自然发音与字汇教学

1、4/23/2003自然發音與字彙教學 Phonics VS. Vocabulary Teaching鄭 俊 芬屏東縣仁愛國小misstaiwan777.twI. Phonics Teaching近年來，自然發音教學已佔據兒童美語教學中不可或缺的一環，環視校園內或坊間所有兒童美語教材，皆以一定的篇幅比例編寫自然發音課程，儘管良莠不齊，卻也沒有一本教科書敢大膽地省略發音教學。自然發音教學甚至可能駕馭在聽、說、讀、寫等技能之上，試想，若沒有發音基礎為後盾，學生如何能正確地讀出單字，甚至於背誦或書寫。在實施Phonics教學的過程中，自然並非只是將一個讀音(或拼音)拋給學生後，就可以交差了事了，其介入

2、的教學步驟，仍應按部就班地照一定的階段進行，逐一發展大量而重覆的練習，可說是一項極艱鉅而繁雜的教學任務。但若以現今實際分配的授課時數來看，似乎並不允許教師們安步當車地進行教學，在有限的時間內卻又要兼具充分而適當的練習，似乎是項“mission impossible”，這高難度的挑戰，就要靠教師們的巧妙應用了，但我想至少我們都應該將發音教學視為一項長期的抗戰。自然發音的教學過程，不外乎是由最初的26字母開始，探索每個字母的基本拼音（如：a for ；b for b；c for k），爾後再進入長母音、複合子音、混合字音、雙母音、r母音.等的教學歷程。不管是歷經哪一個教學歷程，我個人認為都必須至少

3、歷經三個階段的步驟，給予學生充分而完整的練習，該三階段簡述如下：Stage 1.Ss are able to sound each phonic rule；Stage 2.Ss are able to blend or decode a C+V combination they heard；Stage 3.Ss are able to read or make a word on their own。 Sample Activities (Level : az basic phonic rules)1) Activity for Stage 1 Phonics a z Continuous P

4、layHow to play:a) Have No. 1 pupil stands up and says: a-a-a .b) No. 1 sits down. No. 2 pupil then stands up and says: b-b-b b b b. Next one with c-c-c k k k.c) Finish until all through with az. Strategy: Students are able to establish every basic az phonic rule.2) Activity for Stage 2 Bomb the Word

5、How to play: a) Set up “bombing sounds” by drawing a few letters out.b) Teacher reads a word.c) Ask pupils to identify the beginning sound of each word.d) If the word happens to be the “bombing word”(those begin with the bombing sound), then one of the pupils must quickly grab the toy hammer and hit

6、 the pupil from the other team on his head.e) Pupils should not say anything when a “bombing word” appears. Strategy: Students must first be familiar with all basic phonic rules, in order to split a CV combination and identify its beginning sound. 3) Activity for Stage 3 Grouping a WordHow to play:

7、a) Hand alphabet cards out to pupils, 23 cards each.b) Teacher reads a word.c) Pupils with sounds of the word must come out and form the word. Strategy: Students are finally able to read a word on their own and recognize each sound of the word. It means that they are also ready for spelling. II. Voc

8、abulary Teaching using Phonics Strategy在自然發音的教學過程中，有人建議只要大量地進行發音練習，即使是無意義的單字組合亦無妨，這樣的論點的確能讓學生，在短時間內迅速地練習混音、辨音。但是否應該就此全盤放棄單字意義呢？實際上，學童們的學習潛力無窮，我個人較支持的發音教學法，是應該儘可能將所有單字的涵義，藉由圖片或中文解說等方式，一併介紹給學生認識，不管學生是否能一次便將所有單字記起，就算100個單字中僅記住了一個單字，即便是有收穫。當然我們也明白，這種做法最大的困境就是費時、耗力，但這樣的歷程，確實可以讓學生明白地知道，學習自然發音的最終目的，就是要幫助字彙

9、的閱讀與背誦。不知大家是否也有相同的經驗，學生在學習了一段時間的自然發音後，即使面對發音非常規則化的全新字彙，仍無法相信自己能獨自運用發音規則，來唸出正確的單字發音，多數學童亦不會主動去連結發音規則在單字閱讀上。這樣的盲點，要靠教師們平時多提醒並激發學生，了解發音與字彙間的密不可分的關係。 Sample Activities Activity 1. My Grandma Went to the Market ( Level : basic )How to play:a) Prepare az vocabulary cards. b) Randomly pick 10 cards, hand o

10、ne card to each pupil. c) Ask all pupils to stand in line.d) Ask first one (who is holding a c-for-cake card) to say: My grandma went to the market and bought a CAKE.e) Next one with a j-for-jump rope card should say: My grandma went to the market and bought a CAKE and a JUMP ROPE.f) Next pupils wil

11、l keep adding the items until all cards are through.g) For those who are unable to keep up with all the items will drop out of the game. Strategy: Students are actually saying the vocabularies which were picked upfrom phonics teaching. Also buy using the MEMORY strategy, students are able to repeat

12、vocabularies time after time. Eventually, theyll memorize all these words. Activity 2. Phonics Word Continuous Play ( Level : intermediate )How to play: a) Teacher starts with a CVC word. b) Next pupil will pick up the last C sound and use it as the beginning of a new word.c) For example, pig-gas-si

13、ck-kite-tub-bed.d) Words cannot be repeated.e) Writing the words down on the board is suggested.Strategy: When students picked up the ending sound, they would also have to relate it to a meaningful vocabulary. It can also be a stimulation of memorizing more and more vocabularies. Activity 3. Hang Man ( Level : intermediate/advanced )How to play: a) Prepare different sets of vocabulary cards, i.e. days of week, animals, occupations, parts of body. b) Hang two heads on the blackboard.c) Teacher reads a vocabulary.d) Pupils take turns and guess one letter at a time.e) For those who