探究性学习作为一种新型的学习理念,在培养学生的学习能力方面起着举足轻重的作用,日益受到重视。英语作为生活沟通与交流的工具,想要学好英语需要结合生活实际进行有效地探究。如何在英语学习与学生的探究性精神有效地结合起来呢?笔者认为,陶行知先生的“生活教育”理论给我们提供了一种行之有效的方法。陶行知先生认为,生活即教育,也就是说:生活决定教育,教育来源于生活,教育要通过生活才能发挥真正的作用。 As a new type of learning concept, inquiry learning plays an important role in cultivating students’ learning abilities and is receiving more and more attention. English as a means of communication and exchange of life, you want to learn English need to be combined with the actual life of effective exploration. How to effectively combine English learning with the exploratory spirit of students? In my opinion, the “life education” theory of Mr. Tao Xingzhi provides us with an effective method. Tao Xingzhi believes that life is education, that is to say, life determines education, education comes from life, and education can only play a real role through life.