A Study on the Stance-taking of Advanced Oral English Teaching Materials-A Case Study of Bridging Cultures

Based on the theory of stance in interactive linguistics and the corpus of Bridging Cultures,this paper studies the stance-taking of advanced oral English.By using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research to sort out and analyze the advanced oral corpus,the research finding suggests that people mainly use adjectives to express positive and negative stances,followed by nouns and verbs.Among the many grammatical constructions to express stances,“sub+is+adj”is the dominant structure,followed by“adv+adj”.It mainly presents four kinds of stance-taking in advanced oral English based on Bridging Cultures teaching materials:(1)positively evaluation stance-taking;(2)positive attitude stance-taking;(3)negative evaluation stance-taking;and(4)negative attitude stance-taking.

Linguistic Features of Oral English Corpora and Their Implications for English Teaching in Colleges and Universities

The main goal of English teaching in colleges and universities is to cultivate students’ability to use the language,but many students are still unable to complete oral communication fluently after years of study.For this reason,teachers need to deeply analyze and study the linguistic features of oral English corpora and formulate reasonable teaching strategies to improve students’oral expression skills.This paper outlines the linguistic features of oral English corpora,comparatively analyzes the differences between oral English corpora and written English corpora,and explores effective teaching strategies,hoping to provide guidelines for relevant teachers.

Oral English Autonomous Learning Ability of English Majors Under the Background of the Internet and Its Improvement

The Internet is an important means of communication for contemporary college students,especially those majoring in English,to acquire knowledge about information and improve their oral proficiency.However,research on the relevant oral English autonomous learning ability of English majors shows that the overall learning situation is not satisfying.Based on the development of the concept of autonomous learning,this article explores the current situation and existing problems in oral English autonomous learning of English majors under the context of the Internet,and proposes corresponding autonomous learning strategies for improving their oral English skill.

Effectiveness of Oral English Blended Teaching Supported by Digital Technology in Universities

An empirical study of oral English blended teaching was conducted in a university.The experiment class,which was under the blended teaching mode supported by digital technology,made significant improvements in language accuracy and range,discourse length and coherence,as well as flexibility and appropriateness.On the other hand,there was no significant improvement in the scores of the control class.Through the analysis of results by means of independent t-test and paired sample t-test,we drew the following conclusions:the oral performance of university students from the experiment class significantly improved;there was remarkable difference in the total oral English scores between the experiment class and the control class;the improvement in the total score and the score of each module showed that blended teaching had significant effect on the improvement of university students’oral English performance.

Current Status of Oral English in Non-English Major Teaching in China

It is out of the question that oral English is very important in non English major teaching and learning in China. But drawing on a series of investigation and evaluation, the article uncovers that in fact the importance oral English is overlooked presently in a number of Chinese universities. After analyzing the underlying causes, the author presents us with some tentative solutions to the problems.

The application of formative assessment in college oral English teaching

Teaching assessment is one of the most important components of college English teaching. The traditional assessment system over emphasizes the summative assessment, which used examinations as the main assessment method. Formative assessment focuses on the process assessment during the practice of teaching. It is integrated in the teaching and learning process and cannot be separated as evaluation. The formative assessment aims to confirm the students＇ potential, develop their ability in study and strengthen the students＇ confidence and the spirit of cooperation. It is also a method intended to generate feedback on performance to improve and accelerate teaching and learning effectively. Based on some theories, this paper states the importance of the application of formative assessment in college oral English teaching. It also introduces some principles and measures to apply this assessment. The reasonable and effective application can promote college oral English teaching.

To Develop, Keep and Promote Non-English Majors＇ Interest in Oral English

Interest is one type of motivation and it is a vital factor in oral English learning. This paper concerns how to develop, keep and promote non-English majors＇ interests in oral English. It suggests combine interests with teaching contents, teaching activities and other factors.

Empirical study on cooperative learning approach to College oral English teaching

As a creative and effective teaching method adopted by many countries, cooperative learning is one of the most widespread and fruitful areas in modern education theory. With the introduction of the concept of cooperative learning among College oral English teaching, students could undergo all-round training in English proficiency, cooperative ability, self-learning ability and sense of competition. This paper mainly focuses on how to make full use of cooperative leaning in College oral English teaching, and tries to verify that cooperative leaning is a practical and effective teaching mode which could enhance the College oral English classroom teaching quality.

Collective Oriented Culture and Its Negative Impact upon Oral English Teaching

As one of the most distinguished features of Chinese Culture,collective oriented culture is the deep structure of Chinese cultural psychology which has shaped Chinese character and influenced their behavior.As a result of it,Chinese students suffer this negative effect from collective orientated culture when acquiring English,especially in oral English acquisition.TEFL teachers should be aware of cultural psychology and try their best to minimize its negative effect instead of neglecting or even enlarging it during oral English teaching.

Applying Learning Community Theory to Oral English Teaching in Sport Institutes

Since traditional English teaching method, which merely focuses on language teaching but ignores communicative competence, severely impedes the development of students' oral ability. It is high time that English teachers took measures to find a workable and valuable teaching method which can improve students' speaking proficiency effectively. Learning community theory provides a broad space for this, for it regards learning as a process which takes place in a community where the learners are sharing their experience towards knowledge building in an interactive and cooperative way.

Current investigation and analysis of formative assessment in college oral English teaching

This article investigates and analyzes the current circumstances of formative assessment in college oral English teaching. The result shows： （1） students still have some difficulties in the process of oral English formative assessment; （2） students are not accessible to abundant formative assessment approaches; （3） teachers play an unsatisfactory role in the process of oral English formative assessment. Finally, this article offers some advice on figuring out the problems above.

On Oral English Teaching in Vocational Colleges

This thesis describes the current situations of oral English teaching in vocational colleges and points out the main factors of the improvement of oral English.In addition the features of oral English have been simply analyzed and some widely-used teaching methods are suggested that are beneficial attempts to train and improve students'oral English.

A Research on Oral English Competence of English Majors in XFU

Nowadays, it is obvious to see the importance of oral English competence. Cultivating students' oral English competence is not only the need of the development of the society but also the development of college students. This paper will analyze existing problems of English majors in Xi'an Fanyi University. Based on this, the author will put forward some countermeasures to improve their oral English competence.

Validity Consideration in Designing an Oral English Test

To make oral test accurately reflect the actual English spoken ability of candidates and play its role in guiding and promoting the improvement of English learners in the teaching, we must ensure that the design of scientific questions, the feasibility and validity of judgments to make an accurate and fair measurement of testers' language ability.

The Teaching Reform in Oral English for Non-English Majors Based on FIF

Nowadays the oral English levels of non-English majors in colleges do not live up to the expectations from the all walks of life. Due to the rapid development of the communication technology, many cell phone apps about the English learning have appeared. So this paper tries to put forward some effective ways to reform the oral English teaching for non-English majors based on FIF--a cell phone app about oral English learning after analyzing the status quo of current oral English teaching and learning and the advantages of FIF.

Authenticity and College Oral English Teaching

This paper aims to explore how to bring authenticity into oral English class. By discussing a number of conversational features which are prominent in every day interaction, but are lacking in the standard English material our students are learning every day, we suggest that everyday conversation is different from standard written English, so taking standard written English as a model in our oral English class is not feasible. We believe that applying CL （corpus linguistics） and CA （conversation analysis） into oral English classroom to design the learning material and classroom tasks is a good way to enhance the authenticity of language learning.

Perceptions of Chinese College Students＇ Motivations for Learning Oral English

This paper explores Chinese college students＇ motivation for learning oral English, which is normally considered as an important factor contributing to learners＇ speaking proficiency in Second Language Learning. The theoretical studies on motivation in Second Language Learning are firstly reviewed. Based on the literature review, Chinese college students＇ motivation in oral English learning is examined in terms of the Chinese context. Finally, five specific helpful strategies are put forward to facilitate students＇ optimal oral English learning.

Research on the design of the multimedia intelligence teaching system based on the oral English curriculum

Applying the multimedia technology to the English teaching is an innovation for the English teaching methods and means, because the traditional teaching cannot solve the problems of listening and speaking locally, but the multimedia teaching can well solve this problem, and can also improve the students＇ English comprehensive abilities. It is a question of the teaching skills whether the teachers can adroitly, effectively and skillfully adopt the advanced teaching methods to implement the teaching.

Construction and Application of Oral English Evaluation Index System Based on AHP

The paper confirms evaluation indexes of oral English with the application of Delphi technique and expert consultation, and then establishes hierarchical structure model of oral English evaluation index system. The weight of each evaluation index is determined with the methods of Delphi and expert consultation again. A group of students＇ oral English is subsequently evaluated by using AHP （Analytic Hierarchy Process） based on oral English evaluation index system and the weights we set up in this thesis.

Discussion on the Breakthrough Points and Innovation of Modem Oral English Teachings

With the continuous development of China＇s reform and opening-up policy, the trend of globalization is getting more and more obvious, and English as a language the most commonly used all over the world has played a self-evident role in the state-to-state and interpersonal communications. Oral English teaching, as the most important link in English teaching, is always the important and difficult point. In this paper, according to the requirements on English teaching in the new period, the breakthrough points and innovation measures are proposed for modem English teaching.