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1、HowtoImproveStudents’OralEnglishAbility 1.IntroductionWithChina’entryintotheWTOandsuccessfulbidfortheOlympicGamesin2008,Chinesepeoplewillinevitablyhavemuchmorecontactswithpeopleallovertheworld.Therefore,thereisclearlyaneedforlearnerstospeakandinteractinvarioussituati
2、onsthroughEnglish.Asweallknow,eversince,orevenbeforetheopening-uppolicyandthereformofChina,ChinesestudentshavestudiedEnglishlanguageforaconsiderablelongtime,andgreatachievementsforteachingandlearningEnglishhavebeenseeneverywhereinschools,butforsomereasonoranother,the
3、oralEnglishabilityoftheChinesestudentsisalwaysaninferioritytotheirotherabilitiesandskills.Frommanyteachers’practice,wehavediscoveredthatthemajorityofstudents,equippedwithlargevocabularyandadequategrammaticalknowledge,stillcannotcommunicateappropriatelyandfluentlywith
4、nativeEnglishspeakersornon-nativeEnglishspeakers.Therefore,howcanwehelpstudentsenhancetheiroralEnglishabilitytoahigherdegree?InwhichwaycanweachieveabettereffectivenessinoralEnglishcourseforstudents?InmodernsocietyEnglishteachinginChinausuallystartsinthejuniormiddlesc
5、hool;inmanylargecitiesitbeginsintheupperelementaryschool,evenearlierinthenursery.However,eventhemostdiligentstudentswiththemostresponsibleteachersoftencan’tachievecorrectpronunciation,stressandintonation,letalonetheabilitytospeakandunderstandEnglishintheirlifeandthin
6、gs.Whyisthesituationthatserious?Thatisbecause:first,mostteachersintheclassroomusetheirmothertonguetoexplaingrammarandvocabularyinthetextandthentranslatethewholetextinChinese;second,thestudentsareaskedtospendalotoftimelisteningtodetailedexplanationsofthestructureoflan
7、guageinthetext,andengagingindullandde-contextualizedpatterndrills.Mostofthemareratherpassiveintheirstudyandhavingbeenusedtobeingfedwithvariouskindsoflanguageknowledge,andfewofthemhaveeverhadanopportunitytopracticeoralEnglish.Furthermore,mostofthestudentsknowlittleabo
8、utwesterncultures.EnglishlanguagelearninginChineseenvironmentbecomesaratherdauntingandtedioustask.Thiskindofteachingmethodisveryuse