Abstract

     With the development of globalization, the ability of speaking English has become a must for Chinese students. At present, however, most of the Chinese students are not capable of speaking English fluently. They also know little about how to start a conversation or make a further debate when talking with native English speakers, which indicates the bad abilities of oral English of junior high school students. The cause of this phenomenon is mainly due to the bad oral English teaching. After reading a large number of literature documents, I conclude there are 4 aspects of problems on oral English teaching in junior high school summarized by other researchers: first, the oral English training is ignored; second, the forms of oral English activities are simple; third, students are afraid of communicating in English; fourth, necessary English environment isn’t available. In this thesis, based on my classroom observation in Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School and Chengdu Jiaxiang Foreign Language School, I come up with some useful suggestions about how to teach oral English effectively in junior high school, mainly are paying  more attention to the teaching of oral English, stimulating students’ interests in oral English learning and paying attention to the input of basic knowledge.

Key words: oral English  teaching strategies  problems and solutions

Content

摘要：

Abstract:

1. Introduction-6

1.1 The background of the research-6

1.2 The purposes of the research-7

1.3 The significance of the research-8

1.4 The contents and methods of the research-9

1.4.1 The contents of the research-9

1.4.2 The methods of the research-9

2. The main problems of oral English Teaching in junior high school and the analysis of its causes-10

2.1 Lack of necessary English environment-10

2.2 Too many students in one class-11

2.3 A low level of some teachers’ oral English-12

2.4 Few opportunities for listening-13

2.5 The monotony of oral activities-13

2.6 Students’ anxiety and fear of expressing in English-14

2.7 The influence of the means of evaluation-15

3. Literature Review-15

3.1 The definition of oral English-15

3.2 The objectives of oral English teaching in junior high school-16

3.3 Principles of oral English teaching-17

3.4 The researches on oral English teaching abroad-18

3.5 Domestic researches on oral English teaching-19

4. Strategies to improve the quality of oral English teaching in junior high school-21

4.1 Paying more attention to the teaching of oral English-21

4.1.1 Realizing the importance of oral English-21

4.1.2 Improving the evaluation system-22

4.2 Stimulating students’ interests in oral English learning-24

4.2.1 Creating a good classroom atmosphere-24

4.2.2 Paying attention to the ways of correcting mistakes-25

4.2.3 Simulating contextualized teaching-26

4.2.4 Carrying out a variety of oral activities-26

4.2.5 Carrying out extra-curricular activities-27

4.3 Paying attention to the input of basic knowledge-29

4.3.1 The input of words, phrases and sentence patterns-29

4.3.2 The input of cultural knowledge-30

5. Conclusion-31

5.1 The summary of the research-31

5.2 The limitations of the research-31

References-33

Acknowledgements-34