[英语学习]激发学生说英语兴趣的有效方法_英文.doc

语 文 学 刊 (高 教 # 外 文 版 ) 2006年 第 12期 Sim p le bu t effective waysIn arousing studen ts. in terest to sp eakoDong X ia Gao X iangq in(F oreing la nguages col ege, Inner Mongolia Agricultura l University, H uhhot, Inner M ongolia 010020) A bstra ct Up to now, for English lea rning, speak ing is a weak point for students and c lass. Lacks of in terest forstudents and tim e in c lass are the m ain causes, In the paper suggestions a re m ade to a rouse students inferest to speak. K ey words ora l ab ility; interest; teach ing course; effec tive way 中 图 分 类 号 H 319. 3 文 献 标 识 码 A 文 章 编 号 167228610( 2006) S1 20082202 When listen ing and speak ing in English, they be2come b lank - m inded and tongue- tied. In add ition,the lim ited time has the upper hand in lead ing studentsto improve the ir speak ing ability. Generally, four hoursper weeks English courses play little role in learn ing.A ccord ing to above discussion, we th ink the inter2esting, live and vivid environment is essentia,l wh ichcan be created in the teaching course firs.t A fter c lass,students with interests can a lso bu ild their sma ll com2mun ication world.H ere are some simple but very effective ways to a2rouse students interes.t1. Draw ing G amesThe English order from teacher to draw a p ictureis a wonderfu l experience for students. P ointing one ofstudents before the blackboard, give order / to draw abig c irc le, 0 / then put two small circles on the upperpart of the b ig c irc le, then in the m iddle of the b ig cir2cle, draw a triangle, the last below the triangle, drawa curved line, 0 then whatw ill the student get? 0 theywan t to know the m ean ing of words what the teachersaid, and also they are eager to know what it is at las.tIn turn, the teacher divided them into groups to do thesame task. They can p lan their p ictures and changethe ir roles. The way is simp le to follow.M ore top ics like this can be found. A s Brown andYu le points out / Another way of encouraging studentsto use new language in a commun ication activity is tomake a gam e out of i.t G ive students a situation andsevera l key phrases to include. They get points for u2sing the language. 02. InterestsTo arouse the interests of students, in class, theteacher can make them listen to the songs, or watchEnglish movies. In fac,t som e film s are easy to under2stand w ith the English transcrip,t so they are w illing tofollow the speaker and practice some sen tences, whichare fam iliar w ith them. A fter watch ing, they can beimpressed by som e conversations, and pu t them intofurther practice.3. S toryThe teacher also can introduce the story te l ingform to our c lass. Sub junctive mood is taught and prac2ticed in textbook, but it is a bit hard to learn the basicru le by hear.t Thus a te lling- story. In the activity ofstory telling, began w ith / if I had lots of money, Iwould) ) ) 0, then students w ill go on w ith i,t anyonecan th ink ou t the idea, who can keep on te l ing. Thestory is creative and spontaneous and, of course, it isvery interesting tha,t from time to time, there burstlaugh from the class. When the be ll rang for the c lasswas over, students are notw illing to stop, In th iswa l,lthe rule of the grammar can be easily understand andrecogan ized. in addition it can motivate each student tojoin the activity. from which students can benefit a lo,tsuch as words, useful expressions, drill patterns, and作 者 简 介 董 霞 , 女 , 内 蒙 古 包 头 市 人 , 内 蒙 古 农 业 大 学 外 语 学 院 助 教 ; 高 向 琴 , 女 , 山 东 省 昌 邑 市 人 , 内 蒙 古 农 业 大 学 外 语 学 院 助 教 。)82)Language Teaching Dong X ia Gao X iangqin / S imple but effective ways In arousing students. interest tospeakget ing re lated cultural background.4. Real life in the classroomS tudents now focus much on inform ation about theoutside soc iety; they also notice the great changes a2round them, hence, they can all be used in class. .S tudents are fam iliar w ith the activity) ) ) inviting peo2ple home, and they are eager to, group, p lan, andpractice in a short time and then present them. Duringthe presentation, a ll of them are spontaneous and natu2ra.l In another case, students are interested in inter2views, so there came activity of interview, in advanceseparating them into interviewers and in terviewees.During the activity, the whole c lassroom was changedinto a marke,t some were th ink ing, som e were ta lk ingw ith the / company0, some were sign ing the contrac,tfrom which they a lso know com e to the demand ofm ar2ke.t5. U tility ofmodern technologyNowadays, modern technology boosts the livingstandard greatly; meanwhile, it has a strong effect onEnglish teaching and learn ing. Teach ing with moderntechnology and facilities; can make the c lass more ef2fective and lively. U sing the multimed ia is a trend andthe necessary step in the reform. It has a huge advan2tage over other traditiona lm ethods. They can providemore interesting, vivid p ictures, more importantly isthat mu lti media can m elt sound, tex,t picture andflash into one, wh ich inspire the listening, see ing,speak ing, writing, and so on. A fter class, studen tscan go on w ith their learning to; they can also consultthe teacher through the In terne,t thus overcome thelim it of class tim e. Even during the c lass, d ifferentsoftware can be a he lper for the text or course book.In a l, Interesting and appropriate activities cannot only he lp the studen ts improve in speak ing, but al2so arouse the students interests, Besides, the formsshould be changed in each c lass, wh ich can add fres2her conten t to the lesson he lp and practice the oral a2b ility in different form s. What. s more, the teachersthem se lves have to be aware of the absorb ing of newsk ills and know ledge, and / using the technology issurely the future trend, both in terms of teach ing re2form and the very requirem ent of teach ing itse l.f 0 1= R eferences 1 W e i hongqun. The trend of College English Teach ing R e2form J. C razy English Teachers, 2005, ( 3). 2 Lu xiaoling. U sing M ulti- m eans to A ch iev