高中英语作文教学之二
学生的创新精神和实践能力在各方面的延伸乃至终身发展提供良好的基础。因此,在英语写作训练中有时借助音乐等艺术形式,对丰富学生的想象力是一种有益的尝试。
如Senior Book Ⅵ ,Unit 7中的“The Waltz king ”这一课文,根据内容,可设计让学生听一首Beethoven的“命运”(Fate),让学生根据自己的理解,写一篇作文,一位学生这样写到:
I am a graduate from high school, and I will enter for the Collage Entrance Examination. Whether I will be admitted to a collage, I will work harder than before , since our country is still poor and weak.
从作品中我们可以发现,借助音乐,学生的想象力得到了较大幅度的拓展。“音乐艺术对学生的创造能力的发展具有独特的作用。
四、灵活方法,发展想象
“创造想象是严格的构思过程,它是由思维调节的。”想象会产生全新的物象与情景、独特的认识和感悟。一段文字、一篇文章,给不同的读者,就有不同的想象余地。正如:A thousand readers, a thousand Hamlets.(一千个读者,就有一千个哈姆雷特。)在英语作文教学中根据一定的线索或情节,提供学生广阔的思维空间,让学生进行想象描述(创造性的描述),会收到很好的锻炼效果。
例如 “After Twenty Years" (Senior Book Ⅵ,Unit 5) 这一课,可要求学生在学完之后, 简单续写一个结尾。这是一篇根据O. Henry 同名原作改写的文章。文章的故事情节虽然简单,但很能挖掘、发挥学生的创造想象力。学生这样写到:
As soon as the police officer wanted to catch Bob by the arm, he took out a gun, aimed at the officer and said, “I knew I was wanted, but I don''t want to be arrested anyway. Tell Jim Wells I will come to visit him one day." Just at that time, the police officer found himself surrounded by some strong men, gun in hand, pointing to him. Bob then walked into the street and got into a car parking there, followed by those strong men. The car soon disappeared.
另有学生这样写到:
The moment the officer caught Bob by the arm, he got rid of it and ran away at once. He was running down the street as fast as he could, when he was shot on the right shoulder. He turned round. To his great surprise, it was Jim Wells, his o ld friend. He fell on the ground and fainted.
在作文教学中,通过对一定的语言材料进行不同方式的处理,确实是锻炼学生的思维,发展学生的想象力的一条重要途径。当学生对当前的语言材料进行阅读、处理时,进行了充分的分析、比较,又充分展示了自己的想象力,其思维得到了充分的发散。心理学研究已经证实,发散思维对个体的创造性有着重要影响,我们应该根据教材特点,结合教学内容,注意这种思维能力的训练,并创造一些行之有效的教学技术。可以说,续写结尾、续写故事、改写、扩写等,都是高中英语作文教学中锻炼学生思维,发展学生想象力的有效手段。
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