Abstract

Nowadays, oral communicative competence is gravely ignored in English teaching, though the new curriculum standard clearly puts forward the requirements for oral ability. Overemphasis on exam-oriented education generally makes students’ oral communicative competence poor in junior middle school. Therefore, besides the accumulation of professional knowledge, the cultivation of students’ oral communicative competence should also be paid attention to in junior middle school English teaching. The essay aims to analyze the negative factors of cultivating students’ oral communicative competence and study the methods to train students’ oral communicative competence. To a great degree, it can help them get rid of the phenomenon, dumb English, and improve their oral communicative competence. Moreover, a case of classroom teaching is analyzed in the paper, exploring its pros and cons to develop students’ oral communicative competence.

Key words: oral communicative competence; negative factors; methods; case study

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1 Introduction-1

1.1 Definition of communicative competence-1

1.2 Requirements of oral communicative competence in junior middle school-2

1.2.1 Three-level requirements- 3

1.2.2 Four-level requirements -3

1.2.3 Five-level requirements -3

1.3 Problems related to the present oral English teaching and learning-4

1.3.1 Negative influence of exam-oriented education-4

1.3.2 Old teaching ideas and modes-4

1.3.3 The influence of emotional factors-5

1.3.4 Limited class period-5

2 Literature Review-6

2.1 Humanism Learning Theory-6

2.2 Situational Teaching Method-7

2.3 Task-based Approach-8

3 Methods to Cultivate Students’ Oral Communicative Competence in the Classroom-9

3.1 Group activities-9

3.2 Simulation and role-play-10

3.3 Discussion and debate-11

3.4 Application of multi-media and net-work teaching-12

4 A Case Study of Oral English Teaching-12

4.1 Procedures-13

4.2 Results-13

4.3 Analysis-14

5 Conclusion-15

References-17