Oral English Teaching In Vocational Colleges

Oral English teaching is increasingly valued by vocational colleges. Yet systematical research on vocational college students, teachers and teaching approaches in this aspect is rarely seen. Drawing from available theoretical resources and from its author's own teaching experiences as well, this thesis offers a systematic examination of the current situation in teaching oral English to students of vocational colleges in China, identifying problems and proposing ways to deal with them. The paper consists of eight chapters. The first chapter is the introduction and the next three chapters analyze respectively the characteristics of the vocational college students, the problems lying in the oral English teaching and some possible suggestions for the improvement of the present situation. Chapter Five is a case study, showing that language aptitude, motivation and opportunity are the three crucial interactive variables in the learning of oral English. From the case study, the author derives some implications for the teaching of oral English. In Chapter Six, a general oral English teaching plan for freshman international trade majors is offered in accordance with the author's own teaching experiences. Some sample classroom activities are also introduced. In Chapter Seven, the author points out the importance of intonation training, retelling texts, recitation and developing classroom discussion skills. She also proposes the principles for textbook selection. In the last part of this chapter, the author rethinks the relationship between the teacher and students. The thesis ends with a summary of the thesis as an effort to address the above-mentioned problems.