(52.18%),其中基于文本观点的讨论占21.74%,基于话题的拓展性讨论占21.74%,基于文本内容的问题解决占8.70%;③文本拓展性理解(8.70%);④文本重建性输出(13.04%);⑤不同形式的写作(Writing a tip/motto/letter/passage) ( 21.74%)。因此,教师在选择和运用多种教学方法组织课堂教学方面仍缺少灵活性。
阅读教学中的读后输出和拓展活动大致可分为以下三种类型:一是与课文内容相关的补充性拓展;二是与文本表达形式相类似的迁移性输出和拓展;三是具有比较与借鉴意义的比较性输出与拓展(胡振燕,2005)。但从表3
阅读教学中的读后输出和拓展活动大致可分为以下三种类型:一是与课文内容师采用的了与文本内容相关的拓展,而缺乏将相关的补充性拓展;二是与文本表达形式相类似的迁移性输出和拓展;三是具内容与结构、内容与形式等方面的有机结合。
有比较与借鉴意义的比较性输出与拓此外,在活动任务设计中也存在着“为活动而展。 读后输出活动的汇总情况分析,课堂中更多教
活动”、“为问题而问题”现象,教学活动有效性明显缺失。
表3:浙江省优质课评比读后输出活动汇总表
序号 读后输出活动类型 读后输出活动任务 Discussion: Adrian Savage?s passage has attracted more and more attention among the public. A lot of people have 教师A Group work: Passage discussion been logging in his blog and leaving their opinions. Work in groups of 4 or 5. Make one of you the reporter. Any kind of opinion is welcomed by Adrian Savage.(the old and the young/the Chinese and the westerners) Whole-class work: 教师B text-reconstruction Group work: Topic talking 教师C Group work: Passage discussion Text-reconstruction: Complete the summary of the text Talking:Suppose your father has made a family plan, and you will have a bigger apartment, a luxurious car and 2?47” money for overseas education, but the present situation is that he has great stress and that the family don?t have enough quality time, so please make a phone call to your father and tell him what you think of the plan. Discussion: Among these tips, which do you think impresses you most? Why? Text-reconstruction: Complete the summary of the text Imagination & identification: Whole-class work: Text-reconstruction 教师D Imagination & identification Cross-cultural understanding Group work: Problem-solving How old do you think the writer is now? Can you imagine what kind of life the writer is living? Cross-cultural understanding: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. ? ? ? ? Wanting is the source of suffering. Be content with what we have. Everyone and every experience can be our teacher. Believe in magic and magic is. 1?17” 2?25” these suggestions impresses you most? Think it over and you may have a brief discussion with your desk mates. Group work: Problem-solving Problem-solving: Now four students are in trouble. Could you offer suggestions? Group work: 教师F Working on tips Commenting on tips Commenting on tips: Work in groups and comment on the tips. (For homework) / Working on tips: Work with group members on the tips. 6?13” 1?45” / 2?31” 6?51” 准备时间 Problem-solving: Seeking possible solutions to our unhappiness: How can I be happier at school? Discussion: These suggestions are involved in the main aspects of our teenagers? life. But as for you, which one of Pair work: Passage discussion 教师E 9
教师G Individual work: Happiness-Delivery Game: Have you got a tip for happiness? Deliver tips for happiness. Happiness-Delivery Game Group work: Topic discussion Discussion: What do you think we should do in our daily life to lead an enjoyable life? Discussion: What touches you most? Give your reasons. 1?50” 2?55” 6?33” 教师H 教师I Group work: Passage discussion Writing: Write a passage about what you have learned from the text. (about 100 words). Individual work: Writing: The passage does hit me much.________________________________________ Whole-class work: Text-reconstruction: Complete the summary of the text 10?55” 教师J Text-reconstruction Discussing and writing: Use what you have learned today to write Xiaoqiang a letter. First, discuss in groups of Group work: Discussing and writing four and then tell how you will organize your letter. Discussion: Which of the five things in the blog impresses you most? Choose one and give an example based on 2?30” 教师K Group work: Topic discussion your own experience. ①State the thing ; ② Give an example; ③Show your regret (If I had..., I would (not) have .../ I wish I had...) 2?20” Group Work: 教师L Making a survey Topic discussion Further thinking Making a survey: Work in groups and list what you are content with in your daily life. Topic discussion: How do we enjoy everyday?s life? Further thinking: Write a motto about life to encourage ourselves. 3?15” 1?50” 2?10” 表4:浙江省优质课评比读后输出活动归类表
读后输出活动类型 小组调查 基于文本观点的讨论 小组/同伴讨论 基于话题的拓展性讨论 基于文本内容的问题解决 文本拓展性理解 文本重建性输出 不同形式的写作(Writing a tip/motto/letter/passage) 读后输出活动使用频率 1 5 5 2 2 3 5 所占百分比 4. 35% 21.74% 21.74% 8.70% 8.70% 13.04% 21.74% 六、读后活动与学生实际
教师在设计读后输出活动时还必须要仔细分析学生的需求,考虑该活动是否符合学生的实际情况,否则就达不到预期的教学目标和效果。比如,不少教师在读后会设计分组讨论,但很多时候,讨论中往往出现学生沉默不语的情
教师在设计读后输出活动时还必须要仔细分析学生的需求,考虑该活动是否符合学生的实际情况,否则就达不到预期的教学目标和效果。 况。事实上,此种情况的出现多在于以下两个原因:
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(一)任务难度
活动难度过低或者过高,违背了学生的认知特点或不符合学生的实际语言水平,与学生的实际语言综合运用能力有一定差距。如果难度过低,学生就会对话题的讨论失去兴趣;反之,难度过高,学生就感觉活动对其而言高不可攀,采取放弃或不参与的态度。比如:
【案例5】这是一堂省优质课。一位教师在改编教材时特意留下了几个地道而有难度的词语 —“playing God”、“look outside the box”、“smell the roses” —让学生进行理解分析。但在课堂实施中,由于教师对学生语言能力的预测与分析与现实有差距,导致个别任务没能顺利地按照预设实施。同样,在读后的第一个环节,该教师设计了一个文本重建性输出活动,要求学生用所提供的单词或短语完成文本的summary,但其中有个别选词为超纲词汇,大大超出了学生的语言实际,如:sustainable、re-evaluate、luxuries等,学生不仅不理解其意,也不能很好地拼读单词,而用这样的词汇来完成课文小结更是不可能的任务。为此,在活动预设中教师必须仔细分析学生的认知水平和语言水平,以此定位活动的难易度。
(二)选题切口
读后输出活动旨在给学生搭建深入理解文本,进一步拓展话题,并尝试运用所学语言的平台。但是,现实教学中往往可以发现不少由于活动任务的选题切口过大或者过泛而导致学生在活动一开始就无所适从的现象。请看以下两个案例:
【案例5】以表3中教师A的读后讨论活动为例:Adrian Savage?s passage has attracted more and more attention among the public. A lot of people have been logging in his blog and leaving their opinions. Work in groups of 4 or 5. Make one of you the reporter. Any kind of opinion is welcomed by Adrian Savage. Your opinions can be about the differences between the old and the young, the Chinese and the westerners and so on. 显然,该任务的选题切口过大过泛,而且任务的指令也不够明确,致使不少学生在一开始就感觉无从下手,究竟是讨论各种人群的哪一个方面?是讨论人群的不同,还是讨论自己对这篇文章中一些观点的理解?
【案例6】在处理一篇有关环境保护话题的文本时,一位教师设计了以下任务:Discuss the strategies that we can develop to protect our environment. 同样,学生在讨论中也因任务本身话题的切口过大而无法展开深入的讨论。从讨论后的汇报交流看,很多反馈都停留在一些笼统、表层的叙述上。显然,如果将话题设计成“People today are concerned about the safety of our planet. The encouraging news is that many of us have realized that we can do more than just
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complain. Discuss the strategies that we can develop as individuals to practice 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. 根据生活经验,每个学生都能对3Rs中的做法举出一两件实例,因此,这样的小组讨论才会促成小组成员的积极参与。
七、对文本内涵与价值的基本尊重
读后活动实施中强调了学生的独特见解或体验,却忽视了对文本内涵或价值的基本尊重。教学中充分尊重学生在学习过程中的独特见解和体验,鼓励其自由地、创造性地、个性化地解读文本,引导其尽可能多地提出自己的
读后活动实施中既要强调学生的独特见解或体验,又不可忽视对文本内涵或价值的基本尊重。 个人理解,这是凸现学生主体性,培养学生批判性思维能力和创造性思维能力的重要策略。但由于学生生活阅历的局限性,自身语言能力和认识能力的局限性,理解文本的过程中就不可避免地出现各种主观性偏差甚至误解或曲解文本原意或教学本质。
【案例7】这是一堂省优质课,教师在让学生阅读文本The art of living后,设计了以下语言输出任务:Make a survey:List what you are content with in your daily life. 要求学生列举日常生活中令他们开心或满足的事情。该任务虽接近学生实际生活,学生也热情参与其中,给出了各自的观点:meet super stars, go home every weekend, have three meals every day, go shopping all day等。但之后,教师仅仅通过“Good, thank you”一句进行简单评价,而没有对本节课的主题进行任何引导来纠正和提升学生对主题的认识:The art of living is to learn how to be content with what we have. 因此,教师既要鼓励学生对所学内容进行多元解读和感悟,又要引导其尊重人文主旨,追求共同见解,正确处理一元标准与多元解读、个性解读与文本主旨、独特认识与共性认识、多元文化与普遍价值的关系(余文森,2009:176)。
除此,教学中教师无视价值引领也体现在典型的只“赋权”而不“增能”的“唯自主化”倾向。教师让学生自选内容、自读课文、自主练习,但却不作任何跟踪性检查、点拨、讲解、评价或反馈。课堂上也常可以听到“你想说什么就说什么”、“没关系,只要把你自己的看法或观点说出来就行了”等流行语。显然,这样的教学已因为教师价值引导、智慧启迪、思维点拨、学法指导等神圣使命的丧失而停留在虚假、肤浅的层面,学生的认知水平也由此徘徊在原有的水平。
教师的正确引领是保证学生学习方向性和有效性的重要前提,“当学生遇到疑难时,教师要引导他们思考;当学生的思路狭窄时,教师要启发他们拓宽;当学生迷途时,教师要把
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他们引上正路;当学生无路时,教师要为他们铺路架桥;当学生‘山重水复疑无路’时,教师要引导他们步入‘柳暗花明又一村’的佳境。”(余文森,2009:177)同样,对于语言教学,当学生对文本阅读提不起兴致的时候,教师应激发其阅读欲望和兴趣;当学生读得肤浅和模糊时,教师应引导其读得充分和细腻;当学生读不出文本的文化内涵和情味理趣时,教师应点拨其思维、启迪其智慧、激活其现象、拓宽其思路。
八、活动过程的合作之形与合作之实
新课程强调学生学习上的合作和交流,为此,读后活动中合作交流的频率增加了。但是,在“合作”的组织形式背后,还是可以发现不少典型的应付式、被动式的讨论,诸多问题值得思考。比如:是不是只要有疑,无论
主次和难易,都应组织讨论?从内容和语言上看,学生通过活动积累观点,积累语言,提高语言运用能力了吗?从形式上看,每个学生都参与活动了吗?从反馈上看,生生、师生之间相互分享,但究竟学到了什么?在时空上,学生真正地投入到语言的实践了吗?很多时候,小组合作讨论既无信息的支持,又无语言的支架;既无明确的分工,有无责任的落实;既无策略的引领,又无时间的保证。而学生方面,缺乏问题意识的交流,尤其是缺乏深层的交流和观点的碰撞,结果往往是优秀学生的意见代替了小组其他成员的想法,语言基础差的学生更是成为了陪衬、听众,即便是发表了自己的见解,也不受到重视。这样的小组讨论必定使活动流于形式,合作学习只是被当作标签随意张贴而已。
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