动要交际化。教师应把语法规则活化为活动,把教学过程活化为交际活动,优化认知结构,激发主体意识。教学游戏就是一种行之有效的活动。设计精巧、难易适度的游戏往往会产生意想不到的教学效果。如在练习if引导的虚拟语气时,笔者设计了“接龙游戏”。
  S1: If I were you, I would devote lots of money to the Hope Project.
  S2: If I devoted lots of money to the Hope Project, I would lack money to support my life.
  S3: If I lacked money, I would borrow from you.
  S4: If I wanted to borrow from you, I would come to your home.
  S5: If you came to my home, I would keep my door locked(Ha-ha)
  S6: If you were not to keep your door locked, we should be good friends.
  S7: If we had been good friends, we would have shared sorrows and joys.
  在这种开放的意义性操练中,学生既练习了听力与口语表达能力,又锻炼了思维能力与快速反应能力,还加深了对所学语法现象的理解,也使紧张的学习氛围平添了几分幽默及调侃,一举多得。
  总之,教师在进行复习教学时无论复习哪部分知识,都应注意“精讲巧练、以练促教、点到为止、注重运用”,让学生在练中有悟、在练中获得“四会”技能,这样的复习教学才有活力和生机,才能使学生获得扎实的语言基础知识和语言运用能力。