古人说:“教人未见意趣,必不乐学”“知之者不如好之者,好之者不如乐之者。”多年的教学实践使我们认识到:要想提高英语教学的质量,关键在于调动学生学习的积极性,那么如何调动学生学习的积极性呢,关键在于引起学生对所学材料的兴趣。因此,作为中学英语教师,首先应该激发学生的学习兴趣。笔者通过自己多年的教学实践,认为可以从以下几个方面来激发和培养学生的学习兴趣。一、创设教学情境,以浓烈的感情和艺术氛围感染学生在英语教学中,创设教学情境是很重要的, The ancients said: “To teach people not to be interested, not to learn,” is not as good as to know. The good is not as good as joy. "Many years of teaching practice have led us to realize that we must improve our English teaching. The key lies in mobilizing the enthusiasm of students for learning. The key to how to mobilize students’ enthusiasm for learning is to arouse students’ interest in the materials they learn. Therefore, as a middle school English teacher, we should first arouse students’ interest in learning. Through my own teaching practice for many years, the author believes that students’ interest in learning can be stimulated and cultivated from the following aspects. First, creating teaching situations, infecting students with strong feelings and artistic atmosphere in English teaching, creating teaching situations is very important.