The Status Quo of College Students’ Oral English and Some Improvement Strategies.doc

大学生英语口语水平现状及提高策略 THE STATUS QUO OF COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ORAL ENGLISH AND SOME IMPROVEMENT SRATEGIES Abstract With the deepening of our open policy and China’s entry in the World Trade Organization, English is playing a more and more important role in our work and life. Oral English is an indispensable tool in our English communication. As a standard to judge college students’ English ability, the importance of oral should not be neglected. Then, what is the status quo of our college students’ oral English ability? To get to know about the status quo of college students’ oral English ability, the author of this paper conducted a questionnaire survey among some students in Xiaogan University, and analyzed the result. The analysis shows that the “dumb English” phenomenon exists among many students, and their oral English ability is generally not good. The author analyses in this paper the causes leading to college students’ poor oral English ability, and suggests some solutions from the three aspects of students, teachers, and colleges, in the hope that it would help us to improve college students’ oral English ability. Key words: college students; oral English; the status quo; survey; improvement strategy  大学生英语口语水平现状及提高策略 摘 要 随着改革开放的深入和中国加入世界贸易组织，英语在我们的工作和生活中起着越来越大的作用，而英语口语是英语语言交际中一个不可或缺的手段。英语口语作为评估学生英语水平的一个标准，它的重要性不可小视。那么目前大学生的英语口语水平现状究竟如何呢？ 本文为了解大学生的英语口语水平现状，采取问卷调查的方式对我院学生进行了调查，并对其结果进行了分析。分析结果表明：在大多数学生中存在“哑巴英语”的现象，他们的英语口语水平普遍不高。笔者分析了大学生英语口语水平普遍不高的原因，并从学生、教师和学校三方面对这一问题提出了解决方法，以期能对大学生英语口语水平的提高有所帮助。 关键词：大学生；英语口语；现状；调查；提高策略 Contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………1 2. About the investigation…………………………………………………………………2 2.1 Design……………………………………………………………………………………2 2.2 Respondents……………………………………………………………………………3 3. The investigation result and the analysis……………………………………………3 3.1 The investigation result…………………………………………………………………3 3.2 The analysis of the result………………………………………………………………4 4. The causes of the problem………………………………………………………………4 4.1 Poor