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Introduction
Livingintheworldofglobalization,ifhewantstobetterfitintosociety,itisverycrucialforapersontolearnEnglishwell.Englishreadingcoursehasbecomeoneofthemostsignificantcoursesinmiddleschoolsforages.Besides,inthecollegeentranceexaminationreadingaccountsforabout27%intheEnglishpaperexams.ThuswemayfindreadingisnotjustamajorskillintheprocessoflearningEnglish,butalsoakeyelementtodeterminewhetherthestudentmaygetahighscoreornot.Thus,itisnecessarytoimprovethecurrentEnglishreadingteaching.
ITheCurrentSituationinMiddleSchoolEnglishReadingTeaching
TeachersdonothaveclearaimsforEnglishreadingteaching.IntheaspectoftheorganizationofEnglishreadingteaching,sometimesteachersoverlookthecharacteristicsofreadinglessonsandtheytaketraditionalteachingmethodtoteachlessons.Besides,theyputemphasistoomuchontheteachingprocessoflanguagepointsteachingsuchaspronunciation,vocabularyandgrammar,whichtheyregardasakeyissue.
TeachersdonothaveclearaimsofreadingteachingresultingindullandmonotonousatmosphereintheEnglishclass.Itgraduallypreventstudentsfromthinkingindependently,whichnotonlyimpedesthestudentsinformingeffectivereadinghabits,butalsodoesharmtothestudents,creativethinkingtraining.
IITheTheoriesofSituationalTeachingMethodanditsFunctions
Asweallknow,situationalteachingmethodcanactivatestudents,studymotivationandcreaterelaxingclassroomclimate.Itsaneffectiveandpracticalmethodtoteachalanguage.Itisoriginallycalledoralapproach,whichisdevelopedbyBritishappliedlinguistsfromthe1930'
sto1960'
s(ShuDingfangandZhuangZhixiang180).
Itcanmakefulluseoflanguage,materialobjectsandmusictocreatearealisticsituationtostimulatelearnersemotionalexperienceandinspiretheirpositiveemotionandrefinethecharacterandformtheperfectpersonality,whichmayhelpstudentsgainthespiritofinnovation,cooperationandpracticeandcultivatestudents'
aestheticactivitythroughafeelingofbeauty,appreciatingbeautyandcreatingbeauty.
IllTheApplicationofSituationalTeachingMethod
Inthereadingprocess,thereadersgetinformationfromthevisualinputtoachieveinformationtransferringandideasexchanging,whichisanintendeddialogue,amentalprocessandintegratedthinkingactivities.Readingisanimportantwaytogetinformation.Themainpurposeoflanguagelearningistoimprovetheeffectivenessofobtaininginformationsothatitiscrucialtoimprovethequalityofreadingteaching.Multimediacanvividlyshowthetimesequence,spatialstructureandoperationmovementsofobjectivethings.Itcancombinetext,symbols,animation,soundandimagetocreaterealisticaudio-visualeffects.Videocanbreakthroughthelimitoftraditionalteachinginboundariesoftime,ageandgeographysoastoimprovetheteachingeffect.
Thetext“ANighttheEarthDidn,tSleep'
sanexampleofhowtousemultimediabeforereading,inreadingandafterreadingtocreatesituationsinhighschoolEnglishreadingteaching.Firstofall,thistextcanbedividedintothreesessions,whichmainlytalksaboutprecursorbeforetheTangshanearthquake,phenomenonanddestructionwhenitoccurredandrescueaftertheearthquake.Beforereadingthetext,theteacherplaysavideowithfloods,tsunamis,typhoons,andothernaturaldisastersontheearth.Thentheearthquakeappearsonthescreen,atthesametimetheteacheraddsomequestionsinit,forexample"
What'
shappeningwhenanearthquakebegins?
Pleasedescribewhatyouseeinthevideo.”
Afterwatchingthevideo,theteachergivesthestudentssomehintssuchashills,theground,housesandbuildings,treesandelectriclines.Itishelpfultostudents,applicationsofEnglish.Next,usepicturesonthescreentoshowtheanimals,actionbeforetheearthquakeoccurs.Letstudentsthinkandasksomeofthemtodescribethesenaturalphenomenasuchasbarkingdogs,flyingchickensandsoon.Afterthedescription,theteacherraisesomequestions,“Ifyouseesuchstrangeevents,howdoyoufeelandwhatwouldyoudo?
”Basedontheirownknowledge,thestudentsmaytalkabouttheirfeelingsandexperiences,thiscanachievetheapplicationoflanguage.Totrainstudents,divergentandexpansivethinking,“WhatdidthepeopleinTangshanthinkofthestrangeevents?
”
ThesecondparagraphtalksaboutwhathappenedduringtheTangshanearthquake.Theteachertakesadvantagesofchartsandpicturesonthescreentopromptstudentstofinddetailstomakeabriefconclusionofthedamagesofbuildingsanddeathtolls.Itmayhelpstudentstogetinformationofthe