HowtoTrainStudentstoThinkCreatively

HowtoTrainStudentstoThinkCreatively

罗露缘

Abstract:Theabilityofthinkingcreativelyistheobviousmarkofthesuccessfulpeople.Thisdemandsteacherstotrainthestudentstothinkcreativelyandarousethemtolearnmoresothattheycandeveloptheirabilitiesofthinking.Therelationshipbetweentheteachersandthestudentsshouldbecomefriendly,equalandrelaxsothatthestudentstrytothinkcreatively.Thetrainingofthinkingindirectlyordifferentlyshouldbeoftenappliedinclass.ItisnecessarytochangethetraditionalteachingmethodinEnglishclass.

Keywords:students;tinking;Englishteaching

JohnNaisbittsaid,“Atthetimeofgreatknowledgeandeconomic.Wemostlyneedinventivepowerandspirit.”Doingdifferentlyisnationalsoul.Itisverynecessarytousethenewteachingmethodtoimprovetheteachingquality.NowChinahasenteredtheWTO.Itmakesteacherstrainthestudentstosuitallkindsofsituations,Theyshouldthinkcreatively,thinkinEnglishnotinChinese.TheycanspeakEnglishfreelyineverydayEnglish.Soitisimportanttotrainthestudents’abilityofthinkingcreativelyinJuniorEnglishteaching.Theteachersshouldpayattentiontothefollowingfields.

IPlanallkindsofsituationstotrainthestudents’abilityofthinkingcreatively

It’ssaidbythepsychologistthatthestudymotiveandseekingknowledgeofthestudentscan’tappearnaturely.Theydecidetheteachingplanning.Sotheteachersshouldoftenplanallkindsofsituationsforteaching.

A.Askthestudentsgoodquestionstomakethemthinkactivitily.Goodquestionscanshowteachers’meaningwell,attractthestudents’attentionandpushthestudentstolearnmore.Asaresult,thestudentsaredevelopedwellinthinking.

B.Changethepartsbetweenteachersandstudents.Thestudentstrytobea“teacher”inEnglishclass.

Thesuccesscanpushthestudentstolearnmore.Theteachercanarousethestudentstobeateacherinfrontoftheclass.andhelptheotherswiththeirEnglish.ManystudentswantagoandtheygetintothepartquicklyThe“littleteacher”canimprovetheirknowledgefromthespecialpartandtheirspokenEnglishismoreandmorefluent.Theotherscancatchthemeaningeasilyfortheyareatthesameage。Many“littleteachers”askthequestionsdifferentlyfromtheirteachersandalotofstudentsaskthenewquestions.Thelittleteachersgivethenewanswers.Bythisway,theypracticetheirthinkingways—whichisdiffercntfromtheadults.

C.Usethemulti—computertoshowthetruethingsorpicturesinEnglishclass.

Thefamouslinguist,Kelum,said:”Thesuccessfulteachinginaforeignclassistoplanmanysituationsforthestudentstousetheirlanguageknowledge.”SotheteachersshouldteachEnglishinsimpleEnglishsothatthestudentshearmoreEnglishandwanttospeakinmind。Thisalsorequirestheteacherstousemoreteachingtoolssuchasteachingpictures,flashcards,simpledrawings,actionsandmulti—computerandinternettoletthestudentswatch,listen,understandwellorattracttheirattention

II.Goodrelationshipbetweenteachersandstudentsisagoodteachingsituation

MakestudentscontesteachotherinEnglishclass.Infact.makingstudentscontestisenjoyingstudentsormakestudentsfeelimportantbeforepublic.Therearemanygoodwaystoconteststudentsinclass,1.Forexample,whoisthebestinthegame?Teachersoftenholddifferentkindsofgames.tests.matchesorcompetitions.Suchashowmanynewwordscanthestudentswriteinaminute?Whoisthebest?Giveathree—minutestalkbeforeclass.Englishdiaryandsoon。ThesewayscanarousestudentstolearnEnglishactivityandthinkopenly.2.MakestudentsbeinterestedinEnglish.Mostofthestudentsdon’tlikeEnglishbecausetheyaren’tinterestedinEnglish.ThefamousphysicistAlbertEinteinsaid:Interestisthemotherofstudy.SoitisveryimportanttocausestudentstofeelinterestedinEnglish.Teacherscanchangethetextintotheactivityplay,makethedifficultwordsintopoemsothatstudentscanremembereasily.Tellstudentsthefashionthingconnectedwiththetext、Talkabouttheforeigncustomaboutthetext.Playgames.AndthesecanmakestudentsshowinterestedinEnglishandhopetolearnitwell.Forexample,whenteachersgiveLessonTwenty.threeinBookII“whohasthecoin?”Teacherscanteachitbyplayinggames.First.asksixstudentstostandinarowinfrontofthestudents.Thengiveoneofthemacoinandaskthempassitfromonestudenttoanother.Theotherstudentkeeptheireyeclosed.Thensixstudentsputtheirhandsbeforethem.Theothersgiveguesses.Everystudenthasonlythreeguess.WhileSIXstudentsareplayinggames,theotherstudentsinclasscanheartheirteachersspeakingEnglish.andfeelhowthegameisgoingon.Theycanrememberitveryquicklyandkeepthememorylong.Afterfinishingthegame.mostofthestudentscantalkaboutthistextfreely.Someofthemcanretellorrepeat.Theresultisverygood.

AllstudentsareequalinEnglishclass.Whatistheequalityinclass?Itincludestwosides.Onesideistheteacherandstudentsareequal.Theotherisallthestudentsareequalbeforeteacher.InAmerica,peopleareusedtosquatdowntheirchildrenwhentheytalkwithchildren.Theyseldomorderthem“Youshoulddothis.notdothat.”Theyrespectedtheirchildren’swishes.ThisiswhyAmericanpeoplealwaysareconfident.dependentonthemselves.andbegoodathowtodothingswithhandsthoughtheycouldn’tgetthehighmarkatschool.ButinChinateachersarealwaysrespectedbystudents,ortheirknowledgeisauthority.Nodoubt.Childrenwholiveandstudyinthisair,cannotthinkbythemselvesandcannotlivebythemselves.Theyneverhaveachancetothinkhard.Howcantheythinkcreatively?SoIthinkthefirststepistodaretodoubttheteachers’authority.Infact.theteachers’authorityisnotveryimportantintoday’seconomyofknowledge.Itisnotusefultousetheirrighttomakestudentsbelieve.Teachersgettingthehighbeliefmustdependontheirplentifulknowledge.Thesecondstepistorespectthestudentsandrespecttheircharacter.Thethirdstepistotreatstudentsequally.MakestudentsfeelrelaxinEnglishclass.Theeducationalpsychologistpointedout:ThepleasureairinEnglishclassisassureforthehighresultofstudy,andagoodsoilforthinkingcreatively.HowcantheteachersmaketheairrelaxinEnglishclass?Theycanpraisethestudents’gooddeeds.enjoytheirstrongpointsandletthemfeelsuccessful,Itstressestheteachersteachhappilyandhumorouslyandstudentslearnhappilyandfreely.Thisneedstheteachersmustgivesomeeffectemotionlessonandgetonwellwiththestudents.“Xueji”said,Thestudentsagreewiththeteachersbecausetheygetonwellwiththeirteachers.Next.theleachersmustteachwithfullspirit.Theymustbegoodatguidingstudentsfeelhappy,sad,exciting,sorry,pityandsoon.Thethird,heteachersmustteachwithsmile.Theymustservestudentspatientlyandkindly,Atanytime,theycanfacethestudentswithsmile、facethedifficultproblemspalmly.Theymustkeeppeaceandcoolallthetime,Thefourth,theteachersmusttrytotouchthestudentscloselyandknowwhattheyfeel.

III.Makestudentstrytothinkcreatively

StudentsarethecenteroflisteningandspeakinginEnglishclass.InChinateachersalwaysstressreadingandwriting.nottakecareofthelisteningandspeakingforalongtime.Theydidn’twakeupuntilfail.Nowtheimportanceofspeakingandlisteningwasresumdinteachingprogram.Thinkingcreativelyisbasedonspeakingand1istening.Morelisteningleadstomorespeaking.Listeningwellcausespeakingwell.Thinkingdifferentlydoesn’tcomeoutuntilEnglishbecomesonepartoftheknowledge.Ifwedon’tputthestudentsinthecenterofspeakingandlistening.wecouldnottraintheirthinkingcreatively.Wewilltrainthestudentsintotheno--soundEnglishstudents.

EnglishisdifferentfromChinese.InEnglishstudentsarethecentersofthinkingabout.Itreflectsintwosides.thinkingandcustom.ThinkinginEnglishshowsyoumasterEnglish.ornot.Thesedays.ChineseEnglishisverycomment.ThisreflectsourEnglishteachingwasfailurebefore.Why?Becausethestudentsarenotthecentersofthinking.Stressthetrainingofthinkingisthebestwaytosettleit.

IV.Askstudentsquestionstoguidethemtothinkdifferentlyandnewly

Forexample,whenwegivethelessontwenty—sixinJuniorThree,wecanplanthefollowingquestions:Edisonbegantoworkwhenhewassixteen.Howoldareyounow?Whatdoyoudo?'whatdoyouthinkheshoulddo?Thestudentsquicklyreply:Wemustworkhardandgotothecountriestostudymoreandmoreknowledge.Bythisway,thestudentsthinkandtalkhard.Theyusetheirheadtojointheactionandgettheknowledge,improvetheexpressionandtraintheirabilityofgettingonwiththeothers.Theygetthegoodresult.Thequestionisthecenterofteachingactivity.Ifthereisnoquestioninteaching,teachingactivitycan’tgoon.Whatkindofquestionsdecideswhatactionandwhattothink.Teachersshouldbegoodataskingquestionsduringtheteachingprocess.Thequestionscancausethestudentstothinkovertofindoutandtogettheanswers.Makingstudentsfindtheknowledgeistomakethemthinkover,findoutandgettheanswers.Forexample,whenwehavealessonof“what’stheweatherlike?”Teacherscanshowstudentsthreegroupwordsinpictures.SuchasSUN—SUNNYWINDY—WINDYCLOUD—CLOUDYThenaskthem,“Canyoumakearuleoutofthreewords?’’Itguidesthestudentstowatchcarefully,analysis,andfindouttherule.Afterthestudentsfindouttherule,teachersshowtheothernewwords.Suchassnowy,foggy,rainy.Thenaskthem,“CanyouguesstheChinesemeaningsofthem?”Thismakesstudentsusetheiroldknowledgeofmakingphrasestolearnthesenewwords.Thisteachingmethodimprovethetruth“Teachstudentshowtofish、notfishhowmanyfishes.”ThefamousphysicistAlbertEinsteinsaid,“Askaquestionismoreimportantthanansweraquestion.”AndtheEnglishteachersshouldproudstudentstoaskquestionbravely,askdifferentquestions,beabletoaskquestionbythemselves.

1.Thequestionsaboutthinking.Teachersaskthequestionsaboutthetextoraboutthingsconnectedthetext.Theanswersmustbealotsothatstudents’thinkingistrainedanddifferent.Itisagoodwaytotrainstudentstothinkingdifferently.2.Thequestionsaboutthelife.Connectinglifeandtimesisthecharacterofknowledge,notstudents’ability.Inclassthestudentshavetothinkanddoaccordingtotheteacherfromthebeginningtotheend.Theymustn’tthinkindifferentwaysortheywillbecalleddifferentpeople.TodayChinacarriesoutthequalityteaching.Itstresseshowtolearn.howtostudyEnglishsothatthestudents’abilitieswereimprovedhighandtheycanthinkintheirownways—differentfromtheirelders.Ifthestudentsalwaysusedtotheelders’thinkingways.stepbysteptheywillbecomeonesofelders.Itisharmfulfortheyouthbecauseitlimitstheirownthinking,limitstheirinventiveability.Teachersshouldbreakthroughthisconclusionintoday’steachingandtrainthestudents’thinkingindirectlyordifferently.Theyshouldalsoguidethestudentstofindouttheanswersinmanyways.

V.Changetheteachingmethodinclasstoimprovestudentstothinkmoredifferentlyormorenewly.

Trainingstudents’inventiveabilitiesneedstoexploreanddoateachingexperimentinearnest.Itisn’tthesameastheteachingofinventiveskills.Itcanchangethestudentsinmindsothattheytrytheirbesttofindanywaystosettletheproblems.TodayEnglishteachermustchangetheiroldteachingwaysinclass.Theyshouldpayattentiontothestudents’thinkingprocess,notonlyshowthestudentstheelders’conclusions.ThisrequiresEnglishteachersmustbegoodatplanningtheopeningsituationstopushstudentstothinkactivityandthinkfreely.Englishteachersalsoapprovethestudents’differentthinkingandthinkingwell.Theyshouldprotectthestudents’curiosity,thirstforknowledge.Imaginativepowersothatthestudentinventiveconsciousnessisaroused,theirinventivespiritistrainedandtheirinventivequailtyisimproved.

Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallthosewhohelpedmeduringthewritingofthisthesis.AspecialacknowledgementshouldbeshowntoProfessorBao.fromwhoselectureIbenefitedgreatly.IamparticularlyindebtedtoMrZhou.whogavemekindencouragementandusefulinstructionsallthroughmywriting.FinallyIwishtoextendmythankstothelibraryassistantswhosuppliedmewithreferencematerialsofgreatvalue.

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