口语考试对学生英语学习的影响研究

A Study on Impacts of English Oral Tests on English Learning

将口语测试引入大学英语考试体系、增加学生英语听说实践、解决"哑巴英语"问题,是国内英语口语研究与教学的焦点。本研究采用问卷调查法,收集了261份有效问卷,调查了在大学英语考试体系中实施口语测试的某高校非英语专业大二学生的备考方式和态度、对口语考试形式与难度的评价、对口语考试对自己英语学习的影响等方面。研究结论肯定了口语考试的必要性,并提出改进口语考试和英语教学的建议。

One focus in the domestic research and teaching of Oral English is to integrate oral test into College English assess-ment system,to increase practice opportunities of listening and speaking of English learners,and to solve the problem of"Dumb English".The current study implements questionnaire survey to 261 non-English majors in a university adopting oral tests in College English examinations.The 261 valid questionnaires from sophomores revealed their methods and attitude of preparation for oral tests,their evaluation of the content and difficulty of oral tests,as well as the impacts of oral tests on their English learn-ing.The research concludes the necessity of oral tests,and offers suggestions to the improvement of oral tests and English teach-ing and learning.