今天這篇文章與以往不同的是，王萍Apple老師分享了自身的雅思教學經驗。Apple具備11年英語教學經驗，21歲以優異的成績碩士畢業于法國精英大學——雷恩高等商學院，并加入新東方國外考試部，曾幫助過成千上萬的學生。在她看來，加入天行，是她數十年教學經驗的沉淀與升華。
In today's article, Ms. Wang shares her own IELTS teaching experience. She has 11 years’ experience in English teaching. At the age of 21, She graduated with a master's degree from Rennes School of Business, an elite French university, and joined the Foreign Examination Department of New Oriental, helping thousands of students. From her perspective, Joining Teenson International School is the accumulation and sublimation of her teaching experience.
加入天行之后，我一直在探究的問題是：國際高中應該培養學生具備怎樣的英文能力，才能在未來的競爭當中脫穎而出？以及以何種方式去培養這些能力，如何去更好地完成教學？
After joining Teenson, I have been exploring the question: what kind of English ability should international high schools cultivate for students to stand out in future competition? And, more importantly, how to achieve these targets through teaching?
▲本文作者Apple老師
培養學生的學術英文能力
國外大學強調的是學生的學術英文能力（Academic English），比如閱讀英文資料，聽懂教師授課，參與課堂討論甚至獨立完成演講，以及撰寫論文等。具備這些能力的學生，能夠在學業上取得更大的優勢。試想一下，如果一個學生可以在課前預習階段，使用快速閱讀的技巧自學掌握基礎知識點，之后得以在課堂上充分吸收教師的講解，積極參與課堂上由教師引導的分析與討論，提出有價值的問題，同時記錄好課堂筆記用于課后復習記憶，并在期末考試中撰寫出邏輯清晰論文，那么其學業成績必然不會太差。我自己就是這樣的一個例子。
Foreign universities emphasize academic English ability, including reading English materials, understanding lectures, participating in class discussions and even delivering speech, and writing papers. Students equipped with these abilities can gain a greater advantage in their studies. Imagine, if a student can apply fast reading skills to master basic knowledge as preparation before class, absorb teacher’s explanation, actively participate in discussion guided by teachers, and propose valuable questions in class, jot down class notes for exam revision, and write logical essays in final exams, their academic performance won’t be too bad. I am an example of this myself.
▲新年晚會上Apple老師與學生
而這些能力，也正是雅思（A類）、托?？荚嚦鲱}者試圖去評估的語言能力。
And these are the language skills that test-makers of IELTS and TOEFL are trying to evaluate.
英文有其本身的語言之美，但其內容更有思維之美、知識之美。學習英文的樂趣，更多地在于吸收知識，培養思維。
English has its own beauty in language, but it also has beauty in thinking and knowledge. The pleasure of learning English lies more in absorbing knowledge and cultivating thinking.
比如語法，我認為其側重點在于準確地理解和充分地表達。如果語言的學習只背單詞不學語法，那么在閱讀時會“單詞都認識，意思不理解”，甚至開始在腦海當中排列組合，拼湊出似是而非的句意，做題的時候正中出題者“下懷”。所以語法的學習第一方面是要側重理解能力。第二方面是側重表達能力。是為了準確表達自己的意思和思維，才不得不使用特定語氣、使用復雜的結構。而如果用復雜的語法表達簡單的意思，作文難免顯示頭重腳輕，甚至在雅思考試中有背誦之嫌而被壓低分數。所以，寫作中語法的講解，也要結合思維的拓展，循序漸進地學習，同時讓學生體會到語言之美。在考試中，語法理解不準確，聽力、閱讀難得高分；語法掌握不充分，口語、寫作難得高分。
For teaching grammar, I think the emphasis lies on accurate understanding and adequate expressing. Memorizing words without learning grammar would result in “knowing all the words without understanding the meaning”. Students even try to randomly arrange the words in their mind to make up a paradoxical meaning of the sentence, and eventually fall in to the trap designed by exam-maker. Therefore, grammar learning firstly should focus on accurate understanding, and secondly adequate expressing. Students use a specific tone and complex structure only in order to express their meaning accurately. Using complex grammar to express simple meaning would make the composition disharmonious, even be suspected as recitation and obtain low scores in IELTS. Therefore, the teaching of grammar should be combined with the development of thinking, so that students can realize the beauty of language step by step. In the exam, students without accurate understanding rarely score high in listening and reading, while those without adequate expressing rarely in speaking and writing.
▲Apple老師對學生進行口測
再比如詞匯，我喜歡追根溯源的思維，從語源的角度理解單詞的本來意思，再向學生拓展單詞在不同語境中的比喻義(metaphor meaning)及具體用法。這樣記憶更準確、更容易遷徙，單詞的使用也更加靈活、地道，在各種場景（如TED演講、外文期刊）中遇到也能夠更好地理解其意思。
For teaching vocabulary, I’d like to trace back to etymology, firstly teach the original meaning, and then elicit metaphor meaning in different contexts. In this way, the memory of Chinese meaning is more accurate, and easier to migrate; and the usage of words is more flexible, so that students can better understand them in TED talks or English magazines.
而發音的教學，除了單個音素的音準，我更強調重讀、語音現象、語調及節奏。因為這些可以讓聽眾更容易理解你要表達的意思，同時也顯得更加流利。語言學習最終的目的是實現溝通。
In the teaching of pronunciation, I emphasize stress, intonation and rhythm. This will make it easier for the audience to understand what you are trying to say, and at the same time make your speech more fluent. The ultimate goal of language learning is communication.
在天行，有沉淀，更有升華
天行有著十分優秀的教學氛圍，有每周固定的教研活動推動教師不斷成長，有和新東方的聯合教研去一起探究最適合中國國際高中生的語言教學方式，有慷慨的同事互相聽課共同進步，有經驗豐富的教學校長給我們提供寶貴的教學建議。在這樣的環境中，我的角色也慢慢從講授者變成引導者。我變成了一個友善、慷慨、發散的雜家，讓學生成為課堂的主角。我會每天精心給學生設計作業單，引導學生有效地自主學習，一點一滴地成長；我會廣泛使用課外材料，去拓展學生的知識、詞匯和思維，激發學生的學習興趣；而合作式的教學方式，往往有奇效，學生們在合作和競爭的氛圍中，經常做出超出我預期的表現。在學生的要求下，我也會設計游戲、競賽、辯論、演講等課堂環節，同學們躍躍欲試，提升語言的應用能力及自信心，并積極參加校外的演講比賽。
Teenson has a very good teaching atmosphere. Here we organize teaching and researching activity every week, conduct joint research with New Oriental to explore the most suitable English teaching method for Chinese international high school students, provide valuable teaching suggestions given by experienced teaching principals. In such an environment, I gradually change my role from a lecturer to a mentor. I became a kind, generous, and divergent person, making students the key character of the class. I will deliberately design the homework to guide students to learn independently and make gradual progress. I will make extensive use of extracurricular materials to expand students' knowledge, vocabulary and thinking, and simultaneously stimulate their interest in learning. Moreover, the cooperative teaching method I employed often works dramatically, since students often do better than I expected in cooperation and competition. At the request of students, I also design games, competitions, debates, speeches and other classroom activities. Students are eager to try, meanwhile to improve their language ability and self-confidence. I also encourage them to actively participate in the extra-curricular competitions.
▲課上，學生在做presentation
期待以我的教學經驗和理念，幫助更多天行的孩子，培養出優秀的語言應用能力，并在出國考試中斬獲佳績。
With my teaching experience, I am looking forward to helping more talented children develop excellent language ability and achieve satisfying results in the overseas exams.
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撰寫：Apple 王 萍
攝影：Jack 方 晨
編輯：Wendy 賈西貝
翻譯：Apple 王 萍
朗讀：Cathy 樂開心
主編：Jane 肖 依
總編：Gary 高 陸
文章來源：公眾號《天行中文》
