本科毕业论文-日常生活中提高英语口语方法探析.doc

本科毕业论文 日常生活中提高英语口语方法探析学生姓名： 学生学号： 200310206040 院 （系）： 外 国 语 学 院 年级专业： 2003级英语本科班 指导教师： 二七年五月ways to improve oral englishin daily lifeyang fengqununder the supervision oftan jieschool of foreign languages and culturespanzhihua universitymay 2007攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 contentscontentsabstract.key words.摘要.关键词.introduction.1. the importance of improving oral english 2. the problems related to oral english in use.3.reasons for the three problems .4a. psychological barrier.4b. being not understood properly.5c. seldom using vocabulary and sentences patterns newly learnt.5. ways to improve oral english in daily life.6a. ways to overcome psychological barrier at the very beginning.6b. ways to improve oral english during the process of learning.71. ways to deal with pronunciation.72. ways to deal with vocabulary.83. ways to deal with sentence patterns.94. ways to enrich knowledge10c. ways to put english learnt into practice.111. ways to make english close to life.112. ways to practice english with the help of others.12d. ways to keep persistence .12conclusion14acknowledgements.15bibliography.16攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 abstractabstractenglish as an international language is an important tool to communicate with people in other countries. with the improvement of transportation and communication tools, in the 21st century, the world has become a global village. the contact with the outside world has become more extensive. among the capability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, speaking which is the most practical one tends to be the weakest one of the majority of english learners. because of the limited time of english learning at school, either to the students or to other social groups, the improvement of oral english is close-linked to daily life. apart from theoretical knowledge, english learners should put emphasis on the oral training under the lead of a method system. the social need of english language professionals increased greatly. therefore, how to improve oral english seems to be a big problem that learners need to address.in this paper, the author makes a primary research on how to improve oral english in daily life. at first, the author introduces the importance of oral english. then the author analyzes problems related to oral english, such as being afraid of speaking out, not being able to apply vocabulary or sentence patterns they have learnt into practice, and hardly being understood by native speakers. and the author analyses the reasons for the three problems and gives a series of methods to solve the problems. in brief, only constant practice can improve oral english.key wordsenglish; oral english; daily life攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 摘要摘要英语作为一种国际语言,是我们同国外人士进行交流的重要工具。随着交通和通讯工具的改进，21世纪的今天，世界已经成为了一个地球村。中国与外界的接触将会越来越广泛。但对广大的英语学习者来说，听，说，读，写能力中，实用性最强的口语也往往是大家最薄弱的环节。由于学校教育时间的有限性,无论对学生还是对社会的其它群体,口语的提高应该与日常生活紧密相连。口语学习者除了理论知识外，更应该在系统方法的指导下，循序渐进地进行训练。社会对英语人才的要求激增。因此，如何提高口语水平似乎是每个英语学习者都需要解决的问题。本文就在日常生活中如何提高口语作了初探。作者首先介绍了英语口语学习的重要性,再分析了英语口语学习中存在的问题,如怕开口说英语,不能把新学的词汇句型应用于实际生活,所使用的句子很难被英语国家的人理解等。并且作者分析了所存在问题的原因并提出了一套可行的方法，最后作者还提出只有持之以恒地练习才能练好口语。关键词英语；口语；日常生活；方法攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 introduction introductionwith the rapid development of the society, the big globe is becoming a small family. with chinas reform and open policy, entry into wto, 2008 olympic games and 2010 world expo, we will co-operate with other countries more frequently. english, as an international language is needed by everyone. and oral english, which is directly used when learners communicate with foreigners, is one of the most important factors for every english learner. there is a phenomenon that most of english learners can read, write and listen, but they can hardly speak out. after years of research by an international authoritative english organization, it was found that among all the english learners in china, 82% of them can not communicate with foreigners in english, 33% can only understand the general meaning, only about 10% can have a simple communication, and people who can communicate with foreigners fluently are only less than 2%.(kang zhifeng, 1998) experts have written a lot of articles to solve the problem. but most of these articles are theoretic and suit for students. in this thesis, some practical ways are introduced for english learners to improve their oral english in their daily life16攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 body. the importance of improving oral englishenglish as an international language is very important in china. the social demand for foreign language professionals increased. the requirements on the english proficiency have become more specified. besides good reading skill, good oral and writing skills are also required. people should be able to communicate with foreigners, to complete interviews, negotiations and other tasks in english. many enterprises consider the ability of spoken and written english as an important requirement for the staff recruitment. from the current situation, making most english learners command the english communication ability is still a very arduous task.improving oral english is the need of the social development. there are more and more opportunities for china to co-operate with other countries. more multinational corporations will be formed in china. today, large international companies rapidly enter into the chinese market. if people want to find a satisfactory job, professional in english listening and speaking is a key to the door. therefore, having a good mastery of oral english is the need of social development as well as personal development. .the problems related to oral english in useenglish is very important not only for the students, but also for people in work, especially in the 21st century. everyone recognizes the importance of english, so they spent much time in learning english and gained a lot. as to the students, they have good mastery of grammar and get high scores in the examinations. to people in work, most of them can read files or deal with them. but some of them feel hard to communicate with foreigners. even some of them are afraid of talking to foreigners. as a language, the fundamental function of english is to communicate. in order to communicate, oral english is more practical than other skills like reading and writing. some people believe it is a waste of time to practice it, because they have no chance to communicate with foreigners in the future. however, there are also many people recognizing the permanent importance of oral english and want to have a good mastery of it. an investigation shows that most of the chinese learn english by reading books, magazines or newspapers. they only read them silently. it seems that they are very familiar with all of the sentences. but when they are asked to speak out, it seems that all of the sentences escape from their mind. they can hardly speak out. even they can do it, and what they said is hard for the native speakers to understand. the vocabulary and sentence patterns they used do not conform to the expression habit of native speakers.to sum up, either to the student or to people in work, there are some main problems related to oral english in use as below. the first is that learners are afraid of speaking out. the second is that learners can not apply vocabulary or sentences patterns they have learnt into practice. the third is that sentences learners use are hard to be understood by the native speakers. reasons for the above three problemsthere are many reasons for the above problems. the author introduces three main reasons, such as psychological barrier, being not understood properly, and seldom using vocabulary and sentence patterns newly learnt. a. psychological barrierto the majority of primary learners, talking with foreigners is the most difficult thing. learning to express should be more difficult than learning to understand. that is the reason why under different circumstances and different occasions, blurting out different english sentences to express ideas and share information in english is harder, so many learners are afraid of giving a speech from the very beginning. one of the reasons is learners character. generally speaking, introverted people like to talk in whispers. it is very unfavorable to the learning of language and the training of a standard pronunciation, to which much attention should be paid. the second reason is the limited basic english skill. for example, learners do not have standard tone of speech, or learners are not familiar with the vocabulary, sentence patterns or grammar, or learners do not have other basic skills, such as reading and reciting. the emotion of being fearful of difficulty is easy to be formed. it results in psychological barrier like the fear of making mistakes or being laughed at by others. due to their limited level of english, they are not brave enough to open their mouths. especially when they face foreigners, such a situation is easy to appear. because of this, learners say it is difficult to speak out and even more difficult to make a coherent narration. the more afraid people are, the less courage they will have. it results in less speaking or even never speaking. then they will find themselves fallen into an unexpected vicious cycle that after years of study they still can not use english to make communication effectively. in fact, no one wants to see this situation. everyone is eager to liberally talk with foreign friends with authentic, standard and fluent oral english and gain their praise like “your english is very good.” “your english is perfect.”b. being not properly understood foreigners often feel confused by the chinese. maybe it is because the pronunciation is difficult to be understood. inappropriate vocabulary or sentence patterns which do not coincide with the expression habit of english language can cause difficulties. its just the same with foreigners speaking the chinese language. if their pronunciation is not standard or clear, their words are wrongly used, or their sentences are improperly formed, they will tend to be misunderstood. because in the mind of a native speaker, certain context or situation has formed a fixed expression, and other unexpected expression is considered as relatively unfamiliar.c. seldom using vocabulary and sentence patterns newly learntgenerally speaking, the main reason for this phenomenon is that learners are not familiar with the sentences the have learnt. if a sentence in english is supplied, most people can quickly understand. but if the sentence is in chinese, will they have a rapid response to its english expression? it is impossible for many people. but if they practice a few times, maybe the result will be different. learners can not use english at the moment they need to use it, which equals to that the words and sentences cant be memorized in mind. practice makes perfect. more training can improve response speed for the language to make the things and the state quickly be matched with their certain expressions.ways to improve oral english in daily lifein order to learn oral english well, every learner should have practical methods. some learners have their own ways to practice oral english according to their learning habits. but they often tend to give up them if their methods are not complete. in this section, three practical methods are introduced, including ways to overcome psychological barrier at the very beginning, ways to improve oral english during the process of learning, and ways to put learnt english into practice.a. ways to overcome psychological barrier at the very beginningthere is a story. once, some people went abroad to attend a meeting. during the meeting, there were some small problems. all of them began to negotiate together. at the very beginning of the discussion, they maintained a modest way. english they used was very decent and courteous. but they later found that a complete sentence or the correct english grammar simply can not solve the problem. thus they began to talk in broken english and even with gestures. then they quickly solved the problems. people may think that the story is a little humorous. but after laughing, perhaps they will find that they are less afraid of speaking english. foreigners chinese level is no higher than the english level of the chinese. thinking about it, maybe the language learners will fell easier to overcome this psychological shyness. even people who have no basic knowledge in english are brave enough to say very simple sentence. learners certainly should be confident and determine to break the bottleneck. courageously say hi!, how are you doing?, very pleasant to meet you.” and by the way, let me introduce. only those people who practice in water can learn to swim. spoken english can be mastered during speaking. learners should start with the simplest, most basic, most commonly used sentence to bravely speak english out.when learners speak english, they should not be afraid of making mistakes. only some one dare to lose face can save face in the end. peoples strongest enemies are themselves. people should think about ways to overcome the weakness of themselves. learners should take chaplins message to heart you have to believe in yourself. thats the secret of success. .b. ways to improve oral english during the process of learningdifferent people have different ways to improve their oral english. maybe their methods are not so systematic that to cause their giving up. in this part, some practical ways are introduced, such as ways to deal with pronunciation, ways to deal with vocabulary, ways to deal with sentence patterns, and ways to enrich knowledge1. ways to deal with pronunciationpronunciationthe basic element of every language, lays the ground work of learning oral english well. pronunciation has a direct influence on a persons speaking and listening capacity. generally speaking, it is very difficult to make learners tone of speech totally the same to the native one. however, since they want to use english for communication, it is very necessary to make their pronunciation as similar as possible to the standard one. if peoples oral english is too strange to be understood by others, the purpose of communication can not be achieved. therefore, learners should learn pronunciation well to avoid incorrect pronunciation spoiling the normal conversation. moreover, there is another problem. when the chinese learners have a dialogue with foreigners, they often can not catch up with their partners in running. after the foreigner convey the message, sometimes they do not understand some parts or completely. then the feedback information is delayed. speaking is important, but on the other hand, insufficient listening comprehension ability would also affect the exchange of information. so listening also plays an important role in improving peoples oral english level.in view of this, some good ways are listed to solve the problems mentioned above which can be summarized as pronunciation problem. one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language is to imitate, especially in learning oral english. there are three imitation principles. first, imitate loudly. second, always get ready to correct their pronunciation. third, insist on imitation for a long time. so are there any specific methods of imitation? in the first phase, learners should imitate the pronunciation of each word. the shape of the mouth should be right. at the beginning, the speed of imitation should be not excessive. learners should imitate slowly so as to make the pronunciation clear and similar. when learners do it well they can speed up. learners can repeat them in normal speed for several times, until they can easily speak out without thinking about it. if learners meet unfamiliar words they should listen to the pronunciation of these words for several times and then imitate them one by one. learners should put emphasis on the commonly used words, and try their best to imitate them perfectly. the second step is imitating phrase. with the help of the first step, the second step seems much easier. learners should focus on the proficiency and fluency. it is necessary to pay more attention to the training of the tone and assimilation phonics skills. the third step is imitating sentence. learners should turn on tape recorders or radios and then imitate. they should follow the foreigners standard pronunciation. the aim is to improve the response speed of muscle, and make muscle and brain more coordinated. the fourth step is imitating paragraphs and chapters, and the focus is to improve fluency. 2. ways to deal with vocabularyas long as chinese students learn english, vocabulary is not a problem. the fact is tha