| Classroom Management - Unit 4 |
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How can I help children to take part in the lesson?
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Introduction
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教师如何使尽可能多的孩子都能参与到课程中来，而不只是那些在英语方面有天赋的孩子？本单元主要介绍下面四种可以提高课堂参与性的策略。
(本单元的Flash课件请参见www.in2english.com.cn/teaching/) |
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Introduction
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How does the teacher
give children in large classes a chance to show what they can do in English?
We will look here at four ways of trying to help as many children as possible
take part in English lessons. |
| 1. Help children to take part by using pair
and group work. |
· Pair and group work can be noisy, but if it
is mostly noise in English, it is good noise, as it gives more children
a chance to speak in English.
· Pair and groupwork help children to get confidence
in using English. It is less frightening to speak English to one or two
partners than to the whole class.
· Children will need some training in how
to behave in pair and groupwork. This may take time, but they usually learn
quickly! |
| 2. Help children to take part by spreading
attention around the class. |
· When asking children questions,
try to ask children sitting in different parts of the room, and not always
the same children who are good at English.
· This means that children will
need to pay attention, because they know the teacher may ask them to do
or say something.
· Sometimes, choose easier questions for students who are
not so good at English. This gives them a better chance of success. |
| 3. Help children to take part by varying lesson
activities. |
Because different children learn
in different ways:
· try to vary activity types and lesson topics to give
all children a chance to learn in ways that suit them.
· plan a balance of
speaking, listening, reading and writing activities over a lesson or week
of lessons. |
| 4. Help children to take part by connecting
activities to their world. |
· Make language in the coursebook
or lesson meaningful to children. This should help them to experience language
at a deeper emotional level and therefore help them to remember better.
· Make some activities and questions more personal. This can also help children
to see that English is useful for the real world, not just the classroom.
· For example, if the coursebook activity is about music, you can ask children
'Do you like music?Who is your favourite singer?
· If the coursebook
activity is about shopping, you can also ask children questions about shops.
You could also bring in a shopping bag to class and ask children to guess
the things that are inside! |
| 一、Summary |
| Giving children a chance to
show what they can do in the language, and to give them a chance to feel
successful can be extra challenging for the teacher of large classes. By
keeping in mind the different learning styles, varying the activity types
accordingly and making the lessons meaningful, the teacher is providing
an atmosphere that allows everyone to participate. |
| 二、Glossary |
· take part in (v) 参与
· noisy (adj) 喧闹的
· confidence (n) 信心
· behave (v) 表现
· spread (v) 发散，散开
· vary (n) 变换
· suit (v) 适合
· connect (v )结合
· meaningful (adj) 有意义的
· emotional (adj) 情感的
· personal (adj) 个人的
· successful (adj) 成功的 |
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