Association is a special form of thinking. American psychologist guildford once divided human cognitive activities into five aspects: knowledge, memory, divergent thinking, convergent thinking and evaluation, among which association is one of divergent thinking. Rich association can improve imagination, help to understand articles in depth when reading, and help to develop literary thinking when writing. Therefore, it is very important to cultivate and improve students' associative ability in Chinese teaching. First, goal orientation This is to determine the learning goal, the significance of ideal association, and explain the importance of learning and mastering association, thus stimulating students' interest in learning. Only when students understand the function of association can they actively learn and use association. A teacher introduced an example of associative training teaching: there is such a story. A teacher drew a "."on the blackboard in class. He asked the students what it was. Some students face the blackboard and don't know how to answer. Some students whispered for a long time, which was only a full stop (of course it had to be an English full stop). However, some students' answers are extremely rich: beans, stars, eyes, boils, tadpoles ... This story illustrates many problems, but what we care about is what methods we should take to make those students who lack the ability to associate clearly understand the meaning of association, what association is, and especially how to associate it. Second, decomposition learning When students understand the meaning and function of association, teachers guide students to learn the thinking process of association step by step, summarize the characteristics of association, and explain the thinking operation steps of using association. The first contact with association should be based on decomposition learning and pay attention to analysis. This is because association is an internal thinking process, which is difficult for students to observe and experience. Therefore, teachers need to guide students to learn the thinking process of association step by step, then sum up the characteristics of association, tell the thinking process in the mind when using association, and clarify the key steps of its operation process. This kind of summative conversation makes internal thinking linguistic, enhances students' awareness of the thinking process, and lays the foundation for using association and controlling their own thinking in the future. The following is a teaching example of decomposition learning: sentient beings 0: egg, duck egg, stone, glasses, head, moon, raindrops, dew, runway, doughnut, garland ... 1: matchstick, baton, chopsticks, fingers, microphone pole ... sentient beings: shape. In other words, our association with a thing can be expanded from the aspect of "shape". We are looking at such a set of numbers:168518914174 (blackboard writing). All sentient beings: "168" thinks of "all the way", "5 18" thinks of "I want to send" and "9648" all sentient beings: sound is near. (Blackboard: Sounds Close) This is because people give these numbers special meanings according to homophones. This association produced by homophonic sounds is superstitious and should be denied. There is such a thing. This year's senior high school entrance examination, a candidate got the admission ticket and ran to the class teacher to cry. Because the mantissa of her admission ticket number is 9 14, she is said to be "dead". Originally, she could get 578 points according to her level, but under this bad psychological hint, she only got 500 points in the end. It can be seen that this meaningless homophonic association hurts people. Third, guided exercises Through decomposition learning, students have a preliminary understanding of the characteristics of association and its thinking process. However, understanding is not equal to mastering. Only through practice and application can we truly master the language ability we have learned. Therefore, when students understand the characteristics, thinking process and operation steps of association, they must also practice under the guidance of teachers and use association method in reading and writing. By guiding practice, students can not only consolidate and skillfully use associative methods, but also learn to control their own thinking process. More importantly, students can learn about the difficulties they may encounter in the application process and how to overcome them. Practice and application are not achieved overnight, but a gradual process from shallow to deep, from simple to complex. This process includes reading comprehension and writing application. 1. Reading taste. 2. Rewrite the exercise. For some students, it is difficult to use association method immediately in writing. You can do rewriting exercises first, lay a learning ladder for students, reduce the difficulty of learning, and facilitate students to learn step by step. 3. Proposition writing. After students master the skills of using association, teachers can draw up some composition topics that are easy to use association, so that students can practice writing and use association methods in actual writing. In short, through multi-angle association training, students can understand that the characteristics of things are diverse, the world of association is vast, and the scope of association is extensive, thus expanding students' horizons and enabling students to use association methods flexibly.