《英语课程标准》明确提出:教师要通过创设接近实际生活的各种语境,采用循序渐进的语言实践活动,培养学生运用英语的能力。这就强调了语境创设的重要性,同时还指出一点,即要采用循序渐进的语言实践活动,让学生在模拟生活情境中得以训练,从而最终提高学生用英语说话以及做事的能力。这里,笔者结合教学实例,具体谈谈如何通过创设生动的语境促进学生在语言实践中做到有效表达。一、有效创设话题情境,引领学生身临 The English Curriculum Standard clearly states that teachers should adopt gradual language practice activities to create students’ abilities to use English by creating various contexts close to actual life. This emphasizes the importance of context creation, and at the same time, points out the need to adopt gradual language practice to enable students to be trained in simulated life situations to ultimately improve their ability to speak in English and to do things. Here, the author combines teaching examples to talk about how to promote students’ effective expression in language practice by creating a vivid context. First, effectively create a topic situation, leading the students