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AStudyofEffectiveMethodsofImprovingOralEnglishbyRetelling

AStudyofEffectiveMethodsofImprovingOralEnglishbyRetelling

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Abstract-----------------------------------------------------------------II

1.IntroductionandtheAimofImprovingOralEnglish----------1

2.TheImportanceofOralEnglish-----------------------------------1

3.RetellingasanEffectiveWayofImprovingOralEnglish-----2

4.SomeEffectiveMethodsofRetelling----------------------------3

4.1ClassroomInstruction------------------------------------------------4

4.2ClassroomActivities-------------------------------------------------5

5.Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------------6

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Abstract

TheimportanceofactivelyimprovingoralEnglishskillsforEnglishlearnerscannotbestressedenough.Inordertobeacceptedintoyourworkenvironmentorclassroom,youmusthavereachedaminimumlevelofproficiencyinEnglish.However,firstofall，asanEnglishlearner,youareexpectedtoopenyourmouthandsayeverythingyouwanttoexpress.DevelopingexcellentoralEnglishskillsasearlyaspossiblewillallowyoutoeffectivelyshareideaswithotherpeople.ItwillalsomakeyoumoreeffectiveinconveyingyourideastopeoplearoundyouwhouseEnglishasnativelanguageorasecond,intheformofwell-writtenpapers,convincingpresentations,andengagingpersonalconversations.

Retellingmeanspeopleusetheirownunderstandingstorefineorimitateanarticlewhichissimilartothetext.Byretellingwhattheyhaveknown,peoplecanimprovetheirabilitytoexpressinEnglish.OralEnglishhasitsownfeatures,butitiscloselycombinedwithotheraspectsofEnglish,forexample,retellingmaymakeoralEnglishpreciseandaccurate.ItisagoodandpracticalwaytoimproveoralEnglish.

KeyWords:

OralEnglish；OralExpression；Retelling

1.IntroductionandtheAimofImprovingOralEnglish

OralEnglishisanimportantpartinlearningEnglish.AsChineseandWesternvariousfieldsofexchangeandcooperationaremoreclosely,thereisnodoubtthattheoralEnglishisagrimchallenge.Itwasreported:

Indiamaybecomeasuperpowerinthe21stcentury,oneofveryimportantreasonsforwhichisthat70percentofthepeoplecanspeakfluentoralEnglish.Fortunarely,ourcountryisconductinganewroundofcurriculumreform."Curriculumstandards"stresseslistening,speaking,reading,writingandtranslatingwhicharethefiveessentialbasiclanguageskillsinthelearningandtheusingoflanguage.Theyareanimportantformofcommunication,andcanformcomprehensivelanguageability.OralEnglishisanimportantpartintheuseoflanguage.OralEnglishhasshownmoreandmoreimportantposition.

WestudyoralEnglishsoastomakeoralcommunications,withtheeconomicglobalization,moreandmoreforeignershavecometoseektheirchancesinChinajustbecauseChinaisahugemarketandtheyknowthatthehugemarketwillgivethemunlimitedbusinessopportunities.TheyeithermaketheirinvestmentinChinaorcometoseekcooperation.Whenyouarehavinganinterview,youaresuretobeaskedmanyquestionsinEnglishandofcourseyouareexpectedtoanswerinEnglish.Ifyoudowell,youstay,butifyoucannotanswerthosequestionswell,youleave.Thatistosay,itisimpossibleforyoutogetthejob.ManypeopleareplanningtofurthertheirstudyabroadandsonaturallyoralEnglishisindispensabletothem.SothisorderofimportanceoforalEnglishstudyshouldbefollowed:

Fluency,AccuracyandAppropriateness.

2.TheImportanceofOralEnglish

Asaninternationallanguage,Englishplaysaveryimportantroleintoday’ssociety.SincetheentryofWTOin2001,Chinahasparticipatedinmoreandmoreinternationalco-operations.Thisirreversibletendencyrequiresmoreandmorehighly-qualifiedEnglishpersonnelinsociety.Thefinalpurposeoflearningalanguageistocommunicatewithothers,thustheoralexpressionisverycrucialandisthebasicskillofusingalanguage.Becauseofnegligenceandinadequateconditions,thepresentsituationoflearningoralEnglishisnotsatisfactory;whichhasaffectedthepeople’sEnglishlearning.Howtoimprovethepeople’soralEnglishhasalsobecomeaproblemwhichshouldbesolved.

ThereisnodoubtthatEnglishisoneoftheworld'smostwidelyusedlanguages.Peopleusealanguageinthreeways:

asanativelanguage,asasecondlanguage,orasaforeignlanguage.EnglishisspokenasanativelanguagebyoverthreehundredmillionpeopleintheUnitedStates,Britain,Australia,NewZealand,Canada,someCaribbeancountriesandSouthAfrica.Asasecondlanguage,Englishisoftennecessaryforofficialbusiness,education,informationandotheractivitiesinmanycountries.Asaforeignlanguage,nearly800millionpeoplespeakEnglish;itisoneofthefew"working"languagesoftheUnitedNations.

OralEnglishisespeciallyimportantinEnglish.ItisveryclearandurgentthatpeopleattachoralEnglishandtrytheirbesttoimprovetheiroralEnglish.Asamatteroffact,tobegoodatoralEnglishismanypeople'sdream,astheywanttobecomeinternationalpersons.

3.RetellingasanEffectiveWayofImprovingOralEnglish

Itcanimprovetheabilityoforalexpression.Retellingleadsthelearnerstoabandontheformerwayofjustdealingwithtestpapers,orcaringmuchfortheirscoresonly,anditcanstimulatetheirinteresttospeakoutinEnglish.Solongastheteacherspaymuchattentiontotheirbraveexperienceinsteadofthefrequentgrammaticalmistakes,creatingverypleasantatmosphereforthemtotalkfreelyandencouragingthemtobethehostsorhostesses.

It’sveryhelpfultotrainthethinking,inferenceandlogic,thatis,aftertheycanspeakoutthemainideaaboutthetext,don'tendup,thefollowingstepistogivethemtimeandspacetoimagineorcommentontheideafreely.Forexample,whenstudentslearnthetextbreakingdownFamilyBarriers,themostsatisfactoryprogressisthattheycanholdacorrectpointofviewtowardstheirownrelationshipwithparentsandgiveoutmanypiecesofadvicetobreakdownfamilybarriers.Byretellingthetexts,theycangetawholeconceptaboutamatterandlearntoanalysisitdialectically,whichwillarousetheirfervortothinkwhathappenstothemoftenandkeepclearandcorrectopinions.

4.SomeEffectiveMethodsofRetelling

Asweallknow,theimportantaimforustolearnEnglishasaforeignlanguageistouseitfreelyinallaspectssuchaslistening,speaking,reading,writing,andtranslating.Nowadays,inordertokeeptheclosestpacewiththerapiddevelopmentofourmodernsociety,theabilitytospeakandlistentoorunderstandEnglishhasbecomemostessential.SoallkindsoftextbookswhicharemarkedtohelplearnerpracticeoralEnglishhaveeasilysetupaverygoodmarket,forexample,Lookahead,newconceptEnglish,andOralworkshopsandsoon.

Well,whatonearthisthebestormosteffectivewaytoimproveoralEnglish?

Tomyknowledge,retellingwhatyou'velearnedinthetextsisagoodandpracticalwaytoimproveyourabilitytoexpressinEnglish.Here"retelling"meanslearnerusetheirownunderstandingstorefineorimitateanarticlewhichissimilartothetext,whichisquitedifferentfromrecitingorrepeatingsomekeysentencesfromthetexts,andalsodifferentfromorbyfarmorethanrememberingsomekeyordetailedplots.Retellingneedstheirownimagination,comments,suggestionaswellasthefluentoralexpressionofthemainidea,soitisaveryhardjob,buttheeffectivewaytopracticetheiroralEnglishwhilelearningthetextbooks.

AccordingtotheimportanceoforalEnglish,inordertoimprovetheoralexpression,Ithinkretellingisadirectandeffectiveway.Nowtheteachingmaterialshasalsospokentoprovideabetterguaranteeforretelling,andEnglishnaturalinformationinputisnoteasytoachieveinjuniorlearner,sothatwecanonlymoreuseteachingmaterials.Ithinktheretellingisanimportantmethodforthelearnertomastertheknowledgeoflanguage;itcantrainthelearnertocreatecomprehensiveabilityandthinkingability,toextricatethemfromthecumbersomeLanguageanalysissothattheyparticipateconsciouslyintheprocessofstudyandbecomethemastersoflearning.

TherearesomemethodsofretellingbytheteachingEnglish:

4.1ClassroomInstructions

Thatis,thelearneravailtheinformationprovidedtoretellafterlearninglesson.ThisisacommonmethodintheprocessoflearningoralEnglish,becauseitwasadaptedtothemiddleandlowerlevelsofthelearner,andtostimulatefullyoralexpressionofinterest.

theteacherpreparedsomequestionsinorderofarticlebeforetheclass,andbedetectedthequestionsandanswersafterthetrainingsession,letthestudentstohaveanall-embracingretellingsothattheyunderstandthissystematicallyandretellcoherently.Forexample,JEFC,BII’SLesson66,theteacherprovidedfollowingquestionsbythesmallblackboard:

1.WhatwastheweatherlikeinEngland?

2.Whathappenedtomanypeople?

3.Whowasattheheadofthequeueinthedoctor’swaitingroom?

4.Wheredidtheoldwomanlive?

5.Whydidshewanttoseethedoctor?

Questionsandanswersareveryeffectivetooperatethethinking;youmayasksomesimpleordetailedquestionsaboutthecontext.Andanswerstothequestionsmaybringthemaveryclearimpressiononthetext.Andalsothequestionsmayleadthemtoimaginesomesituation,whichisrelativetothetext,andgivethemmorematerialtoexpressinEnglish.Forexample,“A