A Study Of The Problems And Major Reasons Of Oral English Learning In Rural Areas

As economic globalization accelerates and the strategy for optimizing imports and exports is implemented, English has exerted greater influence on the world stage. However, the supply and demand of English talents is actually unbalanced in China, and what is worse is the limited oral proficiency of middle school students from rural areas, which facilitates the research to be conducted.On the basis of the teaching notion, content-based instruction (CBI), the study was done with the support of questionnaire and unstructured interview which were accomplished in Xiqiuwan Middle School in Badong County.The qualitative and quantitative data show that, first, compared with reading, listening, and writing, speaking is the biggest drawback for most of the respondents; second, though the majority have noticed the significance of oral proficiency, their incentive to learn is only confined to external factors.Given the reasons accounting for students’ poor speaking capacity, the first one consists in themselves. Most students lack profound understanding of oral English, so few form the habit of daily practice. Then the English teachers do not pay deserved attention to oral English. At last, the policy-making body does not put oral English teaching on its teaching agenda.Due to these reasons, there are three corresponding suggestions:increasing English input to create an English learning environment; enhancing learners’ motivation and adopting cooperative learning to improve speaking English proficiency.