ABSTRACT

Speaking ability is one of the basic language skills earliest acquired by the language users, which has extremely important influence on learners. English, as a foreign language, lacks real using environment in China. Many English majors have difficulty in oral English learning. In accordance with questionnaire survey of 80 English major students in different grades in Foreign Language School of Jiangsu University, this paper analyzes the main factors affecting students' oral English ability development, including the learners’ gender, learning environment, cultural background and so on. Based on these analysis, the paper puts forward some concrete and feasible solution in order to improve English learners' oral English ability and the effect of English teaching, thus to improve learners' comprehensive language using ability.

Key words: Oral skills; factors; solutions

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One  INTRODUCTION-1

Chapter two  LITERATURE REVIEW-3

2.1 Previous Studies on English major’s Oral Skills at home-3

2.2 Previous Studies on Deficiency of English Major’s Oral Skills abroad-3

Chapter Three  METHODOLOGY-5

3.1 Research Objectives-5

3.2 Research Subject-5

3.3 Data Collection-6

3.4 Data Analysis-6

Chapter Four  RESULTS AND DISCUSSION-8

4.1 The Influence of gender and its countermeasures-8

4.2 The Influence of environment and its countermeasures-11

4.3 The influence of cultural background and its countermeasures-12

Chapter Five  CONCLUSION-15

REFERENCES-16