英语口试——提高大学英语学习者听说能力的有效方法

Oral English Test——An Effective Way to Improve College English Learners' Speaking Ability

口语教学一直是大学英语中的短板,效果一直不甚理想。通过对口语测试理论的回顾并运用其正反拨效应,在大学英语课堂中,从第一到第四学期,循序渐进地分阶段穿插形式灵活的英语口语测试,促进大学英语学习者说英语,以英语口试为抓手引导其提高听说能力。

Teaching speaking has been very weak and ineffective in CET (College English Teaching). In order to enhance the learn?ers’motivation to listen and speak English, according to the theory of oral test and its positive feedback, the flexible English oral tests are inserted in CET classroom in a gradual and step-by-step way, which is hoped to be a starting point to guide learners to im?prove their listening and speaking ability, from the first to the forth semester.