An obvious change in the new primary school Chinese textbooks is the adjustment of the order of learning pinyin and literacy in the first grade of primary school: learn pinyin after one month of literacy. Many people feel that this order reduces the efficiency of learning. After all, Pinyin is the best tool for literacy. Experts explain that this change is not only related to the literacy status of today's first-grade primary school students, but also to the core competencies of the Chinese language subject.
“In the past, primary school students had little literacy. After learning Pinyin, they could read articles with the help of Pinyin.” Chen Xianyun, executive editor of the primary school Chinese textbook, said, but now the language environment has changed a lot, and everywhere in life Literacy resources: Children already have a certain amount of literacy before entering school and are no strangers to Chinese characters. "We have done a survey and found that 90% of the students knew 'Heaven' and 'Human' before entering school, and 80% of the students knew 'Earth'."
Also, the first lesson of literacy class" "Heaven, Earth, and Man" are selected from "The Three Talents, the Three Lights of Heaven, Earth and Man," in the "Three Character Classic". "Heaven, earth, and man" embody the concept of "the unity of man and nature, and the unity of man and nature" in traditional culture. Therefore, the arrangement of literacy in the first unit also reflects the textbook's emphasis on traditional Chinese culture. The Chinese Pinyin is just a "crutch" to help literacy, learning Mandarin, and reading. Students must throw away this "crutch" after they acquire a certain level of language learning ability. Regarding Chinese teaching materials, another controversy in society is the increase in the purpose of ancient Chinese poetry.
Experts said: Don’t be trapped by the number of ancient poems and essays. Ancient poems and essays more require children to read and memorize them. Many of the texts are just a few simple sentences, and they already have a general understanding of the content of many stories. They can read them smoothly and correctly with the help of the teacher. In terms of ancient poems and essays, part of the increase in the amount of ancient poems and essays is the number of articles required to be memorized in the "Compulsory Education Chinese Curriculum Standards (2011 Edition)", which totals 75 pieces. In addition, many ancient poems and essays are already understood by children when reading vernacular texts. . For example, starting from the third grade, the textbook arranges a classical Chinese text every semester, such as "Sima Guang", "Waiting for the Rabbit", "Self-Contradiction" and "Jingwei Reclamation". Students are already familiar with the stories of these texts, so when understanding the classical Chinese text There won't be much difficulty. Moreover, classical Chinese texts are short and concise. Sometimes a text only has three or five sentences, so students will not find it difficult to learn.
In fact, part of the reason why everyone is worried that the increase in the number of ancient poems and essays will increase the burden on students is that teachers do not reflect differences in teaching requirements for low, middle and high school levels. The ancient poems arranged in the lower grades only require the consolidation of literacy and writing, and the most important thing is to be able to recite and accumulate them, so that they can "swallow" them.
Middle grades are required to understand the meaning of ancient poems, and only in senior grades are teachers required to guide students to initially understand the thoughts and feelings expressed by poets.