语法教学有挑战性的活动.docVIP

语法教学有挑战性的活动 A Challenging Activity in Teaching Grammar ? in High School in China Mark Mao(毛加添) ??? Introduction　　 ??? Grammar teaching has often been regarded as a structure based, formal activity. After the integration of several sources and techniques, which are mainly based on communicative activities, the teaching of grammar gained a new insight (Arif Saricoban and Esen Metin). In the teaching of grammar in senior middle school in China, most teachers use the deductive and the inductive approach, especially the deductive approach. The teacher present the rules and the language is also based on the rules. Students feel bored in remembering the rules. In order to make a grammar lesson effective, beneficial, and interesting I use some well-developed and fascinating techniques in the classroom. In the present paper, a challenging activity in teaching grammar – using poems - will be discussed and examples will be provided.　　 ??? Using Poems　　 ??? Since the meaning is an important device in teaching grammar, it is important to contextualize any grammar point. Poems are one of the most attractive and rich resources that can easily be used in language classrooms. Poems can contextualize a grammar lesson effectively. Since poetry is often spoken, repeated, dealt with, and considered, it acts as an effective tool for practicing a specific grammatical structure. Through repeating and considering the poem, the grammatical structures become more specified. Thus, poetry not only provides a worthy resource for structured practice of grammar, but also a proper basis for practice, review and model writing. If a poem that exemplifies a particular structure is also a good poem, it engages the eye, the ear and the tongue simultaneously while also stimulating and moving us; this polymorphic effect makes poetry easier to memorize than other things for many students (Celce-Murcia and Hills, 1988). 　　 ??? Poems may bring the use of creativity and the rhythm into the language classroom,