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OntheMethodstoImproveOralEnglishinMiddleSchool
ChapterOne
Introduction
Whatislanguagefor?
Itseemsthatmostpeoplethinkit’sforpracticinggrammarrulesandlearninglistsofwords——thelongerthewordsthebetter.That’swrong.Languageisfortheexchangeofideas,forcommunicationandunderstanding.Then,what’stheroleofteacher?
Generallyspeaking,theroleofteacheristohelpthelearnermastertheforeignlanguageintheshortestpossibletimesothatheisabletohavesuccessfulcommunicationswithothersinthetargetlanguage.Inordertoreachthegoal,foreignlanguageteachersshouldtryveryhardtofindoutthemostefficientandeffectivewaysinforeignlanguageteaching.
Sofarasweknow,Englishhasbeendividedinto4mainpointswhicharelistening、speaking、readingandwritingaswell.Amongthem,accordingtofrequencyofuseindailylife,oralEnglishseemstobeonthetopofall.
Withthedevelopmentofmodernsociety,eachcountryintheworldisconnectedlikeanearthvillage.Peoplecontactbymeansofinternet,telephone,facetofaceandsoon.Anyway,themorechancewehave,themoreoralEnglishcommunicationweuse.Inordertojointhecontactofmultinationaltrend,wearefocusingonEnglisheducationmorethaneverbefore.Fromelementaryschool,evenfromgradeone,studentsarerequiredtolearnEnglish.Fromthat,wecanrealizehowimportanttheEnglishis,especiallyoralEnglish.
Accordingtomysurvey,however,manyteacherspayattentiontohowtoimprovetheirstudents'writingskillinsteadofspokenEnglishskill.Infact,asakindofmostusefulmethodofcommunication,notonlyitshouldn'tbeignored,butbepriortoothers.Moreover,oralEnglishnotonlycanreflectlearners'levelofEnglish,italsocanactivateinterest,heightenscoreandmotivatepassion.So,theattentionshouldbepaidontheproblemofhowtoenablechildrentogainagoodcommandoforalEnglish.
ChapterTwo
Inmostelementaryschools,asfarasIknow,oralEnglishhasn’tbeenvalued,evenmanyschoolsdon’thaveoralEnglishcurriculum.Why?
Manyteachersthinkit’snotapttoletchildrentospeakEnglishbecauseoftheiryoungageandlowknowledge,oreventheirinfantskillwhichcan’tenablethemtostudyforeignlanguagewell.Therefore,thependulumhasswungtoofarinthedirectionoftrainingwritingskillsandwhetherstudentscanrememberandcompletevocabularyandsentencesisteachers’mostconcern,studentsarerequiredtopayaplentyoftimeandattentiononwritinginsteadofotherskills.Mostproblems,accordingly,emergesintermsofEnglishasfollow:
1:
problemofreading
2:
problemofmentality
3:
problemofinterest
2.1.TheProblemofReading
Theproblemofreadingalwaysbelongstoincorrectintonationandpronunciation:
suchaswrongslowunclearandstammeringpronunciationresultedfromlackofreadinginparticularlyphoneticsymboltraining,whichisanessentialpartinoralskill.Unfortunately,duringtheclass,manyteachersseldomhavephoneticsymbolcurriculumandthefirstlessonalwaysisgiventovocabularyinstead.Infact,phoneticsymboland26lettersarealwaysdescribedasthefirststepoflearningEnglish.Thereisanoldsaying:
“goodbeginningishalfdone”.Sowehavetotrybesttovalueit.
It’snothardtogivestudentsphoneticsymbolsbecauseofchildren’sbaseofChinesephoneticsymbol(whichcalledPinYin),allteachersneedistoteachstudentsEnglishphoneticsbythemeansofcomparingwithChinese’s.Ifso,theeffectwillbebetterthanwithoutcomparison.AlsowecangivestudentssometimetodistinguishthedifferencebetweenEnglishphoneticsandChinese’safterteachingthemall48Englishphonetics。
Taketheletter“a”forexample,wecanwriteitontheblackboardandaskstudentswhat’sitspronunciationinbothChineseandEnglish.Ibetnearlyallpupilscananswerthequestion,andthenit’stimetowriteoutthe/ei/,followingstepistogiveall26letterswithrelevantphoneticsymbol.Ontheotherhand,inordertoletstudentsgetafurtherrealizationaboutChinesePinYinandEnglishphoneticsymbol,teachercanwritePinYin“b.p.m.f.d.t.n.l.g.k.h.”andasktheyhowtoread,afterthat,writetheirrelevantEnglishconsonantalletters-/b/./p/./m/./f/./d/./t/./n/./l/./g/./k/./h/togivethemaclearerunderstandingaboutthedifferenceandsamenessbetweenPinYinandEnglishphoneticsymbol.Accordingmyexperience,contrastiveanalysisisavalidmeanstoachieveagoodeffortandpupilswhoaretaughtalsocanrememberpronunciationquicklyandeasily.Anyway,oncecomparisonbetweenthemothertongueandthetargetlanguageiscarefullydoneandpracticed,thenmanyerrorscouldbeavoided.
2.2.TheProblemofMentality
Inclass,manystudentsalwaystendtofeelshywhenasked.Suchproblemscanbesolvedbyencouragingstudentstoanswerquestionasmuchaspossibleevencanletstudentscometoteacher’sdesktospeakorreadEnglishfacingtotheothers.Whenmistakeoccurredandtheyfeelembarrassed,neverlaughedatthem,onthecontrary,teachersshouldpraisetheircourageandencouragethemtoperformnexttime,weshouldremember:
neverdosomethinghurtingconfidence,rewardismuchmoreeffectivethanpunishmentinateachingsituation.Asweknow,confidenceisthekeytomotivatestudents’passion,otherwise,nobodycouldsucceed.Soconfidenceshouldbebuiltupduringclass.Ontheotherway,whenteachersgiveaquestion,don’thurrytopickdifficultquestion,thequestionshouldbeselectedfromeasytodifficultstepbystep.Anyway,agoodteacheristheonecapableofleadingstudentstoagoodwayofresolvingproblems(张兼中.1992).
2.3.TheProblemofInterest
Comparedwiththeprevioustwo,theproblemofinterestseemstobebroader.Why?
Didn’tIsaythatboyhoodiscurioustoeverythingandeagertolearneverything?
ThereisNodoubtthatchildrenarefullofcuriousness,butunderacertaincondition,strongmeritscanturnintoweakone.Tediousclassandapileofhomeworkarethesourceofkillinginterest.Interestisabestteacher,howtocultivatelearners’interestsothattheycanhappilygoonlearningprocess?
Therearemanymethodscanbeused,forexample:
teacherscanteachpupilsbyusingsongstomemorizethe26lettersandhaveagametotestwhocansingthesongofletterfastandbest,andcolorfulEnglishcardsandinterestinggamescouldbeputintoEnglishclass.Therefore,inordertocallupstudentinterest,variousmethodscouldbeusedduringclass,andfunshouldbemadeofanytime.Secondly,teachersshouldspeakEnglishasmuchaspossiblesoastoletstudentsgetusedtoit,ofcourse,theusedEnglishshouldbesimple,incasethestudentsdon’tunderstand,then,teachersshouldtranslateintoChineseintime.Thirdly,studentsshouldbeencouragedtowriteandtellshortandeasyEnglishstory.Whenevertheyfaceproblems,teachershouldhelpthemsolveproblemsandmakethemknowforeignlanguageisnotasdifficultastheythink.Inaword,inordertoactivatelearner’sinterestsandletthemgetridoffearandshyness,it’swrothusingavarietyoftechniques.
AfterbeingawareofsomeproblemsonlearningEnglish,thenhowtodo?
Beforeourfurtherdiscussion,wehavetoknowwhatthestandardsoforalEnglishforelementarystudentsare.Namely,whatleveloforalEnglishshouldbeachievedaftertheirlearning?
Therearelistedfourbasicandimportantskillsrequiringstudentsinelementaryschoolasbelow:
1:
Intonationandpronunciationclearornot
2:
ThespeedoforalEnglishfluentornot
3:
Grammarandvocabularycorrectornot
4:
Expressionandlogicconventionalornot.
Abovefourpointsrelateandinfluencewitheachother.Eachisworthconcerningequally.Ofcourse,ifastudentmeetsabove4demands,thenheorshewillbequalifiedintermsoforalEnglish.Inthenextchapterthemethodsoflistening,reading,speakingwillbegiven.
ChapterThree
Sincethespokenlanguagecameintobeingbeforewrittenlanguage,speechpatternsratherthangrammarshouldbethefundamentalelementsoflanguage.TheviewaccountsfortheemphasisonthepriorityforspokenlanguageteachingintheEnglishclass.Whenitcomestooralskill,manyteachersthinkit’stoocomplextoteachjuniorstudents.So,atthemoment,wehavetobesurethatspokenlanguageisalearnablesystemofsounds,andtrainingcanenablestudentstopronouncethelanguageaccurately.Then,howtotrainoralEnglishbythemeanoflistening,readingandspeaking?
3.1.ListenandReadTraining
Languageisstructuredlikeapyramid,andthelisteningisonthetopofit.Asforpupils,listeningclassappearstobeeasiertostartwith.Meanwhile,itcanstirstudents’interestsinashorttime.Thereinvolves3stepsintoEnglishlisteningtraining:
Beginningstep:
listentoeasiestletterorphonetics.Secondstep:
listentosimplesentencesanddailydialogues.Thirdstep:
listentosongs,shortstoriesandplaygamesaswell.Let’stalkaboutthe3pointsseparately.
3.1.1.ListenandReadlettersandPhonetics
Thefirststepisthebeginningaswellascrucialoneforlearning.Englishtapeshouldbeprovided.Inclass,studentsareaskedtofirstlylistentothebasic26lettersandsecondlylistentothedisorderedones,andwriteontheblackboardwhattheyhavelistenedasquicklyaspossible:
Lessonsample
Lettersdrill:
(Teacherstandsinfrontofblackboard,selectapairofstudentstocometotheblackboard,afterwards,teacherplaysthecassetteswhichcontaining26Englishlettersandthepairofstudentsareaskedtowritewhattheyarehearing)
eg:
T(teacher)S(student)
C.M.P.
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