开发学生的学习潜能是各学科统一的教学目的,是素质教育的重要内容。开发学习潜能主要指开发学生的智力。智力是能力的一部分,能力是顺利地完成某项活动的个性心理特征。智力是指适合多种活动要求、为人所共有的一般能力,包括观察、注意、记忆、思维和想象等能力。开发学习潜能是发展个性的必由之路。那么,如何在高中英语教学中去开发学生的学习潜能呢?下面就结合自己的多年教学实践来谈谈这一问题。一、培养观察力 The development of students’ learning potential is a uniform teaching goal of all disciplines and an important content of quality education. Development of learning potential mainly refers to the development of students’ intelligence. Intelligence is part of the ability to successfully accomplish the personality traits of an activity. Intelligence refers to the ability to adapt to a variety of activities, common to people, including observation, attention, memory, thinking and imagination. The development of learning potential is the only way to develop personality. So, how to develop students’ learning potentials in high school English teaching? The following is a combination of my years of teaching practice to talk about this issue. First, develop observation