“探究式学习”是指在教师引导下学生自主发现问题、探索问题、获得结论的学习活动,探究性学习具有开放性、自主性、探究性的特点。作为一种先进、有效的学习模式,已受到广大教师的高度重视。在英语课堂上开展探究性学习,是培养学生探究意识和探究能力的主渠道。结合教学实践,本文对如何在初中英语课堂开展探究式学习谈几点做法。一、更新观念,培养学生探究意识教学的最高境界是“授之以鱼,不如授之以渔”。英语教学中,要想培养学生的自我发展的潜能和创新 “Inquiry learning ” refers to the students under the guidance of teachers to discover problems, explore the problem, the conclusion of the learning activities, inquiry learning has the characteristics of openness, autonomy, inquiry. As an advanced and effective learning mode, it has received the great attention of the majority of teachers. Carrying out inquiry learning in English class is the main channel for students to explore consciousness and explore their abilities. Combined with teaching practice, this article on how to carry out inquiry learning in junior high school English class talk about several practices. First, update the concept of training students to explore the highest level of teaching is “granted to the fish, it is better to grant the fishing ”. In English teaching, in order to cultivate students’ self-development potential and innovation