how to improve students oral english ability如何提高学生的英语口语能力大学论文.docx

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howtoimprovestudentsoralenglishability如何提高学生的英语口语能力大学论文

HowtoImproveStudents’OralEnglishAbility

1.Introduction

WithChina’entryintotheWTOandsuccessfulbidfortheOlympicGamesin2008,Chinesepeoplewillinevitablyhavemuchmorecontactswithpeopleallovertheworld.Therefore,thereisclearlyaneedforlearnerstospeakandinteractinvarioussituationsthroughEnglish.Asweallknow,eversince,orevenbeforetheopening-uppolicyandthereformofChina,ChinesestudentshavestudiedEnglishlanguageforaconsiderablelongtime,andgreatachievementsforteachingandlearningEnglishhavebeenseeneverywhereinschools,butforsomereasonoranother,theoralEnglishabilityoftheChinesestudentsisalwaysaninferioritytotheirotherabilitiesandskills.Frommanyteachers’practice,wehavediscoveredthatthemajorityofstudents,equippedwithlargevocabularyandadequategrammaticalknowledge,stillcannotcommunicateappropriatelyandfluentlywithnativeEnglishspeakersornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.Therefore,howcanwehelpstudentsenhancetheiroralEnglishabilitytoahigherdegree?

InwhichwaycanweachieveabettereffectivenessinoralEnglishcourseforstudents?

InmodernsocietyEnglishteachinginChinausuallystartsinthejuniormiddleschool;inmanylargecitiesitbeginsintheupperelementaryschool,evenearlierinthenursery.However,eventhemostdiligentstudentswiththemostresponsibleteachersoftencan’tachievecorrectpronunciation,stressandintonation,letalonetheabilitytospeakandunderstandEnglishintheirlifeandthings.Whyisthesituationthatserious?

Thatisbecause:

first,mostteachersintheclassroomusetheirmothertonguetoexplaingrammarandvocabularyinthetextandthentranslatethewholetextinChinese;second,thestudentsareaskedtospendalotoftimelisteningtodetailedexplanationsofthestructureoflanguageinthetext,andengagingindullandde-contextualizedpatterndrills.Mostofthemareratherpassiveintheirstudyandhavingbeenusedtobeingfedwithvariouskindsoflanguageknowledge,andfewofthemhaveeverhadanopportunitytopracticeoralEnglish.Furthermore,mostofthestudentsknowlittleaboutwesterncultures.EnglishlanguagelearninginChineseenvironmentbecomesaratherdauntingandtedioustask.Thiskindofteachingmethodisveryusefulforpassingwrittenexamsandtranslationwork,butinalongrunitislessusefulforstudentstospeakitindailylife.Theold-fashionedtranslationandgrammar-rulemethodsareextremelywastefulandinefficient,forstudentsareactuallyencouragedtomakemistakes:

theyareaskedtoperformskillsbeforetheyareadequatelyprepared.Teacherswhousesuchmethodsunwittinglycreatetheveryproblemstheyseektoavoid.Atsomepointinthecoursetheirstudentsinevitablybecomeincapableofgoingon:

theyhavetogoback.Theyhavebecomeremedialstudentsandteachersarefacedwiththeproblemofremedyingwhathasbeenincorrectlylearnt.Noapproachcouldbemoreineffective,wastefulandinefficient.

InordertoknowbetterabouttheconditionoforalEnglishabilitiesusingbyschoolstudents,thewriterperformedaninvestigationonthat.Thesurveywascarriedoutinamiddleschool.Alltogether60studentsansweredthequestionsandallthequestionnairesweretakenbacksuccessfully.

Table:

self-evaluationofthestrongestandpoorestEnglishskills

Strongest

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

30.1%

11%

47.6%

11.3%

Poorest

14.5%

61.7%

8.1%

14.5%

Itdisplaysthatnearlyhalfofthestudentsthinktheirreadingcompetenceisthestrongestamongthefouraspectsand30%ofthemevaluatetheirskills,andspeakingandwritingareconsideredasproductiveskills.Studentsdon’thaveanoptimisticattitudetowardstheirproductiveskills.Anditreflectstheteachingfocusisstillputonreadingability.

Fromthequestionnaire,wecandrawconclusionsasfollows:

First,studentsshouldpaymoreattentiontotheiroralEnglishability.Amajorityofthemhaveapoorspeakingability.TheymustrecognizethatspokenEnglishisessentialforcommunication.

Second,studentshaveastrongabilityofreading.Sotheteachingfocusshouldbeputonspeakingability.

Aboveall,teachersarerequirednotonlytohelpstudentsbecomeefficientreadersbutalsotoimprovetheiroralEnglishability.Sothefirststepistogetsomeideasabouthowstudentsstudyitandfindputtheproblemstheymeet.

2.DeficienciesintheStudents’OralEnglishLearning

2.1ProblemsontheTeachers

2.1.1Teachers’LackofStrategies

WiththegrowingimportanceofEnglishasaninternationallanguageofcommunication,Englishteaching,esp.oralEnglishteachinghasdrawnmoreandmoreattentionfromthesociety.ButformanyyearsinChina,mostmiddleschoolstudentdesi