基于单元主题的在线语法教学实践研究

作者: 应晓霞 姜雪芹

基于单元主题的在线语法教学实践研究0

一、问题的提出

1.语言知识是英语学科核心素养的六要素之一,语法则是语言知识的重要组成部分。得体、准确地使用语法是中学语法教学的重点和难点。程晓堂(2013)认为,语法不是用来判断语言学习正确与否的规则,而是用来表达各种意义的语言资料。LarsenFreeman(2005)认为,从语篇角度看待语法的作用比从句子层面看更完整、更清晰。教育部明确要求:学会在语境中理解和运用新的语法知识(《课程标准》2017)。语法教学应在单元主题引领下,基于语篇,帮助学生获取、梳理、实践、操练、整合语言知识和文化知识,创造性地运用语言知识表达思想。这给现行以讲解为主,机械操练,效率低下的语法教学提出了巨大的挑战。

2.新冠肺炎疫情迫使很多地区进行长期线上教学。很多老师感叹:网课对学生的监管是鞭长莫及啊!该如何增加在线教学的互动性,增加学生的学习参与率和参与度,改进教学成效反馈与补漏呢?

带着这两个问题,我们利用ClassIn平台工具,做了些有益探索。下面以高一英语上外版必修三unit 1 Grammar in use分词为例。

二、案例背景

授课对象为英语水平居上海市中等的高一学生。单元主题是上外版必修三“人与社会”主题下的成功之路。Reading A描绘了苹果之父乔布斯亲身经历的故事,旨在照亮学生的人生路。Reading B讲述了屠呦呦艰难的抗疟疾之路,让学生体会成功之路的“非同寻常”。本单元的语法是分词做宾补。在前两个单元的学习中,学生已学过分词做定语和状语,做宾补的用法虽是本单元新知识,但在语篇中已多次接触,较易理解。相反,对前单元的语法——分词做定语和状语理解不透彻,对总体结构框架不清晰,掌握不到位。二语习得理论认为,语言学习效果和输入频率紧密相关,频率是语言习得的关键因素之一(Ellis,2002,转引自孙韬,2016)。因此,本课聚焦分词,但没有聚焦分词做宾补,而是在学生理解和初步运用分词做宾补后,设计练习,搭建支架,让学生在实践中反复操练分词做定语、状语和补语,以期循环反复,螺旋式上升,最终能在真实语境中自如恰当地迁移新知识,培养英语学科的核心素养。

三、教学设计

(一)教学目标

1.通过理解Reading A及Steve Jobs斯坦福毕业典礼演讲完整视频,能识别、理解和运用分词做补语。

2.通过阅读扎克伯格斯坦福毕业典礼演讲稿,能在语篇中理解、感悟和运用分词做宾补、状语和定语。

3.通过线上当堂检测,即刻反馈功能,加深理解,正确使用分词做宾补、状语和定语。

4.通过描述日常生活画面和用分词改写日记,尝试口头、笔头创造性地运用分词。

5.通过学习Jobs的演讲和补充视频、扎克伯格的演讲、屠呦呦的获奖文章,感悟成功之路,提升思维品质,培养核心素养。

(二)教学环节

1.导入语法

活动一感受Reading A Jobs心路历程,并用?ing或-ed形式完成句子。

(1)Jobs felt himself ___________ when giving the speech.

(2)Jobs must have been upset when he heard himself______by Apple at the age of 30.

(3)The whole family were in deep sorrow when they found Jobs __________with cancer.

(4)Steve Jobs told us three stories to make himself_______.

Key:1. honored 2. fired3. diagnosed 4. understood

目的:围绕单元主题,创设情境,在语境中理解、体会、领悟分词的含义和用法。

活动二讨论分词在语境中的具体运用;探究什么情况用?ing;什么情况用?ed。

工具:抢答器;聊天互动,自动上台,举手上台,点击头像上台等功能。

目的:在语境中观察、体验、发现、理解分词用法的八字口诀——?ing表示主动、进行;?ed表示被动、完成。

2.解析操练

活动一体会Jobs视频演讲精神;用分词完成根据视频内容挖掘的句子。

(1)Being unable to support the baby,Job?s biological mother had to had her baby boy ________(adopt)by someone who could afford him to college.(adopted)

(2)Finding the calligraphy ___________(fascinate),Steve Jobs devoted lots of time to it after he dropped from Reed college.(fascinating)

(3)The only thing that kept Jobs _______(go)was that he loved what he did.(going)

(4)With the surgery_____________(do),Jobs could return to his work happily.(done)

工具:小黑板(可纵览全班答题进度,也可洞察个别学生详情);自动上台,举手上台;视频墙。

目的:①围绕主题,拓展挖掘,创设情境,操练所学语法;②利用当堂反馈,洞察学情,对症下药;③汲取榜样力量,培养思维品质。

活动二阅读扎克伯格哈佛大学演讲,用所给动词的适当形式填空(The following passage is excerpted from Mark Zuckerberg?s 2017 Harvard University commencement speech.)

I1(honor)to be with you today,because let?s face it,you accomplished something I never could. If I get through this speech,it?ll be the first time I actually finish something at Harvard.

Today I want to talk about purpose. One of my favorite stories is when John F. Kennedy visited the NASA space center,he saw a guard2(carry)a broom and he walked over and asked what he was doing . The guard responded:“Mr. President,I?m helping to put a man on the moon.”

Purpose is that sense that we are part of something bigger than ourselves,that we are needed,that we have something better ahead to work for. Purpose is what creates true happiness.

To keep our society3(move)forward,we have a generational challenge—to not only create new jobs,but create a4(renew)sense of purpose. Now it?s our turn to do great things. I know,you?re probably thinking:I don?t know how to build a dam,or get a million people5(involve)in anything.

But let me tell you a secret:no one does when they begin. Ideas don?t come out fully6(form). They only become clear as you work on them. You just have to get started.

Key:1.amhonored 2.carrying3.moving 4.renewed 5. Involved 6. formed

工具:线上分组讨论,小组合作(教师可进入组内巡查,也可旁听、指导);授权组长主持,组内黑板记录;奖杯奖励积极参与团队、表现优异者。

目的:①创设语境,搭建支架,使语法学习“在用中学”“在学中用”;②培养思维品质,潜移默化育人。

3.巩固提升

活动一3~5分钟完成线上10道分词测试题。(谓语动词和非谓语动词的判断,?ing&ed做定语、状语和宾补)。

(1)_____(put)your heart in whatever you do,and you will achieve your life goal in future.(Put)

(2)When ______(see)from the west bank of the river,the building looks so tall and grand.(Seen)

(3)But ________(disappoint)Scott found that Roald Amundsen had beaten him by one month.(disappointed)

(4)With the years __________(pass),his hair be? came gray.(passing)

工具:测试(即刻反馈班级得分率和个体学生错误详情)、视频墙、奖杯。

目的:引导学生关注细微之处的差异,帮助学生深化对分词的理解和准确运用。教学实践证明,将基于篇章层面和单句层次的任务相结合,能使学生在巩固操练中更深刻领悟非谓语动词的用法,再辅之以实际运用,能更好促进学生内化规律,牢固掌握所学语法。

活动二释疑典型错题,聚焦疑点难点。引导学生探究归纳,澄清困惑,总结规律。

工具:授权“小老师“(授权后可行使老师功能);答题器(可统计全班答题正确率,明察个体答题详情);抢答器、轮播上台、举手上台、奖杯奖励。

目的:①对施教者,“教是最好的学习”,对受教者,更会倾听同伴讲解;②引导学生对比,探究如何在具体情境中准确判断主被动。

数据反馈第三题有问题。因为找不准判断主被动的依据——其逻辑主语the building。引导学生比较,探究,发现并总结辨别主被动关系的规律:

a.分词做状语——主被动看其逻辑主语;