A Study On Oral English Teaching In A Rural Junior Middle School

China has more and more contract with the other countries in the world since its entry into World Trade Organization. As a common language, English is thus playing a more and more important role in every aspect of China's society, economy and life. Oral English is increasingly demanded. Nowadays English teachers in middle schools are concern about not only English language itself, but also developing the integrated pragmatic competence of students which includes not only speaking, writing, reading, listening, but also affect attitudes, cultural awareness, students'self-features. Speaking is on the top of other skills in learning language. Students'English ability is mainly judged by their English speaking in real-life situations. The key point is more concerned with how to improve the oral English of students in middle schools, especially in economically undeveloped junior middle.In rural junior middle schools English teachers teach the language itself only with little or no attention to oral English teaching. Considering the current situation of English teaching in rural junior middle schools, the author of the present graduation paper believes that the key issues are to reform the teaching methods. English teachers should provide enough classroom time for their students to practice their English because the classroom is the main channel of teaching. This paper focuses mainly on the designing speaking activities which can encourage the students to open their mouths to speak English.This graduation paper consists of five parts: Introduction, Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four and Conclusion.Introduction discusses the related background of the scientific study I conduct in my graduation paper, that is, the significance of oral English in our work and lives. In present-day English teaching of a rural junior middle school, there exists a bad phenomenon, that is, English teachers emphasize the English language itself, and almost ignore cultivating their students'English speaking ability.Chapter One introduces the theoretical basis of oral English teaching in rural junior middle school, including Chomsky's theory and the Constructivism, and talks about the relationship between the two theories and oral English teaching in a rural junior middle school.Chapter Two introduces learning strategies of oral English in a rural junior middle school, including the learners-centered strategy, the cooperative learning strategy and the strategy of taking advantage of sources.Chapter Three discusses the specific ways of cultivating oral English in junior English teaching. The specific ways discussed are: taking advantage of pronunciation teaching to foster students speaking ability, fostering students'speaking ability in communication process, and correctly treating errors in English speaking.Chapter Four studies process and achievements in study. It includes four steps: preparation phrase, implementation of oral English, setting up oral lessons, and achievements in study.Conclusion comes to the main ideas discussed in this paper and put forward some suggestions on oral English teaching in a rural junior middle school.