广东省惠阳区小学英语老师培训发言稿

广东省惠阳区小学英语老师培训发言稿

惠阳区实验小学朱建红

Goodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen.Itsmygreathonortobehere

withallofyou.ImightsaythankstoHuiyangEducationBureau,giving

mesuchagoodchancetosharemyteachingexperiencewithallthe

primaryEnglishteachersinourdistrict.

TodayI'llpreferspeakingEnglishtospeakingChineseasIusually

didbeforeatlargemeeting.AndIthinkweshoulddothisbecausewe

requireourstudentstospeakEnglishinclass.SobeingEnglishteachers,

wecan'tmissanychancetospeakEnglish.Right?Anyway,itsagood

waytopracticeoralEnglish.

SoIdon'tknowwhetheryoucanlearnsomethingfrommeornot

aftermylecture,butatleastIwillletyoulistentoEnglishor

communicatewitheachotherfornearlytwohours.SoIreallyhopethat

youcantakeitasapleasuretoattendthislecture.Andremember:Take

thingsastheycome.That'swhatIusuallytreatmyself.

Totellyouthetruth,IhadneverthoughtofbeingateacherbeforeI

graduatedfrommiddleschool.ButIhadtotakethejobundertheforceof

mypoorfamily.AndnowIamalwaystryingmybesttodoagoodjob.

Justlikenow,Ihavepreparedmorethan10pagesofcontentforthis

trainingclass.See?Itsnotamatterofdiploma,butthepersonalattitude

tostudy,joborlife.

SoIhaveneverregrettedstudyinginGuangdongForeignLanguage

NormalSchoolwhichmademehaveabetterbasicknowledgeinEnglish

andmademeloveEnglish.Becauseofthisalmamater,Ibecamemore

andmoreconfident;becauseofher,IlovenotonlyEnglish,butmusic,art,

sportsandmoderndanceaswell;becauseofher,IalwayshadEnglish

dreamsatthefirstfewyearsofgraduation;becauseofher,Ilovetoread

EnglishmagazinesandwatchEnglishmovies,IliketospeakEnglishand

writeEnglishdiariesonmyQzone.

Honestlytosay,Iamjustaverycommonteacherwhohasbeen

teachingforovertwentyyears,whichseemslikemucholderthanmostof

you.Butitdoesn'tmatter,becausepeoplearoundmealwayssaythatI

reallylookyoungerthanmyown.Well,howhappytohearthat!

OnethingIrememberhappenedinBeijinglastyearwhenIgot

thechancetoattendtheNationalTeacherTrainingProgramwasasurvey

ofourteachingyears.Whentheteacheraskedthosewhohadtaughtmore

thanfiveyearstoputupthehands,Iraisedmyhand.Whenhesaidmore

thantenyears,Iputupmyhandagain,andmorethanfifteenyears,Istill

raisedmine,atlastmorethantwentyyears,Istilldidthesame!Oh,my

god!Onlytwo!Andonewasme.Noneofthembelievedit!Butitstrue.

SonowIamsuretheteacherswhoteachlowergradesmostlylook

youngerandmoreactivethanthosewhoteachhighergrades.Don'tyou

thinkso?

Well,nomatterhowwelook,Ithinkkeepingactiveorhavingan

optimisticattitudeisquitegoodforus,becauseweoftenusealotofbody

languageinourteaching.Thatwillhelpthestudentsincreasetheir

interestinEnglishlearning.

Whatweknowisthatchildrenliketoimitate.Sodoingaction

heredoesnotonlymeantorelaxduringtheclass,butletthemremember

themeaningofthewords,phrasesorsentenceswithspeakingor

watchingatthesametime.Iwillshowyousomeexamples.

Asweknow,wehavesomenewwordsineachunit.Andifwestill

usethetraditionalwaystoletthechildrenrepeatthemagainandagain,I

amsuretheywillfeelquiteboredinyourclass.Sohowtomakethewords

talktochildren?Thatdependsonhowwedesign.

Inourschool,weusuallymakeachantforeverynewword,and

wewillgivemoreexampleswhichhavethesamesound.Thisideacame

tomein2002whenIwasteachinggradeone.Atthattimethetextbook

weusedwasintegratedEnglish.Thereweremuchmorenewwordsor

thingsthanwhatwehadexpected.SoIhadtotrymybesttomakethem

easy,letmystudentsunderstandanduse;onlywhenthetimeIexplained

onewordoronethingforafewminutesandtheystilldidn'tgetitwouldI

tellthemtheChinesemeaningdirectly;usuallyIhadtoexplainby

actionsorpictures.Nowletstakealookatthefollowing:

Head,head,nodyourheadandshakeyourhead.

Hair,hair,longhairshorthaircombmyhair.

Face,face,washmyface,clean,clean,clean.

Eye,eye,see,see,see.Iseewithmyeyes.

Nose,nose,smell,smell,smell.Ismellwithmynose.

Ear,ear,hear,hear,hear.Ihearwithmyears.

Mouth,mouth,eatanddrink.Ieatanddrinkwithmymouth.

Hand,hand,putupyourhandsandclapyourhands.

Body,body,washyourbodyandshakeyourbody.

Leg,leg,raiseyourleg,walkandrun.

Foot,foot,twofeet.Putonyourshoes,kicktheball.

Ifyouthinkthesentencesaretoolong,youcanmakethem

shorterasyoulike:foot,foot,kick,kick,kick;leg,leg,run,run,run.

That'salsoquitegood,atleastbetterthanteachingthemalone.Afterthis

chant,notonlycanthestudentsunderstandthenamesofthebody,but

alsothefunction.SonexttimewhenIaskedthem“Whatcanyoudowith

your...?,,Theycouldusethewholesentencetoanswer,'7can...with

my

AndIthinkyoulikethestrongrhythmasmystudentsdo.Thiscan

refreshourminds.Atleastmystudentslikemetomakechantswith

Chinesebambooslices.Andifyouaregoodatusingit,youcanmake

manydialoguesorstoriesintochants.Believeitornot,Icandoit.For

example,letsusethegradethreetextbook.(Openthebookandshowhow

tochant)

Afteryouchantthem,Ithinkyoumightgetthepoint.Actually

chantscanalsousesinspellingwords.PPTandspellthevvoMsof

thevocabulary)

Ofcourse,therearesomeotherwaystopracticewords.For

example:songs.WecanchooseDisneysongFunnyFaceswhichsings

likethis:

Twoeyes,onenose,twoears,onemouth(twice).That'shisface.

Whatafunnyface(twice).Twoeyes,onenose,twoears,onemouth

(twice).That'sherface.Whatafunnyface(twice).Twoeyes,onenose,

twoears,onemouth!

Oryoucanusetheothersongslike:ThisisthewayorHead

shoulderskneesandtoes.Theyarenicesongs,too.

Songsarereallygoodtorelax.IrememberIhaveusedthesame

musictoturnthreedialoguesofdifferenttextbooksintoasong:

ThefirsttimeIusedwasin1998.Itwasanopenlesson,andthe

contentwasfromGuangzhouPrimaryEnglishTextbook.Itwasa

dialogueaboutthequestionswhoseandpossessivepronouns.Atlast,it

becameasong:Whosepenisthis?Whoseisthispen?Itsnotmine.Its

notmine.Itishispen.Itishispen.Itishis.Itishis.Whosebooksare

these?Whosearethesebooks?Theyarenotyours.Theyarenotyours.

Theyareherbooks.Theyareherbooks.Theyareherbooks.Thesebooks

arehers.Thesebooksarehers.

ThesecondtimeIusedwasalsoinanopenlessonin2008.The

materialwasfromIntegratedEnglishtextbook.Andthedialoguewas

aboutwhatachildsawonhiswaytothecountrysidewhilehewasona

bus.Actuallyitwasalongone.ButIturnedeachoftheparagraphsinto

asong,too.Letstakealook.(CAI:Tothecountryside)

ThethirdtimeIusedwasinMarchthisyear.Iwasinvitedto

HuidongExperimentalPrimarySchooltohaveademonstratedlessonfor

thenewEnglishteachersfromHuizhou.ItwasfromPEPEnglishbook.

Andthedialoguewasabouttheexpressionoftimeanddoingthethingat

therighttime.Pleaselookatthefollowing.(CAI：2012-3-12)

Apartfromthewaysabove,wecangivemorewordswhichhave

thesamesound:

Head,read,bread,breath,thread,threat,feather,heavy,meant.

Hair,pair,fair,lair,flair,glair,chair,stair,mair,air.

Face,fate,gate,pate,plate,rate,hate,skate,ate,age,page,cage,

cape,ape,shape,rape,grape,grade,race,place,space,mace,

mane,Jane,pane,lane,lake,bake,flake,make,shake,snake,

cake,cave,case,base,chase,taste,paste,waste,yvake,wave,,

save,brave,shave,shade,fade,fake,take,tale,tale,male,wale,

whale,scale,sale,shale,shade,shame,tame,name,lame,came.

fame,same,safe,sate,late,laze,maze...

Thesewordshelpthestudentsmasterthenaturalspellingeasily.

ItsjustlikethewayofteachingphonicsEnglish.Itneedsyoutodomuch

preparationbeforeclass,sometimesyoumaybehavetolookupa

dictionary.Ifwecankeepusingsuchagoodwayinclass,studentsare

moreconfidenttosayoutthewordswhentheymeetthenewonesnext

time.Anditalsohelpsthemtosaytonguetwisterfasterormorecorrect.

Nowyoucantrythefollowing:

Janetastedthecakeonhisface.

Ifyounoticethisnoticeyouwillnoticethatthisnoticeisnotworth

noticing.

WhereisthewatchIputinmypockettotaketotheshopbecauseit

hadstopped?

Givepapaacupofpropercojfeeinacoppercojfeecup.

Abigblackbugbitabigblackbear,madethebigblackbearbleed

blood.

Shesellsseashellsbytheseashore.Theshellsshesellsaresurely

seashells.Soifshesellsshellsontheseashore,I'msureshesellsseashore

shells.

Everytimewhenthestudentsreadtonguetwister,theyalwaysfeel

veryexcited.Sodoyou,Ithink.

BesidethesewaysItalkaboutabove,wecanusethefunny

phrasestomakethemknowmore,forexample:

（骗子）blackleg,（黑头粉刺）blackhead,（媒人）blackfoot,

（黑人歌唱家）blackface,（牧师）blackcoat,（盆子）blackcap,

（秘密反对票）blackball,（害群之马）blackhorse

Andmoreaboutthewords,wecanusegameswhicharewelcome

byallthechildren,justlike:listenandpoint,listenanddoordraw,look

andsay,matchandsay,hideandfind,reorderthewords,fixinggame,

missinggame...soon.Andyou'dbettermakethesegamesgomoreand

moredifficultaccordingtochildrensknowledgelevel.

Well,playinggamesisalwayswelcomedbyourstudents.Thiscan

begood,butsometimesalsocanbebad.ImeansomeofourEnglish

teachersarehardtomakethemcalmdownincontrollingclass

atmosphere,especiallywhenthestudentsaretooexcitedtostop.Thatwill

beabigclassproblem.

Sowhatweneedtodoistoarrangethegamesatpropertime,

andbasicallytosay,youneedtotrainyourstudentstobehavewellatthe

beginningofanewterm:Thewayhowtolistentoyouinclass;theway

howtoansweryourquestions;thewayhowtodoyourhomework...For

example,dotheyalwaysstoptalkingordoingotherthingsandsitup

straightwhenyousayABC,123,orclapyourhands?Dotheyrespond

you“onthedesk"or"lookattheboard“whenyousay“putyourhands"

or“littleeyes”.Differentteachershavedifferentwaystomaketheir

studentskeepquiet,speak,talk,discuss,writeordootherthings.Thisis

reallyveryimportant,anditsaspecialskillandteachingartforanyof

theteachers,Ithink.

Asweknow,timeisverylimitedinclass.Sohowtomakesure

thatthemoststudentscanlearnasmuchastheycaninclassisthething

thatweshouldthinkitover:

Doyouknowyourstudentswell?

HowmanyofthemlikeordislikeEnglish?

Whatarethereasonstocausethat?

Haveyoudonesuchasurveylikethiswhenyouhaveanew

class?

Haveyoufullypreparedthelessonbeforeclass?

Whataboutthequestionsthatyouaregoingtoaskandbeasked?

HaveyoumadeaPPTforyournewlessonorrevision?

Haveyoualreadythoughtofyourteachingaids?

Whichsongareyougoingtosing?

Isthereanythingassociatedwiththetopic?

Whatgameareyougoingtoplay?

Howmuchtimedoesitneed?

Andwhenisthebesttimetoplay?

Isitgoodforgroupwork?

Whatwilltheresultbe?

AndhowtoencouragethestudentstospeakEnglishinclass?

Whatexercisesareyougoingtoletthemdo?

Whathomeworkareyougoingtoassign?

Doesitconcludelistening,speaking,reading,writing,makingor

acting?...

Somanythingsthatwehavetopayattention,butweshould

decidewhichoneweshouldfocuson.Whatisthemostimportantpartof

anewlesson?Whatisthesecondandwhatisthethird?

Thereisafamoussaying:Asamansowsandsoheshallreap.It

isthesameinourteachingfield.Ifyouarestrictwithyourself,youmust

betheonewhochasesperfect;ifyoucandoanythingbyrulesorstepby

step,Imeanwhenitisthetimetopraiseyourstudents,youneverhide

yoursmile;whenitisthetimetopunishthem,youtrytofindabestway

tosolvetheproblem;whenitisthetimetocheckyourtestpaper,youare

neverattractedbyaTVplaywhichyouareeagertowatchitforalong

time;whenitisthetimetoreflectawholedaysorawholeweekswork,

youdon't'sparethetimetochatwithyourfriendsonQQ...suchthings

likethese,soifyoureallycancontrolyourfeelingsinaproperway,then

Iwilldefinitelysayyoudon'tneedtoworryaboutyourstudents,theywill

begoingontherightwaywhichyouexpectthemtomove.

Wealwayssay:Detailsdecidesuccessorfailure.Sodoesitin

teaching.Soifyvecanconsiderourteachingprocessindetail,thingswill

goeasilywithoutanydifficulty.

Sonext,Iwanttosay:Itsalsoagoodideatomakestorieswiththe

newwordsorretell.Itsgreattoseeanewstorycomeout,makingthe

wordsconnectedeachotherandturnintoasentence,aparagraph,anda

storyoranarticleatlast,althoughtheydon't'haveanyrelationship

amongthem.

Youwillentertainthecourseofthinkingafunnystory.Andthats

whatwesometimesdoinourschool.Thisneedsyourimagination.Ifyou

havereadalotofcartoonstoriesorfairytalesbefore,youmighthave

betterideasinmakinganewstory.Butsometimesitshardforonetodo

it.Soremember:Twoheadsarebetterthanone.Discusswithyour

workmates,itmayhelpyousomehow,becausecooperationisthebest

waytocommunicateorwork.

Thisremindsmethecooperationamongtheanimals.Ioften

watchTVonanimals.Fromthat,Iknowthatalthoughalionismuch

strongerthatalioness,itdependsonthepreyhuntedbylionessesto

survive.Andthelionessescan'tsurviveiftheydon'tworktogether.Sodo

wolves.Sinceweknowtheimportanceofcooperation,whynotuseitand

shareyourgoodideasineducatingchildren?Bytheway,itsnotonly

responsibilitytoeducatechildren,butalsoourobligationtodothat,

becausetheyarethefutureofourcountry.

Somestudentsarequitesmart.Sometimestheyareourlittle

teachers.YouwillunderstandafterIshowyouthis(PEP4/P60,readthe

dialoguefirst):

ItsSaturdaytoday.Someanimalsgotobuyclothes.Look,Monkey

seesacolourfulshirt,butitstoobigforhim.Elephantwantsoneofthe

shirts,itsgood,butitstoosmall.Rabbitlikesaprettyshirt,butitstoo

longforher.Giraffeputsonashirt,itsOK,butitistooshort.Zoom

takesaniceshirt.Itfitshimwell.Anditsonlytenyuan,itsverycheap.

He'llbuyit.

Pleasepayattentiontotheverbusedhere:see,want,like,puton,

andtake.Itwasamazingtoseethemusedifferentwordstoexpressthe

meaningofbuyingthings.Itwasreallyoutofmyexpectation!

HereIwanttoshowyousome