在英语教学中,听、说、读、写是四项基本技能,而笔者在多年的教学实践中认识到,朗读在英语教学中对学生英语能力的提高具有非常重要的作用。但放眼我们现今的英语课堂,无论是学生还是教师,对于朗读都不够重视。部分学生甚至认为是否会读不重要,只要会默写就可以了。这样的想法直接导致朗读水平每况愈下。这不仅制约了学生整体英语水平的提高,更在一定程度上造成了“哑巴英语”现象。那么,在初中英语教学中,教师应该如 In English teaching, listening, speaking, reading and writing are four basic skills, but in my years of teaching practice, the author realizes that reading plays a very important role in improving English ability of students in English teaching. But looking at our present day English classes, neither students nor teachers value enough to read aloud. Some students even think it will not be important to read, as long as it will dictate it. This idea leads directly to the reading level deteriorating. This not only restricted the improvement of students’ overall English, but also caused “dumb English” phenomenon to a certain extent. Well, in junior high school English teaching, teachers should be like