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Abstract:The fiction of language is communication. Oral English teaching is to foster students’ communicative competence. But our junior oral English teaching still adopt the traditional teaching method.Come up with some suggestion using the principles of Direct Method which the teaching language is related to culture, the classroom teaching should be students-centered, improving the ability of cooperative learning, organizing the classroom communicative activities and speaking English outside the classroom. Therefore, it improves students’ oral English competence and students get fluent oral English.
Key words:Direct method; Traditional teaching method; Communicative activities
一、The classroom communicative activities
Speaking practice in traditional classroomoften takes this form of exercise: one person asked a question, another gives an answer. Questions and answers are structured, predictable, and often there is only one correct answer scheduled. The purpose of asking and answering questions is to demonstrate the ability to ask and answer questions.
Instead, the real purpose of communication is to complete a task, such as transportation telephone information, obtaining information, or to express their views. In real communication, participants must manage what other people will say uncertainty. Authentic communication situation involves an information gap. Each participant has the messages, and others may have not this messages. In addition, in order to achieve their own goals, participants may be asked to clarify or confirm their understanding of its meaning.
To create a sense of classroom activities that will develop interpersonal speaking skills, teachers must pay more attention on information gaps, and allow different forms of expression. However, only a few do not necessarily produce competent speakers. Teachers need to combine structured output activity, error correction and higher accuracy, and communicative output activity, so that students can get the opportunities to use the target language more free in practice.
二、Speaking English outside the classroom
However efficient a class is, the opportunity for students to practice speaking English is very much limited. So practicing speaking English outside the classroom is also very important.
1. Making calls is an efficient method to speaking English
In participating of these activities the students are trained to improve their communicative competence. For instance, they may be required to make a preparation for it. 2. Create a good environment for talk is another method to practice English, the meeting hall of the school, the garden of the city would be the good place.
3. Setting up an English club is another idea
A school English club is a great help to students. Teachers can choose reasonable topics for the students to discuss. These topics should relate to the students’ interests. The topic must be as easy as possible.
4. Organizing English corner is another way to train the students’ ability.
5. The students can develop their English from organizing English speaking contests. Through the preparation and delivery of a speech, students can reflect on their experiences and speak their minds while improving English skills.
6. There are also other good ways to train English speaking skill. For examples: introducing oneself to a friend, asking for information, giving direction, making an appointment to see a doctor, booking a hotel room.
7. Songs
Singing gives the students a chance to relax from the pressure of lessons and it can reinforce the students’ interest in learning English.Such as, we can play a music <see you again>in the classroom, so the students may have some interests in learning English.
8. Games
The language game is a very popular activity in language learning.Forexample,there are have a hot game that it is named words domino in the oral English class.
三、Conclusion
Today, English teaching in junior middle school is very important. English as an international language, we can not ignore its importance. However, language as a tool to communicate with others, we should not only know how to read or write it, but also need to speak it out fluency and accuracy.
Key words:Direct method; Traditional teaching method; Communicative activities
一、The classroom communicative activities
Speaking practice in traditional classroomoften takes this form of exercise: one person asked a question, another gives an answer. Questions and answers are structured, predictable, and often there is only one correct answer scheduled. The purpose of asking and answering questions is to demonstrate the ability to ask and answer questions.
Instead, the real purpose of communication is to complete a task, such as transportation telephone information, obtaining information, or to express their views. In real communication, participants must manage what other people will say uncertainty. Authentic communication situation involves an information gap. Each participant has the messages, and others may have not this messages. In addition, in order to achieve their own goals, participants may be asked to clarify or confirm their understanding of its meaning.
To create a sense of classroom activities that will develop interpersonal speaking skills, teachers must pay more attention on information gaps, and allow different forms of expression. However, only a few do not necessarily produce competent speakers. Teachers need to combine structured output activity, error correction and higher accuracy, and communicative output activity, so that students can get the opportunities to use the target language more free in practice.
二、Speaking English outside the classroom
However efficient a class is, the opportunity for students to practice speaking English is very much limited. So practicing speaking English outside the classroom is also very important.
1. Making calls is an efficient method to speaking English
In participating of these activities the students are trained to improve their communicative competence. For instance, they may be required to make a preparation for it. 2. Create a good environment for talk is another method to practice English, the meeting hall of the school, the garden of the city would be the good place.
3. Setting up an English club is another idea
A school English club is a great help to students. Teachers can choose reasonable topics for the students to discuss. These topics should relate to the students’ interests. The topic must be as easy as possible.
4. Organizing English corner is another way to train the students’ ability.
5. The students can develop their English from organizing English speaking contests. Through the preparation and delivery of a speech, students can reflect on their experiences and speak their minds while improving English skills.
6. There are also other good ways to train English speaking skill. For examples: introducing oneself to a friend, asking for information, giving direction, making an appointment to see a doctor, booking a hotel room.
7. Songs
Singing gives the students a chance to relax from the pressure of lessons and it can reinforce the students’ interest in learning English.Such as, we can play a music <see you again>in the classroom, so the students may have some interests in learning English.
8. Games
The language game is a very popular activity in language learning.Forexample,there are have a hot game that it is named words domino in the oral English class.
三、Conclusion
Today, English teaching in junior middle school is very important. English as an international language, we can not ignore its importance. However, language as a tool to communicate with others, we should not only know how to read or write it, but also need to speak it out fluency and accuracy.