杨玉乐

(合肥市第一中学 安徽合肥 230601)

在学习活动中,学生是活动的主体,学生的主体作用主要表现为主体能动性、主动性和创造性的充分发挥。2020年教育部印发的《普通高中英语课程标准(2017年版2020年修订)》指出,教师要转变课堂角色,从单一的知识传授者转变为学生学习的指导者、组织者、促进者、参与者和合作者,引导学生发展自主学习能力,使学生真正成为学习的主人。

一、问题的提出

在高中英语写作教学中,很多教师努力改变“重结果,轻过程”的写作教学,注重读写结合,加强对写作过程的指导。然而,由于高中教学时间紧,任务重等原因,师生对作文的反馈重视并不够。一方面,老师对学生作文的反馈常停留在“错”与“对”层面,往往只标出或修改个别语法错误,打个分数。另一方面,部分学生在拿到作文本后,不仔细阅读老师的反馈而是把作文放一边,教师花了大量时间批阅,却没有得到学生的重视,反馈是无效的。这就导致,老师要么不再总结反馈,这样,学生自然就失去了反思和再提高的机会;要么用几分钟草草指出普遍错误,很少涉及语篇层次的错误,很少能告诉学生“为什么”和“如何改”。邵黎励、李琦在《基于教材资源的高三写作讲评》一文中指出:“讲评时以讲授方法为主,未依托阅读文本对学生的习作修改策略进行指导,这些问题造成学生分析、判断、综合与表达等一系列学习能力的缺失,导致学生对习作修改方向不明确,不能有效提高习作的质量。”这样的作文反馈易于导致以下结果:

一是,对错误分析的层次是“浅”的。在课堂反馈时,老师常常只关注语言的正确性,对用词的准确和得体度指导不足,且很少结合语篇开展深层次的指导。这就导致学生缺乏对文章主旨和谋篇布局的深入思考,写作水平提高缓慢。

二是,评价主体是“单”的。仅是老师对全班作文的典型错误做概括讲解,这一过程几乎没有学生的参与,学生只是被动的听讲,他们作为评价主体的作用被忽略。学生没有自主、合作、探究的学习任务,学生的思辨能力等也得不到有效的培养。

三是,学生对作文错误的认识是“散”的。通常老师在讲学生的错误时,常会围绕一些句子或用词的错误简单地提出如何修改和为什么这样修改,并没有给学生时间去讨论和思考错因及如何应对,导致部分学生对同类错误会犯多次。

四是,学生修改错误的思路是“窄”的。对一个错误的修改,可能会有多种方法,但老师提出的修改建议是有限的,同时,由于学生对错误的修改思考不足,话题词汇拓展有限,他们常感到话题词汇匮乏,不得不重复使用同一个词汇或语块等。长此以往,学生写作的能力自然是提升缓慢,短文改错能力较弱。

二、作文反馈课的探索

如何才能提高高中英语作文反馈课的有效性呢?2020年教育部印发的《普通高中英语课程标准(2017年版2020年修订)》指出,为培养学生自主、合作、探究的学习能力,教师要为学生创设支持和激励的学习环境。笔者在主持省级课题“培养高中生英语书面表达能力的行动研究”过程中,通过探索高中英语作文讲评课教学,摸索出了一条在教师引领下充分发挥学生主体作用的高中英语作文讲评课模式。主要步骤是:1.材料准备阶段,教师在及时批阅学生作文的过程中,把学生习作中出现的典型错误、美句等分类整理并记录下来,将美篇拍照保存,以备展示;2.课前,将上述内容以讲印形式发给学生,学生以小组形式思考错误类型及如何修改;3.课堂上,学生在老师引导下分析错误、拓展语块等;4.根据老师的反馈,学生再与同桌商讨,互相修改,磨成精品。

笔者以高二下学期的一节作文反馈课为例,谈谈如何基于发挥学生课堂主体作用以培养学生自主、合作和探究的学习能力。

作文题目:学校网站正在征集关于学生身边先进人物事迹的英语短文,请你写一位你最敬佩的人。

内容要点:1.敬佩人物的简介;2.敬佩的原因。

在作文课上,学生经过“头脑风暴”后写第一稿,根据“自评互评”标准完成“同伴互评”写第二稿等过程性写作教学环节后,学生交上来的习作质量有了明显提高,大小写、名词单复数、主谓一致等低级错误大大减少。但要把一篇习作磨成“精品”,仍需老师在语言的准确和得体、句式的丰富、内容的是否围绕主题等方面给予指导。于是,笔者及时对学生作文进行批阅,并开展了一节作文反馈课。课堂主要活动摘录如下:

活动1:激活和巩固

虽然是反馈课,但激活话题和思维仍是教学不可少的环节。为此,学生再思考下面三个问题:

1.Who is your admirable person?

2.Why do you admire him or her?

3.What qualities does an admirable person have?Can you write down some adjectives used todescribe an admirable person?

前两个问题是围绕作文的结构和内容,旨在于对语篇知识的再强化;对第三个问题,由于学生已学习了“The Admirable”“Success”等话题,所以学生以“pair work”形式写出下列形容词:

confident,enthusiastic,diligent,hardworking,creative,intelligent,flexible,energetic,optimistic,friendly,devoted,dedicated,selfless,patient,cooperative,pleasant,tolerant,honest,sincere,easy-going,...

同时,老师可作适时引导和适当补充。这样,学生能够在自主学习中构建和扩大相关话题的词汇“包”。

活动2:改错

在课堂教学中,老师不要试图讲清楚一切,而是要给学生时间,让他们自己去寻找信息、分析问题、解决问题,因为经过他们思考的东西才可能产生长久记忆,并转化为技能。

在课堂上,学生有10分钟左右的时间对老师发的材料作个人修改,接着是同伴间讨论,交换修改意见,进一步明晰错误类型,展示讨论结果。

Grammatical and lexical mistakes(由学生分析后填写)

1.He has made contribution to the society.

S1:Before “society”,we do not use “the”.

T:Yes.Any other mistake?

S2:We should say “make a contribution” or “make contributions”.

T:Good.Here “contribution” is a countable noun.

受母语影响,学生有时会忽略或没有弄清英语中名词的单复数,尤其是有些固定结构等。同伴的提醒会增强学生关注英语中名词单复数的意识。

2.We thank her contributions to our country.

S1:No.We say “thank sb for sth”,not “thank sth”.

T:Good!That’s the point.We are supposed to try to grasp what a verb can be followed.Have you learnt similar structures about “因……表扬/ 批评某人”?

S2:Thank sb for sth;praise sb for sth.

S3:Scold sb for sth;punish sb for sth.

T:Well done!(此类回应后文省略)

3.He had no hesitation to go to Wuhan.

S1:He went to Wuhan without hesitation.

T:Good.“Have no hesitation” is followed by “in doing sth”.So the sentence can be “He had no hesitation in going Wuhan.”

4.I would appreciate it for what he has done for our country.

S:It seems nothing is wrong.

T:Let’s see,if “appreciate” is followed by “if clause”,we use “it”.For example,I’d appreciate it if you could give me an early reply.But if “appreciate” is followed by “wh-clause”,we can not use “it”.Here we say “I’d appreciate what he has done for our country”.

从上面的错误可知,部分学生对一些动词及词组的用法掌握不牢,这样,由学生自己归纳具有相似用法的动词,既帮助他们巩固所学知识,又有助于他们知识体系的构建。

5.He was worth being admired.

S1:“Be worth doing sth” is right.

S2:“Worth” should be followed by doing,not being done.

T:Right!Think about what other sentences we can use to show the same meaning.

S3:He is admirable.Or he deserves admiration.

S4:He is worthy of being admired.

正是这样以问题为引领的纠错,给学生思考的机会,拓宽了表达的方式。

6.In his thirty-ninth,he became famous.

S1:Maybe,the writer wants to say “in his thirties”.

S2:The writer might want to say “at the age of 39”.

7.I’ll work harder and insist on doing it.

S1:I use “keep doing”.But here is no mistake,I think.

S2:Maybe “keep on doing” is also right.

S3:He is diligent and has perseverance.

T:“Insist on doing” 常为“执意要做某事”。Here it is right in grammar,but it is better to use “keep or keep on doing” .

学生在讨论中,对个别词及语块内涵有了更清晰的认识。

8.He has the quality of brave and hardworking.

S1:He has the qualities.

S2:We should say the qualities of bravery and diligence.

S3:Can we say “the qualities of being brave and hardworking”?

T:Good question.Yes,we can say so.Here“of” is a preposition,so it can be followed by a noun or gerund.

9.No only he devoted himself to the cause but also gave love to the country.

S1:The parts connected by “not only...but also” are not equal.

S2:Yes,we should say,he not only devoted himself to... but also gave his love...

T:Yes,“not only... but also...” connects the equal parts in grammatical function.

10.It is no doubt that he is my admirable person.

S1:It is no doubt whether he is my admirable person.

S2:No.There is no doubt that...

T:It is a fixed sentence pattern “There is no doubt that...”

11.We don’t have a happy life if we don’t have him.

S:We can use“without him”.

T:Such meaning can be expressed in the subjunctive mood.That is,we can say“ We wouldn’t have such a happy life without him” or “but for him”.This is the Subjunctive Mood.

这类错误反映了部分学生对句法知识掌握不够,或运用不够熟练,但他们的积极思考才是最有效的纠错。

12.He saved a lot of sick people fight against the virus.

S1:Here “fright against” seems wrong.

S2:We can use “fright against or fright the virus”.

S3:The form of “fright” is not right.

T:You are right.It should be “He has saved a lot of people,fighting the epidemics”.Here “fighting the epidemic” is used as the adverbial of manner.

从学生对错误的分析中可以看出,部分学生对非谓语动词的用法不够熟练,这给下一阶段的语法教学一个提醒。

13.His career is teacher.

S1:A teacher.

S2:“Career” is not “a teacher”.

T:Yes,we can say “His career is teaching” or “He is a teacher”.Remember:表语是主语的说明。

一个学生对错句提出修改意见,其他同学可以发表自己的看法。在探索的好奇心驱动下,学生的词法和句法得以强化,话题的词汇得以拓宽。

怀特海认为:“充满想象力的探索将会点燃令人激动的气氛,这种气氛会带动知识的变化。事实不再是进赤裸裸的事实,它被赋予了各种可能性,也不再是记忆的负担。”

Redundancy

1.Of all the humans,the man I admire the most is Lei Feng.

S1:The sentence seems right.

S2:Is it necessary to say“Of all the humans”?

S3:“The man I admire most is Lei Feng” is clear.

2.There is admirable potential in every human being.

S1:Why is such a sentence used?

S2:Maybe the writer wants to say everyone is admirable.

T:What is the theme of your writing?Do you think such a sentence supports your theme?

通过对以上句子的分析,学生对短文的主题和围绕主题的支撑细节有了更进一步认识,主题是短文的统领,所有的细节必须围绕主题展开,而与主题无关的内容则可能是“冗余”的。因短文字数有限,无关内容是必须删除的。

Logical

1.Many people do surprising things and they are great men.

S:“Do surprising things” is great?

T:Maybe the writer wants to use“amazing” which means “very good”.But even so,the meaning of the sentence is not specific.

S:We can use“so” connect the two sentences.They are cause and result.

2.He is responsible for his work but family.

S1:Does the writer admire such a man?

S2:The writer means,he does more for his work than for his family.

T:Yes.Maybe the writer means that he devotes more time to his work than to his family.

Not specific

1.The people I admire are teachers.

S:The requirement is“a person”,not “a group”.

T:I feel proud,for most of you admire your teachers.Thank you very much!But here based on the requirements,you’d better choose one teacher to describe.The requirement is “writing about one person”.

由此可知,在写作时,有学生不注意审题,对写作的要求不太清楚,犯“经验主义”错误,通过对这些错误的讨论,学生会增强审题意识和短文主题意识。

Punctuation

1.Zhong Nanshan who is a famous doctor,is someone I admire,for he saves many people’s lives.

S1:This attributive clause is not right.

T:Yes.The antecedent (先行词) “Zhong Nanshan” is a proper noun,which can be followed by a non-restrictive attributive clause.So we can polish it like this:“Zhong Nanshan,a famous doctor,is the person...”

不能正确使用标点符号是写作中的“低级错误”,上述错误反映出学生对专有名词需使用非限制性定语从句的要求掌握不牢。

2020年教育部印发的《普通高中英语课程标准(2017年版2020年修订)》指出,自主、合作、探究式学习对激发学生的学习兴趣、提高学生课堂活动的参与度、促进师生间的合作交流具有重要作用,而学生能否有效地开展自主、合作与探究式学习是衡量他们学习能力发展水平的重要指标。

学生作为课堂活动参与的主体,对自己各类错误进行分析,有利于调动学生参与课堂活动的积极性,提高学生自主、合作和探究等方面的学习能力。整个教学过程也成为学生主体参与、自我评价、同伴互评、相互激励和共同提高写作能力的过程。

活动3:欣赏

学生做小组活动,每小组推荐一至两个“亮句”。老师帮助归纳出以下句子:

1)What moves/touches me is that...

2)He is so/such...that...

3)It is he/she that...

4)Such is...,an admirable teacher.

接着,学生从结构、语言、内容及书写等方面来赏析优秀的作文,这让部分同学既看到差距,也有了榜样。

在整个写作讲评教学中,如果老师一味指导学生纠错,容易让学生产生挫败感,甚至畏难情绪。因此,老师应强化学生习作的亮点,帮助学生树立写作信心,引导学生相互学习。“亮句”和美文的欣赏会不断提升班级整体作文的质量。

活动4:重写

“一篇好的文章,往往要经过数次的修改才能定稿,而成功也往往属于能够耐心修改的作者。”赵玉书也强调,写作能力需要再修改评价和反馈再修改的过程中提高。基于反馈课上对错误的分析,学生对短文的主题、结构、内容等有了更清晰的认识,对用词和句式有了较宽视野。基于讲义上的互评量表,学生完成了对作文的再打磨。

同伴互评这一模式体现了新课程所倡导的“评价主题多元化”和“评价形式多样化”的理念,能有效将评价融入教学过程,发挥评价对学生的激励和促进作用。

三、结语

凸显学生主体作用的作文反馈课,加深了他们对错因的认识,丰富了话题语块,内化了短文主题和结构,拓宽了纠错思路。同时,师生共同参与评析,在一定程度上有效解决了教师无法完成的对学生个性化错误的深层分析和指导,激发了学生参与课堂活动的热情,强化了他们的深度学习意识,优化了学习策略,促进了综合运用语言技能及分析问题和解决问题能力的提高,保障了学科核心素养在课堂的落地生根。