选修课课例研究 Vocabulary Games 词汇游戏 A Jackey Chen Presentation 平阳中学 陈洁

background 我撰写的选修课校本教材：“中学英语一日一词”，英文的名称是“vocabulary, accumulate it day by day”。而我的选修课的课程名称是“英语单词说文解字”。

选修课要解决什么问题？ 知识拓展+兴趣激发

1. 知识拓展 knowledge expanding M 1 Unit 2 “English Around the World” Line 14, P10: These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. M 5 Unit 2 “the United Kingdom” Line 35, P10: the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words for food.

Farm animals and their meat 知识拓展 #1 Farm animals and their meat cow pig sheep deer beef pork mutton venison Red meat fish chicken rabbit White meat 文化内涵：“肉食者”即统治者。

M4 P92 Derivation: prefix + root +suffix 知识拓展 #2 M4 P92 Derivation: prefix + root +suffix cent century centimeter centigrade percent decade 十年 December十二月

兴趣激发 interest stimulating Interest is an enhancer. Without interest, vocabulary is passively enlarged. With interest, vocabulary is actively and automatically expanded.

本课教材内容 + +

课堂片段1 a clip of class #1 Can I join you? The teacher’s joining in the game not only heats the atmosphere of the class, it helps the students concentrate on the game more. Joining is actually inviting.

课堂片段2 a clip of class #2 Well Done to _______. When I said this to the student who finishes the game first, he just smiles a big smile, obviously proud of himself. Cheering this student is encouraging the rest of the class and making sure the climax of the class is reached.

课后反思Reflections on this class Many students complain that they forget words shortly after they are presented. Vocabulary game is a way to reverse forgetting. Games help solidify new words in long-term memory by creating regular opportunities in their learning program that encourage students to make connection of new vocabulary items. The difficulty of the games is adjustable. To make it easier, name it “say 2 things”; to make it more difficult, “say 4 things”. In this way, the teacher can make the class atmosphere orderly and controllable.

给同行的建议 tips to fellow teachers on a selective course Set the goal a little bit beyond the students’ ability in a selective course. According to the theory of Zone of Proximal Development, struggling for an activity is considered a valuable process of learning.