On March 22, "Telling Chinese Stories in English" - a literacy-oriented junior high school English classroom teaching practice activity in the context of digitalization was held at the Donghu Campus of Wuluo Road Middle School, and junior high school English teachers from Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Wuhan shared the "whimsical ideas" of curriculum design on the same stage, bringing an "immersive" AI classroom experience.
More than 300 junior high school English teachers and key teachers from Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Wuhan gathered together to witness the highlight of the education of "telling Chinese stories in English".
Through the past and the present -
Convey the feelings of family and country in English
From ancient characters to mythological stories, from history and culture to innovative expressions, English classrooms full of Chinese wisdom have painted a beautiful picture of "Chinese culture spreading to the world".
"If Chang'e came to visit Su Shi in Huangzhou, what would they talk about?" Chen Ling, an English teacher at Wuluo Road Middle School, introduced the dialogue between Su Shi and Chang'e through a creative picture book, leading students to understand Su Shi's achievements in poetry, calligraphy, food, and being an official during his stay in Huangzhou. Through the understanding of Su Shi's open-minded spirit, students interpret "Su Shi and Hubei" and become the "little promotion officer" of Hubei cultural tourism.
"Nezha", who has dark circles under the eyes of "my life is up to me", has a group of small fans. Wang Pei, an English teacher at Shenzhen Foreign Chinese School, guided students to read the film review of "Nezha: The Demon Boy Descends to the World" paragraph by paragraph, and labeled "Nezha" with characters through posters, comics, keywords, etc., to help students deconstruct the text, reconstruct the text, and then write a film review in their own words.
"If I were a fool, I would choose to move instead of moving mountains!" said a student's answer in the classroom of Wang Yajun, an English teacher at Zhuhai Phoenix Middle School, sparked joyful laughter from the audience. In class, students not only retold the story of Yugong moving mountains in their own words, but also explored in depth why Yugong did not move or build roads, because in ancient times, "household registration" was practiced, and the ancients had the idea of relocating to a safe land.
When it comes to their favorite class, Zou Xinyue and Yang Bihan from Class 8 (9) of Wuluo Road Middle School replied in unison, "Of course, it's an English class", "We will also make sandwiches in class!"
Zhao Shufeng, head of the school's English teaching and research team, said that Wuluo Road Middle School holds a variety of activities every year, such as English festivals, English calligraphy competitions, English oral competitions, English textbook plays, English stage plays, etc., so that students can practice and improve in the activities. "A good learning atmosphere can stimulate students' enthusiasm and enthusiasm for learning!"
Technology empowerment——
When an AI teacher walks into the classroom
When the English classroom is plugged into the wings of digitalization, the classroom format is full of imagination.
In Chen Ling's class, students talk to "Su Shi" about their troubles brought by their friends, and "Su Shi" uses a consistent open-minded attitude to enlighten students to "think positive". In Wang Yajun's class, a foreign teacher "Anna" appeared, and it was precisely because "Anna" had a strong interest in traditional Chinese culture that the students explored the spirit of Yugong Yishan.
"Su Shi" and "Anna" are both generated by AI technology and have become the new "teaching assistants" in junior high school English classrooms. At the same time, digital tools such as live voting and real-time interaction also provide students with more opportunities for self-directed and cooperative learning.
Liu Yan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuluo Road Middle School and Executive Principal of Donghu Campus, said that the school has been committed to the deep integration of information literacy and subject teaching for many years, and has achieved fruitful results as an experimental school for smart classroom flipped classroom 2.0 in primary and secondary schools in Wuhan. At present, the school is participating in the practical research of the national primary and secondary school smart education platform base schools. "Today's classroom fully embodies the characteristics of cultural integration, discipline integration and digital literacy, and shows the efforts and achievements of teachers and students on the road of English teaching and research. ”
Li Rui, an English teacher and researcher at the Shenzhen Institute of Educational Sciences, said that the classroom intelligently uses AI to recreate and deeply process the discourse, so as to promote speaking and writing by listening, and the discourse is transformed into students' own knowledge step by step, showing the new path of implementing the English curriculum to establish morality and cultivate people.
Xu Jinfen, professor and doctoral supervisor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, mentioned in the lesson sharing that the digital background provides rich resources and diverse teaching methods for junior high school English classroom teaching. Through digital tools such as multimedia and online platforms, teachers can collect and organize a large number of English materials about Chinese stories, making the classroom teaching content more vivid and vivid. Digital tools also provide students with more opportunities for online discussions, group collaboration, etc., which helps to develop students' self-directed learning ability and teamwork spirit.
Luo Zhihui, director of the evaluation office of Hubei Provincial Institute of Educational Sciences and junior high school English teacher and researcher, introduced the connotation and functions of the digital platform in the sharing, among which the rich functions of the AI English teacher are impressive. She said that it is particularly important to cultivate students' cultural awareness in the classroom with cultural people and enlighten their minds.
Li Rui, a junior high school English teacher and researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Educational Sciences, said in his summary that AI can give poetry, and AI can also empower the classroom. "As English teachers in the new era, we should take root in the classroom and cultivate students' comprehensive literacy, and always pay attention to the development of digital technology to bring digitalization into the classroom. ”
"How I wish there was a replay of this lesson, it's great!" "I really want to listen to the pre of the first group of students again, the pronunciation is so good!" In the teacher's communication group, the likes and comments kept swiping the screen.
The English teacher of Wuhan No. 3 Boarding Middle School believes that Wang Pei has built a very good writing framework for the students in class, and the students can write in one go at a very high level. An English teacher at Fenghuang Middle School in Zhuhai said that Chen Ling's combination of Su Shi and Hubei truly reflects the regional characteristics, and the class is very exciting. "When I go back, I also want to study how to use AI to generate 'Su Shi'. ”
The tide of digitalization in education continues to surge, and more and more young students are establishing an international vision, cultivating family and country feelings, and strengthening cultural self-confidence in "telling Chinese stories well in English". In the educational stories that are still "growing", China's pulse is resonating with the world at the same frequency, and Chinese culture is becoming more and more moist and harmonious.