8. (20171104) High school teachers (teachers of students aged 14-18) spend most of the class time lecturing while the students listen and take notes. Other high school teachers spend most of the class time on discussion and projects that students are highly involved in and exchange their ideas. Which of these two approaches do you think is more effective for students' learning and why?

头脑风暴

这道题是关于高中老师的教学方法的，询问你是更赞同老师讲课为主的课堂形式还是学生讨论交流为主的课堂形式。在答题时可以思考这两种形式的优点和不足，找到自己更支持的观点。

老师讲课为主的课堂能够更有效地将知识传授给学生，使学生的基础更加牢固。但是在这样的课堂上师生间的交流比较少，学生也很难和其他同学交流观点。学生讨论为主的课堂气氛更加活跃，能够在交流中引发许多创新的思考角度。但是老师传授基本知识的时间比较少，比较难传达完整的知识体系，课堂也不方便管理。

范文思路

论点：老师讲课为主的课堂是更有效的。

理由一：承认课堂讨论的优点，但是在注重应试的高中课堂，教师的讲授对于学生提高成绩的帮助更大。

理由二：学生在理解抽象的概念和理论时需要老师的指导，学生们的讨论不一定有很好的效果。

范文文本

According to the educators, the purpose of high school education not only includes helping students acquire knowledge and training them to learn skills, but also consists of making students better and more independent learners so that they can continue to educate themselves after they graduate. From my perspective, the most effective way of high school teaching is lecturing by the professor.

I have to admit that sometimes discussions and projects are not only significantly helpful but also indispensable in students' learning. In detail, discussion provides the students with a platform for them to share ideas, help each other brainstorm, and form the ability to think critically. With the supportive attitude the teacher provides and light atmosphere created by class discussions, students can be easily inspired from time to time and analyze the text with a deeper understanding. Doing projects, especially group work, is also excellent for students to use what they learned in the classroom to solve real-life problems, and it is also a great way of cultivating students' interest and ability in academic research.

As a Chinese student, I know that although projects and class discussion are helpful to the students, the Chinese College Entrance Test is the most crucial factor determining which college could a student get into. In this circumstance, lecturing is more appropriate and effective for boosting their grades rather than discussions or projects. By lecturing traditionally, the teachers are able to explain as many theories as possible within the limited amount of time in school, which offers the students an opportunity to learn as much as possible. Many high school-level courses, such as geography and biology, are designed to have huge workloads and a great number of terms for students to memorize. In this type of classes, teachers are able to cover more pages and explain fully with details through lecturing. For example, in the form of discussion, a forty-minute class will likely be able to cover a few points only. In contrast, in the form of lecture, such a class might be able to cover the content of a whole chapter.

Second of all, high school students need teachers' instruction for their incapability in fully understanding some abstract theories and concepts. Although the students might be able to discuss in a group, the discussion could also be time-consuming and not productive at all since they could fail in figuring out the answer. Thus, they'd better depend on teachers' explanation. For example, I was struggled in solving differential equations in high school calculus class. Some questions were so challenging for me that I have to seek for Mr. Irvine's help. Fulfilling his responsibility of being a math teacher, Mr. Irvine taught me again how to solve differential equations step by step until I was able to do it independently. I can't even imagine what could happen if I didn't have Mr. Irvine's aid.

Drawing the conclusion, I believe sometimes discussions and projects may play an auxiliary role in students' learning, but the dominant approach of high school teaching should be lecturing.

语料积累

not only...but also..． 不仅……而且……

in detail 详细地

help each other brainstorm 互相帮助进行头脑风暴

think critically 批判性思维

boost one's grade 提高成绩

figure out 解决，想出

fulfill one's responsibility 尽某人的责任

step by step 逐步地