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How to Develop English Listening and Speaking Skills? Abstract：This paper first introduces the current situation of Chinese students’ listening and speaking skill. Then the paper shows the importance of each skill and gives ways of developing these two skills. Key words: developing skills, listening, speaking 1. Introduction Teachers in middle schools and high schools always attach great importance to students’ reading and skills. But they barely help to develop students’ listening and speaking skills because listening and speaking questions don’t appear on the papers of college entrance examinations. Thus, when students go to colleges and universities, their English listening and speaking skills are very weak. Although teachers in China’s high education spend great efforts to develop students’ listening and speaking skills, and there are specific standards on students’ listening and speaking skills brought about by the college English curriculum, the students’ listening and speaking skills are still not very satisfactory. According to the data of the commission of college English test, in the six oral English tests from January 1999 to May 2001, 18550 students get the B level out of 32107 students. That is to say, only 58.7% students can communicate with people in English based on the familiar topics, which means the speaking skill of college students is very poor. In addition, according to the research by Lydia So (1999:34), only the speed of speaking of English major students in their second year meets the standard. Other aspects of speaking cannot meet the required standard, such as the language used is not accurate, the fluency is not good, the content of speech lacks creativity and deep thinking, unfamiliar with the rules used in communication and so on. Therefore, it is high time we developed and improved students’ listening and speaking skills because those students who are more effective communicators experience more success in school and in other areas