How to stimulate students' interest in reading classics

Teaching and Research Our country is a country of poetry, from ancient primitive ballads, Three Hundred Poems, Chu Ci, Yuefu of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, to the Sui and Tang Dynasties The poems and songs of the Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are like a brilliant Milky Way, shining in the history of Chinese civilization. Inheriting, learning and carrying forward this great cultural heritage is the primary task of our Chinese teaching. The "New Chinese Curriculum Standards for Junior High Schools" states: "Chinese courses should be dedicated to the formation and development of students' Chinese literacy. Chinese literacy is the basis for students to learn other courses well, and it is also the basis for students' comprehensive development and lifelong development." Poetry teaching is unique among them. Has advantages. It can be seen that poetry teaching is one of the best media for cultivating students' literary taste and literacy. In teaching, we must first fully tap the aesthetic education function of poetry teaching and show the charm of poetry. The tradition of main themes of Chinese classical poetry determines that it is a kind of aesthetic literature. Through study, students are guided to appreciate and appreciate the beauty of nature, pastoral beauty, emotion, and friendship contained in ancient poetry. Let’s discuss these aspects below. 1. Appreciate the beauty of nature. Nature is the main material basis for human survival. It is closely related to human life. The beauty of nature has always been the object of praise by literati and poets, and they have integrated their own emotions and praises into the praise and praise of nature. The sustenance of ideals and outlook on life. For example, Cao Cao's "Viewing the Sea" can be said to be the first landscape poem in the history of Chinese poetry. When I teach this poem, I first let the students read it to their heart's content, and pay attention to the beautiful reading. “The so-called aesthetic reading refers to conveying the author’s emotions while reading... Aesthetic reading is done correctly. Not only does one understand what the author said, but it also connects with the author’s soul. It has great benefits in terms of interest and usefulness. "("Ye Shengtao Chinese Education Essays") Then let the students close their eyes and sketch the sea scene described in the poem in their minds - the poet climbed up the high Jieshi Mountain and looked at the vast sea. The sea is vast and ethereal, majestic and far away... As the tide rises, the poet spreads his wings of association, as if the sun, moon, stars and the Milky Way, the most splendid, glorious and substantial in the universe, are hidden in the sea. They have never been seen before. Leaving the embrace of the sea. The poet outlines a magnificent scene of the sea with majestic rafter-like brushstrokes, showing the poet's majestic momentum that embraces the world and encompasses the universe, giving people endless beauty and vast atmosphere. Reading and imagination enable students to experience a beautiful process and have a spiritual exchange with the poet. In our teaching, we must guide students to appreciate and feel this charm, and at the same time cultivate students' awareness and emotions of loving nature and being close to nature. 2. Experience the beauty of pastoral life. Among the ancient Chinese poems, the earliest poem about pastoral life can be traced back to the folk song "Song of Attacking the Soil" which is said to be from the Tang Yao period: "Work at sunrise, rest at sunset, dig wells and drink, plow. If we only eat from the fields, what power can we have?” This is the most typical and vivid depiction of farming life. In the inheritance of pastoral poetry, Tao Yuanming, the great poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, first created pastoral poetry that described pastoral life, opening up a new world and realm for classical poetry. We live in the countryside and enjoy the fun of the countryside. We should also guide students to love the countryside and experience the taste of pastoral life, so as to cultivate their outlook on life and values ??that love, respect and advocate labor. It is necessary to guide students to experience the joy of labor and the joy of life in contentment and forgetfulness from Tao Yuanming's "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountains"; to appreciate the pastoral from Meng Haoran's "Green trees border the village, and the green mountains are sloping outside." It's quiet and pleasant; appreciate the simplicity and hospitality of farmers from Lu You's "Moxiao's wax wine is thick with wine, and chickens and dolphins are enough for visitors in good years"; and Jiaxuan's "The fragrance of rice flowers tells of good times, and listens to the sound of frogs." This area of ??frogs. The sound is the most charming and intoxicating movement in pastoral poetry. Lead students to appreciate carefully and feel the pastoral joy, so that students can make progress in appreciation and be intoxicated in appreciation. 3. Feel the emotional beauty of "Poetic Love". Family affection and love have always been themes that poets sing endlessly. When you look at Chinese classical poetry, this part of the poem is the most splendid and dazzling. In our teaching, we must actively guide students to feel the greatness of family affection and the nobility of love. Among the songs about family love, the most praised and sung is Meng Jiao's "Wandering Son's Song": "The thread in the hands of a loving mother is like the clothes on the wandering child's body. There is a tight seam before leaving, and I am afraid that I will return late." What flows is the selfless love of a loving mother. Love and deep concern have been touching thousands of descendants of Yan and Huang for more than a thousand years. In the understanding of poetry, it is important to cultivate students to be grateful for the greatness of maternal love and the selflessness of family affection, and to be able to extend this love and be grateful to society and the motherland. Only in this way can we achieve the purpose of learning and appreciation. Love poems have always been popular among literati and poets, and they are often chanted. The excerpts included in middle school textbooks also have a certain length, such as "Guan Ju", "Jian Jia", "Dream of Jiangnan", etc. "Guan Ju", the first chapter of "The Book of Songs", my country's first collection of poems, begins with the first hymn to love: "Guan Guan Ju dove, in the island of the river, a fair lady, a gentleman is fond of hunting." This is a rational expression of love in human nature. Affirmation is a reflection of the most essential characteristics of human nature. Therefore, students should be actively guided in teaching, especially teenagers in adolescence, and the love beauty of poetry should be used to cultivate their correct and rational understanding of love and lead them to establish correct values ??and views on love. 4. Appreciating the beauty of friendship, advocating friendship and valuing friendship are one of our outstanding national spirits.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius, a famous thinker, educator, and Confucian sage, said this in the first sentence of the first chapter of his classic work "The Analects of Confucius": "It is a great pleasure to have friends come from far away." The ancients regarded it as a very happy thing for like-minded friends to come from far away. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" records Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi's "high mountains and flowing water style" close friends. Friendship has always been popular in classical poetry. In the teaching of poetry, students should be guided to grasp the virtue of "not changing the rhythm of prosperity and decline, and not changing hearts and minds of life and death". For example, the expectation and expectation expressed in Li Shangyin's "How can I cut the candle on the west window, but say nothing about the rainy night in Bashan"; the relief and broad-mindedness shown in Wang Bo's "There are close friends in the sea, and the world is as close as our neighbor"; The worries and wishes poured into Wei's "I urge you to have one more glass of wine, leaving Yangguan in the west without any old friends" all praise the greatness and beauty of friendship. This state of advocating friendship, regardless of region in space or time, is worthy of our appreciation and inheritance. At present, education reform is surging and climaxing one after another, and Chinese language education is gradually returning to rationality. Reading and reciting classics have been vigorously advocated and actively promoted by people of insight. As an artistic treasure of our country’s culture, classical poetry occupies a lot of space in our Chinese texts and extracurricular reading texts. We must actively guide students to study, taste, and inherit seriously, so that this national wonder can be included in our Chinese teaching. China shines brightly. A brief discussion on aesthetic cultivation in the teaching of appreciation of ancient poetry and prose in junior middle schools Wei Yongdong of Xiaowan School, Guazhou County, Gansu Province!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How to stimulate students' interest in reading extracurricular classics is a relatively complex but necessary teaching content , is also a teaching idea that many Chinese teachers have gradually explored in recent years. Teaching extracurricular reading of classics is indeed a big problem for us, but in actual teaching, I still insist on continuous exploration and exploration, hoping to promote the teaching of classics Chinese classroom teaching. 1. Use texts to teach students to compose textbook plays and mobilize students' enthusiasm for learning. For example, when studying articles such as "Chameleon", "Yan Zi's Journey to Chu", "My Uncle Yu Le", etc., I gave students a lot of space to let them develop their own skills. The students' intelligence plays different roles in the text to show their talents. When the teacher gives them a stage to show off, they are so serious and study so hard. This activity not only allows students to read classics, but also greatly promotes students' Chinese learning and is also helpful in developing students' Chinese abilities. This extracurricular reading of classics combines reading with activities. Get up and make our reading more vital. 2. Let students recite poems and narrate story plots to cultivate students' language expression ability. After the whole class has read a certain kind of different reading materials, organize students to retell the main content or story outline of the books they have read, so that they can After students receive the spiritual influence of famous works, they can develop their generalization ability and oral expression ability. Through the recitation of wonderful scenes and beautiful poems, students' reading ability is exercised, and through the narration of storylines, students' language expression ability is cultivated. 3. Organize students to effectively carry out extracurricular reading evaluations, cultivate students' interest in extracurricular reading, and carry out a variety of reading activities to give them the opportunity to show the results of extracurricular reading and gain the joy of success, in order to consolidate their interest in reading. Teachers can use early reading classes and Chinese activity classes to carry out activities such as "Introducing a Good Book", "Poetry Recitation Competition", "Storytelling Competition", "Reflections after Reading" Exchange Meeting, and "Little Writers Competition"; in the classroom In one corner, a work column is set up to display students’ excerpted notes, reflections, and handwritten newspapers. This not only provides feedback on students' extracurricular reading, improves students' oral expression skills, but also keeps students interested in extracurricular reading. Extracurricular reading, as an extension and supplement to in-class reading, greatly broadens students' horizons and enriches their knowledge. As a Chinese teacher, we must attach great importance to cultivating students' interest in extracurricular reading, so that students can travel happily in the vast sea of ??books. 4. Teachers should guide students to read classics in a timely manner. After students' interest in reading classics is aroused, teachers should guide students in a timely manner to make the pens in students' hands move. A good book with both text and beauty. It would be a pity if I only read it once. At this time, our teachers need to stand up and provide methodological guidance to students. While reading, students should hold a pen in their hands and circle the excerpts when they encounter beautiful words and sentences; Where you are thinking deeply, you should make comments; after reading, you should write down your own experiences and comments on the characters in the book. Eye movements, heart movements, and manual movements, all the way through, reading can be truly realized. How to stimulate students’ interest in reading extracurricular classics Liu Yafang 92 New Curriculum·Middle School September 8, 2010 Teaching Research Soviet educator Suhomlinsky once said: “The way to make students smart is It’s not about making up classes or adding more homework, but reading, reading, and reading again.

"Teachers should guide students to understand that in today's society where the amount of information has increased dramatically, classics have passed the test of the times and are very valuable both ideologically and artistically. Reading classics can not only improve Chinese literacy, but also It can broaden their horizons, enrich their knowledge, and cultivate their sentiments, which plays a decisive role in their lives, so that students can pay attention to it ideologically and stimulate their enthusiasm for reading. 5. Teachers should guide students to master reading methods, "teach them to fish, and teach them to fish." It’s better to teach them how to fish. "Specific reading methods, I teach students many methods such as silent reading, skip reading, intensive reading, skimming, speed reading, etc. Let them take more notes and teach them how to take reading notes, such as highlighting. The annotation method, the segmented excerpt method, the outline and summary method, the writing experience method, etc. are suitable for long novels, the skip reading method and the outline and summary method are suitable; for short stories, the intensive reading method and bullet annotation method are suitable; for prose and poetry, the method is suitable. The reading aloud method, the bullet comment method, and the talk and experience method; for argumentative essays, it is appropriate to use the retelling method and the outline and lead method; for informative articles, it is appropriate to use the intensive reading method, the segmented excerpt method, etc. Learn to use these methods, and students will learn to use these methods when reading. In short, I think the art of teaching lies not in teaching skills, but in motivating, awakening and inspiring students. Instead of urging students to read, it is better to create an atmosphere that stimulates students' intrinsic motivation to read and mobilizes their urgency to read. 6. Create a good environment for extracurricular reading for students. Every once in a while, squeeze out a Chinese class to conduct extracurricular reading, exchange activities, talk about gains and experiences, or perform reading performances, allowing students to freely combine Form a group, choose the classics of interest, and express the content of the story in the form of a performance based on the students' reading comprehension. Students are required to recite ancient poems before each Chinese class, and stop when the teacher enters the class. Students should recite or give speeches on famous quotes, famous Chinese and foreign sentences, and proverbs, and try to reduce repetitive homework so that students can have more time to read extracurricular readings. Comenius said: "If there is a way, teachers can do less. Teaching, students learn more because of it, that is ideal teaching. "The new curriculum standards also focus on "developing thinking ability", actively advocate independent, cooperative, and inquiry-based learning methods, and care about the students' learning process and methods, as well as the emotional experiences and values ????that accompany this process. Therefore, I regard reading as It is a new world for Chinese teaching, constantly creating a good reading environment and opportunities for students to stimulate students' interest in Chinese learning. In short, the role of extracurricular reading cannot be ignored. It can enable students to form good reading and learning habits. It has a subtle educational function. There are many methods of extracurricular reading, but reading must become a need for students’ lives. In the process of conscious and personalized reading, students’ Chinese knowledge and abilities can be expanded and improved, and healthy emotional attitudes and values ??can be achieved. It can be established and promote students' all-round development and lifelong development. This is just my experience in teaching, but I firmly believe that the reading of classics will promote our Chinese teaching and improve students' interest and ability to learn Chinese. The bright pearls attract generations of people. After extensively improving students' interest in reading, I think we should also improve children's moral cultivation and cultivate their reading, speaking and writing abilities based on classics. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! Abstract: Language is the carrier of culture and is inseparable from culture. Only with certain cultural literacy can learners deeply understand and master language and effectively use language to communicate. On the basis of the "New English Curriculum Standards", it is proposed that while teaching language skills, teachers should also pay attention to disseminating cultural background knowledge of English-speaking countries in order to improve students' language understanding and application abilities. Keywords: Language English Teaching Cultural Background Culture. The new Oxford high school English textbook has been used for several years. Its reading topics are authentic in language, novel in style, and the content is very timely and close to real life. Therefore, it is welcomed by teachers and students. However, in the learning process, students lack the corresponding response. This article focuses on how to improve English teaching in Oxford high schools as well as the language and cultural background knowledge. Some simple opinions are put forward on the issue of students' language comprehension ability. 1. To learn English well, you must understand its culture and customs. Wang Zuoliang said: "No one can master the language without understanding the social culture in the language." Language is the carrier of culture and is closely integrated with culture. “To truly master a foreign language, you must understand the deep foundation of language - culture, and understand the historical and cultural background of English-speaking countries, including its social system, historical evolution, and people. beliefs, national psychology, customs, science and technology, etc. "Only by grasping the cultural background can we use language appropriately to communicate. In daily life, cultural differences are everywhere in the communication between Chinese and Westerners: In the West, couples, relatives, and friends kiss, hug and are kissed in public. It is regarded as a matter of etiquette or natural thing; the elderly feel happier when they are called by their first names rather than being called "grandpa, grandma, uncle". In addition, culture also directly affects language learning.

Many students are surprised that when reading or communicating with Westerners, they understand each individual word but do not understand the meaning of the sentence. For example, in the reading comprehension, I have never met nyone stingy to spend money, you Scrooge! This sentence does not have profound words and complex sentence structures, but many students are stumped by Scrooge. In fact, as long as you know something about British and American literature, you will know that Scrooge is a miser in Dickens's novel "The Stingy God of Fortune" and a main character in A Christmas Carol, which is widely used in people's spoken language. Without understanding the cultural background knowledge in this area, you will not be able to understand and appreciate the irony, and therefore you will not be able to appreciate the pungency and beauty of the language here. Just as Westerners cannot deeply understand the difference between the beauty of Lin Daiyu and the beauty of Snow White. It can be seen that foreign language teaching should be combined with cultural teaching to understand the true meaning of language so that students can acquire communicative language skills. 2. Teaching a language well must be integrated into the language and cultural background. Language teaching must be integrated into the cultural background of the language and cannot be divorced from culture. Simply teaching grammatical knowledge is the basis for understanding and mastering the language. To understand language, you must understand culture; to understand culture, you must understand the customs, social customs, politics, religion, life experience and other knowledge of the country where the language is spoken. Otherwise, misunderstandings and even jokes may occur during communication. Wolfson said: "Natives are more tolerant of pronunciation and grammatical errors when talking to foreigners. In contrast, breaking the rules of speaking is considered impolite." Grammatical errors only make people feel that they are learning the language. The speaker's level is not enough, and pragmatic errors are often misunderstood by others as disrespect for the other party's customs and habits, thus causing serious trouble. Therefore, the application of language cannot exist independently of culture. Only with high cultural literacy can learners deeply understand and master language and effectively use language to communicate. 3. Methods and approaches to improve the cultural penetration of English teaching. The "New English Curriculum Standards" clearly stipulate that one of the tasks of English courses in high school education is to help students understand the world and the cultural differences between China and the West, expand their horizons, and improve their ability to identify the similarities and differences between Chinese and foreign cultures. , laying a good foundation for developing their cross-cultural communication skills. Therefore, many cultural background knowledge of English-speaking countries have been consciously added to the textbooks, requiring cultural knowledge to be imparted subtly in the language teaching process so that students can feel the cultural atmosphere of English-speaking countries. Unfortunately, due to the influence of exam-oriented education, many teachers focus their teaching on basic language knowledge such as vocabulary, grammar, and sentences, but ignore the guidance and learning of cultural background knowledge. The author believes that as the world economic integration process continues to accelerate, international exchanges become more frequent, and different cultures penetrate more and more into each other, it is necessary to break the traditional examination-oriented education teaching methods, organically combine language teaching and cultural teaching, and cultivate students The ability to use language from the perspective of cross-cultural communication is an urgent task in English teaching. 1. Teachers must first change their concepts, continuously improve their cultural literacy, and have a full understanding and research of Western geography, customs, communication etiquette, etc. With rich cultural heritage, teachers can flexibly explain the differences between Chinese and Western cultures to students. In other words, teachers should not only be a imparter of language knowledge, but also be a mediator and interpreter of two different cultures. 2. Make full use of multimedia teaching methods, use original British and American films, recordings, pictures and other means to create real situations of English learning, stimulate students' interest in learning English, improve students' initiative and enthusiasm for learning cross-cultural knowledge, and enable students to learn English in a relaxed and enjoyable way. In the atmosphere, you can learn standard and authentic English expressions and basic language knowledge. 3. Guide students to read more foreign literary classics outside of class, enhance their cultural heritage, understand the customs, speech behaviors of British and American countries, and appreciate the differences between Chinese and foreign cultures, so as to lay a solid foundation for the cultivation of English communicative ability. 4. Organize extracurricular activities, such as holding English drama performances, inviting foreigners to have discussions or giving lectures on English cultural knowledge, etc., so that students can truly realize in a real language environment with "information gap": "Speaking language is actually also talking about culture." , to help students increase their understanding of Western culture and promote the improvement of their language skills. The ultimate goal of learning English is to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds.