师生合作评价助力向高一学生引入读后续写任务

2022-05-30 09:10徐丹
校园英语·中旬 2022年8期
关键词:高中英语写作读后续写

摘 要:讀后续写高考新题型在高中写作课堂中缺乏高效的教学方法,本文以一节基于读后续写任务而开展的高一学生师生合作评价写作研讨课为例,探讨如何通过阅读课与写作课结合以及教、练、评有机融合使得写作课贴近教学、贴近课堂、贴近学生,从不同维度促进学生英语读写能力提升。

关键词:读后续写;师生合作评价;高中英语写作

作者简介:徐丹(1995.01-),女,安徽铜陵人,南京市第十二中学,教师,硕士,研究方向:英语教育。

一、引言

读后续写是近年来高考英语新题型,在教学界引发广泛关注。该题型要求考生基于一篇350词左右的阅读材料及段落开头语等提示信息进行写作,使所写文本(150词左右)与所读材料形成衔接合理、情节连贯、结构完整及风格统一的连续体,读后续写在发挥学生主观能动性和创造性的同时要求学生充分理解阅读材料,从语言、情节和篇章等多个维度延续阅读文本。读后续写理论依据为王初明教授提出的写长法,写长法具有三大促学优势:激发表达动机、凸显语境作用、借力互动促学。

适当的课堂评价是重要的教学策略和学习方式,有着激发学生学习兴趣、引导学生思维发展和助力学业发展的关键作用。“师生合作评价” (teacher-student collaborative assessment) 是产出导向法(production-oriented approach)团队提出的新评价形式,指基于学生已产出的写作文本进行课前教师典型样本详批、课内教师提示学生评价重点、课内学生评价典型样本、练习巩固评价重点知识等步骤,旨在有效补充各种评价方式。这一评价方式最早旨在提升大学英语教学质量,但越来越多研究将其运用到中小学英语教学并发现它对中小学生英语写作、口语能力的提升有显著作用。

高一学生面临着初高中衔接跨度大、英语知识技能储备薄弱等问题,对英语写作普遍有畏难心理。在当前高中英语教学中,英语写作未受到足够重视,存在教学理念陈旧、形式化等问题,学生普遍存在不敢写、写不出、写不好等问题。针对以上问题,笔者就译林版高一必修一第二单元拓展阅读“Mama and Her Bank Account”设计并开展了一节写作研讨课,课堂内容为基于阅读课的读后续写任务进行师生合作评价。

二、课堂内容

(一)任务布置

在写作评价课之前,笔者就高一必修一第二单元拓展阅读“Mama and Her Bank Account”进行常规教学,重点引导学生掌握以下重点内容:

文章体裁:Short story

故事背景:A family living in the US in the early 1900s

人物:Mama, Papa, Nels, Katrin, Christine, Dagmar

情节:

1.开端:We gathered around the table to watch Mama allocate the money earned by Papa to daily expenses.

2.发展:Family members offered their own helps to solve pr-

oblems related to money for Nels, Christine and Dagmar, all with the thinking that we did not want to draw from the bank account.

3.结尾:I found out that Mama made up the bank account to make the family members feel secure.

4.主题:A mother has deep love for her children and does whatever she can to protect them.

在阅读课结束时,给学生布置以下读后续写任务:

请根据拓展阅读内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文,续写词数应为100左右;

Only at this time did I realize that Mama had made a white lie to protect us, so I decided to be as strong and successful as she had wished for us.

When I became a parent with my own child / children, I also made some necessary white lies to them, which originated from nothing but my deep love.

(二)确定评价典型样本

笔者在收到学生作文后快速浏览,按照典型性、循序渐进性和可教性原则标注作文中存在的共性的典型问题。本篇拓展阅读是记叙文,一般过去时是其语言形式上突出特点,续写任务的段首提示语也限制了续写内容也应为一般过去时。高一学生在时态一致方面常常犯错,在本次写作任务中39份样本里有32份都存在一般过去时和一般现在时混用的情况,因此确定评价焦点为一般过去时时态一致。

根据这一典型问题笔者确定一篇典型样本如下:

Only at this time did I realize that Mama had made a white lie to protect us, so I decided to be as strong and successful as she had wished for us. I became more hardworking. Sometimes I wrote novels very late and didn't sleep until I was very sleepy. But their are still less people buy my novels for a long time. Because of my Mama's white lie, I understand a lot. So I never lose heart and always look on the bright side. Everything comes to him who waits. Finally, my novels were very famous, and a lot of people bought my book all over the world. Then I built a real bank account for my Mama and Papa.

When I became a parent with my own child / children, I also made some necessary white lies to them, which originated from nothing but my deep love. We moved into a small house, and often tell him this: “We are a poor family, so you can't cost much money.” When he grew up, he said: “I will say thanks for my Mama because she taught me when I face a problem, don't always think I can use the money to solve it. And my Mama made me develop a good habit: save money. She is very love me.”

筆者在对样本进行详批后了解了作文中时态误用情况,课前为每位学生打印一份样本并标注提示评价焦点。

(三)师生合作评价

师生合作评价课堂教学步骤如下:1. 写作课前给每位学生分发一份典型样本,并对学生进行分组;2. 提示学生续写的成功在于内容、形式、主题上的统一,重点引导学生就语言形式进行组内讨论;3. 比较中英文谓语动词,引导学生总结中国学生在谓语动词时态一致上犯错的原因;4. 指出评价焦点为时态一致,点明写作任务所限定的一般过去时; 5. 学生在讨论中对典型样本中一般过去时时态一致问题进行批改; 6. 教师给出课前准备的修改意见,并让学生比较与自己的修改异同之处。

最终师生共评所得出的修改稿如下:

Only at this time did I realize that Mama had made a white lie to protect us, so I decided to be as strong and successful as she had wished for us. I became more hardworking, so much so that sometimes I wrote novels till very late and until I was quite worn out. But there were still few people who bought my novels for a long time. Because of my Mama's white lie, I understood the life a lot. So I never lost heart and always looked on the bright side: everything comes to him who waits. Finally, my novels were very famous and a lot of people bought my book. Along the journey I built a real bank account for my Mama and Papa.

When I became a parent with my own child / children, I also made some necessary white lies to them, which originated from nothing but my deep love. We moved into a small house, and I often told him this: “We are not a that rich family, so you can't spend much money.” When he grew up, he would say: “Thanks, Mama, because you taught me when facing a problem I ought not to think I could use money to solve it. And you have made me develop a good habit: to save money. You love me so much.”

(四)学生自评

笔者将学生所写作文及包含30道一般过去时的选择题试卷分发给学生,学生完成试题和作文自评与修改后上交。学生试卷总体正确率达到87%,修改稿中仅存在个别时态一致错误,表明绝大多数学生在师生合作评价后能够准确掌握谓语动词时态一致这一知识点。

(五)学生反思

教学完成后要求学生写反思日记,结果显示学生能够更好地参与课堂、提高语言意识。例如,学生12在反思中提到读后续写对语言学习意识的提升的帮助作用:

以前我总习惯性读课文,甚至觉得课文很简单。但是老师布置了读后续写的任务之后我才意识到课文有很多博大精深的地方,包括语言和内容各个方面的东西,只有写出来才能知道,想要和课文保持一致需要精心研读。

读写结合的方法能够大大提升学生的语言学习意识,让语言学习更加主动、高效及有目的性。教师可多在教学中尝试从听说读写译等多种不同维度让学生深度参与课文拓展学习。

学生25在反思中提到师生合作评价能够提升课堂参与度:

老师让我们批改一个同学的作文,一起探讨作文中存在的问题,我觉得很有参与感。改同学的作文让我更加觉得改作文、学英语是我自己的事,我应该主动地去学。

师生合作评价能够增强课堂趣味性、提升学生的参与感、有效地调动学生积极性,让学生深度参与写作课,提升学生语言学习意识,学生在互动中由“倾听者”变成“参与者”。

三、课堂教学反思

读后续写作为高考英语写作新题型,消除了以往命题作文的模板化而采取半开放写作模式。学生要在阅读材料和段首提示语的限制下有限地发挥创造力,衔接连贯与创造性缺一不可,因此学生在刚接触该题型时往往无从下笔。笔者联系学生最为熟悉的课文:译林版高一必修一第二单元拓展阅读“Mama and Her Bank Account”,这让学生能夠较为容易地延续经过阅读课已掌握的文本材料。通过阅读课,让学生在教师的指导下具象化原本要求由学生独立完成的阅读任务,以阅读课、写作课融合的方式为读后续写中的独立阅读理解提供了样板,让阅读输入最大限度地服务于写作输出,在一定程度上为学生提供了适当的“脚手架”,让学生能够在熟悉的环境中在读后续写上完成由“不会”到“会”的转变。

尽管译林版高一必修一第二单元拓展阅读“Mama and Her Bank Account”是一篇典型的记叙文,故事情节通俗具体、主题明确、人物个性鲜明,十分适合读后续写这一写作任务,但故事背景却设置在20世纪的美国,对学生来说背景较为陌生,个别学生容易脱离这一背景,代入自己现有身份。因此教师在首次向学生布置读后续写时要重点提示读后续写在情节、主题、语言等多种维度上的延续性,提示学生剥离自身身份,从故事本身出发进行续写。也可反向出发,在选择续写题目时尽量做到贴近学生身份,借力他们从自身出发进行写作的惯性,选择贴近学生日常生活的读后续写话题,让学生有话可写,再循序渐进,通过话题推进更迭让学生逐渐学会剥离自身身份,从故事本身出发进行读后续写,逐渐学会在语篇上实现概念功能、人际功能和语篇功能的统一。

从写作课而言,让学生深度参与到写作评价中能实现教学过程贴近学生、以评促学。在新课程理念下,师生合作评价使得“以学生为主体,教师为主导”的写作模式成功落实,实现了多元评价融合的教学目标。师生合作评价这一新型评价模式让教、练、学有机融合,在学生深度参与教、练、学过程中实现教学过程贴近学生,课堂不再是教师的“一言堂”,教师不再是课堂权威,学生成为课堂的主人和积极建设者。此外,本次课程设计使强调输入作用的读后续写任务与强调输出作用的师生合作评价有机结合,证明了两种教学方法并不冲突,实际上是从不同维度出发致力于促学。在教学过程中,教师可采取包容开放的态度,多探索如何有机融合不同教学理念、教学途径和教学方法,使它们能够形成合力,共同助力教学。

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