Three Representative Teaching Methods of Oral English in Chinese Primary Schools

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10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_98How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Dumb English; oral English; situational language teaching; game teaching method; movie teaching method; role-playing teaching method; error correction

Abstract

“Dumb English” is a widespread phenomenon in China. It illustrates that it is difficult for students to communicate naturally and fluently in English after studying English for many years. The reason is that students lack of oral English training. Moreover, there are different problems affect Chinese students’ English-speaking. The most important problem is that traditional teaching modes neglect to cultivate students’ oral English competence. Furthermore, the age has significant influence on acquiring a language. Hence, schools cultivate students’ oral English ability as early as possible can help students to lay a steady capacity of English communication. Therefore, this paper illustrates representative teaching methods for cultivating pupils’ oral English through concrete situational teaching method. Game teaching method stimulates students’ interests in English-speaking. Movie teaching method effectively enhances students’ competence of spoken English. Role-playing teaching method is the most common and popular approach in situational teaching. Finally, this paper mentions three general oral English errors and error correction methods that need to be noticed by teachers and students.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qianying Li
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/11/19
TI  - Three Representative Teaching Methods of Oral English in Chinese Primary Schools
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science Education and Art Appreciation (SEAA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 800
EP  - 807
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_98
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_98
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