中小学英语同属基础教育的范畴,但这两个基础教育阶段既有相辅相成的一面,又有其各自的独立性。从教学内容看,小学和初中课程对学生语言技能的侧重和要求有所不同。小学教材容量小且内容比较简单,侧重培养学生听、读、说的能力和对文本浅层的理解,思维难度不大,对学生写的能力要求较低;而初中英语教材容量大,教学内容增多,教学节奏快,对学生英语能力要求高,除了培养听,说,读的能力之外,加强了学生写的能力要求,强调四种能力必须全面综 Primary and secondary English belong to the same category of basic education. However, these two basic education stages are complementary and have their own independence. From the teaching content, primary and junior high school curriculum focus on language skills and requirements of students are different. Primary school textbooks with small capacity and content is relatively simple, focusing on training students listening, reading, speaking and shallow understanding of the text, thinking difficult, less demanding on the ability of students to write; and junior high school English teaching materials, teaching content Increase, rapid pace of teaching, demanding students’ English proficiency, in addition to cultivating listening, speaking, reading ability, to strengthen the ability of students to write requirements, emphasizing the four abilities must be comprehensive