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? This public welfare sharing initiated by Topning Education Company. I will share it with you on this platform. I have studied and educated in international education for more than ten years, and I want to talk to you about real English, real reading and real education. It was originally a topic related to reading. I always like to use this topic, which is the picture I just put in the group. Reading is the most wonderful life plan. Because reading is not only the core of language learning, but also the core of education. Then we will explain this truth by sharing it three times. Tonight we will mainly talk about English, the theme of English.
Everything and individuals are inseparable from the environment. When we talk about English learning, we should first take a look. Now let's study the general environment of English learning in our mother tongue system. You may also feel that China's English learning needs are quietly changing. What is this change? How did this change come about? Let's talk about this problem first. The first is the consumption upgrade of the consumer society. The most obvious manifestation of this upgrade is the surge in the number of students studying abroad. In the past four or five years, there have been more than 400,000 international students in China every year. According to the survey, 72% of middle-class families made it clear. Will let children receive international education. But the time to receive this kind of international education is uncertain.
? Some consider primary school, some consider junior high school, senior high school and graduate students. The place to receive international education may be in other countries or China. The demand for international education is obvious. At the beginning of 20 15, the international education in China showed a white-hot trend, which used to be such a small education system. Suddenly, this burst of demand is hard to support. Therefore, whether you receive international education at home or abroad, when parents consciously understand and contact this education system. The nature of this kind of education determines that no subject can lead to the success or failure of this kind of education. But only one thing can determine his success or failure, and that is his reading ability.
The second point is the upgrading of parents' concept. China has studied English for decades. Few people can use English, and more and more parents are beginning to reflect on this situation. I didn't learn English in the traditional way. Everyone has never learned it, so can my children learn it if they still choose this traditional way of learning? Therefore, more and more parents are rethinking this matter, so they are also calling for effective English education. The third point is the requirement of standardized examination. As for the examination, it is divided into domestic variable examination and international standardized examination. First of all, let's look at the senior high school entrance examination, which is being reformed. This reform comes from the country's demand for future talents.
It is an international talent, an interdisciplinary talent and a talent with cultural discrimination. These are not only the requirements of the development of the times for talents, but also the national security of a country. As for the reform of domestic examinations, we will start a little later. The other, the telephone test, is an international standardized test, such as TOEFL IELTS SH. These exams are very different from traditional domestic exams. First, it is difficult, and second, it belongs to the language proficiency test.
? Parents may have heard about the changes in the college entrance examination. Many people think that after the reform of college entrance examination, the requirements for English have decreased. But in fact, in the past, our college entrance examination was based on the total score, and our English was not good. As long as the total score is enough, we can go to a famous school. But now we are like a junior college, with two books 2 1 1985. What about these schools? He got marks in every subject of English. So actually, The requirements for English are higher. Because no matter how high the total score is, good schools will miss you if you have a single English subject and a low score. Some time ago, the vigorous online college entrance examination in Shanghai has shown that the baton of the college entrance examination is transforming into the ability to use language.
? In the past, candidates didn't understand English, so we didn't understand or speak it, and we only had a small vocabulary. Just what are you familiar with? Grammatical forms of mechanical exercises can get high marks in the college entrance examination. In the future, with the change of English test assessment methods. In particular, when the typical exam is transferred to the language proficiency test, it will not. I don't understand English and I can't speak English. Then we will not be qualified to take this kind of exam in the future, and it will become more and more difficult to get high marks easily. Next, the second point is about the revision of national English curriculum standards. 20 17 is called the new curriculum standard by many people.
Why do you call him the new curriculum standard? First of all, in this course standard, the requirement of reading quantity is clearly put forward for the first time. Elementary school. The reading requirement for grades one to six is 40 thousand words. Junior high school three years10.5 thousand words, senior high school three years 300 thousand words. Do you think these readings put forward by the state are very high? In fact, these readings are only to meet the basic requirements of graduating from junior high school and high school. In this edition of curriculum standards, a concept is also put forward for the first time. It is the core accomplishment of English subject. Core literacy includes. Language ability, learning ability, thinking quality and cultural character. Our traditional English learning method.
The traditional English learning method is to learn grammar by memorizing words and practice sentence patterns mechanically. These are completely different from our core literacy requirements. Except for the course standard of the college entrance examination. From 2065438 to June 2008, the country also put forward the English Learner's Ability Scale. This is not only for the students, but also for everyone. Requirements of China people who want to learn English. Well, you might say, are those contents really on this scale? Listening, speaking, reading and writing grammar and so on. But you know, four words are added to the familiar content. Ability to use.
? All these clearly tell us that the evaluation form of English is changing. From the traditional exam, you know? Become a language proficiency test, can it be used?
This change can be viewed by Bloom's thinking classification. Bloom's thinking classification is divided into six levels. From low-level thinking ability, that is, memory ability, to understanding ability. Ability to use. Analytical ability. Evaluate ability and creativity. Our English study has always been the focus. The lowest memory ability, but this ability is not high in our teaching quality. As for the core literacy we are proposing now. Touched understanding, evaluation, analysis, creativity, etc. It was completely before. Do not participate. So let's summarize. The present situation of our English teaching.
First of all, there are only language classes, not reading instruction classes. The reading materials are almost blank and are excluded from the classroom. There is an extreme shortage of teachers, and few teachers can teach in English in class. The number of students who get listening in class is very limited. Situational teaching method of grammar translation is dominant. Finally, the baton of exam-oriented education meets the needs of teaching and parents. These focus on spelling and grammar. It greatly limits students' ability to use language. Fortunately, however, the baton of the national college entrance examination has begun to appear. Changing trends, so parents. If you prepare for the college entrance examination for your children ten or twenty years ago.
In that case, a few years later, more than ten years later, or even longer, prepare for the children's English exam. Future-oriented society. In this case, I think the most optimistic result is that you have been dragging and pushing to accompany the children. It is very hard. On the day of the college entrance examination, you and your children are still neck and neck in English. I think this is the result that all parents don't want.
In fact, the textbooks used in our public schools have changed a lot in recent years. China's English textbooks have gone through several periods. To put it simply, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we compiled our own textbooks. Later, it was gradually transformed into a reference textbook for adaptation. Over the years, the adaptation of our textbooks has become smaller and smaller, and it is getting closer to the original textbooks. And many textbooks have been transformed into reading and writing textbooks. Yes, but our teaching methods have not kept up. Next, let me give you an example. Tell you the difference between our traditional teaching and reading and writing teaching.
? Look at this passage I posted. This is a short article, a letter. A father, probably on a business trip. Other countries wrote it to his son. Then in our traditional English class, the teacher will shine when he sees some contents in this passage. Why? For example, they saw Sonny. Dollars. What can we expand? The name of the national capital. Also, what makes them shine at the moment is a good, sunny and cool wind. We can expand these words to describe the climate. Weather, weather conditions, weather vocabulary, etc. Besides yourkite, these sports-related nouns.
? What else can we expand? Interrogative questions of modal verbs. Okay, then. For this kind of teaching, new forms of practice can be adopted, such as word memorization and pairing connection. Fill in the blanks. So after this class. Do our students have a deep understanding of honor Have you developed an emotional attitude? Does it involve the core literacy required by our English subject? Cultural character, learning ability. What have we touched on in subject accomplishment, language ability and thinking quality? What about this course? We think it is comprehensive. Expand vocabulary, expand grammar points, messy fragments have no depth.
In fact, in this short article, we saw a lot of valuable content. For example, the relationship between sports and culture. For example, geographical knowledge of the northern and southern hemispheres. Dad is in Sydney and we are swimming. The weather is very hot. Then ask the child if it is cold there. Is it blowing hard? Therefore, we can also see the characteristics of sports and ethnic areas. For example, in Australia, people attach importance to and love the popularity of swimming. Therefore, in China, flying kites is a traditional way for us to exercise. We can also develop some geography-related things for children, such as combining the English version of the world map. Let them have a preliminary understanding of the map and how to identify the northern and southern hemispheres on the map.
? Therefore, if we can present a text with its interdisciplinary culture, then it is a whole reading. A course of careful thinking around the text. Therefore, the lively scenes in the classroom often do not necessarily have learning. I've always wanted to sort out how we should express these detours in English teaching in recent years. Then, once I saw a sentence from Mr. Agongyafu, I posted it. I think this is a very good summary.
? He said that he hoped to cultivate students' ability to use language through the knowledge system. This is a detour. In other words, we are teaching students English, especially when our students are very young, their language areas, and their sponge absorption ability. When it is so powerful. We didn't let them learn a language as a language. The first thing we educators do is to turn language into knowledge points. Then instill knowledge points into students and store them in knowledge. Therefore, we can't use this language. Some parents often say, English, I haven't touched it for many years, and I have forgotten it. What will be forgotten? Usually the knowledge we have learned will be forgotten, but the ability we have cultivated will not be forgotten.
? From traditional learning English to learning through English.
So, how to learn English? How to teach? Then it is from traditional learning English to learning through English. In other words, if we want to meet our needs for English learning and improvement. To really master a language, you must have content learning. So where did these contents come from? A famous educator once said that if you can't learn in one language. Your target language, national life and original reading give you the best language input environment. Therefore, this kind of learning with content, that is, learning through content, is actually the way people from all over the world and other countries, whether native speakers or non-native speakers, learn their languages.
In addition, this way of learning can stimulate students' motivation and interest and make English learning a more meaningful activity. It can also cultivate high-level thinking ability. Then why is this? Let me give you a few examples.
? There are two sentences in the picture I put up. I want to ask you which is more difficult?
If there is no accident, I think everyone will think. The first sentence above is simple, while the second sentence is more difficult. Then I want to share with you a small example about the origin of these two sentences. In fact, I often meet them in teaching. Then according to this example related to these two sentences. Once, I gave a boy about six years old a language proficiency test. I asked him in English, what's your name? The child is very upset. He squeezed out. His name. Then I can know that he can understand this sentence, but obviously he seldom expresses himself. I asked him the second question, which is the first sentence above. How old are you?
? Then I started reading with her. What about the book I gave him? His mother told me about his English learning path and his general ability. I gave him a simple test and then took it. Reading materials for American children for six or seven months before school. What about this reading material? There are almost eight to ten words on each page. It tells the story of a father who took his daughter Kate to the farm to see cows and horses.
Does the daughter say this cow is too big? It's too big to walk. Finally, I saw the kitten. My daughter is very happy. This is such a simple story. Use a simple one. It is close to the language of cash and presented in the form of pictures and texts. After we finished reading, I asked him, the six-year-old girl, to tell me the story again.
? But when I asked him to retell the story in English, he didn't understand, and then I asked him in Chinese. He can't answer in English, so he may answer in Chinese. Then I know that he can basically understand the story, but in English, he may not understand it or speak it. Then, we asked him four questions about the content of this little book. These four questions are from easy to difficult. Why do you say from easy to difficult? Because the answers to the first three questions are written directly in the book. The last question, there is no clear answer in the book, which needs a little analysis. Such as the first question above. Of course, I always ask him in English first, and then he doesn't understand. I'm asking in Chinese, and I hope she can answer in English. If she can't answer, she can answer in Chinese.
The first question, I asked him who went to the farm? On the first page of the book, it says that Kate and her father went to the farm, so he answered me in Chinese. The second question asked Kate why she didn't want to see horses. There is a direct answer in the book, because Kate says Matthew is old. The third question is English first. Kate still thinks which animal is too big. Because there are two kinds of animals mentioned in the book, one is a horse and the other is a cow. The fourth question is what you can see. I put it in the group and wrote the second sentence on paper. Why waskidhappytogoandseedekitenserewe should be happy to see kittens.
? So this little reader of mine at this time. He not only understood the questions I asked in English, but also did not ask me to ask questions in Chinese, that is, in English. He immediately replied in English, kitchenlittle. We can see the answer. It's not a standard output, but what does it mean? First of all, children understand English problems. Second, he answered in English, and the logical content of the answer was completely correct. What is another gratifying phenomenon? Because she actively used the word kitten in the book.
You see, my little friend and I, together, read aloud and silently that afternoon. In the process of reading, there are pictures and texts to support this book. I also said that I would review this book. Questions and discussions were put forward step by step. So many questions. Finally, children have a natural presentation output. Of course, it is easier for him to go to the kitchen happily and see the kitchen. Then, why did he and I do so many things around this book, and the children not only didn't dislike it, but became more and more interesting and enriched? How long do you think the child can endure if I practice mechanically with him? How much interest he can have in English and how much he can dig can expand his memory, understanding, analysis and thinking ability.
? Let's look at the second example of learning English with content. There is no language environment. Many of our parents always say that we have been dumb in English for so many years and don't want our children to go on like this. Pay special attention to the last oral class. I believe that all parents who put their children on this road will feel something after such a simple oral class. There is nothing obvious. Progress and effect, of course, this is still very inefficient. Well, you see foreign teachers or other oral English teachers. The upper limit that he can communicate with your child can only be within the range that your child can understand and express. If children have not had good listening input, reading ability should be the foundation and learn from it. He will, just a few simple words. No, a little in-depth communication will not collapse.
Please look at this photo I posted, plants. Suppose it is in a foreign education institution or in your home. What did you eat after oral English class? So today the foreign teacher suddenly saw it. This pot of plants at home. So let's imagine what we can talk about in this oral and chat class. About this plant. I asked many football researchers and British colleagues this question. Usually, I would say, let's talk about what color, what color. But usually when you ask this question, if in life. It is also a very strange question.
We can talk about the second one, such as how many plants there are and how many plants there are. Then what else? Some teachers say that we can talk about the names of plants. Of course, but usually this name is quite evasive. Even if the foreign teacher said it, what do we think is the possibility that the children can hear it clearly and remember it? Even so, I remembered the probability of remembering the next day. Then I want to tell you that I will talk to my child about this oral class and I will ask him. Wtouchduplantseat. What plants eat what words? It's not hard to ask questions, is it? And I don't think the child can't answer it at all. At least they can answer you that plants need water.
Then, if my student answers, I can add something to him, right? What do plants eat? Sunshine, water and air. For children who have taken a bunch of English classes, they basically know.
These two. It's a circle of friends Look, this is a circle of friends sent by two sophomores. The first one, which I share, is how to take care of it. How to take care of our heart and lungs? The second one is about a force. As for writing falsehood, this is the strength of our physics. You see, he also mentioned friction and gravity. The concept of its intensity is something we learned in middle school. However, his understanding of the concept of opposites does not come from physics textbooks. But from the stories of books related to profits.
? So English and Chinese are the same. The teaching goal of this language subject should be to cultivate students' cultural level. This process is a process of learning through English. Our traditional English teaching is to sell the basic knowledge of English itself. The whole teaching goal is focused on grammar memory and this kind of unrealistic use. Just like learning to swim. We students have been learning to swim on the shore, and the teacher teaches swimming on the shore. Ten years or even 20 years later, students and teachers can't get into the water, so they can only drown. Then we put the language into the content to learn. It is the process of learning to swim in the water. If you learn it, you will have it.
? So we have always said that English courses can no longer be painted in prison. We must emphasize the content, vividness and sense of the times of language. It is necessary to break the boundaries between it and other disciplines. It is necessary to emphasize the integration, compatibility and richness of subjects and guide students to understand the world in English. Explore and think. Therefore, courses based only on English language knowledge or single language skills can never meet the requirements of education or even examinations. When you hear this, you may say, are these all the jobs of English teachers? Well, it is. But we need to know. Teaching skills are just details. The key issue is the correctness and height of English education cognition.
? Therefore, we must re-understand the subject of English. This is a requirement for teachers and parents, because only parents are the ceiling for children's growth.
So we need to see. The process of learning a language is the process of learning to read, and the process of learning to read is the process of learning a language, which is a separate process. But ah, but after all, we are not native speakers. For us, reading must have a scientific system to really help us. So, today, we will simply share these about English.
So what shall we share next time? Why can't you master a language just by studying textbooks? Because reading is integrated into the language education of non-native speakers. Thank you for your time tonight. I look forward to talking to you as soon as possible next time. Share it on the platform provided by Toplanning Education Company.