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1、ACommunicativeApproachtoSpeakingActivitiesInHighSchoolEnglishTeaching牛津英语课堂教学中说的活动 I.IntroductionLanguageisforcommunication.Wills,J(1987)suggeststhatthemostimportantthingofallisthatteachersshouldbeabletoteachtheirstudentshowtocommunicateinEnglish,notjusthowtodogrammarexerc
2、isesorchooseABCorDasthecorrectanswer.Todothis,teachersshouldaim,notonlytoteachEnglishinEnglish,buttocreatethegenuinecommunicativesituationsthatariseintheclassroomformeaningfullanguagepractice,andtoallowplentyoftimefororalproductionactivitiesafterthepracticestagesofthelesson
3、.ThepurposeofthispaperisapracticalonetodiscusscertainspeakingactivitiestostrengthenEnglishteachingsoastoenablestudentstocommunicatemoreeffectivelyinEnglish.Thispaper,ofcourse,isnotintendedasfirstintroductiontoEnglishteachinginhighschool.Teachersmayhavealreadybeenfamiliarwit
4、htheseactivitiesthatIwillreferto.MypurposeofthethesisistosuggestthatacommunicativeapproachtospeakingactivitiesshouldbemadefulluseofinourhighschoolEnglishteaching,becauseinChina,atpresent,althoughmoststudentshaveagoodmasteryoflinguisticknowledgeandarealwaysgoodatstructuralan
5、alysisandcandomultiple-choicequestionsextremelywell,theylackcommunicativecompetence,thatistosay,theycannotusetheknowledgetheyhavelearnedfromtheirtextbooksinpracticalsituations.Thediscussionisdirectedmainlytowardsacommunicativeapproachtospeakingactivities,suchaspairwork,grou
6、pwork,roleplay,thedebate,informationgapandgames,theirimportanceanddisadvantageaswell.Throughthesespeakingactivities,teacherscanhelpstudentsgobeyondthemasteryofgrammaticalstructuresoftheirtextbooks,tothepointwherestudentscanusethemtocommunicatemeaningsinrealsituationsinthefu
7、ture.II.UsingSpeakingActivitiesDevelopsStudents'CommunicativeCompetence1.ThePresentSituationofEnglishteachinginMiddleSchoolInChina,mostofthechildrenbegintolearnEnglishattheageofthirteenorfourteenorearlierinsomebigcitieslikeShanghaiandBeijing.Thatistosay,itistheagewhentheyen
8、terthejuniormiddleschool.Fromthenon,theywillstudyEnglishforsixwholeyearsthroughbot