托尔斯泰曾经说过:“成功的教学不是强制,而是激发起学生的学习兴趣。”同时,在《英语新课程标准》中,“激发和培养学生的学习兴趣,使他们树立自信心”被放在了英语教学任务的首位。显而易见,小学阶段,培养学生的学习兴趣,帮助学生树立信心是英语教学的关键。那么如何能使小学生对英语保持持久的学习兴趣,并让学生把兴趣转变为参与学习与实践的动力,我认为,教师可以从以下几个方面入手。1融洽师生关系,激发学习兴趣 Tolstoy once said: “Successful teaching is not coercion but arousing students ’interest in learning.” Meanwhile, in the New English Curriculum Standard, “to stimulate and develop students’ interest in learning so that they Establish self-confidence ”was placed on the first task of English teaching. Obviously, in primary school, cultivating students’ interest in learning and helping students build confidence is the key to English teaching. So how to enable primary school students to maintain lasting interest in learning English, and allow students to change their interest into learning and practice motivation, I think, teachers can start from the following aspects. 1 harmonious relationship between teachers and students to stimulate interest in learning