农村初中英语口语训练模式研究

’srequirementsforsecondaryEnglishteachingandtheauthor’spersonalexperienceofeducationpractice,thethesisemphasizestheimportanceoforaldrilling.Anditobjectivelyanalyzesthesituationoforalteachinganddrillingmodelsinjuniorhighschoolsofruralareas.Afterdiscussingtheexistingproblems,thethesisalsoshowssomepracticaloraldrillingmodels:imitation,repetition,murmuring,on-sitetranslationmethod,discussionandexplanation,andinterview.Finally,thethesisofferssomestrategiestoimproveoralteachingthere.Keywords:ruralareas;juniorhighschool;orallanguage;drillingmodels摘要本文结合当今社会的发展，英语新课标对中学英语教学的要求和作者切身的教育实习体会，指出了英语口语训练的重要性，并对农村初中英语口语教学的现状和模式进行了分析。在对存在的问题进行讨论后，本文同时展示了一些针对性的可行的口语训练模式：模仿法、复述法、自语法、现场翻译法、讨论解说法、人物采访法。本文最后提出了一些改善农村初中英语口语教学的策略。关键词：农村；初中；英语口语；训练模式………………………………………………..………………………11.1TheMotivesoftheStudy……………………………………..…………………11.2LiteratureReview……………………………………………………………….11.3ExistingProblems……………………………...……………………………….22.AnalysisofOralDrillingModelsinJuniorHighSchoolsofRuralAreas……………………………………….………..…………………………….22.1TheSituationofOralLanguageTeachinginRuralJuniorHighSchools…...……22.2ImportanceofOralDrilling………………………………………….…………...42.3SomeModelsforOralDrilling…………………………...……………………...53.StrategiesofImprovingOralLanguageinJuniorHighSchoolsofRuralAreas…………………………………………………………………..……………73.1TheImprovementstotheSituation……………………………………………..73.2TheGoaloftheResearch……………………………………………………….93.3ThePracticeoftheResearch……………………………………………………94.Conclusion………………………………………………………………..……….11References1.Introduction1.1TheMotivesoftheResearchNowadays,information-basedsociallifeandeconomicglobalizationmakeEnglishbemoreandmoreimportant.Asoneofthemostimportantinformationcarrier,Englishbecomesamostwidelyusedlanguageinallfieldsofmankind’slife.LearningandusingEnglishtolaunchanoralconversationbecomesanevidentneedofthesociety.Soitisoneoftherequirementsineducationforall-rounddevelopmenttoenhanceoralteachinganditisalsothetrendofforeignlanguageteachingreform.Furthermore,anewbroadreformofbasiceducationcurriculumraisesoralteachingtoamoreimportantpositionthanever.However,inourcountry,ahugegapinoralteachingofjuniorhighschoolexistsbetweenurbanandruralareas.NationalEnglishCurriculumforNine-YearCompulsoryEducationspeciallyemphasizesthatEnglishteachingshouldcultivatethestudents’abilityofcomprehensivelylanguageusingandEnglishteachersshouldstrengthenoralteaching.However,spokenEnglishisacomparativelyweakerfieldinsecondaryteachinginruralareas.Therefore,thethesisdiscussesthecurrentsituationoforalteachinginruraljuniorhighschoolsandputsforwardsomesolutionsandthemodelsoforaldrillingthere.1.2LiteratureReviewLanguageisdefinedas“asystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication”(LiuRunqingandWenXu,2006:8).Nowthatthelanguageisvocal,itscommonformcanbefoundinorallanguageamongpersons’communication.Besides,orallanguage“istheskillthatthestudentswillbejudgeduponmostinreal-lifesituation”(WangQiang,2006:156).Itissuchanimportantpartofeverydaycommunicationandmostoftenthefirstimpressionofapersonisbasedonhis/herabilitytospeakfluentlyandcomprehensibly.So,beingteachers,theyhavetheresponsibilitytoteachstudentstospeakinEnglishbothintherealworldandinthetestingroom.GillianBrown&GeorgeYuledidtheresearchonorallanguageteachingandnotedthat“intheaspectofteachingtheorallanguagetheteachercandeliberatelyselecttheleveloftrainthemtothatlevelofability”(2000:50).WangQiangindicatedthatsincethestudentswillprobablynothaveenoughopportunitytopracticespeakinginEnglishoutsidetheclassroom,itisourresponsibilityasteacherstogivethemasmanyopportunitiesintheclassroomaspossible(2006).1.3ExistingProblemsAtpresent,ofalllanguagesintheworld,Englishisthemostwidelyusedone.However,therearestillmanyproblemswhichcanbefoundinjuniorhighschoolsofruralareas,suchasthelackofacertainlanguageenvironments;Englishteachers’poorspokenability;somepsychologicalbarriersforstudents’speaking;theinefficiencyofbig-classteachingandsoon.Manyresearchershavelaidemphasisontheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoforaldrillinginjuniorhighschoolsofruralareas.Sothisthesisalsowillanalyzethesituationthereindetailandgivesomepracticalsuggestions.2.AnalysisofOralDrillingModelsinJuniorHighSchoolsofRuralAreas2.1TheSituationofOralTeachinginRuralJuniorHighSchoolsAsalanguage,Englishisakindofsocialcommunicationtoolanditsmaincharacteristiciscommunicable.ThusoneofthegoalsofEnglishteachingistomakestudentscommunicatewithothersinEnglish.Whileformostofitshistory,Englishteachinghasbeenconcernedwiththestudyofgrammarandvocabulary,whichmakesthestudentsbethetooloftakingexaminations.Sotherearefollowingfiveproblemsexistinginoralteachinganddrillinginjuniorhighschoolsofruralareas:Firstly,theEnglishteachinglacksofthenecessarylanguageenvironment.TheChinesestudentslearnEnglishinasingle-languageenvironment.Exceptlimitednumberhoursperweek,thestudentshavelittlechancetogetintouchwithEnglish.Suchenvironmenthasseriouslyhinderedthestudents’speakingcapacitydevelopment.Secondly,thet