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学生通过以表达内容为依据继续对句子分类处理，既很好地理解了情态动词表推测的深层含义，同时又关注、归纳出了语法规则。 在归纳法语法教学模式中，学生首先接触的是包含语法规则的真实上下文情景，然后根据上下文的信息归纳出使用规则。这种教学法有助于培养学生的语感。通过分析归纳总结语言使用规律课深化学生对用法的理解，培养学生的逻辑思维能力。但教师必须提供充足的，以语境为依托的语料，教学活动的形式适合学生的认知水平，他们的观察、体验、探究、合作等主动学习行为才得以开展。 二、教学活动的设计是形式和意义的结合 高中阶段的语法教学，应从语言运用的角度出发，把语言的形式、意义和用法有机地结合起来。要引导学生在语境中了解和掌握语法的表意功能。例如：在强化巩固情态动词对发生了的事情表推测的句型时，笔者认为教材P13 Ex-8 的活动设计得很好，例如：A housewife is cheering. 针对这个情境，学生的语言产出为： 1)Her husband may be cooking. 2)She may have got a surprising gift. 3)Her husband may have been promoted. 4)She could be pregnant. 学生的表达多样，富于想象，不是对例句的机械模仿，他们在努力传达内心所想，这使得课堂气氛越来越活跃。 三、教学活动的设计具有层次性和梯度 变化是学习的调料，是教学的调节剂。由于学生水平的差异，课堂上活动任务应有一定的梯度，使各层次的学生都能学到东西。另外, 过于单一、没有挑战性的教学活动会使学生对语法教学产生厌倦情绪。 语法练习一般分为结构认知性练习、控制和指导性练习、交流性练习。教学过程中，教师的指令要简洁明确，做出清晰的示范，以保证练习效果。在本课例中，练习设计的层次和形式如表格所示： 忌含有分散学生注意力的动画和声效。 四、教学活动的设计保持话题一致性 运用得当的语法结构表达意思，离不开词汇的支持。为了实现语言的输入与输出的一致，教学活动的设计要保持话题的一致性。笔者认为话题应在贴近学生生活实际的前提下，尽量保持与单元话题一致。例如: 北师大版第二模块，第六单元—定语从句的教学设计。该单元话题为文学与艺术，如果要学生描写一位艺术家或作品，练习就不具有可操作性。因此，笔者设计了如下活动：

14-15学年配套中学教材全解九年级英语(上)(人教版)教材听力原文及汉语翻译

UNIT 1 Section A

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上外中级口译第三版听力教程原文及讲解--Unit 8

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