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onimprovingstudentsspeakingability

Onimprovingstudents’speakingability

Abstract

Withthecomingofknowledgeeconomyandthedevelopmentoftheinformationage,theglobaleconomictendtointegration.Internationaleconomiccooperationandtradeismoreandmorefrequent.Multiculturalglobalvillageisbeingformed,withwhichpeoplehaveanewknowledgeofthevalueofEnglish.NowadaysthepurposeofforeignlanguageeducationisnotjustsothatwecansimplysayafewwordsofEnglishandcandotranslation,butinordertomakethefuturecitizensofmulticulturalismintheglobalvillageofsurvivalanddevelopmentandtomakefulluseofinformationtechnologyforknowledgeinnovation.

Foreignlanguageeducationforthepromotionofinternationalcooperation,themaintenanceofworldpeaceanddevelopmentisofgreatsignificance..Manynationaleducationpoliciesarepointedout,learningandmasteringaforeignlanguageisoneofthenecessaryconditionsfortwenty-firstCenturyqualifiedcitizens.ThispaperexpoundstheimportanceofspokenEnglish,somebarriersintheprocessofspeakingcommunicationandfindoutthecausesoftheseproblemsandputforwardsomeadvices,whichcanreallyimprovethequalityoforalEnglishteachingandimprovestudents'oralEnglishspeakingability

Keywords:

speakingability,communicationability,Englishteaching.

摘要：

随着知识经济的到来和信息时代的发展，全球经济趋于一体化。

国际间的经济合作和贸易往来更加密切和频繁。

多元文化的地球村正在形成。

随之对外语的意义和价值也有了重新的认识。

当今外语教育的目的不仅仅是使我们能简单的说几句英语，能做翻译，而是为了使今后的公民能在多元文化的地球村中生存和发展，为了使他们更好的利用信息技术进行知识创新。

外语教育对于促进国际间的合作和发展、维护世界和平具有重大的意义。

很多国家的教育政策都指出，学习和掌握一门外语是21世纪合格公民的必备条件之一。

本文在阐述英语口语的重要性，在口语交流中的障碍以及从中找出导致这些问题的原因,并切实有效地提出了能真正提高口语教学质量、提高学生的口语说话能力的策略。

关键词：

口语能力、交流能力、英语教学

CHAPTERІ

Introduction

Englishisapopularlanguage—especiallyinthenewrecentlyyears.Asisknowntousall,itisthemostwidelyusedlanguageinthedevelopingworldandit’sgettingmoreandmoreimportantnowadays.Recentestimatessuggestthatmorethan400millionpeoplespeakitastheirfirstlanguage,withmorethan1800millionpeoplespeakingitassecondlanguage.Itisanofficiallanguageinalargenumberofcountriesandiswidelyusedinairtrafficcontrolandacademicgatherings.（KeanQiu,1996）

Nowadays,withtheopening-upofChina,Englishteachinghasbeengettingmoreandmoreattention,especiallysinceBeijingwonthebidtoholdthe2008OlympicGames.PeopleareenthusiasticaboutlearningEnglish.MostofourstudentsbegintolearnEnglishfromGrade3inprimaryschools.AndsinceChina'saccessiontotheWTO,thelevelofChina'sopeningtotheoutsideworldrisesceaselessly,andtheworldexchangeshavebecomeincreasinglyfrequent.Sociallifepresentsthefeatureofnormalizationandglobalization.English,asaninternationallanguage,playsacriticalroleinourforeignrelations.Meanwhile,SpokenEnglishinChina'scurrenteconomicconstruction,cultureandeducationexchangesandcooperationwithforeigncountriesalsoplaysadecisiverole,suchasinterviewsforjobs,foreignnegotiations,visitabroadandculturalexchangesareinseparablefromthespokenEnglish.Therefore,learningEnglishespeciallyoralEnglishisveryimportant

However,theEnglishlevelofcurrentChineseisuneven,moststudentsonlyhavealittlecommonlanguagecommunication,besidestheyareshytospeakinclass,whetherunderstandornot,theywon’tactivelycommunicatewiththeteachersandneedlesstosaytogototheEnglishCornertopracticeoralEnglish,whichreducetheopportunityoforalpractice,thereforedumbEnglishalsoformed.Inaddition,teachersmastertheclassroomandjusttransformknowledgetothestudentsmechanical,theteachingmodecenteredonstudentshasnotbeenfullyusedwidely.Teachersonlyteach,notleavingstudentstoenoughpracticetime.ThisphenomenonhasledtothestudyoforalEnglishtoformaninert.Symbolicallyaccepted,butfailedtobeinnovativeconvertedintousefulknowledge,atthesametimetheexaminationofEnglishlearningreducesthelearningenthusiasm.Facedwiththissituation,whatcanwedotochangeit?

CHAPTERⅡ

Theimportanceofspeaking

SpeakingasoneofthefourlanguageskillshasplayedaveryimportantroleinEnglishteachinginmiddleschools.Allthecommunicationsareestablishedonthebasisofspeaking.Tobeabletohaveagoodpronunciationandtone,thatis,speakingwellcangiveyouconfidenceincommunication.Indailylifespeakingisthebestwaywhichmakethecommunicationofinformationbecomemorequickly,especiallyinthepresentsocietywithsuchquickdevelopmentofpeople’slifepace.soitisnecessaryforthestudentstodeveloptheabilityofspeaking.What’smore,withthereformationofnewprocessofteaching,itrequiresthatthestudentswillhavetheexpressingabilitytoreceiveandpassinformationinEnglishinrealoccasions.Butmanystudentsoftencanspeakwellinclassorinrelaxedoccasions,andwhentheyareputinarealcondition,theycan’t.Whydoesitappear?

Itisaffectedbymanyelements;oneoftheelementsistheirEnglishspeakingability...SoitdemandstheEnglishteachersinjuniorschoolstodevelopthestudent'sspeakingability.Anditisnecessaryfortheteacherstohelpthestudentsdeveloptheabilityofspeaking.

2.1Theimportanceofspeakingexistinginthelanguageofhumanbeings

"Languageisvocal;thismeansthatspeechistheprimarymediumoflanguage.While,writingissecondary.Firstly,foranylanguagespeechexistedlongbeforethewritingsystemcameintobeing.Eventodaylanguageswhichhavelonelyaspokenformoutnumberlanguagewhichhaveawell-developedwritingsystem.Secondly,normalchildrenalwayslearntospeakfirst.Theybegintoreadandwriteonlywhentheyhavereachedtheschoolage.Thirdly,speechismoreimportantthanwritingforpeople’sdailylife.Apersonwhocan'treadandwriteisonlyan‘illiterate’.However,apersonwhocan'tspeakisnormallyregardedas‘disabled’."（Gujiazu,2002）Sospeechisveryimportantinthedevelopmentofhumanbeings.

2.2Thepositionofspeakinginthefourlanguageskills

Ofthefourlanguageskills（listening,speaking,reading,&writing）,listeningtakesthefirststep.However,communicationisatwo-wayactivity.Whenyoucanunderstandwhattheotherssaidtoyouis,however,youcan'texpressyourideasclearlybecauseofsomereasonsandthenthecommunicationcan’tbecontinued.Sothiscommunicationhastobecomeafail.

Duringthelearningofalanguage,listeningandreadingareaprocessofunderstandingandabsorption,speakingandwritingareaprocessofexpressionanduse.Understandingandabsorptionarefoundationwhileexpressionanduseareimprovement.Thatis,theformerisaprocessofinput;thelatterisaprocessofoutput.Withoutthelatter,thedevelopmentofthelanguagepracticalabilitytounderstandandabsorptionwillbemeaningless.

Thefinalaimoflanguageteachingistodevelopthestudents’abilitytocommunicateintheformofspokenandwritten.AndoftenthespokenEnglishismoreimportantthanthewrittenEnglishinlanguageusing.Especiallyinmodernsocietywithsoquickstep,undoubtedlyspeakingcommunicationisthequickestway.AlthoughinthemodernInternetworld,it'sconvenientforpeopletousetheE-mail,whentheywriteandreadtheE-mail,theywillspendmoretimethanspeakingdirectly.What’smore,writingcan'texactlyexpressthewriter’sfeelingssometimes,andthereadercan'tunderstandthewriter'sfeeling.Forexample,onepersonishappynow.Andhewantstotellhisfriendhispresentfeeling.Sohewritestohisfriendwhocan'tunderstandhisfeelingjustbyreadinghisletterorE-mailbetter.Butifhecanspeaktohisfrienddirectly,thenhisfriendcanknowhisfeelingbyhistoneorexpression.Andhecanalsoknowhowmuchhishappyis.Sothisisaquickanddirectspeakingeffect.

Meanwhile,readingandwritinghavenothiseffect.Ontheotherhand,itisonlyourtonguethatbuildsacommunicationbridgebetweenthelistenerandthespeaker.Thereby,thelisteningabilitymustrelyonthespeakinginaway.Moreover,itisprovedthatifthespeakingistrainedbest,itwillbehelpfulforstudents’confidencetolearnEnglish.

2.3Theimportanceofspeakingexistingintheteachingsyllabus

Theaimsofteachingsyllabusstipulatesthat“EnglishteachinginmiddleschoolsaremainlytotrainstudentstohaveadefinitefoundationoflisteningandspeakingsoastoattaintheaimtocommunicatecomprehensivelywithothersinEnglish.”（TeachingsyllabusforMiddleSchool,P2）ItrequirestheteachersofEnglishtoorganizetheir45-minuteclassinEnglishtocreatealivingandlivelyEnglishenvironmentofEnglishlearning.Thusthestudentslisteningandspeakingwillbespontaneouslytrainedandbepracticed.

2.4Newtestsfocusonspeakingatpresent,theteachingsyllabusstipulates.

“Examinationandtestshouldincludewrittenpart,listeningtestandoraltestaswell.”（TeachingsyllabusforMiddleSchoo,P9）Andnowyoucanfindlisteningtestinourallkindsoftests.Andmanyareastaketheoraltestasanimportantparttoestimatethestudents’comprehensivelevel.

However,asearlyastenyearsago,youcouldn'tfindtheoraltestinthefinalexamination.Evenyoudidn'thearofthewordof“oraltest”.Now,wecanseethatinthefinalexaminationthestudents’speakingabilityisverydifferentfromthoseintenyearsago.Theirintonationsandtonesandevenexpressionsaremuchbetter.Anditcontributestothedailytraining.SothevoicelessEnglishisincreasinglydeveloped.

What’smore,nowyouoftencanfindthattherearemanyEnglish-speakingcompetitionsonTVandmanyareasalsoholdallkindsofspeakingcompetitions.Atth