又如,在教授包含“only”的倒装句时,笔者让学生以小组为单位围绕话题“Only in which way can we become an autonomous English learner?”展开讨论。他们各抒己见,不仅通过小组内部交换意见间接吸收了有益的建议,还通过小组之间的进一步沟通拓展了看待问题的角度。如有的学生说,定期阅读英文读物和报刊有利于实现自主学习;有的学生认为讨论和分享彼此的观点是学好英语的有效途径;还有的学生提出“对英语感兴趣是学好英语的关键”等观点。
经典的谚语,“Where there is a will, there is a way”(状语从句); “Seeing is believing.”(非谓语动词)和《二十一世纪中学生英文报高中版》中的各类文章都是一些值得学生背诵并学习语法项目的好材料。如在教授“非谓语动词”时,笔者从《二十一世纪中学生英文报高中版》224期中找出一些含非谓语动词的句子:
Cheating will only lead to guilt.
While carrying your heavy school bag on the way to school or home, does the burden of books decrease your appetite for knowledge等。
There was nothing sad when the 18-year-old boy started blogging last term. He became friends with two girls 17 years old. There are many things that they don't like to make public. As we know, to update their blog is what they generally do every weekend.
针对学生中普遍存在的如何使用关系代词和关系副词的难题,笔者先给他们一组简单且典型的句子,让学生对比并归纳其中隐含的语法规则,自己寻找到解决问题的关键。如This is the school ___________ I worked last year./ I visited last year./ Headmaster is American。