赵欣
课堂提问,是一种教师提出问题,引导学生运用已经学过的知识经验,回答教师提出的问题,从而获得新知识的方法,是英语课堂教学使用率最高的一种教学手段。教师提问设计的得体、精巧,把学生引入“问题情境”,能激发学生探索知识和阅读的欲望,培养他们表达的兴趣和习惯,引导他们积极思考,对发展学生的英语语言表达能力能起到极大作用。下面根据教学实践,就英语阅读教学中的课堂提问设计谈几点看法。
1.要诱发学生兴趣,忌直贵曲。我们设计问题应该在学生现有逻辑思维的水准下,换换角度,换换说法,凡问必曲,培养学生兴趣,发展学生智力,努力学好英语。如在教学《Christ mas Day》时设计这样几个问题: ①Is Christmas Eve the night of December 25th? ②Why do children in England put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep on Christmas Eve?And if youre a child in England,what will you do that night? ③What does Father Christmas do on Christmas Eve?And can you imagine(想象)his action(做法 )? ④Do you think there is really a Father Christmas in the world? ⑤Why do the children get up early on the morning of Christmas Day?And what about you on the morning of the New Year?Why? 因为问题设计时考虑到学生兴趣,课堂上许多学生跃跃欲试,竞相发言,动口动脑,收到了较好的课堂效果。
2.提问设计要设阶梯,层层递进,逐级攀登,以完成教学任务。对于教学中的一些重难点,我们尽量设计一些铺垫性的问题,依据学生水平,想方设法化难为易,化繁为简,由近及远,一环扣一环,逐步解决大问。如教学《Thomas Edison》这设计了以下几个问题:①Who was Thomas Edison? ②Why did Thomas Edison sit on some eggs one day when he was fiveyears old? ③Why did Toms teacher send him away from school? ④Do you think Tom was clever?Why? ⑤Why was Toms mother saved? ⑥What can we Iearn from the fact(事实)that Toms mother was saved? 这六个问题的设计基本包括了这两篇文章(实际上是一篇)涉及的人物、环境和故事情节等,通过由浅入深的逐步分析和理解,使学生掌握知识,让学生思维在问题的坡度上步步升高,最终达到“能自己跳起来摘到 果子”的理想境界。
3.提问设计应有“度”。这个“度”应包括提问设计……