| With the globalization of the world economy and frequent international communication, English has become a very important tool in communication. Oral English teaching and the training of speaking ability of English draw the attention of experts and teachers. In 2003, The New Curriculum Standards for Common Senior Middle Schools (experimental version) states clearly that the teachers must cultivate the senior middle school students' speaking abilities: exchanging information, bringing out questions and expressing their own opinions and suggestions on their familiar topics in English teaching.However, oral English teaching in rural senior middle schools has often been neglected. The main reasons for this are that the entrance examination for colleges does not include oral English test. Meanwhile, the students' poor foundation of English and timidness in character prevent students from speaking English. In addition to this, the quality of English teachers is another problem. All this leads to the current situation in rural senior middle schools and poor communicative competence of the students.This paper starts with the problems of the rural oral English teaching in common senior middle schools in the light of the findings of linguists and the observations of the author. Efforts have been made to analyze various causes that have hindered oral English teaching and to explore some possible strategies from the aspect of the classroom teaching.The paper is divided into three chapters. Chapter One deals with the brief history and development of oral English teaching at home and abroad and the development of oral English teaching in common senior middle schools. In Chapter Two, the current situation of oral English teaching in rural senior middle schools is stated according to ruralstudents, rural English teachers and the learning and teaching environment. In Chapter Three, some strategies are made from the aspect of the classroom teaching in rural senior middle schools, that is, to use the integrated teaching mode of oral English. Meanwhile, some samples are shown to demonstrate how the mode can be used in the classroom teaching and some problems for the teachers to pay attention to while using the mode. |
