Computer Assisted Teaching In English Listening And Speaking In Middle Schools

The main purpose of English teaching is to train students' ability of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating. The middle-school stage is vital to the their learning. But the English teaching in China over-emphasizes grammatical analysis, and neglects training students' listening and speaking ability. Many students, including some college graduates, can't communicate in English in spite of their great efforts. The main cause is that some teachers haven't put in the first place the teaching of listening and speaking due to limited knowlede or inadequate understanding of language rules. The first part of this thesis probes into the reason why listening and speaking should come first in English teaching. After analysis of the current situation of English teaching, several proposals are put forward for reference. In Part Two, analyses are made about some factors affecting students' listening and speaking ability. With the rapid development of computer science and technology, multi-media are more frequently used in assisting English teaching, especially in listening and speaking training. That provides a lot of conveniency for middle school teachers while more is required as to the teachers quality. The third part of this thesis comes to how to enhance English teaching in listening and speaking with computer assistance. In order to improve their teaching, teachers should know the students' current English levels, and bear in mind those effective tactics in teaching, that is, make adequate preparations for teaching. So in the last part, guided by modern teaching theory, the thesis deals empatically with the design of English teaching in listening and speaking, hoping it will be of some help to teachers when carrying out their teaching in English listening and speaking.