教具作为教师辅助教学的用具,有着其它手段不可替代的作用。而自制教具有着直观、形象的特点,是学生主动学习的认知工具,教师根据需要把自制教具使用于课堂,能激发学生的学习兴趣,突出教学重点,突破教学难点,优化课堂教学结构,发展学生创新思维力,能有效提高教学质量和效率。本文着眼于自制教具在小学英语课堂教学中的使用,并结合教学实际提出了教师只有科学地、合理地、恰当地“巧用”教具,才能实现高效教学。 Teaching aids as a teacher-assisted teaching appliances, has irreplaceable role of other means. Self-made teaching aids have the characteristics of intuition and image. They are the cognitive tools for students to take the initiative to learn. Teachers use self-made teaching aids in their classrooms according to their needs. They can stimulate students’ interest in learning, highlight teaching points, break through teaching difficulties, optimize classroom teaching structure and development Students innovative thinking ability, can effectively improve teaching quality and efficiency. This paper focuses on the use of self-made teaching aids in primary school English classroom teaching, and puts forward that teachers can achieve efficient teaching only in a scientific, reasonable and proper way.