How to develop students’ English speaking skills

English has always played an important role in international exchanges, and the importance of learning English is well known. With the informatization of social life and the globalization of economic life, the process of my country's opening up to the outside world is accelerating. Learning and mastering a foreign language and conducting foreign exchanges are basic requirements for national quality. As one of the forms of English communication, spoken English is becoming more and more important as people have higher and higher requirements for speaking. In this form, both teachers and students should take speaking seriously and pay attention to the cultivation of good speaking skills. This also provides a brand new world for primary school English teachers, requiring teachers to explore and innovate in teaching content, approaches, and methods.

In the process of primary school English teaching, we must not only complete the basic teaching tasks of primary school English, but also proceed from reality to stimulate students’ interest in speaking and learning English, and lay a lasting foundation for the improvement of students’ oral English ability. the basis of development. This article starts from the characteristics of students and teaching methods, starting from improving students' awareness of participation, creating situations, building students' self-confidence, and opening a second classroom for oral learning, and how to improve students' listening and speaking abilities, and talks about some strategies for cultivating the oral ability of primary school students. and strategy training.

1． The reality and necessity of cultivating English speaking ability in primary schools

There is a passage in the "English Teaching Method" edited by Li Tingxiang, a professor at the Department of Foreign Languages ??of Beijing Normal University: "The purpose of learning English is to communicate in English. English should be taught as a communicative tool and learned as a communicative tool.” It can be seen that the cultivation of communicative ability should be paid attention to in English teaching. As primary school English in the basic education stage, we should also use this as a criterion to cultivate students' good oral English skills. However, we have found that some students can often get high scores in exams, but it is difficult for them to speak a few words of English fluently. Some students are very shy when facing teachers and classmates when practicing speaking in class, and are unwilling to actively participate in speaking activities. As the grades increase, some students' listening and speaking abilities do not make significant progress and development... Faced with this phenomenon, teachers should use various means to mobilize students' sight, hearing, speaking and other senses during teaching, so that students can learn Speak English, fall in love with speaking English, and then improve their speaking skills in the process of continuous listening and speaking.

2． Problems and Countermeasures in Spoken English Expression

In communicative activities, some students have good ideas in mind, but when it comes to oral expression, they scratch their heads and express incompletely; some students speak fluently when speaking freely. They have quick thinking, but when it comes to formal speeches, they hesitate and stutter; some students do well in homework and exams, but they don't raise their hands in class and don't like to speak...Such phenomena are everywhere, and when analyzed, they are mostly caused by the following reasons: Students are not interested in oral English; they are anxious and nervous; they cannot concentrate when expressing themselves; there are personality differences among primary school students, etc. So how can we solve these problems in their oral expression?

① Create conditions for listening and speaking

Sbertson said that the first condition for teaching a foreign language well is to allow students to be exposed to and use foreign languages ??as much as possible. Learning a foreign language is like learning to swim. Students must soak in the water instead of occasionally getting wet. Students must dive into the water. In this way, he can finally enjoy it like a skilled swimmer. Foreign language teachers should create opportunities for students to listen and speak, so that they can listen more and speak more.

② Create situations and stimulate interest

Confucius, the ancient Chinese educator, said: "Those who know are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy." This illustrates the importance of interest. Interest is the driving force for learning. Only by stimulating students' strong interest in oral expression can teachers' teaching and training improve. Situations can motivate students to speak and provide them with materials for speaking. Thereby promoting the development of their language use ability. Teachers should be good at using various methods to create an atmosphere for oral English expression, create situations that are conducive to students' speaking, stimulate students' desire to speak, and allow students to perceive language, communicate and develop language in the situation.

In teaching, diversified teaching methods such as creating scenarios, skit performances, group dialogues, storytelling, and learning to sing can be closely integrated with a variety of extracurricular activities to continuously give students opportunities to express themselves and provide them with new stimulation. Cultivate their keen interest in oral expression.

②-1. Organize classes in English and create a good language environment

When primary school students learn English, what they hear, think, and speak is all Chinese, and only the classroom is The main venue where they are exposed to English. Therefore, teachers should try to seize the few dozen minutes of class time and express more in English. In this case, students' thinking will follow the ideas and directions of English, and they will naturally start to speak English slowly. Of course, they may not understand or be used to it at first. Teachers can use actions, expressions or appropriate explanations to avoid using Chinese as much as possible, so that students can be exposed to an English language environment and gradually remember some of the teacher’s simple classroom teaching terms. . For example, the teacher points to the blackboard and says: Look at the blackboard. Students will understand: the teacher asked them to look at the blackboard. The teacher picked up the textbook and turned the pages while saying: Open your books. The students understood the meaning and opened the textbook immediately. The teacher followed up by saying: Turn to pages. Such as these, over time, students will naturally apply them to their studies. Teachers will encourage students to speak English, gradually cultivate their thinking ability, create a good language environment, improve their speaking level, and help strengthen their sense of language.