Wanyuan | Reading for understanding and for thinking

10月9日下午，闵行区英语教研观摩活动“Reading for understanding and for thinking”在万源城协和双语学校四楼报告厅举行。全区近250位英语教师参加了此次活动。区教研员王梅宝老师、沈雯晴老师亲临现场听课并指导。

On October 9, the English teaching and research activities in Minhang District were held in the lecture hall on the fourth floor of our school. Nearly 250 English teachers participated in the event. District teacher and researcher Wang Meibao and Shen Wenqing attended the lecture and gave instructions.

活动中，万源城协和双语学校说课团队就本单元的单元目标、单元整体设计、分课时目标以及观课点和老师们做了交流。接下去的两节教研观摩课分别由盛姗姗老师和陈煦吟老师执教。

During the event, SUIS English teaching group members narrated the overall design of the unit, the goals of the class, and the observation points. The next two sections of teaching and research observation classes were taught by Sheng Shanshan and Chen Yu.

第一节课的目标Reading for understanding盛姗姗老师以Food Dan Dog likes为话题带领同学们在感知故事的同时理解故事情节，体会故事乐趣。

The goal of the first lesson was Reading for understanding. With the theme of “Food Dan Dog likes”, Miss Sheng Shanshan led the students to develop a deeper understanding of the story.

第二节课的目标 Reading for thinking陈煦吟老师引导学生们关注故事情节，思考关键问题，最终呈现故事逻辑。

The goal of the second lesson was Reading for thinking. Teacher Chen Xuyin guided students to pay attention to the storyline, think about key issues, and finally present the logic of the story.

随后，在区教研员王梅宝和沈雯晴老师的组织下各个学校的代表积极对两堂观摩课进行了点评。两位教研员的精彩点评让大家受益匪浅。王梅宝老师指出：教师在引导低年级学生进行小故事和语篇的阅读，首先要激发孩子对阅读内容的兴趣，其次教导孩子运用所学的英语知识与技能对故事进行思考并表达对故事的感受和想法。

Under the organization of district instructors Wang Meibao and Shen Wenqing, teachers from various schools actively commented on the demonstration classes. The comments from instructors were very useful to everyone. Teacher Wang Meibao pointed out that teachers instructing lower grade students to read small stories and discourses have to first stimulate their interest in reading content, and secondly teach children to use the knowledge and skills they have learned to think about the story and express their feelings and ideas about the story.

今天的观摩课中我们看到两位老师积极指导学生学会阅读、喜欢阅读，通过培养良好的阅读习惯,帮助学生有质量的提高他们的英文阅读水平。

In those observation classes, we saw two teachers actively guiding students to learn to read and enjoy reading. By cultivating good reading habits, teachers helped students to improve their English reading quality.

王梅宝老师和沈雯晴老师给两节课做了精彩的点评。首先，王梅宝老师高度评价了万源城协和双语学校对于英语阅读教学做出的一系列深度教学研讨活动。之后沈老师归纳了万源协和学校在阅读教学中做得较好的4点：

Teacher Wang Meibao and Shen Wenqing gave wonderful feedback on the two classes. First of all, Miss. Wang highly commended a series of in-depth teaching seminars on English reading teaching by our School. After that, Miss. Shen highlighted the four points that our School did well in reading teaching:

第一点，善于运用关键性问题，让学生的思维活动更流畅。沈老师带领在场老师对第一课时的板书进行梳理，并回顾了这节课中出现的出关键性问如何帮助学生更好的理解故事。通过问题链让reading for understanding能够切实落入课堂教学中。第二点，善于运用开放性问题。针对课堂中的开放性问题，学生的回答非常精彩，沈老师很有心地将每个孩子的回答做作了记录，虽然每个孩子的回答不同，但孩子们都能在故事中积极思考，善于表达。第三点，巧用评价性问题，问题引领能使学生思辨更深刻。特别是在第二课时中，整节课以一个问题：Is Kitty Cat a good friend? Why？引领三个重要部分。第四点，结合生成性问题，使学生思维更积极。老师在课堂中许多过渡性问题，激发孩子围绕故事思考，点亮学生思维。

First, it is good to use key questions to make students cultivate a line of Inquiry; Second, open ended questions allow students to answer creatively; Third, evaluative questions make students provide evidence for their reasoning. The problem leads the students to think more deeply. Especially in the second lesson, the whole lesson had a question which combined these three important parts: “Is Kitty Cat a good friend? Why?”; Fourth, the whole class collaborated to generate issues, making students’ thinking more positive. The teacher had many transitional questions in the classroom, inspiring children to think around the story and igniting their thinking.

本次闵行区英语教研观摩活动，虽然万源城协和双语学校的两位老师使用的是朗文教材，但是老师所使用的教学策略以及对英语阅读教学的一些理念值得大家借鉴。也希望“Reading for understanding and for thinking” 的教学策略能启发其他老师们，并运用到平时的教学中。

This Minhang District English teaching and research activity provided some worthwhile ideas for English reading teaching. The teaching strategies of “Reading for understanding and for thinking” can inspire other teachers to apply them to their class.

校领导现场观摩指导

15/10/2018 School News