Solongasteachersfailtodistinguish(differ)betweenteachingandlearning,theywillcontinuetoundertaketodoforchildrenthatwhichonlychildrencandoforthemselves.Teachingchildrentoreadisnotpassingreadingontothem.Itiscertainlynotendlesshoursspentinactivitiesaboutreading.Douglasinsiststhat“readingcannotbetaughtdirectlyandschoolsshouldstoptryingtodotheimpossible”. Teachingandlearningaretwoentirelydifferentprocesses.Theydifferinkindandfunction.Thefunctionofteachingistocreatetheconditionsandtheclimatethatwillmakeitpossibleforchildrentoplancleverlythemostefficient(有效的)systemforteachingthemselvestoread.Teachingisalsoapublicactivity:Itcanbeseenandobserved. Learningtoreadinvolvesallthateachindividualdoestounderstandtheworldofprintedlanguage.Almostallofitisprivate,forlearningisanoccupationofthemind,andthatprocessisnotopentopublicscrutiny. Ifteacherandlearnerrolesarenotinterchangeable,whatthencanbedonethroughteachingthatwillaidthechildinthelongsearchforknowledge?Smithhasoneprincipleruleforallteachinginstructions.“Makelearningtoreadeasy,whichmeansmakingreadingameaningful,enjoyableandfrequentexperienceforchildren.” Whentherolesofteacherandlearnerareseenforwhattheyare,andwhenbothteacherandlearnerfulfillthemproperly,thenmuchofthepressureandfeelingoffailureforbothisgotridof.Learningtoreadismadeeasierwhenteacherscreateanenvironmentwherechildrenaregiventhechancetosolvetheproblemoflearningtoreadbylearning. 小题1:Theproblemwiththereadingcourseasmentionedinthefirstparagraphisthat_______. |
A.toomuchtimeisspentinteachingaboutreading |
B.readingtasksaregivenwithlittleguidance |
C.itisoneofthemostdifficultschoolcourses |
D.studentsspendlimitedhoursinreading |
小题2:Theteachingofreadingwillbesuccessfulif_______. A.teacherscanmaketheirteachingactivitiesobservableB.teacherscanteachtheirstudentshowtoreadC.teacherscanimproveconditi