摘 要

英语是全球使用范围最广的语言，随着时代的进步，人们使用英语进行口语交流的机会大大增多，英语口语在人们日常生活中扮演的角色也越来越重要。英语口语能力是英语听、说、读、写能力中重要的一项技能。而口语教学则是英语教学的重要输出环节，能够有效检验英语语言的教学成果。从交际角度看，语言首先是工具然后才深及文化。作为交际手段，口语交际能力是学习语言的基础和前提。近几年，英语口语逐渐受到社会关注，尤其是对于找工作，出国留学，应试升学的英语专业学生来说，英语口语成为了英语学生一项重要而且直接的参考指标。英语口语教学质量的高低则直接影响着学生口语表达水平的高低。学校对英语口语的重视程度也影响着学生口语水平的高低。然而现阶段英语口语教学质量并不理想，即使是各高校的英语专业也不例外。大部分英语专业学生口语出现表达能力较差，发音不准确等问题。例如,“哑巴英语”现象依然普遍存在，口语教学依然被忽视，口语测试机制依然不成熟等。为了了解高等学校英语专业口语课堂教学活动中存在的问题，探求解决问题的对策，笔者通过对武汉地区高校英语专业的调查研究，分析了武汉地区英语专业口语教学的现状，并针对问题提出相应的决策。

关键词：武汉地区；英语口语；教学现状

Abstract

English is the most widely used language in the world. With the increasingly frequency of international communication, there are more opportunities for people to use spoken English to communicate, and the status of spoken English in people’s daily life is much higher than before. Oral English is an important skill among the abilities of English listening, speaking, reading and writing, thus oral English teaching plays an important role in English teaching as it can effectively reflect the quality of English language teaching. From communicative perspective, language is firstly a tool and then deeps down to culture. As a means of communication, oral communication ability is the basis and prerequisite for language learning. In recent years, spoken English has gradually drew social attention, especially for English majors who are looking for a job, studying abroad or going for further studies, oral English has become an significant and direct reference indicator for English major students. The quality of spoken English teaching directly affects the level of oral expression of students, and school’s emphasis on spoken English also affects students’ oral English ability. However, the quality of spoken English teaching is not satisfactory at this stage, even English majors in various universities are no exception. Most English majors have problems with poor oral expression and inaccurate pronunciation. For example, the phenomenon of “dumb English” is still widespread, spoken English teaching is still neglected, and the oral test mechanism is still immature. In order to understand the problems existing in the oral English classroom teaching activities of colleges and universities and to find solutions to the problems, the author analyzed the current situation of oral English teaching for English majors in Wuhan by researching and studying the English majors in Wuhan area, and proposed corresponding solutions for problems.

Key Words: Wuhan area；English speaking； teaching status

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Research background and research content 1

1.1.1 Research background 1

1.1.2 Research content 1

1.2 Research significance 2

1.3 Overall structures of the thesis 2

2 Literature Review 4

2.1 Research on oral English teaching theory 4

2.1.1 Objectives and content of spoken language teaching 4

2.1.2 The theoretical foundation of spoken language teaching 4

2.1.3 Oral English teaching methods 5