Elementary English Teaching Notes

Primary School English Teaching Random Thoughts

First, Elementary school students are full of curiosity, and they are naturally more interested in a new language and way of expression. English teaching should protect and cultivate students' this interest, laying a solid foundation for subsequent learning. Emphasis should be placed on creating contexts, incorporating activities, tasks, and games, allowing students to perceive the language in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, and avoiding direct, mechanical drills as much as possible. However, in actual teaching, teachers do not conduct sufficiently comprehensive and in-depth research on the teaching materials, the creation of contexts is not successful enough, and the teaching is relatively rigid For example, directly informing students of the meaning of sentences and having them take notes This often deprives students of the opportunity for active perception, and in the long run ， students will develop dependence and become passive learners.

Secondly, English teachers should use English as much as possible. This can subtly increase English language input and create an English language context. Many teachers worry that children won't understand and use a lot of Chinese in their teaching. In fact, ， as long as teachers refine their classroom language, carefully guide students through various means, and patiently work with them, they can understand. This just requires a certain process and cannot be achieved overnight.

Also, it is important to cultivate students' comprehensive language literacy and basic skills, such as standard writing, fluent reading, phonetic awareness, questioning skills, and English thinking. These cannot be achieved immediately, but teachers should focus on students' long-term development and continuously cultivate these skills. In English learning, ， many students have weak pronunciation skills, rely on rote memorization of words, have substandard pronunciation (such as overemphasis on final consonants), and lack a questioning attitude. These all require teachers to have a broad perspective on English education, cultivate students' English literacy, and focus on their continuous development.