Speaking

=The importance of speaking:= ====The 21st century is an internationalized world. With the development of society, especially the wide-use of network, people often say this has been a time of “global village” and “world wide web”. When communication between people has expanded, ways beyond their local speech communities are varied. In other words, the communication between different countries is more frequent than before. Thus English as a popular language, plays a more and more important role in international communication. It’s considered as one of the most significant medium by which to exchange information. So in China, more people begin to attach importance to English teaching and learning. At present there are about one fifth of people learning English in the world, most of whom are Chinese. Whereas, quite a few people can’t communicate in this language. They just learn the so-called “deaf English” or “mute English”. A national survey in 15 provinces and cities by the State Education Commission in 1986 revealed that most middle school leavers found it hard to communicate even in simple English after spending 900 hours in English class. Therefore educators as well as teachers are in desperate need of finding a new way to improve the situation of oral English teaching.====

====In the new English Curriculum Standards, it points that students in Senior high school should develop certain skills in listening speaking reading and writing. For the demands of speaking, it asks students to be able to make plans and discuss according to study tasks; report the process and results of experiments and investigations; make a 3-minute speech after preparation; express themselves in daily communication(eg make simple translation); help the foreigners shop; be a guide in a tour etc. Nevertheless the situation of English teaching is still “far from being satisfactory and unable to suit the needs of China’s development”. The problem that most students can’t use what they learn at school to communicate in daily life draws many educators’ attention. It’s known that the goal of learning a foreign language is to communicate and communicative ability is mainly embodied as spoken English. It is an important part of everyday interaction. Speaking is the skill that the students will be judged upon most in real life situations. So teachers have a responsibility to prepare the students as much as possible to speak in English in the real world as well as in classroom.====

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