The new "English Curriculum Standards" require that at the primary school level, the fundamental purpose of English courses is to stimulate students' interest in learning English, cultivate students' certain sense of language and good pronunciation and intonation foundation, and have the ability to use English Ability to communicate in simple everyday situations.
In English teaching, we often encounter such situations: some students can memorize words and phrases very quickly, but cannot read them when used in sentences. Some students have good test scores. But they dare not open their mouths to read English. The main reason is that students have not combined listening, speaking, reading, writing and practicing in English learning. Among them, "speaking English" and being able to "use English" is our ultimate goal.
? Reading aloud is a basic skill that must be mastered to learn a language. Standard pronunciation and fluent reading are the primary requirements for learning English. I have the following opinions on how to improve students' reading ability:
1. Teachers should help students develop good reading habits
Students who have just started learning English in third grade only need to Can imitate, so they need to listen to the correct English model pronunciation and then imitate the pronunciation. Teachers need to help students increase their listening training, and help students pay attention to pronunciation and intonation during the listening process, such as the rise and fall of words or sentences, stress, etc.
In the process of learning English, students should realize that the purpose of learning words is to put "words" into "sentences" to use, speak English on the basis of listening, and speak boldly. , speak loudly, and get rid of bad reading habits in the process of speaking English.
In addition, teachers should set an example and adhere to the correct reading method in class, starting from text teaching so that students can hear the correct pronunciation and reading.
2. Teachers should provide students with reading materials
For rural children, it is difficult to find suitable reading materials. For primary school students, in addition to the content in textbooks, I don’t know what kind of reading materials are suitable for me, so I need the teacher to provide them.
We can find some short stories or essays that are close to life and interesting, suitable for students' level, or we can read nursery rhymes or tongue twisters. When preparing reading materials, students should also be guided to pay attention to the relationship between words, phrases and sentences. Once they are familiar with the materials, they will not find it difficult and will be interested in continuing to read aloud.
The reading materials I prepare for my fifth-grade classmates include short compositions and poems. The essay is about introducing oneself. From appearance to hobbies, the words and sentence patterns have all been learned, so students will not feel pressure when reading. The poem is a description of the four seasons, only four sentences, and also the words have been learned. If students are not unfamiliar, they will not feel frustrated.
3. Reading aloud requires training in a variety of ways
Learning English is not accomplished overnight. Language learning must ultimately be used in real life. The process of reading English aloud can help us Enriching your vocabulary can also improve your speaking skills, so in the early stages of learning, you need more practice in reading English.
With the help of modern educational information technology, we can use multimedia for reading training at any time, using rich pictures and interesting sounds to attract students' attention, and also to mobilize students' enthusiasm for reading.
In class, we can name individuals to read and let students comment on each other. Those who read well can be a small teacher to lead the reading. Of course, the whole class can also read together.
After class, we can also hold English reading competitions as a class. Students can choose to read aloud materials of their own choice, with no limit on length or content, as long as they read accurately and fluently.
"Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent to you." No matter what kind of training method is used, and no matter what the students' own level is, I believe that as long as we insist on reading aloud every day, our students will fall in love with reading aloud and speak confidently.
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