学生运用‘so’和‘neither’组造句的过程

该外教的语法课分为以下六个步骤。

Step One：教师板书too/either两个生词，这两个词的区别学生并不知晓，教师也没有解释，而在too下面写了一个is，在either下面写了is的否定形式isn't。然后，用相同的形式写出一些助动词和情态动词的肯定形式，要学生说出否定形式。这一步就使学生有了too用于肯定句，either用于否定句的清晰概念。板书如下：

Step Two:Join the two sentences.

教师先呈现两个句子：The girls are playing.The boys are playing.

示范转换句型。➝The girls are playing.And the boys are，too.

然后呈现多组句子，让男女生比赛：

1.Water is man's helper.Fire is man's helper.

➝Water is man's helper.And fire is,too.

2.I haven't finished my work.She hasn't finished her work.

➝I haven't finished my work.And she hasn't,either.

3.I don't like apples.She doesn't like apples.(www.xing528.com)

➝I don't like apples.And she doesn't,either.

Step Three：Make sentences with “too”and “either”.让学生根据实际情况造句，自己独立思考，将语法规则运用于具体实例中。学生们出乎意料地造出了许多精彩的句子。

Step Four：呈现“so”and“neither”。（这两个都是生词，但教师也没有解释，呈现形式同Step One）

Step Five:Join the two sentences.

教师呈现两个句子并示范：

1.David is a boy.Jack is a boy.➝David is a boy.So is Jack.

2.David isn't a girl.Jack isn't a girl.➝David isn't a girl.Neither is Jack.

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Step Six:Make sentences with “so”and “neither”.

起初学生对两组词的运用有些困难，容易混淆，对be动词、助动词的单数形式也经常用错，但随着练习的增多，老师和同学的提醒，错误渐渐地减少了。从不懂“too”“either”和“so”“neither”到能运用它们造句，课堂似乎施加了某种魔力般的神奇。