“情动辞发”是叶圣陶先生等老一辈教育家一贯主张的作文教学原则。“情动辞发”到底是什么意思呢?顾名思义,因“情动”而萌发出表达的愿望和乐于表达的语言文字。这里,“情动”是“辞发”的前提,是原因,萌发是结果,是目的。“辞发”的优势、质量,取决于“情动”的程度。现代小学作文教学,面对的教学对象已与过去有了较大的改变。小学生生活条件显著改善,吸取外界的信息量普遍增加。就作文来讲,通过各类作文选提供给他们的“素材”“技法”也五花八门,加上应试教育的影 “Emotional speech ” is the teaching principle of essay that Mr. Ye Shengtao and other educators of older generations have always advocated. “Emotional speech ” in the end what is the meaning? As the name suggests, because “emotion ” and germinate the desire to express and willing to express language. Here, “emotion ” is the premise of “speech ”, is the reason, germination is the result is the purpose. The advantages and qualities of “resignation” depend on the degree of “emotion”. The teaching of modern primary school composition, the teaching object it faces has changed a lot with the past. The pupils’ living conditions have been significantly improved, and the amount of information learned from the outside world has generally increased. As far as composition is concerned, the “material ” “techniques ” offered to them through various essays are also varied, with the shadow of exam-oriented education