T: Spring has come! Winter is over! Are you happy/excited?
Personally I am very happy now simply because I don’t like cold weather.
-Do you like spring? Why?
Ask the question to your partner. Then ask why?
(Ask your partner if he/she likes spring? Then Why?)
Now, S1, does your partner like spring? Why does /doesn’t he/she like spring?
[生徒の反応を含めた展開例]
S1: Yes, she does. She likes to see cherry blossoms. T: Oh, I like to see cherry blossoms, too. Do you like spring, S1?
S1: Actually, I don’t like spring. In spring, sometimes we have to say good-bye to our friends. T: What do you mean?
S1: When we graduate from schools, we have to say good-bye to our friends. T: In spring, you make new friends, too.
S1: That’s true.
<教師発問の意図>
Do you like spring? Why? という質問は小学校段階でも扱われるものですが、中学3年生または高校1年生がこれに答えることにも意味があります。
より多く英語を学び、使ってきた彼らは、英語学習の初期段階に比べて、より自分自身の考えを表現しようとするでしょう。
また、指導者もそれを促す必要があります。そのために指導者は、興味深い答えを拾い上げ、全体に共有する努力をするべきでしょう。
T: -What do you think of when you hear the word “spring”?
As for me, I would say new students, new classes and new colleagues.
Now, S2, what does your partner think of when he/she hears the word “spring”?
[生徒の反応を含めた展開例]
S2: She thinks of cherry blossom. T: Yes, many people think of cherry blossom when they hear the word “spring.” Then, how about you?
S2: Well, I think of a strong wind. In spring sometimes it is so windy. Sometimes it wakes me up in the morning. Oh, I think of the yellow dust from China, too.
<教師発問の意図> What do you think of…? という質問に対しては、生徒はそれぞれ自分の考えを答えることになります。
T: What are seasonal foods in Spring. I would say…. bamboo shoots.
I love bamboo shoots rice and bamboo shoots tempura.
What seasonal food in spring do you like? I love “sansai.”
What is “sansai” in English?
Interestingly it is “wild vegetables” or “mountain vegetables.”
S3, what seasonal food in spring do you like?
[生徒の反応を含めた展開例]
S3: I love asparagus. I love strawberries, too. T: You said you love asparagus. Which do you like, green one or white one?
S3: I like green one better.