教学问答

• Mark B-牛津大学硕士老师如何教你学英语？

How would you test the student's level based on a 20 minute trial class?

你如何在20分钟的试听课中测试学生的英语水平？

Based on what I am informed about the student’s reading level before the class, I would decide on which reading material to show the student, starting at the easier end of their approximate level, so as not to discourage them. I would ask the student to read a sentence or two (or in other cases, just a few simple words, or letters of the alphabet). If the student is able to read with some fluency, I would ask them to continue reading at the same level for a while longer, to see if their apparent fluency is maintained. If it is, I would then show the student other material which is slightly more difficult to read, and so on, until we reach the point at which they begin to find it difficult. That would clarify what their true level of reading is. That point of difficulty is the level at which we would need to work at improving their general reading. On a more detailed level, it is also worth noticing which specific words the student finds difficult, and to see if a pattern exists - for example, certain word endings. This would then be noted as something which needs to be addressed specifically. If the student has a good ability to read the words, the other issue to consider is whether the student reads in an expressive way, so that the words are given their proper meaning, feeling, and context when read. But of course, this will also depend on the student’s knowledge of vocabulary.

试听前基于对学生水平的简单了解，来决定使用哪个材料来让学生阅读，从比他们是水平简单一点的内容开始，这样避免使他们感到气馁。我将让学生读一两句（或另外一种情况，仅仅简单读些词汇或字母表里的字母）。如果学生能很流利的朗读，我会让他们继续多读一会儿，看看他们是否能够一直保持这样的流利程度。如果一直很流利，我就要选择稍难读的材料给他们，等等，直到我发现他们开始有点吃力。这种方法能测出他们的真正阅读水平，而相对吃力的那个部分，就是未来我们需要努力提升的阅读部分。更进一步说，那些学生觉得较难的特殊词汇也是值得注意的，然后寻找一下是否有规律可寻。比如，某些单词的词尾。然后需要把这部分记录下来，后面需要特别处理的问题。如果学生在阅读词汇上有不错的能力，那么另一个值得考虑的问题是他/她是否能用一种表达的方式阅读，这样朗读时这些词句便被赋予了自己的含义、感受和内容。但是，当然这也要取决于学生对词汇知识储备。

• Mark B-牛津大学硕士老师如何教你学英语？

How would you structure a regular 30 minute class? What methods would you use?

30分钟的正式课，你是怎么安排？你用什么方法？

At the start of the lesson, the student would be given the new vocabulary that they will learn by the end of the lesson, and which they can later review to retain. Any simple homework the student has done would be looked at. (More complicated homework would be marked later, outside of class.) The student would be praised for their correct answers, and any wrong answers would be explained to them until they understand. In general, the lesson would be divided equally between the different areas that the student needs to study. For example, it may be one-third reading, one-third reading comprehension questions, and one-third writing and spelling.

上课开始时，我就会给出这次课要他们学的新词汇，后面会对这些词汇进行加深巩固。学生完成的简单的作业我会看一下（复杂一点的作业会我在课下检查）。学生作业完成的正确时要给与表扬，而出错的练习题我会给予解释直到他们明白为止。总的来说，一节课将根据学生需要学习的不同领域划分开来。举例来说，1/3时间用于阅读，1/3时间用来理解问题，最后的1/3时间用于写作和拼读。

• Mark B-牛津大学硕士老师如何教你学英语？

How would you relate one lesson to nest so as to ensure the student has retained the key points and make your lessons systemic?

你如何让每节课和每节课之间都有衔接，系统化你的课程？

The areas covered in the last lesson can be revisited over the course of the next lesson, by including some new examples here and there to ensure the student has not forgotten the past points and still approaches them correctly. Often, a point that has previously been covered can be naturally combined with a new point, so that one is building on what was already learned. Similarly, vocabulary that was previously introduced can be incorporated in new lessons verbally, so it is not lost. Quick tests can be given every five lessons to check that what was learned for the last four lessons has been retained.

课堂最后环节讲过的内容可以在下次课时进行回顾，其中包括一些新的例子，以此保证学生加深记忆并能正确使用该知识点。之前学过的知识点常常能和新知识点相结合，因此知识的学习是要建立在之前知识的基础之上的。同样，之前学过的词汇也将通过口头复习的方式包含在本次课中，这样才不会忘记。每5次课都会有一个小测，来检查前面4次课学的内容是否扎实。

• Mark B-牛津大学硕士老师如何教你学英语？

What improvement would you expect your student make after 10 or 20 hours?

10小时/20小时后你期待学生什么样的进步？

After 10 hours, I would expect the student to show a marked improvement in ability, and be far more confident, in the areas that have been studied and covered. After 20 hours, the student should be close to advancing to the next grade level in the areas covered. Of course, faithfully doing the homework set is important to making progress and to achieving these goals, and no two students are identical, so this is only a general guide.

10小时后，我期望学生能够在能力上有显著的提升，并且对学习过的领域变得更自信。20小时后，学生应该可以接近于比所学内容的高的那个级别。当然，说实话，对于进步后者取得这些成功，作业布置环节也是相当重要的，然而每个孩子都是不同的，所以以上只是就一个普遍情况的概述。