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1、On improving studentsOn improving students speaking abilityWritten by: He YunrongSupervised by: Ma ZhongxiangEnglish DepartmentCollege of Adult EducationAnhui Normal UniversityJuly 24, 2012AbstractWith the opening-up of China, English teaching has been getting more and more attention, especially sin

2、ce Beijing won the bid to hold the 2008 Olympic Games. People are enthusiastic about learning English .As a result, English teaching and reform are coming to a turning point, which predicts a bright future in English education in China.Now, a 9-year voluntary education program is put forward in Chin

3、a. A Standard English course is being used to replace the former teaching outline. The new standard adopts the international system according to which English language education is divided into 9 levels. This has changed the old style of teaching, which attaches importance to grammar and vocabulary.

4、 Adopting the new standard helps to develop the students ability to use English in their daily life, by focusing on arousing their interest, and encouraging their participation.The new method will place less stress on “reading and writing”, in favor of “listening” and “speaking”. So now, speaking is

5、 getting more and more important in middle school English teaching. This paper discusses how to improve students speaking ability and expound the theme through three aspects as follows: The importance of speaking. Some barriers in the process of speaking communication. Essential methods for improvin

6、g students speaking ability.The issue will be discussed from the perspective of a teacher of English in junior middle school and a possible conclusion will be reached with the help of some theoretical and practical support.Key words: speaking、communication、ability、middle school、English teaching.摘要随着

7、改革开放深入，英语教学越来越引起人们的重视，尤其北京成功深奥。人们都热中于英语学习。所以英语教改进入一个转折点，面临着美好的未来。现在，在九年制义务教育中，标准英语课程以取代以前的教学模式。根据英语语言教育分成九个等级，新课标采用了国际体制，改变了旧的方法。新的教学方式通过引起学生的兴趣，鼓励他们参与去培养学生日常生活中运用英语的能力。新的方法重在听力和口语，因此现在口语在中学英语教学中越来越重要。本文主要讨论如何提高学生的口语能力，从下面三个大的方面阐述：1. 说的重要性。2. 口语交流过程中的一些障碍。3. 提高口语能力的基本方法。本文从初中英语教师的观点，并且从理论和实际结合中得出结论。

8、关键词：口语 交流 能力 中学 英语教学ContentsAbstract. 摘要. Chapter 1 Introduction. 5 1.1 The Significance of English Speaking. 5 1.2 The Present Situation of English Speaking of Chineses Students. 5Chapter 2 The Factors Impacting English Speaking. 6 2.1 Traditional Teaching Methods. 6 2.2 Lacking Practice. 7 2.3 Lac

9、king English Environment. 7 2.4 The Shortage of English Language Knowledge. 7 2.4.1 Pronunciation. 7 2.4.2 Vocabulary. 8 2.4.3 Cultural Background Knowledge. 9 2.5 Psychological Factor. 10 Chapter 3 Strategies to Improve Students English Speaking. 11 3.1 The Strategies from the Perspective of Teache

10、rs. 11 3.1.1 Changing Teaching Methods. 12 3.1.2 Developing Students Interest and Motivation. 12 3.1.3. Raising Students Cultural Awareness. 13 3.1.4 Improving Their Listening Ability. 15 3.1.5 Assigning After-Class Activities. 16 3.2 The Strategies from the Perspective of Learners. 18 3.2.1 Accumul

11、ating Language Knowledge. 18 3.2.2 Accumulating Cultural Knowledge. 19 3.2.3 Reading English Materials Widely. 21 3.2.4 Overcoming Psychological Barrier. 22 Chapter 4 Conclusion. 23 Works Cited Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 The Significance of English SpeakingEnglish has become an international language

12、 in various fields -especially in the new century. As is known to us all, it is the most widely used language in the world and its getting more and more important nowadays. Recent estimates suggest that more than 400 million people speak it as their first language, with more than 1800 million people

13、 speaking it as second language. It is an official language in a large number of countries and is widely used in air traffic control and academic gatherings. (Kean Qiu P28). As an international language, English is an important tool to communicate with foreigners. With the globalization and more ext

14、ensive communication with the outside world English oral communication appears more and more important. However, oral proficiency is the weakest among the basic four skills for most Chinese English learners, which is an urgent problem to be addressed. Chinese teachers should discard the old and trad

15、itional teaching methods in English class and try to find effective ways to improve oral English teaching. Meanwhile, Chinese students also have to change their conception on learning English.“Communicative ability of spoken English is to use English thought and information transmission of communica

16、tive language ability. Theoretically speaking, oral English communication is the learner through listening and reading to acquire knowledge, including language knowledge and information, it is a language input (Input) process, after thinking for the input language and information processing (Process

17、ing), finally to meet the specific communication needs language output (Output) communicative activities. “The ability of spoken English communication for English learners is very important and very practical skill. Fluent oral English ability can promote English learning, stimulate interest, and im

18、prove the efficiency of learning. Spoken English is our weak link in the teaching of English. Either teaching or learning strategies remain to be further exploration. Exploration of fostering and cultivating good oral English communicative ability method and way, on the one hand, to guide the broad

19、language teachers to better English teaching and achieve better teaching results; on the other hand, is helpful to guide the English learners to learn better, master the correct, efficient learning strategies of spoken English, to form a good oral communicative ability.1.2 The Present Situation of E

20、nglish Speaking of Chineses StudentsChinese students have to learn English in Chinese-speaking environment, in addition to the situation that there are only a limited number of English classes every week, having little opportunities to speak English in class, a listening and speaking training is als

21、o difficult to get consolidate and review in extracurricular. While only a few English lessons are enough to acquire the language knowledge (including grammar, reciting words), not to speak of the time and space to practice speaking. Because the teaching is exam-oriented, there is just monotonous ex

22、ercise drilling. the classroom students say the lack of space, form is relatively activity. Some English classes into listening, lecture, let the students practice language, reciting sentences and text, but also in the different teaching links, teaching of different phase of convergence, the selecti

23、on of teaching material contents, teaching model under the influence of other factors, English classroom teaching process and the result is not ideal. Some teachers in junior middle school, compared to the oral training, students ability of listening and speaking and teaching content more consistent

24、. But into 3, also entered the stage of oral landslide, faced with the pressure of entering senior high school entrance examination, to increase the amount of paper pen exam practice, students oral communicative competence only stays on the same level, or even declining, formed the oral ability and

25、teaching content from. Eventually, after graduating from junior high school, English ability still remain in the greeting of the level.Chapter 2 The Factors Impacting English speaking2.1 Traditional Teaching MethodsIn traditional teaching, reading, writing training occupy large proportion. We used t

26、he method of learning English Learning: reading, reciting, dictation, lyrics, translation, interpretation, and oral English are not valued. Because many students learning English is the main purpose of the senior high school entrance examination, and the reading and writing accounted for a large pro

27、portion, even now spoken also joined the senior high school entrance examination item, but because the score accounted for only less than 1%, and examination contents clearly fixed, make students think one-snidely usually spend time practicing spoken English is a waste of time, before the exam training will be. In fact, English as a language, just can be in communication gives us a convenient tool, so the most easy to understand operation