摘要
The New Curriculum Standards (NCS) for Middle Schools require students to complete certain amount of English reading as extra-curricular practice at Junior and Senior high levels respectively. Such standards encourage independent and collaborative learning but may pose a challenge to the test-oriented English teaching in China. Pressed by the graduation and enrollment rates, do teachers still care for organizing extra-curricular reading If yes, are the methods they use effective and scientific To answer these questions, our research team conducted a two-year research in Beijing middle schools. The results show that extra-curricular reading has been implemented differently at different levels to different degrees. Some teachers have worked out feasible, successful methods in accord with international practices, some schools are just starting their experiments, and some have not made plans yet. By analyzing the favored organizing and monitoring methods, and evaluating their benefits and limits, this paper hopes to offer some implications to the researchers with the same endeavor.
新课标课外累计阅读量化指标要求初中生、高中生在毕业前要分别完成15万字和36万字的阅读量。新指标对应试教育下的英语教学无疑是个挑战。目前,各个学校课内教学任务课时都不够,还有时间组织课外阅读吗?如果有,它们的组织形式和监测方式科学吗?为回答以上问题,首师大课外阅读调研项目组在北京进行了为时两年的调研。调研数据表明:课外累计阅读的实施层次、方法不一,有的教师已经摸索出符合国际惯例的成功方法,有的学校却尚未尝试或刚刚起步。调研报告对各种操作监测方式的成因和利弊进行了较详尽的分析,对有志于此类研究的教师有一定的启发。
