现行的初中英语新教材可读性强,有时代感。教材中听说的情景多,既重视语音、词汇等语言知识和结构,又强调听说读写等语言功能,学习形式活泼多样,由浅入深,层次分明。如何改进、优化教法,使学生适应并学好这门课,笔者对此进行了一些探索。一、培养、激发学生学习英语的兴趣兴趣是学习的向导,记忆的媒介。没有任何兴趣而被迫进行的学习,会扼杀学生掌握知识的意愿。语言是用于交际的,决不能把活生生的语言教得死板而毫无生气,让学生心 The current junior high school English new teaching materials are highly readable and have a sense of the times. There are many situations heard in the textbooks, which not only emphasize the language knowledge and structure such as pronunciation and vocabulary, but also emphasize the language functions of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The learning forms are lively and diverse, from shallow to deep and distinct in level. How to improve, optimize the teaching methods to enable students to adapt and learn this course, I made some exploration. First, to develop and stimulate students interest in learning English is to learn the wizard, the memory of the media. Forced learning without any interest can stifle students’ will to acquire knowledge. Language is used for communication, must not teach living language rigid and lifeless, so that students heart