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第1页共10页LearningtoTeachisaProcessofReflectionWiththeeducationreform,thetraditionaltestmethodscannotmeettherequirementsoftheexistingeducationalsystem.Asaresult,teachersnowadaysarefacedwithashiftfromthetraditional-typedtothenewoneswithbothoriginalityandacademicinquiry.Thereflectiveteachinghasbecomeatrendofdevelopinginternationalteachers’education,andthedemandanddirectioninthenationalteachereducationinnovation.Sincetheideaisquitepopular,almostalltheteachersareactivelyengagedintryingit.Then,aquestionarises:howtodoandwhattodo?Howtodoitbettersoastobringaboutadesiredresult?Iattempttoanswerthesequestionsbasedonmyownteachingexperienceandourmicro-teaching.IwouldliketosharemyopinionsaboutEnglishteachingreflection,especiallyabouttheEnglishteachinginmiddleschools.Englishisalanguageusedinmostinternationalorganizations,internationaltradeandtourism.ItismoreandmoreimportanttohaveagoodknowledgeofEnglish.Therefore,howtoteachEnglishistheresponsibilityofallEnglishteachers.Reflectiveteachingis,inessence,aprocessofself-introspection,aprocessofself-negation,andaprocessofself-surmounting.Itistheworkofidentifyingproblemscomingupfromourteachingpracticeandtheworkofsolvingthem.Actually,learningtoteachisaprocessofreflection.I.TheDevelopmentandSignificanceofReflection第2页共10页Thenotionofreflectionisnotnewatall.Asamatteroffact,theawarenessofreflectionwasperceivedbyhumankindsinancienttimes.ManyChineseproverbsreflectthisidea,suchas“Ireflectonmyownactionsthreetimeseveryday”(吾日三省吾身),“Searchyourheartandreflectonyourself”（扣心自问）andsoon.Unfortunately,ancientpeopleinChinadidnotformulateatheoryofreflection.However,manyexpertscomeupwithmanytheoriesaboutEnglishteachingnow,includingteachingspeaking,teachinglistening,teachinggrammar,classroommanagementandlessonplanning.Apartfrombasictheoriesofeducation,modernteachersshouldalsohaveagoodmasterofprofessionalknowledgetoimprovetheeducationalquality.AsEnglishteachers,weshouldenrichourknowledgeandbroadenourhorizonstokeepthepacewithtimes.Inmysparetime,IusuallyreadtheEnglishversionofChinaDailyonlinetogetfamiliarwithsomecatchphrases,suchascampusbelle,smogfee,richandbitch,emptynestersandsoon.Thereisasayingthatteachersarearchitectsofhumansouls.Schoolisaplacewhereeachstudentlivesandlearns.Andthewaysofschooleducationhaveagreatinfluenceonstudents.Ateachernotonlyteachesstudentsculturalknowledge,butalsoundertakesthestudents’ideologicalandmoraleducation.Therefore,weshouldattachagreatimportancetothestudents’ideologicalandmorallevel,whichnotonlydependson第3页共10页teachers’verbaleducation,butalsodependsonteachers’behaviors.II.VariousKindsofReflectionMethodsInthefollowingpart,Iwillcombinemypart-timeteachingexperiencewithourmicro-teachingtosharemyopinionsaboutEnglishteaching.Asforeignlanguageteachers,weshouldbegoodatabsorbingintheessenceofthewesterncountriesandapplyingitintopractice.Besides,everyeducatorshouldbeconsciousoflife-longlearning.Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.Accordingtotheteachingprocess,reflectiveteachingcanbedividedintoreflectionbeforeteaching,reflectionduringteaching,andreflectionafterteaching.Ateacherwithmaturereflectionbeforeteachingcanimprovehisteachingpredictionandanalysisability,whichisthepreconditionofteacher’ssuccessinteaching.Ateacher’sreflectionduringteachingcanimprovehisabilitytodealwithchangesandflexibility,whichisthekeytosuccessfulteaching.Afterclassreflectioniscriticalandinnovative,whichcanhelpateachertosummarizeandevaluatetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofhisteaching,andprovidesometeachingexperienceforthefutureteaching.Anotherproblemarises,thatis,howcanwereflectourteaching?Thereareavarietyofapproachestoreflectourteaching,suchaswritingteachingdairies,watchingtheteachingvideosafterclass,analyzingsometypicalcasesduringteachingandsoon.Personally第4页共10页speaking,Iwouldliketotakethefollowingmethodstoimprovemyselfandreflectmyteaching.2.1PersonalReflectionThefirstandthemostimportantbasisforprofessionalprogressissimplyateacher’sownreflectionondailyclassroomevents.Veryoftenthisreflectionisquitespontaneousandinformal,andhappenswithoutanyconsciousintention.Wemaystartpuzzlingaboutwhattodoaboutaproblembeforeweworkoutwhysomethingwassuccessfulandthinkoveraplaninthelightofthelastlesson.Inordertogetovertheseproblems,Iwillfinditnecessarytowritesomethingdown.2.2AskingLearnersAskstudentstospeakoutwhattheyreallythink.Ateachershouldaskopenquestionsratherthanclosedquestionstoenablehisstudentstosaywhattheywanttosay.Thefeedbackmaybedifficultforthefirsttime,buttheendresultofhonesty,opennessandmutualrespectwillcertainlyhaveagreatlong-termbenefit.2.3SharingwithaColleagueInformaldiscussionswithacolleaguewithwhomhefeelateasecancontributealottohisdevelopment.Whatistobesharedmaybenegativeorpositive:ontheonehandhemaywishtofindasolutiontoaproblem,tellsomethingabouthisfailure,andgetanideaastohowtoteachsomething;ontheotherhand,hemaywishtotellsomeoneaboutan第5页共10页originalsolutionhehasfoundtoanoldproblem,sharethedelightinsuccess,anddiscussanewteachingideahehashad.2.4In-houseStaffMeetingsMeetingsofgroupsofteachersinEnglishdepartmentcanalsoprovideaforum