【引言】英国著名教学法专家韦斯特认为:“教授英语的基本任务,首先是培养直接阅读能力。”新课程标准也明确指出,语言学习需要大量的语言输入。由此可见阅读在教学中的重要性。KWL表格是美国中小学教学里最常用的一种表格。K=Know,即对某一话题的已知信息;W=Want to know,即思考与话题相关的问题,通过提问了解自己渴望获得的知识;L=learned,即从此话题中获得的知识。本课的教学内容是The shepherd boy,在教学中我利用KWL阅读模式激活学生的已有知识,并循序渐进地设计练习,鼓励学生 Introduction The famous English teaching law expert West said: “The basic task of teaching English, first of all, is to develop direct reading ability.” The new curriculum standard also clearly states that language learning requires a large amount of language input. This shows the importance of reading in teaching. The KWL form is one of the most commonly used forms in primary and secondary school teaching in the United States. K = Know, known information about a topic; W = Want to know, that is, thinking about a topic-related question, asking questions about what it craves for knowledge, and L = learned, the knowledge gained from this topic. The teaching content of this course is The shepherd boy. In teaching, I use the KWL reading mode to activate students’ existing knowledge and design practice step by step to encourage students