How to Improve Students' Interest in Learning Mandarin

1 Stimulate students' interest in learning Mandarin.

1. 1 interest guidance

If students want to study with interest, they must first understand the importance of improving the level of Putonghua.

1. 1. 1 The need to promote communication and avoid misunderstanding. For example, at a meeting to promote Putonghua in a county, after the county magistrate finished speaking, the host said, "Sausages and pickles, please!" The township head said, "Rabbit, shrimp, pigtail! No pickles, pickles are too expensive!

Don't be a pickle, I'll pick up a piece of shit and lick it for you ... "The students laughed at this and guessed what the host and the township head wanted to express. In fact, what the host and the township head want to express is: "Now please ask the township head to speak ... Comrades and villagers, pay attention! Stop talking and have a meeting now! Don't talk, I'll tell you a story ... "It can be seen that the host and the township head make jokes at work because of nonstandard pronunciation and intonation, which affects communication.

1. 1.2 The need to enhance self-confidence and display image requires nonstandard pronunciation, which will distract the listener. When someone speaks, the listener laughs. People always associate the standard level of Putonghua with the speaker's educational level and personal quality. Therefore, the standard degree of Putonghua pronunciation should also be regarded as a part of personal image.

In the teaching of "Introduction to Putonghua Level", in order to let students intuitively understand the relationship between Putonghua level and personal image, the author tries to tell them that if a person's Putonghua is in the "third-class B" level in the national Putonghua proficiency test level, it can only be said that he can speak Putonghua; Being below "triple A", which may affect communication; At the level of "second-class B", able to recognize dialects; At the level of "second-class A", you can basically tell whether you are a southerner or a northerner; At the level of "first-class and second-class", it sounds phonetic standard; If it is a "first-class" level, the pronunciation is very standard, the pronunciation is clear and round, and the timbre is beautiful. Through the above introduction, the students basically understand their own Putonghua level and silently set the target level of learning and improvement.

1. 1.3 Many people feel the same way about the shaping of language charm. It's a pity to see a person with good image and temperament speak awkward Mandarin.

People with standard pronunciation of Putonghua will add more charm to their language expression. In the first class of the new semester, the author will play a first-class and first-class recording of American English reading or speaking. After listening to it, students will naturally think, if only I can speak Mandarin so beautifully, so that they will actively want to participate in the follow-up study.

1.2 clear objectives

It is not enough to have the will to learn Mandarin well. Only by letting students know their Putonghua level and setting appropriate growth goals can they be motivated to struggle. At the beginning of learning, the author made it clear to students that the teaching and learning goal of Putonghua course is to improve the level of Putonghua on the existing basis through four months of phonetic guidance and pronunciation training. In order to make the progress of the course study measurable, the author conducted a thorough survey of each student's Putonghua level at the beginning and end of the semester, and recorded each student's pronunciation problems. By comparing the results of the previous two surveys, we can know the achievement rate of teaching objectives and the degree of students' daily training efforts, and record this in the final course score.

1.3 Building confidence

It is not enough to have goals, but also to let students build confidence in learning Mandarin well. It is important for students to have a correct attitude and not to feel inferior because of the nonstandard pronunciation of Putonghua. Most students in higher vocational colleges have a level of Putonghua ranging from Grade III A to Grade II B, which is higher than that of social workers. College students have a better learning environment than social workers. Through professional guidance and training, they can completely improve their pronunciation in a short time. The nonstandard pronunciation of Putonghua is mainly influenced by dialects. Through persistent pronunciation training, people with standard Putonghua got rid of the interference of dialect sounds on Putonghua pronunciation and gained standard pronunciation.

1.4 Happy learning

With interest, goals and confidence, teachers should also use some methods to let students study in a happy atmosphere. Mandarin is a tool for communication, so the classroom training of Mandarin should be restored to the scene of language use, and teachers should try their best to interact with students in various ways.

2 ways to improve students' interest in learning Putonghua

2. 1 Pronunciation

Let students master the correct pronunciation parts and methods of Putonghua with intuitive and interesting methods.

2. 1. 1 Look at pictures and recognize sounds to adjust students' pronunciation, which requires students to have an intuitive understanding of oral organs, the structure of the head cavity and the position of the tongue. Through the display of many pictures, students can easily understand and master the correct pronunciation methods, laying a good foundation for later pronunciation training. For example, in the training of nasal edge pronunciation, as shown in figure 1, when the "n" sound is pronounced, the tongue surface is lifted, the upper gums are lowered, air flows out through the nasal cavity, and the vocal cords vibrate at the same time; When the "L" sound is pronounced, the tip of the tongue is lifted forward and attached to the upper gum, the soft palate rises, air flows out from both sides of the tongue, and the vocal cords vibrate. The fundamental difference between nasal sound and lateral sound is that the tip of the tongue blocks the airflow in different ways.

Figure 1 n, l Pronunciation schematic diagram 2. 1.2 The teaching task of the pronunciation course of ancient poems, phrases and tongue twisters is not only to change students' pronunciation features, but also to make them feel the beauty of China's language and culture, so that students really love speaking Mandarin and are willing to train by changing their pronunciation features as a long-term habit. Therefore, the author has made a set of Putonghua course training set, which contains many paragraphs with China language and culture characteristics as training materials. For example, pronunciation training: "Children and Xiaolaner: A child named Xiaolaner picked up a bucket and walked to the temple platform. He fell down and picked up a coin, made vinegar, bought salt and bought a small bowl of rice. The small rice bowl is really fun, with red flowers and green leaves with gold edges and a little red dot in the middle. "

In pronunciation training, teachers should let students participate in the process of pronunciation, and groups of students cooperate to complete a certain pronunciation material. In this way, students can be constantly reminded to pay attention to lectures, each student can have the opportunity to train, and teachers can also understand the pronunciation characteristics and changes of students. When teachers meet students with nonstandard pronunciation or casual pronunciation attitude, they must inform them of the adjustment methods on the spot and signal them to pronounce again. Teachers persist with a serious and meticulous attitude, and students naturally dare not be careless in future training.

2.2 Scenario Training Method

Situational training method is mainly to train in the way of games in the situation set by teachers, including student performance, solitaire, teacher-student question-and-answer and interactive recitation training. For example, in the teaching of "Ah's sound change", after explaining the sound change law of "Ah", the author invites students to perform the story fragments of "Little Red Riding Hood" on the podium to strengthen understanding and consolidate the sound change law of "Ah". Wolf: "Who is it (Asia)?" Little Red Riding Hood: "It's me, I'm Little Red Riding Hood." . Are you my grandmother? Mom asked me to see you (Na). Wolf: Oh, it's my granddaughter. Come in. " Little Red Riding Hood: "Grandma, why are your hands so long (nga 1ya)." Little Red Riding Hood: "Why are your legs so long (nga)?" Wolf: "Long legs run fast." Little Red Little Red Riding Hood: "Why are your eyes so big?"

Wolf: "Big eyes can see more clearly (wa)." Little Red Riding Hood: "Why are your teeth so long (nga)?" Wolf: "teeth grow out and eat you (ya)." In this way, students can master the dynamic change law of Putonghua pronunciation in a pleasant training atmosphere.

2.3 Example Guidance Method

Use Putonghua tests or typical interesting examples in life to stimulate students' interest in oral expression of Putonghua. In the "spoken Mandarin training", the author will ask the students: "Can you speak?" The students immediately became interested: "Of course we can talk! Who can't talk? " Therefore, the author will show her examples in the Putonghua test to the students. In some cases, the speaker is nervous, the language organization ability is not strong, the thinking is confused, the expression is not smooth, there are many mantras, many ambiguities and many digressions. This is the normal state for higher vocational students to speak on specific occasions. Putonghua teaching enables students to "speak", which means that the speaker is trained by scientific methods and is good at conveying the information the speaker wants to convey with appropriate language and expression according to the needs of specific communication objects and situations.

2.4 Beaded pregnancy method

If you want to "do it right", you need effective methods. "Beaded Idea Method" is a quick idea method, which helps the speaker to organize the thinking fragments quickly at the speech site and sort out the coherent expression in a short time.

In class, the teacher gives the students three minutes to conceive the theme of the speech "Experience of learning Mandarin". The specific operation of using the "beading conception method" is as follows: The first step is to "find beads", that is, to associate around the topic, which is the step of collecting speech materials. Students may think of a fragment of "listening to Putonghua class, teachers asking questions, cramming words, pronunciation not being laughed at, being admitted to the radio station, having a beautiful accent, but not being admitted". The second step is "merging beads". By merging the fragments in the first step into similar items, we can classify "listening to Putonghua class, teachers looking for problems, and catching up on words" as "current efforts"; "The pronunciation is not allowed to be laughed at, the accent is beautiful, and I failed the exam" can be classified as "the past situation"; "Finish the second grade and enter the radio station" can be classified as "future goal". The third step is "arranging beads". According to certain thinking logic, the "classes" and points in the second step are arranged and enriched in an orderly manner. This topic can be arranged in chronological order as follows: the past (laughter, good accent, failed in the exam)-the present (Putonghua class, teachers find problems, realize their own problems, find solutions, words, tongue twisters, practice)-the future (being admitted to the exam and entering the radio station will help the work). The fourth step is "beading". Speak slowly, according to the idea that has been drawn up in the third step, and express it in language order.

After continuous training, this method can improve students' logical thinking ability and make the expression more rigorous, smooth and organized. At the beginning, most students' thinking speed is slow, but as long as teachers are willing to spend time and take students to train over and over again, their thinking organization speed will be faster and faster. After skillfully using this method, students can not panic or even feel uncomfortable when they need to speak temporarily in the future workplace. However, the preconditions for the successful application of beading method are: familiar topics, personal experience, and no mention of sad things.

By using the above methods, the author spent a happy study time with the students. Through speech recognition, speech correction, training and actual combat, students have gradually improved their Putonghua level, at the same time, they have made clear the significance of improving their Putonghua level, felt the beauty of China's language and culture, established their confidence in speaking Putonghua well, and strengthened their determination to enhance their own voice charm.