创新能力是人类突破旧知识、旧事物,探索和创造有价值的新知识、新事物的能力。跨世纪人才的培养是我国教育界面临的一项重要课题,以教育为中心,以育人为根本,培养具有创新能力的新世纪人才是实施素质教育的关键。而培养学生的创新精神实施创新教育是英语教学中的目的与要求。英语作为一门重要的工具学科,其教学目的是让学生具有扎实的英语基础知识和初步运用英语交际的能力。新版初中英语教学大纲明确规定:要使学生获得初步运用英语的能力,为真实交际打 Innovation ability is the ability of mankind to break through old knowledge and old things and explore and create valuable new knowledge and new things. The cultivation of cross-century talents is an important issue faced by the education sector in China. Education as the center and education as the foundation are the key to the development of talents with innovative capabilities in the new century. Training students’ innovative spirit and implementing innovative education are the goals and requirements in English teaching. As an important tool subject, English teaching aims to provide students with a solid foundation of English knowledge and the ability to use English to communicate. The new junior high school English syllabus clearly stipulates that: To enable students to acquire the ability to use English initially, they should be