【正文】 lines in movies are oral English in style. They are very useful in daily life and easy to understand and memorize. Students can imitate the pronunciation of actors and actress and write down those useful sentences and expressions. English songsSinging English songs is a good way to improve oral English. English songs include a lot of language knowledge that is useful for spoken English. This mainly reflects in words, phrases, idioms, expressions and sentence patterns. Words in English songs are often simple and vivid and most of them are those used in daily life by western people. As for sentences, most of them are short and authentic. For instance, in the song yesterday once more, we can find this phrase: “l(fā)ook back on” which means “recall”。學(xué)生應(yīng)該培養(yǎng)講英語的興趣并做更多練習(xí)。針對(duì)這一發(fā)現(xiàn)，本論文作者分析了造成這種現(xiàn)狀的原因并提出了一些提高那個(gè)地區(qū)中學(xué)生英語口語能力的建議。學(xué)習(xí)語言的目的在于交流，因此，口語的表達(dá)能力是非常重要的。隨著科學(xué)技術(shù)的發(fā)展，中國(guó)已參與了越來越多的國(guó)際間的合作。 interest。論文作者簽名： 年 月 日 論文指導(dǎo)教師簽名：The Cultivation of Junior Middle School Students’ Spoken English Ability in Rural Areas of Gansu ProvinceChen HuiAbstract: Widely spoken in the world, English plays a quite important role in modern society. With the development of science and technology, China has taken part in more and more international cooperations. This inevitable tendency requires a number of qualified English personnel in society. The final purpose of learning a language is to municate with others, thus the spoken English is quite important. Having conducted a case study in Meichuan Middle School in Min county Dingxi City, the author of this thesis has studied the present situation of spoken English teaching and learning in rural areas of Gansu Province and found the situation is far from satisfactory. The author brings forth some methods for spoken English teaching and learning. As students’ guide, teachers can cultivate students’ interest in speaking English and conduct them to do more effective exercises. Students ought to cultivate their interest in speaking English and do more practice. Key words: Spoken English。除文中已經(jīng)注明引用的內(nèi)容外，不包含任何其他個(gè)人或集體已經(jīng)發(fā)表或撰寫過的科研成果。分類號(hào) 密 級(jí) 編 號(hào) 本科生畢業(yè)論文題 目 試論甘肅農(nóng)村初中英語口語能力培養(yǎng) 學(xué) 院 外國(guó)語學(xué)院 專 業(yè) 英 語 作者姓名 陳 惠 班 級(jí) 2007級(jí)八班 學(xué) 號(hào) 274010801 指導(dǎo)教師 楊 瑞 峰 提交日期 2011. 5. 25 The Cultivation of Junior Middle School Students’ Spoken English Ability in Rural Areas of Gansu Province Chen Hui A thesissubmitted to the School of Foreign Languages and Literature Tianshui Normal University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree ofBACHELOR OF ARTSinENGLISH LANGUAGETianshui, GansuMay, 2011原創(chuàng)性聲明本人鄭重聲明：本人所呈交的論文是在指導(dǎo)教師的指導(dǎo)下獨(dú)立進(jìn)行研究所取得的成果。學(xué)位論文中凡是引用他人已經(jīng)發(fā)表或未經(jīng)發(fā)表的成果、數(shù)據(jù)、觀點(diǎn)等均已明確注明出處。本聲明的法律責(zé)任由本人承擔(dān)。 cultivation of ability。 practice試論甘肅農(nóng)村初中英語口語能力培養(yǎng)陳惠 【摘要】作為世界上廣泛使用的語言，英語在現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中起著重要作用。這種不可避免的趨勢(shì)就需要社會(huì)上有大量英語人才。本論文作者在定西市岷縣梅川中學(xué)做了一個(gè)問卷調(diào)查，發(fā)現(xiàn)甘肅農(nóng)村初中英語口語教學(xué)現(xiàn)狀不容樂觀。作為學(xué)生的領(lǐng)路人，老師可以激發(fā)學(xué)生講英語的興趣并指導(dǎo)他們做更多有效實(shí)踐?！娟P(guān)鍵詞】英語口語；能力培養(yǎng)；興趣；實(shí)踐CONTENTSI. Introduction ……………………………………………….…………………...1 The condition of spoken English teaching and learning……………………...1 A review over the past research on spoken English...............................................2II. Research Design and Findings……………………………………………..3 Research design…………………………………………………………………..3 Findings of the research…………………………………….................................3III. Some Methods in Teaching Spoken English ………………………...4 Creating a relaxing class atmosphere…………………………………………….4 Giving students more encouragement……………………………………………5 Some practical methods in teaching……………………………………………...6 English daily report………………………………………………………..6 Roleplay…………………………………………………………………7 Encouraging students to ask questions……………………………………..8 Using pictures……………………………………………………………..9 IV. Useful Methods for Students’ Speaking English……………………10 Cultivating interest in speaking English……………………………………10 Imitating standard pronunciation…………………………………11 Retelling in English………………………………………………………….12 Widening English daily words……………………………………………….12V. Conclusion...........................................................................................................13 References…………………………………………………………..……………..14 Acknowledgements...............................................................................................15I. Introduction The condition of spoken English teaching and learning The author of this paper conducted a questionnaire which indicates that the present situation of spoken English teaching and learning in rural areas of Gansu province is far from satisfactory. There are various reasons. First of all, students and teachers pay less attention to oral English. At present, there are few exams of spoken English in those areas, thus students and teachers don’t pay enough attention to spoken English. Teachers usually judge students’ English ability by their written exams. The main purpose of teachers and students is to get high grades to pass exams. Second, Chinese atmosphere has negative influence on oral English teaching and learning. Students in rural areas of Gansu Province are surrounded by the Chinese language atmosphere and there are few chances for them to practice their oral English. So they may feel embarrassed to speak English in public. Third, in rural areas of Gansu Province, the teaching condition is very poor. Teaching facilities and staff are not enough. Teachers teach students English with traditional methods. Students don’t have radios to listen to English and they don’t even have good English materials. What they can