农村初中的英语教学中存在着英语学习的临界生,他们学得认真也努力,效果却不理想,从而导致他们缺乏自信,学习被动,对学习任务的完成有一定困难。关心、转化临界生是全面提高教学质量,实施素质教育的需要。本文分析了临界生形成的原因,从爱心、改变临界生的学习动机、因材施教、优化教学方法、正确地运用评价等方面提出了培养临界生兴趣的对策。 In rural junior high schools, there exists a critical life of English learning in English teaching. When they learn seriously and work hard, their effects are not satisfactory. As a result, they lack self-confidence and passive learning and have some difficulties in completing their learning tasks. Care and transformation of critical students is to improve the quality of teaching, the implementation of quality education needs. This article analyzes the reasons for the formation of critical students, and puts forward some countermeasures to cultivate the critical interest of students from the aspects of love, changing motivation of critical students, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, optimizing teaching methods and applying evaluation correctly.