There are many important links in English teaching. Among them, English teaching should attach importance to reading aloud, so that students can fully read, feel the whole in reading, cultivate a sense of language in reading and be infected by emotions in reading. It is the wish of every English learner to speak fluent and authentic English. However, accurate pronunciation, beautiful and authentic pronunciation and intonation are difficult to be fully practiced in the usual classroom. Therefore, morning reading is an important link in English teaching. Every school has highlighted the importance of "reading" in the curriculum, and has set up morning reading classes in the morning. Its purpose is to make use of the good natural conditions in the morning, so that students can effectively use "reading" to improve the language learning effect under the condition of clear mind, good memory and vigorous energy.
However, in practice, there are "light-controlled lights" phenomena such as "reading early but not reading" and "teachers coming to study". After careful investigation, it is found that the efficiency of many students' morning reading classes is not high, or even very low. There are a few students who don't even know what to do when they read early. With regard to these outstanding problems, we will talk about them from the following aspects in order to deeply analyze these phenomena and thus achieve the purpose of activating students' morning reading classes.
First of all, from the in-class supervision and investigation of three morning reading classes every week, some students don't realize the importance of morning reading. They regard the morning reading class as a kind of "light control lamp" before class. On the importance and effectiveness of morning reading: more than 84% students think that morning reading is necessary and effective, which plays a positive role in their own study; And the remaining 13% think it has little impact; In addition, there are 3% students who don't know whether it is effective or not, and think it is just a class arranged by the school in the morning.
Secondly, about the operation mode and reading content of students in the morning reading class: 75% students read textbooks almost every time, including words and texts, and even grammar knowledge; 22% students do relevant English exercises or review and consolidate their knowledge through writing in the morning class; Even 3% of students learn a language by "watching" or "reading silently".
Finally, about the purpose of morning reading: 70% students think that morning reading class is used to recite words, phrases and even texts that teachers want to check; And 30% have no clear goals, what to read, or what others read.
We should actively find and solve problems in teaching. It is particularly important to find out the causes of English morning reading problems. We did a lot of research and found some clues. First of all, teachers lack proper guidance. 30-40 minutes of morning reading sounds like a very loud book. In fact, many students don't study hard, but they are just "young monks chanting scriptures, and they have no intention of inserting willows into the shade." This phenomenon did not appear at the beginning of senior one. The sound of morning reading in Class One of Senior High School is always the loudest in the whole school. But slowly, it will only be louder in the first five minutes to the first ten minutes, and then it will gradually weaken. By the first minute or two of the morning reading class the next day, basically only a few students could hear the sound of reading. The main reason for this phenomenon is that students didn't form a good study habit of "reading early and reading carefully" under the guidance of teachers at first, or the teachers didn't pay much attention to the morning reading class at first, or even didn't mention it at all. Therefore, students think that the morning reading class is just reading words and phrases, reading the text by themselves, or reciting the text, or some students think that the morning reading class only needs to open their mouths.
Second, the form and content are single. The so-called single form, the most obvious is that students only read in the morning class, and even some students read in this form for a week. In the investigation, the author found that in some schools, considering that students with poor foundation have difficulty reading some materials, some teachers in some classes read in advance in the form of synchronous reading. Although the voice is strong, it can also cause most students to "sing and read" for a long time, and it can also make a small number of students "spoon-feed" only with their mouths open. This doesn't have any positive effect at all. It is easier to see whether the content is single. After a week's investigation, the author found that almost one-third of students in all classes have only one textbook for English morning reading three times a week, which has basically not changed. Although the morning reading time is not long, the author believes that in addition to reading textbooks, at the very least, we should carefully read the notes that we copied and arranged in class the day before.
The result of these phenomena is that at the beginning of morning reading, people can still hear the students' enthusiastic reading, but after reading, the students lose interest and their voices gradually weaken.
How to be a good English morning reading teacher plays a particularly important role, and we should help students to have a good morning reading class.
First, make a good morning reading plan. First of all, the main task of morning reading class is reading aloud and reciting, so what to read, what to recite and how many tasks to complete must be established before reading. Without a clear early reading task, students will have no pressure and the actual effect of early reading will not be great. This requires teachers as instructors to assign tasks to students before each class, so that students can carry out their work purposefully, so as to be targeted, give full play to their initiative and improve learning efficiency. The goal of each class should be set according to the actual situation of the class. In the early stage of early reading, the tasks assigned by the teacher are basically completed by the whole class. The purpose is to let students get the benefits of early reading quickly in the initial stage of training, enhance their learning confidence and eliminate their fear of early reading. With the further strengthening of exercise, the goal should not be fixed, but the requirements should be gradually raised to meet the needs of students' progress. Secondly, you can leave a few minutes for students to read freely. Students read independently according to their own goals and plans. In this way, their mentality is independent and free, the speed is determined by themselves, the content is chosen by themselves, and they can continue to accomplish their goals. Those who finish the work will expand their reading range, enrich their English vocabulary and improve their English reading ability. Teachers should tour lectures in time to help students complete their early reading goals.
Second, read after the tape or the teacher. Because some students' pronunciation foundation is not very good, reading with the tape or the teacher can avoid students' mistakes in pronunciation and intonation and train students' basic pronunciation and intonation skills. There are many methods, which can be read repeatedly or at a certain speed until every student can pass, especially the words and sentences that are difficult to read in the text. This method is particularly effective. In fact, at this point, if possible, students can be required to bring their own headphones at other times, such as at night, and read aloud on tape according to their own situation, which is better for training pronunciation and intonation.
Third, English teachers guide students to read. Especially for the difficulties and key points in the text, you should personally guide reading. You can also use certain methods, such as teachers speaking Chinese and students speaking English, or vice versa, and you can also check the students' mastery, which also removes certain obstacles for teachers to carry out new courses. By the time of the new course, many students have already got a certain impression on the content of the new course, which is convenient for the acceptance and consolidation of knowledge and improves the teaching effect.
Fourth, we should hold an early reading class competition. Students can be organized to hold an early reading contest once a week or at a certain time. The author has tried many times to select a certain content to see which group recites the fastest. In each group, the success of reciting gives the group extra points, and the winning group can give some spiritual encouragement or reward some small prizes. In this atmosphere, the enthusiasm of all members will be greatly mobilized, and those students who are not serious at ordinary times will not fall behind for the honor of the team. Facts have proved that the introduction of competition mechanism in the morning reading class can greatly improve students' enthusiasm, and can also guide students to adjust their learning methods and attitudes in time to achieve better morning reading results.
English morning reading class is the second class for students to learn English, an important guarantee for teachers to organize classroom teaching, an important means for students to consolidate what they have learned, and an important way to cultivate students' oral communication ability, comprehensive quality and self-confidence. Teachers should not only pay attention to the significance of English morning reading class, but also pay attention to the ways and means of morning reading class, and should have plans, goals, methods and perseverance. Let students have a wonderful morning reading class, master knowledge and cultivate their ability happily in the ocean of interest, and finally improve their reading level, promote the progress of listening, speaking and writing, and make a big leap in their comprehensive English level.