In middle school, most students feel that it is very difficult for them to listen to English and speak English. As we know, the teachers always spend a lot of time in practicing written English, such as the words, grammar, and so on, which leads to a serious problem for the students’ future study. The aim of learning English is to communicate with others, and oral English is becoming more and more important, so at the beginning stage, the teachers should pay more attention to listening and speaking. As long as the students have a good base in middle schools, they will save a lot of time and be more interested in learning English. This paper first introduces the problems in listening and speaking teaching in middle school, and then gives some suggestion about the solutions, such as group-work method and two-way communication. Both of them are very beneficial for the students.
Key words
English teaching in middle school; listening; speaking
Abstract………………………………………………………………………………Ⅰ
Key Words…………...……………………………………………………………….Ⅰ
摘要………………….………………………………………………………………..Ⅱ
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Introduction……………….…………………………………………………………..1
I. The Present Situation in English Teaching of Listening and Speaking.....................2
A. The Present Situation in English Teaching of Listening………………………..2
B. The Present Situation in English Teaching of Speaking………………………...2
II. The Solutions……….……………………………………………………………...3
Ways of Improving Listening ………………………………………………….3
To Proceed Step by Step according to the Students’ Actual State……………4
To Provide Interesting Materials……………………………………………..5
Give Some Relevant Instructions before Listening………………………….5
To Do Some Dictation Exercises…………………………………………….6
To Catch the Main Points……………………………………………………7
To Create a Good Language Environment…………………………………..7
To Enlarge the Students’ Knowledge……………….……………………….8
Ways of Developing Speaking ………………………………………………..8
Two-way Communication…………………………………………...………8
To Carry out Activities in Class…………………….………………………11
To Carry out Other Activities………………………..……………………...11
Conclusion……………….…………………………………………………………..13
Acknowledgements …………………………………………………………………14
Bibliography…………….…………………………………………………………...15