上海燎原国际高中小小读书会(Literature Circle)成效大大的

提高学生阅读理解能力和参与度，来自一线教师的实践总结

读书会爱阅读，爱生活正视阅读难题

Most English language learners often say that reading, which is a vital element of language learning, is boring and difficult. That being said there are a large number of students who struggle with reading. Some lack interest and others simply have difficulty understanding what they are reading. Comprehension and motivation are two critical factors when it comes to the success of struggling readers.

阅读是语言学习的重要组成，但大多数英语学习者常常觉得阅读枯燥乏味，很难。虽然这样，依然有大批学生跟阅读死磕着，誓要征服阅读难关。也有一些学生对阅读根本提不起兴趣，也很难理解所阅读的文章究竟在讲什么。对于那些在阅读理解方面有困难的同学，理解能力和学习动机是克服阅读难关的两大要素。

▼ 文科教研会上，主任教师 Kimberly 与各位老师一起探讨如何提高学生阅读能力，初次提出“读书会”的概念

“读书会”妙想

Diving into literature circles has been a tremendously new experience for me. My aim was to create a different atmosphere of practicing language with a more realistic purpose in a more authentic environment and to have students to be able to personalize, think about, and analyze text. I wanted to see if literature circles provide an exciting way to promote student engagement in extensive reading by means of cooperative learning and collaborative work, increase foreign language competence and offer the potential to promote reading for enjoyment.

在学生中深入开展读书会，对我而言是一个全新的教学体验。我开展阅读会的目的，在于为学生创造一个富有创意的、不同寻常的语言操练环境，让学生能够在一个更加真实的语言学习环境中，取得力所能及的进步，而不会在过高的目标面前望而却步，这样学生能够按自己的节奏思考、分析文章。我希望通过读书会中所提倡的合作学习和协同**的方式，来提高阅读的趣味性，使学生能够较大程度地参与到泛读的过程中，这样能够逐步提高学生的外语能力，将令学生头疼的阅读变为一种享受和乐趣。

▼Kimberly 提出“读书会”的概念后，老师们分组讨论

“读书会”是啥?

The term ‘literature circles’ in the English classroom refers to; a student-centered activity of small groups of students reading the same piece of literature to accomplish different tasks like preparing questions, reporting challenging vocabulary, finding cultural items, determining the well written parts or making connections with the present-day society.

在英语课堂中，“读书会(literature circles)”这一课堂用语是指，以学生为中心的小组阅读活动，同一组内的同学阅读同一文学作品，并合作完成不同的阅读任务，比如整理相关问题、找出具有挑战性的词汇、找出富有文化特色的词条、标注出写得好的部分、或者将文本中所讲的内容与当下社会做。

▼ 围成圈圈，读起来

不要太赞

The teachers in the Liberal Arts and Humanities Department learned that literature circles take an individual act and turns it into a social one where students create meaning with other students by enhancing student motivation, provide real-life context for engaging literate conversations, and promote thoughtful literacy. Students are not left to guess or figure things out on their own; rather, they are supported by their teacher and peers to do well.

人文科学部门的老师在践行“读书会”的过程中，发现在“读书会”活动将阅读变为社交，阅读不再局限于个人，学生需要与其他同学一起阅读，去领会理解文章内容，因此学生的积极性大大提高了。同时“读书会”为学生提供了一个参与文学对话的真实环境，提倡对文本的深入思考。学生不用再自己苦苦猜测或绞尽脑汁思考文章究竟在讲什么，他们有了来自老师和其他同学的支持。

▼ 相互交流，收获大

找对方法，事半功倍

The students in grade 11 were monitored for two weeks and were observed working cooperatively in small groups. The groups of students participated in specific roles throughout their reading and upon completion of the reading and reading role, then students would come together to discuss what they have read. Students were accountable to one another, and they did hold each other responsible for being prepared for the group discussion. I have watched students become very frustrated and express their disappointment with a peer who came unprepared, and it rarely happened a second time. These discussions became authentic, important and meaningful opportunities for students to discuss, debate and engage with each other about the text.

在对11年级学生长达两周的听课过程中，我发现小组内能够实现的合作。每个小组的同学在阅读过程中扮演者不同的角色，在完成自己的阅读任务后，他们能够在一起展开富有成效的讨论。组内成员相互之间分工明确，通过我的观察发现，他们都能够很好地完成自己的分工任务，积极参与到小组地讨论汇总中。当然有的小组配合可能不那么成功，有的同**抱怨没有准备好的同学拖了后腿，但一般这样的情况不会再次出现。小组讨论为同学们提供了真实的、重要而有意义的平台，让同学们通过讨论、辩论，分享观点、共同合作、交流文章。

▼ G11-3 学生实践“读书会”

实践出真知

I realize it is crucial for students to have a voice in their learning. Without that voice many become disengaged. Lack of motivation is a real problem in schools and it is up to educators to continue working hard to reach their students. As I continue my journey as an educator I look forward to the opportunities to improve my teachings for my students. They are the reason I am here in the first place. Students today are the leaders of tomorrow and in order for them to build a successful future they need to have the proper tools. Literature circles are magic in that they have the power to transform foreign language learners from passive, rather shy, quiet students into students who eagerly point at their texts in order to support their arguments while sharing their opinions in English.

我发现，让学生主动参与教学过程，表达他们自己的声音，也是非常重要的。没有来自学生的声音，教学就脱离了学生这个主体。学生缺乏学习积极性是很多学校普遍存在的一个现实问题，如何能够真正触及到学生，让学生真正全身心投入课堂中，取决于每个教育**者是否能够努力探索这样的教学方法。作为一名将教育视为终身事业的教育**者，我一直都在不断探索各式各样的教学方法，来提高我的教学水平。我之所以为老师正是因为肩负着“传道授业”的重任。今天的学生是明天的领导者，他们需要恰当的工具帮助他们成就明天的辉煌。阅读会的魔力，就在于能够将被动、害羞、不善言谈的学生，转变为，为了支撑自己的论点而焦急地指着文中的论据，激烈地用英语辩论、分享观点的学生。

▼ 将“读书会”渗透到生活中

学生反馈

by YangYang from G11-2

Lately,our literature teacher Kim invented a new learning form for a betterunderstanding of To Kill A Mocking Bird,which is the novel we have been reading recently. Everyone reads the same chapter.Then we are asked to go into different groups for different tasks. We have jobslike asking questions you don't understand during the chapter, giving a summaryof the chapter, etc. There is also some other interesting work. My task in thegroup is to find two paragraphs in one chapter, which I think will be interestingor important to share with my classmates.

最近，我们的文学老师Kim发明了一种新的教学方法，用来帮助我们学生更好地学习我们学的小说《杀死一只知更鸟》这本书。大家读一个新篇章，然后我们分成不同的小组，每个人都有不同的任务。有人要提出两三个具有建设性的问题，有人要对这一章内容做出概括。除此之外还有别的有趣的**，比如我的任务是要找出章节中我感兴趣的两段分享给同学。

At class, we first have 10 minutes for discussing in groups. We talk to our groupmates and share our opinions on the content. After that, everyone will get an opportunity to share their opinions tothe class.

在课堂上，我们首先有10分钟时间进行小组讨论。大家各抒己见，议论纷纷。接着每个人都有机会上讲台发言和全班分享自己的看法。

We'veoperated like this for two weeks. I find it interesting. In this way, everyonehas a chance to show their upsides and downsides of their understanding. And wecan learn the novel more thoroughly. I like this new method and I enjoyliterature class time, actually I always do.

我们已经像这样操作了两周了，我认为这很有趣。这样的小组讨论法让我们每个人都有机会发言分享，我们也会更深入地了解这本书。我喜欢这个新方法，我也更喜欢文学课啦，虽然我一直很喜欢。

学生反馈

by Angela from G11-2

Recently,our literature class got some special changes. When we studied the new book: To Kill a Mockingbird, Kim got a new wayfor us to learn things. So the way is that two or three of us were separatedinto small groups, and got our own job. There were five different roles intotal. We discussed in the group first then talked about it as a class.

最近在学习：“杀死一只反舌鸟”的过程中，我们的文学课有了一些变化，文学老师Kim为我们提供了一种崭新的学习方式。我们被三三两两的分组，然后有我们各自分别的作业去完成。一共有五种类型的分组，我们先组内讨论然后再班级讨论。

The first role I got was Discussion Director, we thought about some questionsof this new chapter then analyzed the possible answer. We did it for 1 week, afterthat we changed another role, the next one for me was Literary Luminary. Ishould highlight important things in this chapter.

我**个得到的分组是在看了文章后提出一些问题，然后讨论有可能的回答。做了一周之后我们调换了分组，第二个我的分组是去划出文章中一些重要的片段。

Actually those different roles help us learn better, while we readthrough the whole chapter, we have a more specific aim than before. We knowexactly what we should do, also can get more detailed information from theclass discussion time. In addition, we don’t do the same thing all the time isthe point I should mentioned. We try different ways to learn those literaturethings every week, so it won’t become boring.

其实这些不同的分组很大程度上的帮助了我们学习，我们读书的时候，有了比以前更加清晰的目标。我们完全知道读完书后自己该做什么，也能从之后的课堂讨论中得到更多细节的消息。另外，我们会换分组也是我要提的一点，这使我不会因为一直在一个分组而觉得很无聊。

Anyway, those new activitiesmake me feel delighted for learning literature. I look forward for more creativelearning style like this.

不论怎么说，这些新的活动使我觉得学习文学很开心。我期待更多像这个一般有趣的学习方式。

学生反馈

by Sammi from G11-2

This semester we have a new book To Kill aMockingbird. It’s a good book about unfairness and prejudice in early America.Recently, our literature class has some new fun activities. The one that I lovethe most is literature role. Our teacher Kim separates us into different groupsand each group member has their own role. There are five roles in total, usuallywe discuss with our group first and then say it in front of the class.

这个学期我们学习了一本新的小说——《杀死一只反舌鸟》。这本书很好的反映了美国从前的不公平和偏见。这段时间里我们有许多有趣的课堂活动，我最喜欢的就是文学讨论小组的活动。我们的老师Kim将我们分配到不同的小组，并且每个组员都有他们自己的任务。我们一共有五个分组，通常我们会先进行小组讨论接着再和全班同学分享。

At the beginning, I was the discussion director. I need to think aboutsome questions of chapters we read and ask my group members. During the courseI share my ideas with my classmates and got a chance to express myself. Now I’mthe Literature Luminary. My job is to find interesting things of the book.

最开始我是讨论领导者。我需要找到一些有趣的问题然后对我的组员进行提问。在这个过程中我和我的组员交流分享了我的想法并且得到了表达我自己的机会。现在我的**是将文章中的重点划出来分享。

Myopinions towards this activity are:

1. It's a great opportunity tosee things from others points of view. I can tell from other’s words andunderstand my classmates’ thoughts.

2. I have a chance to express myself and share my ownthoughts of this novel with my classmates.

3. For our class, it’s also a good way to communicatewith others and improve our teamwork skills.

在这个课堂活动中我有一下几点心得体会：

1. 这是一个从别人的观点考虑问题的机会。我可以从同学的语言中明白理解他们的想法。

2. 我有一个很好的机会和我的同学分享表达我的想法。

3. 对于我们整个班级来说，这种课堂活动是与互相交流和提高团队活动能力的好方法。

Finally, I want to thanks our teacher for giving ussuch a awesome activity during the class to help us understand the novel in aninteresting way.

最后我想谢谢老师在课堂上给我们这样一个非常棒的活动，来帮助我们用一个更加有趣的方法来理解这篇文章。

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