Reading for Fun

——Reader Rafting阅读项目系列报道（二） 

Hi everybody, let’s raft into Level 1’s reading classes today.

今天，小编带大家走进一级的阅读课堂，见识见识小枫叶们的阅读力。

In order to empower our little students to be able to read fluently soon, we have to build their confidence with loads of vocabulary. The kinship in Good English is so well portrayed that students are very comfortable with it. They connect well with them and can identify all characters. They enjoy doing role play.

自信心和词汇量能帮助低级别学生更流利地阅读。老师们选择了牛津大学出版社出版的《Good English》作为一级的读物。阅读课上，孩子们被图文并茂的内容和鲜活生动的语言深深吸引着。开篇介绍的几位人物，小编都没来得及分清楚，小枫叶们已经能快速、准确地喊出他们的名字并厘清人物关系了，还兴高采烈地模仿着他们的表情，仿佛自己就是那个小主人公。

With the phonics they have already mastered, they are capable to constantly refer back to it and recognize it. The students seem comfortable not understanding every word. The teachers reflect on the colors and feeling of the characters. We connect to social science when we demonstrate the word “shadow” by using a torch to make hand shadows on the white wall. Then we follow it up with a short video on “shadow art”.

结合正在学习的自然拼读法，即使面对新单词，孩子们也能自如地大声说出来，再由老师纠正，并跟读原声录音，学习纯正、地道的发音。不仅如此，老师们还将阅读课和实际生活结合了起来。比如，在看到“影子”这一页时，外教拿出了手电筒，向大家展示影子是怎么产生的；又观看了手影的视频，学习了几个可爱小动物的手影游戏。来句理论性的总结，阅读课真是融趣味性、知识性和科学性于一体。

We conclude our lessons by bringing an activity to the students to reinforce what they have learned. Learning English naturally in a fun and relaxed atmosphere makes reading so easy!

最后，小枫叶们画出自己最喜欢的角色或者同一个角色不同的表情，愉快地结束了今天的阅读课。在故事中轻松、快乐、自然地习得英语，谁还不喜欢阅读呢？

Teachers prepare lessons according to the learning goals of the Maple Leaf ESL Curriculum Standard. For Level 1 Language Competence: recognizing introductory words about name and age, expressions related to feeling, words associated with kinship and people are part of the learning goals. Drawing pictures of characters after reading meets goal requirements for strategic competence.

老师在阅读课上设计的每一个环节都和《枫叶ESL分级课程标准》紧密联系。学生在有趣的阅读课中，学会了用英文进行介绍、表达自己的情感、分清家庭和人物关系，并且画出了喜爱的人物肖像，而这些正是《枫叶ESL分级课程标准》对一级学生语言能力和学习策略的要求。看，我们小枫叶们都掌握得不错！

Let’s read for fun. Not only in reading classes, we also encourage our students to try their best in reading outside of the class.

阅读强调激发兴趣、培养语感、开阔视野、启迪心智。小枫叶们在课后也别忘了积极阅读！