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1、“Mindthegap”:buildingbridgesbetweenstudentsreadersandtexts作者／来源：徐汇中学张琼 发布时间：2004-04-02Discoveringthegapbetweenstudentsreadersandtexts Intheunderwaywhenpassengersdisembarkfromasubwaytrain,aclearvoicewarnsasthedoorsopen,“Mindthegap”,becausethereisasmallcrevicebetw
2、eentheedgeoftheplatformandthefloorofthetrain.Atothertimes,thereisamoreobviousgapbetweenourstudents’interests,readingabilities,levelsoflifeexperiences,andtheworldofthetextstheyareaskedtoread.Nowourstudentsarelearning“TheNewCenturySeniorEnglish”bookwhichisregardedason
3、eofthemodestandbesttextbooks.Duringtheteachingprocessweteachersfindthiskindofgapappearedfrequently.Eventhoughourtextbooksareappreciatedbyteachersandstudentsforitswideknowledge,variousthemes,clearstructures,open-mindedideas,largevocabularyandsoon,moststudentswouldfin
4、dsuchgapsbetweenthemandtexts.Whileafewgoodstudentsleapgracefullyoversuchgaps,manyotherstudentsfindreadingdifficultorinsignificantinlearningtextsfordifferentreasons:theymaylackappropriateskills,motivations,interests,ortrustinthelearningsystem,ortheyjustmightnotlikele
5、arningEnglish,theteacher,orthewaythetextbookmakesthemfeeltoodifficultanddumb.SowhatcouldanEnglishteacherdotohelpthem?Tomyopinion,textsthatpresentnodifficultiesforreadersareusuallyjudgedtobeattheir“pleasure”readinglevel,ratherthanatthe“instructional”level.Ourstudents
6、needinstructionfromteacherswhentheyarecarryingsometasksthrough.TeachersasBridge Howdoesa“bridge”doinourdailylife?Ithelpsusconnectonepointtoanother,similarly,textsneedtohavebridgestobuiltintothemwhenourstudentsfeelconfusedaboutthem.Teachersarethebridge.Oftenwedevote
7、tohelpingconnectourstudentswiththetextbookbyourownexperiencetoopenstudentstotheworldofthetext.Wehelpstudentsfindnewperspectives,newideas,andnewunderstandingofotherpeople,place,andtimesbystudyingthe“instructional”leveltext.Butsomestudentsoftencan’tfeelcomfortableinth
8、eworldoftext,evencan’teasilyunderstandthemeaningofthetext.Astheirteacher,weshouldtryourbesttohelpthemleapthegap.Forinstance,unit6“Goingtot
