1. 教师用与话题相关的关键词、图片、歌曲、录像等导入,开展热身活动,激发学生思维,调动学生已有的知识背景,使学生逐步进入学习状态。例如,教鲁教版八年级(上)Unit 8 Reading Why don’t you learn to sing English songs?时,我先给学生播放2008年北京奥运会的主题歌You and Me来导入课文,让学生在歌声中领悟到通过学唱英语歌曲也能提高英语水平。
再如,教鲁教版九年级Unit 11 Reading It’s important to get enough sleep时,我针对中学生面临中考,学业负担重、睡眠不足的现状,提出以下几个问题:How many hours do you sleep every night? Is it enough for you? Do you often feel sleepy when you have a lesson? What will happen if people don’t have enough sleep?学生反映热烈,他们有了想去了解课文的需求,产生了阅读愿望。可见,课前问题可以帮助学生大致了解课文内容,构建初步的模糊的全文图像。
What question can you raise according to the title and the picture?
What would you write about the title if you were the writer?
例如,教鲁教版八年级(上)Unit 4 Reading She said helping others changed her life时,通过对课文标题的预测,引领学生了解支教老师和贫困地区孩子的生活,给学生留下了深刻的印象。
插图:学生在阅读之前,往往先看插图。通过看插图,可以对阅读材料有个预先的认识。
例如,鲁教版八年级(上)Unit 7 Would you mind keeping your voice down?中讲的是说英语国家的etiquette,文中的插图画的是在公共汽车上各种不文明的行为,在阅读之前,先让学生看图分析,用英语说出不文明的地方在哪?这样可以激发学生的阅读兴趣,引导学生去认真阅读。
再如,鲁教版九年级Unit 7 You’re supposed to write quickly!中的插图简单明了,一看就明白e-mail English 的两种构成方法,即abbreviation和homophone。学生对这种插图会过目不忘,同时也通过插图对文章有了预测。
如鲁教版八年级(下)Reading How do we deal with our problems?可以引导学生读小标题来抓住文章的重点:By learning to forget, By regarding problems as challenges, By thinking of something worse。这三个小标题可以帮助学生快速抓住解决问题的三个主要方法,便于完整地理解课文。
此外,要培养学生找每段的主题句、关键词(主题句往往在句首或句末)。如鲁教版八年级(下)Section B 3a的邮件中,My family and I want to take a trip this summer somewhere in the east of China. I hope you can provide me with some information about the kinds of vacations that your firm can offer…这一句就是文章的关键句,下面的内容就是围绕此句来写的。