introduction

The Compulsory Education Curriculum Plan (2022 Edition) advocates interdisciplinary thematic learning to promote interdisciplinary connections and curriculum integration. The New Curriculum Standards for Yijiao emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of English courses and advocate for improving students' language proficiency and problem-solving abilities through practical activities. In primary school English teaching, interdisciplinary thematic learning faces the problem of teachers' focus deviation, such as overemphasizing language skills or neglecting the characteristics of the English subject. This article takes "Scientific Diet" as an example to explore how to practice interdisciplinary theme learning in the Foreign Language Research Press English textbook, integrate subject content through the Let's explore section, and improve students' comprehensive quality.

Design Ideas and Principles for Interdisciplinary Theme Learning in Primary School English

Interdisciplinary thematic learning integrates knowledge from different subjects in primary school English teaching to solve specific thematic problems and promote students' comprehensive development. The case study "Diet and Health" aims to enhance students' language proficiency and awareness of healthy eating by integrating English and scientific knowledge. The implementation principles include: 1) adhering to the dominant position of the English subject and ensuring that students master basic knowledge; 2) Design activities based on students' learning situation to promote collaborative communication and self-directed learning; 3) Crossing disciplinary boundaries and achieving common educational goals, such as providing personalized dietary advice based on scientific knowledge. Teachers should design diverse practical tasks to cultivate students' team spirit and learning ability.

The Implementation Path of Interdisciplinary Theme Learning in Primary School English

The implementation path of interdisciplinary theme learning in primary school English includes five basic steps: determining activity themes, analyzing and integrating teaching content, setting learning goals, implementing activities, conducting teaching evaluation and reflection. The theme of the activity revolves around the sub theme of "Diet and Health", presenting the relationship between human organs and food through illustrations, aiming to cultivate students' healthy eating habits. The analysis of teaching content emphasizes students' basic understanding of the theme of "diet and health", as well as their mastery of food related vocabulary and sentence patterns. The setting of learning objectives combines language objectives, interdisciplinary thematic learning objectives, and values cultivation objectives, aiming to evaluate dietary structure and provide dietary recommendations through the food pyramid. The implementation activities include tasks such as raising core questions, providing dietary suggestions for others, analyzing the rationality of dietary suggestions, etc., aiming to exercise students' language comprehension and expression abilities, as well as critical thinking and innovative spirit. Teaching evaluation and reflection adopt a combination of process evaluation and outcome evaluation, focusing on students' performance in specific learning activities, the quality of completing learning tasks, and the overall evaluation of learning outcomes. In teaching practice, teachers have found that students have difficulties in providing personalized dietary advice, so they have adjusted their teaching plans, emphasized the relationship between food and physical health, and promoted in-depth interdisciplinary thematic learning.

conclusion

Teachers need to balance English and other subject content when implementing interdisciplinary thematic learning, ensuring that students master language skills and apply them to solve practical problems. In the case, the teacher combines life tasks and scientific knowledge to enhance students' language proficiency and healthy eating concepts. In the future, we will explore more effective teaching methods to promote students' comprehensive development.