Copying texts is useful, but it makes me hate Chinese even more

Recently at noon, I was entrusted by a friend to help take care of the baby during lunch break at her tutoring class.

One day at noon, Niu Niu, a fourth-grade student, said to me helplessly: "Teacher, I can't sleep at noon, I have to copy the text." When asked why he was fined for copying, he said seriously: " My buddy was criticized by the teacher in class and was very sad. I went to comfort him, but the teacher said we were talking too much and punished each of us to copy half of the text. "

When I heard about copying the text, the other one was in sixth grade. Xiaoxin immediately responded: "In the morning, I was also punished by the art teacher to copy the text. It was a long text, but I have already finished copying it."

I asked them with interest: " Do you think copying the text is useful?" Niu Niu shook his head, and Xiaoxin shouted: "It is useful, but I hate Chinese even more." How can I, a Chinese teacher, be embarrassed by the sentence "I hate Chinese even more"?

Is it useful to copy the text? Regardless, this reminds me of the time in junior high school when I was punished with copying texts.

Back then, the Chinese teacher said that every time you compare your test scores with your previous scores, you should copy the text a few times if you fall a few points behind. So, I was fined and copied more than a dozen times in such a "gorgeous" way, just because I scored 80 points in the last test and 60 points in the next test. Those who played "uneven bars" in the examination room were destined to be punished very badly. miserable.

I still can’t remember which text I copied. I just remember that in order to cope with the inspection, I learned to hold four pens in the same hand and write at the same time, so that I could write four times at once. It doesn't matter whether the writing looks like words or not. What matters is that because of my cleverness, I completed the homework I was punished for.

Now that I think about it, I still don’t know the meaning of being punished to copy the text. Maybe it has improved my writing speed, that’s all.

"I basically don't assign assignments like copying texts." Yes, I can only say basically, because I have assigned it before.

"Yes!" Unexpectedly, Xiaoxuan, who was in my class, immediately proved it to me.

"Really? Great! I really want to transfer to your class!" Niu Niu said in disbelief and envy.

It can be seen that students do not like copying texts. But in reality, many Chinese teachers often do things that undermine students' interest in learning Chinese: disobeying, making mistakes, and forgetting to write homework. What's worse is the "continuous sitting" method where if one person performs poorly, the whole class will be punished for copying. Copying and copying has become a magic weapon for teachers to punish children.

Teachers in other subjects also inadvertently encourage children to hate Chinese. When they are angry, they say: "Bring up the Chinese book and copy the text ""." It seems that he is helping Chinese, In fact, it makes children hate Chinese even more.

It is said: "Interest is the best teacher." If we destroy the child's interest at the foundation stage like primary school, this is not a good thing for his/her growth. Most of the Chinese textbooks contain articles with both quality and beauty, which serve as a bridge for developing reading habits, allowing children to actively explore from inside the classroom to outside the classroom, and thus fall in love with words and reading.

The mechanical method of copying texts has become an obstacle to the development of reading habits. There is an "over-limit effect" in psychology, which means that too much or too strong stimulation to a person will cause the recipient to become impatient or even rebellious. Therefore, this boring and mechanical copying method does not play a role in deepening memory. Instead, it will make students feel bored and feel very painful from then on, thus making students hate this course or all learning. Just like Xiaoxin said: "But I hate Chinese even more."

And if one student makes a mistake and the whole class is affected, this "sitting together" method is even more undesirable. Psychologists believe that this will make students who make mistakes feel guilty and be ostracized by their classmates. At the same time, it may cause the parties involved to have a distracting mentality of "I am not the only one who will be punished anyway." For other students, being punished for being innocent and complaining again and again creates a sense of resistance. The punishment method of "sitting together" seems to involve children, but in fact it goes against teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Not only does it have no educational effect, but the resistance it causes will also affect the unity among classmates, the formation of a sense of collective honor, and the establishment of teacher prestige.

Children should indeed be punished if they do something wrong, but the punishment should have a "degree" and follow the rules of students' physical and mental development, rather than being mechanical and crude.

If students are always asked to repeat such boring copying, it will not only kill their joy of learning, but also indirectly kill their children's future.

Therefore, as a teacher, when faced with children who make mistakes, the first thing they should do is to help students analyze the reasons for the mistakes and prescribe the right medicine instead of "punishment" first. This requires teachers to study students well, enrich their own educational wisdom, and adopt truly effective educational methods.

Secondly, you should pay attention to techniques and methods when criticizing. After all, students are thoughtful individuals. You can set class rules with the students in advance, so that they are well-organized and more convincing.

When facing students’ problems, you might as well listen to the opinions of other students in the class. If you think it is reasonable, you can do what they say; if you think it is unreasonable, you can also increase or decrease the amount or increase the amount as appropriate. It will be dealt with separately, so that the students involved will generally not have any complaints about unfair punishment.

Finally, please keep in mind Suhomlinski’s words: “Each child is not only an individual, but more importantly, they are a person, an independent person with thoughts, rich emotions and needs. "People." Therefore, we should strive to tolerate children's weaknesses, learn to speak down and treat them well.

Have you ever been punished for copying a text? Tell me what you think, and I look forward to your messages or suggestions.