当今,社会生活的信息化和经济活动的全球化,使外语特别是英语日益成为我国对外开放和与国际交往的重要工具。小学开设英语课是当代社会发展的需要,可以有效地提高我国的外语水平。小学生模仿力、记忆力、可塑性强,具有许多成年人甚至中学生所不具备的优越条件;小学开设英语课,可以充分发挥孩子们学习语言的潜力;小学开设英语课,可使小学生了解其他国家和民族的优秀文化传统,开阔视野,扩展知识,提高思想品德修养,树立国际意 Today, the informationization of social life and the globalization of economic activities make foreign languages, especially English, an increasingly important tool for China’s opening up to the outside world and its international exchanges. The primary school English class is the need of the development of contemporary society, can effectively improve our foreign language skills. Pupils imitate force, memory, plasticity, with many adults and even secondary school students do not have the advantages; English classes in primary schools, can give full play to children’s potential to learn the language; elementary school English classes to enable primary school students to understand other countries and ethnic groups Outstanding cultural traditions, broaden their horizons, expand knowledge, improve ideological and moral accomplishment, establish an international meaning