小学英语老师必读吗？
昨日收到来自河南焦作的小冯的信息，小冯老师发来了一张电脑的截图，然后问道：田老师，打扰你了。后天有个区里的公开课。在这节课的巩固环节想自编个chant。可是找了这么多天，也没找到合适的伴奏乐曲。不知道您有没有好的建议。
仔细读着小冯老师提供的语言材料。一边读，一边打着节奏。于是，结合自己的认知理解和节奏的需要，将以上的文字材料进行适当的增加，变成了以下的内容。
Sweets, sweets
Some sweets.
Can I have some sweets?
Yes, you can.
Yes, you can.
Yes, you can.
Sweets. Sweets
Some sweets.
Can I have some sweets?
Sorry, you can’t.
Sorry, you can’t.
Sorry, you can’t.
确定以上文本之后，在电脑上找寻到曾经存储的一段鼓点的伴奏音乐。打开Audacity,先将这段节奏音乐导入，然后点击录音功能，于是，在鼓点的伴奏下有节奏地进行了朗读。录制完毕，将杂音消掉，将人声放大，将音平均衡，保存并导出成为MP3格式的文件，就此搞定。
非常感谢小冯老师的信任，感谢她给了我一个机会围绕Chants在小学英语教学中的运用有了更多的一些思考。
第一、何为 chants
网络搜索，给出这样的答案：words or phrases that are repeated again and again by a group of people
第二、为什么 Chants
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小学生年龄特点，活泼好动，有效记忆时间短，要求我们采用形式多样的教学活动帮助学生学习；
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Chants有它独特的优势。不仅可以尝试着将要点单词和句型反复地呈现，而且可以让孩子们在欢快的节奏下一边朗朗诵读巩固所学，还能够激发孩子们的学习兴趣；
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Chants很适合“五音不全”的朋友们运用。只要把握好节奏，朗朗地读起来就好。
第三、怎样用 Chants
实例一：Practice stress and rhythm
* Choose a jazz chant you want to use and make one copy of the chant for every pair of students in your class.
* Play the recording for the first time just for fun.
Give each student a copy of the recording script, and play the recording again as they listen and read at the same time.
* Put students into pairs and have them put a small circle above each word that is stressed. Check their answers, then play the recording again as they listen and check.
* Finally, play the recording one more time and have students sing along.
实例二：Review vocabulary
* Check the vocabulary focus for each jazz chant and choose one you want to review. Make one copy of the Recording script for every two students in your class.
* Write the vocabulary focus on the board and put students into pairs to make a list of as many associated words as they can.
* Play the recording and have students note all the words they hear that are associated with the vocabulary focus.
* Give each student a copy of the Recording script, and play the recording again as they listen and read at the same time. Tell them to underline all the target words.
* Finally, play the recording one more time and have students sing along.
实例三：Review grammar
* Check the grammar focus for each jazz chant and choose one you want to review. Make one copy of the Recording script for every two students in your class.
* Write the grammar focus on the board and put students into pairs to make a few example sentences using the grammar.
* Play the recording and have students note how many times they hear the target grammar.
* Give each student a copy of the Recording script, and play the recording again as they listen and read at the same time. Tell them to underline each example of the target grammar.
* Finally, play the recording one more time and have students sing along.
第四、创编Chants的注意事项
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我们要努力提升自己的英语专业水平，深钻教材，根据教学的需要，在原有文本的基础之上，把握关键点并结合节奏的需要，合理适当地增减文本内容。
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提升教师综合技能。不论是音乐素养或是语言节奏，或是信息技术手段，努力掌握尽可能多的“本事”–技不压身–以保障我们的想法能够快速高效地落到实处；
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紧扣教学目标，科学合理设计安排教学活动。课堂教学活动要紧紧地围绕教学目标、突破教学重难点服务，而绝不是为了单纯的活跃课堂气氛而为；
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顺势而为，学会变通。我们所做的一切都是为了激发孩子们的学习兴趣，培养孩子们良好的语言习惯，促进孩子们更好地学习。为了达到这些目的，我们有多种方式可以采用。可以用chant的时候，我们就大胆地用。但是，别忘了还有songs, games, rhymes等等多种方式，一切根据需要、根据我们的能力所为就好了。
