初中是英语学习的起始阶段,基础知识对于今后英语水平的提高至关重要。现行英语新教材是以结构功能法为编写体系,其一个鲜明的特点是文化的渗入,一改老教材的条块语法系统化,注重学生学习英语的交际能力。在当前由应试教育向素质教育的转轨过程中,是一种较为理想的教材。这就要求在课堂教学中,更多地创造情景,让学生有机会运用自己学到的语言材料,实 Junior high school is the beginning of English learning, basic knowledge for the future improvement of English is crucial. The current new English teaching material is based on the structural function method as a writing system. One striking characteristic of the new English teaching material is the infiltration of culture, the systematization of the grammar of the old teaching materials, and the emphasis on students’ communicative competence in learning English. In the current transition from exam-oriented education to quality-oriented education, it is an ideal teaching material. This requires more in the classroom teaching to create scenarios for students to have the opportunity to use their own learned language materials,