The penetration of moral education in middle school English teaching

●Liao Yun

1. The importance and necessity of moral education in middle school English teaching

●Liao Yun

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In school education, students’ acquisition of cultural knowledge in school is only a part of education. As the saying goes, "It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people." Students' moral education is an even more important part of their growth into pillars of society. In addition to single moral education, the study of various subjects is one of the important channels for students to improve their own quality. Among them, the English subject plays an extremely important role in middle school education and has a very high ratio. Therefore, it should play a major role in moral education.

The middle school English teaching syllabus points out that students should be cultivated into socialist citizens with ideals, morality, culture and discipline, so as to improve the ideological and moral quality of the entire Chinese nation. It can be seen from the English teaching syllabus that cultivating students into high-quality talents is not only needed by the discipline, but also by society and the nation. This requirement requires teachers to infiltrate moral education knowledge into subject education during the teaching process to achieve the ultimate result of teaching and educating people.

English is a cultural and social subject. Unlike science subjects, English teaching tends to guide students from a social perspective, a natural perspective, and a human emotional perspective. It is precisely because of this uniqueness of the English subject that it is easier for teaching to enter students' hearts, open their hearts, and use students' thinking as the main body to provide appropriate enlightenment and education to students. At the same time, as a foreign language, English will introduce the advantages and disadvantages of different cultural backgrounds while introducing the language. For the advantages, study them appropriately and take the essence. However, when facing some bad habits and shortcomings in different cultures, teachers should guide students to make their own judgments and eliminate the bad things. At this point, the contribution of the English subject to moral education is unparalleled.

2. Methods for the penetration of moral education into English teaching

The penetration of moral education into English teaching should be analyzed from different angles. This includes one's own demonstration and emotional experience, analysis of students' exact situations, in-depth use of teaching materials and expansion of extracurricular training.

1. "Leading by example" - teachers' own demonstration and emotional experience

As the saying goes, "Being a teacher is a good example." In the process of educating students, teachers are the most important The best thing is to lead by example. As an English teacher, I usually come into contact with a variety of foreign cultures in my own learning process. Among these foreign cultures, there are advanced and positive aspects, as well as backward and negative aspects. Therefore, first of all, from their own perspective, teachers should select different teaching materials and carefully prepare teaching content before conducting classroom teaching. Keep bad cultural practices out of teaching. At the same time, teachers should strictly demand themselves and eliminate bad habits.

In terms of emotional experience, teachers can exert a subtle influence on students through their own understanding of some Western cultures. For example, the third Thursday in November is the Western Thanksgiving (Thanks giving festival). Although Chinese traditional culture does not celebrate this festival, we can use this opportunity to teach students to be grateful and thank their parents and teachers who have helped them. Guide them to make cards and write their words of gratitude in English, for example: On this special festival, I am very grateful to what you have done during these years. Thank you, mother /father. (On this special festival, I am very grateful to what you have done during these years. Thank you for everything you have done for me. Thank you, Mom/Dad.) At the same time, during some traditional festivals in China, we guide students to learn how to introduce traditional festivals and Chinese traditional culture in English, while enhancing their language skills. At the same time, it enhances their sense of national honor. Use your own emotional experiences to guide students to experience different cultures and morals, learn to be grateful, and learn to love their parents and country.

2. "Concrete analysis of specific problems" - exact analysis of students' situations

Different students have their own different family backgrounds and experiences. In the process of subject education and moral education, different students should be analyzed according to their specific situations.

For example, there is student A in the class whose family conditions are not good. His parents work in other places and do not go home all year round. A has been living with his grandparents. In one duty report before class, he said, "I think my mother and father don't like me at all. They don't come back to see me all the year round. All they know is making money. I hate them.” (I don’t think my parents love me at all. They don’t come back to see me all year round. All they know is making money. I hate them.

) Based on the situation of Little A, the teacher used the recess time to play relevant videos about parents and children, so that students can understand that every parent loves their children. Teach students how to be grateful and understand the hardships of their parents.

Providing moral education to students through the specific situations of different students is targeted and is more conducive to the physical and mental health development of students in different situations.

3. "Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" - delving into the connotation of the teaching materials

Each textbook is the result of discussion and correction by multiple experts, and is also the product of closely following the teaching syllabus. In the process of teaching, teachers should not only achieve the knowledge goals and skill goals of teaching, but also focus on sublimating the emotional goals.

For example, when we just entered the new semester, the first text in the Foreign Language Compulsory English Course 1 was about "My first day at senior high" (the first day of high school life). The content of this lesson tells the story of a student's first day in high school, describing his learning environment and school environment, which is consistent with the student's real life. Through the study of this text, students can understand the characteristics of high school life and the differences between high school and junior high school. Enable students to adapt to their roles as quickly as possible and grow up as quickly as possible in high school study and life. The emotional goal of this lesson is to make students fall in love with their high school and new life, and to cultivate a new sense of class and school honor.

Around International Drug Day, students learned the unit “No drugs”. The main content of the unit is about cigarettes, types of drugs and the harmful effects of smoking cigarettes and drugs. Here, teachers should give students more realistic materials based on the actual situation, and elevate this unit to a higher emotional goal - to improve self-protection awareness, develop good living habits, and stay away from drugs.

In the process of English teaching, teachers should focus on the text theme, extract its essence, and delve into the teaching connotation, so that students can understand the content of the teaching material and have their thoughts edified.

4. "Incorporating virtue into teaching" - the expansion of extracurricular training

Since English is a text-based subject, students should not only learn knowledge in the classroom, but also learn from multiple angles and scopes Increase interest in learning English.

When teachers expand students' abilities, they can appropriately select some educational materials. For example, after just learning the lesson "The Internet and Telecommunication", the teacher can ask students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet, and ask students to write an English composition on how to use the Internet correctly based on their actual experience and analysis. . Such training can improve students' language use ability, and at the same time allow them to reflect on their use of the Internet based on their own reality and draw a correct method and conclusion. When using the Internet, pay attention to regulating your words and deeds to achieve the unity of thoughts, words and deeds.

After class, teachers can appropriately teach students some famous English aphorisms. For example: "There is a will, there is a way" (Where there is a will, there is a way). Teach students to strengthen their ideals and work hard to overcome difficulties. “The secret of success is not so much money as a strong will.” Teach students to use will to pursue success. "Early to bed, early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise." (Early to bed, early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise) teaches students to develop good living habits and cultivate a healthy body. "Never too old to learn" teaches students to value learning and constantly enrich themselves.

At the same time, teachers can also use educational English videos to provide moral education to students. For example, the English movie "Forrest Gump" tells the story of the miraculous life of a child with a congenital disability. There are many famous quotes in the video, such as: "Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get." "Stupid is as stupid does." By watching the video, let students discuss their thoughts in groups and use Explain your own feelings and opinions in English. In this process, not only did students develop their listening and speaking skills, but they also learned perseverance and optimism from the protagonist of the movie. These will allow students to have a correct perspective and attitude when facing their own difficulties.

In short, moral education is an indispensable and extremely important part of English teaching. Herbart once said: "If there is no penetration of moral education in teaching, it is just a means without purpose. If moral education does not have teaching, it is an end without means." Combine teaching and moral education and introduce teaching skillfully The materials and design of teaching links not only help to improve students' interest in learning English, but also help to promote their progress in disciplines and ideological and moral character. However, moral education is not something that happens overnight, but is a step-by-step process.

Such a process requires teachers to understand and prepare from multiple aspects, including themselves, students, teaching materials, and extracurricular materials, in order to achieve a subtle effect and ultimately achieve the final effect of "trees" and "people".