Learning and Innovating, Sailing for a Broad Sea

 ---The Primary School High-end English Education Project Series Report: Moments in the Foreign Teacher’s Class--Grade One

金秋时节，风高云淡，转眼已是十月下旬，新的学期也已开始近两个月，在这两个月紧张有序的工作之中，北外附校小学高端英语项目组课程已稳步驶入正轨，课堂开展形式更是本项目组一大亮点。每堂课前，孩子们在中方合作教师的带领下迫不及待地走进教室，欣喜若狂。这里是一片创意的天堂，在这里，每一颗童心都被保护，每一刻的快乐都值得珍视，每一份创造力都得到肯定。

It is late October, and the new semester has started for nearly two months. After two months’ intensive and orderly work, the courses of the primary school high-end English education project are now completely on the right track. The class design, especially that of the foreign teachers’ lessons in Grade one, is the highlight of the project.

小学一年级高端英语课程班的外教课尤其能体现出高端英语项目组课程多元创新、寓教于乐的精髓。外教专家根据适龄儿童心理发展特点设计出了许多精品课程，除了作为课程基础的语言课，还有多样化且个性化的课程来促进孩子们音、科、体、美全面发展。

Being innovative and combining teaching and entertaining, the foreign teachers’ lessons perfectly carried out the purpose of the high-end English education project. Basing on the characteristics of the psychological development of 7-8-year-old children, the foreign experts have designed many high-quality courses. In addition to linguistic courses, which are the basis of the curriculum, there are also diversified and personalized courses in this project to cultivate in the students senses of music and art as well as the ability of science and sports.

高端英语课程班之——美术课。这里是想象力发散的沃土，是梦的起点。美术课上，孩子们在外教及中方合作教师的带领和帮助下或制作帽子、书包，或画出一次难忘的节日活动，或绘制万圣节主题手工艺品，或给关心的人制作卡片。课堂中，他们聚精会神，专注于创作。而他们的大作，或精致小巧、玲珑可爱，或粗狂豪放、不拘一格。这些五彩斑斓、风格不一的成品无一不是孩子们抽象思维的具象化，也展示出他们身上无限的潜能。

In the project’s Art class, the children make hats and schoolbags, draw about festival activities, or make “get well” cards for people they care about under the help of foreign teachers and the Chinese co-teachers. In the pictures, students are absorbed in creating, and their works, either exquisite or bold, are products of marvelous abstract mind work and show their infinite potential.

卡片制作背后的用意更是深远，这是一堂爱的奠基课。这节课上，孩子们正在为生病住院的老师制作“早日康复”的祝福卡。除了动手动脑能力以外，这节课教给孩子们更多的是爱和关怀的艺术——艺术表达爱，而爱和关怀是艺术创作的初衷。

The intention behind card-making is profound. When the children are making “get well” cards for the sick teacher, they are not only developing their physical and mental abilities, but more importantly, they are learning the art of love and care-- art is an expression of love, and love and care is the origin of artistic creation.

高端英语课程班之——音乐课。孩子们对音乐课的热爱程度丝毫不亚于美术课。为了培养孩子们的韵律感和节奏感，高端英语课程组特意购置了多种多样的基础乐器。课堂上，外教带领孩子们认识和演奏这些乐器。在外教和中方合作教师的引领下，孩子们随着音乐节拍扭扭腰、拍拍手，翩翩起舞，尽显天真活泼的本色。在这里孩子们放声歌唱，很多颇具天赋的孩子也得以一展歌喉。

In the project’s Music class, in order to develop the children's sense of rhythm, the project team has purchased a variety of basic instruments. The students can learn knowledge about the instruments and how to play them. In the picture, under the guidance of foreign teachers and Chinese co-teachers, the children are twisting their waists, clapping their hands and dancing with the beats of music. Many gifted students get plenty of chances to perform in front of the whole class.

高端英语课程班之——体育课。体育课是游戏和强健体魄的美好时光。在天朗气清、阳光明媚的温暖午后，孩子们也会随着外教去户外开展英语拓展小游戏。游戏不仅增强了课堂趣味，达到强身健体的目的，也为孩子们提供了英语交流的现实语境，学以致用。这些阳光下奔跑的自由快乐的小小灵魂，像一颗颗禾苗，在高端英语课程这片沃土上茁壮成长，未来可期。

The project’s PE class is a great time for games and building physical strength. Introducing games into classes not only brings fun to the learning process, helps improve physical fitness, but also provides children with a context of English communication. When doing these carefully designed linguistic games, they are putting what they learned into practice until they eventually command the knowledge.

高端英语课程班之——科学课。科学课不仅是为了丰富孩子们的知识，也为了培养学生们的观察力和探索力。科学课上，孩子们观察并绘制物品，学习如何阅读钟表，了解食物分类以及设计未来世界的机器人。学习的过程中，他们那一双双稚嫩的眼睛极善于观察和发现，一颗颗小脑袋里装满了无数天马行空的想法，他们设计的机器人正是观察生活与放飞想象的结晶。在这里，他们习得英语，并用所学自由发问。外教悉心带领他们去观察，去思考，最终得出结论。

The project’s Science class is not only to enrich children's knowledge, but also to develop their ability of observation and exploration. In Science class, the students observe and draw objects, learn how to read clocks, study about food classification and design their own future robots. In the process of learning, they turn out to be too good a bunch of observers and discoverers. Their heads are filled with countless great ideas. These precious qualities are perfectly reflected by the robots they designed. In this class, they learn English and ask questions in English. They are taught to observe and think before they can finally draw a conclusion.

比金秋的阳光更为明亮的，是课堂上孩子们灿烂活泼的笑脸；比金秋的丰收更令人可喜的，是孩子们在高端英语项目组课堂上收获的知识，播撒的热情以及对学习知识孜孜以求的态度。小学高端英语项目组课程已扬帆起航，在这里，孩子们将在快乐中学习和创新，拥抱更广阔的星辰大海。

The courses of the high-end English education project of primary school have been carefully planned to ensure the children a favorable environment for learning, innovating, loving and growing. We have set sail and are ready to embrace the broad sea.

（供稿：小学高端英语教育项目组 编辑：王天慈）