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AStudyofEffectiveMethodsofImprovingOralEnglishbyRetelling
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Contents
Abstract-----------------------------------------------------------------II
1.IntroductionandtheAimofImprovingOralEnglish----------1
2.TheImportanceofOralEnglish-----------------------------------1
3.RetellingasanEffectiveWayofImprovingOralEnglish-----2
4.SomeEffectiveMethodsofRetelling----------------------------3
4.1ClassroomInstruction------------------------------------------------4
4.2ClassroomActivities-------------------------------------------------5
5.Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------------6
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Abstract
TheimportanceofactivelyimprovingoralEnglishskillsforEnglishlearnerscannotbestressedenough.Inordertobeacceptedintoyourworkenvironmentorclassroom,youmusthavereachedaminimumlevelofproficiencyinEnglish.However,firstofall,asanEnglishlearner,youareexpectedtoopenyourmouthandsayeverythingyouwanttoexpress.DevelopingexcellentoralEnglishskillsasearlyaspossiblewillallowyoutoeffectivelyshareideaswithotherpeople.ItwillalsomakeyoumoreeffectiveinconveyingyourideastopeoplearoundyouwhouseEnglishasnativelanguageorasecond,intheformofwell-writtenpapers,convincingpresentations,andengagingpersonalconversations.
Retellingmeanspeopleusetheirownunderstandingstorefineorimitateanarticlewhichissimilartothetext.Byretellingwhattheyhaveknown,peoplecanimprovetheirabilitytoexpressinEnglish.OralEnglishhasitsownfeatures,butitiscloselycombinedwithotheraspectsofEnglish,forexample,retellingmaymakeoralEnglishpreciseandaccurate.ItisagoodandpracticalwaytoimproveoralEnglish.
KeyWords:
OralEnglish;OralExpression;Retelling
1.IntroductionandtheAimofImprovingOralEnglish
OralEnglishisanimportantpartinlearningEnglish.AsChineseandWesternvariousfieldsofexchangeandcooperationaremoreclosely,thereisnodoubtthattheoralEnglishisagrimchallenge.Itwasreported:
Indiamaybecomeasuperpowerinthe21stcentury,oneofveryimportantreasonsforwhichisthat70percentofthepeoplecanspeakfluentoralEnglish.Fortunarely,ourcountryisconductinganewroundofcurriculumreform."Curriculumstandards"stresseslistening,speaking,reading,writingandtranslatingwhicharethefiveessentialbasiclanguageskillsinthelearningandtheusingoflanguage.Theyareanimportantformofcommunication,andcanformcomprehensivelanguageability.OralEnglishisanimportantpartintheuseoflanguage.OralEnglishhasshownmoreandmoreimportantposition.
WestudyoralEnglishsoastomakeoralcommunications,withtheeconomicglobalization,moreandmoreforeignershavecometoseektheirchancesinChinajustbecauseChinaisahugemarketandtheyknowthatthehugemarketwillgivethemunlimitedbusinessopportunities.TheyeithermaketheirinvestmentinChinaorcometoseekcooperation.Whenyouarehavinganinterview,youaresuretobeaskedmanyquestionsinEnglishandofcourseyouareexpectedtoanswerinEnglish.Ifyoudowell,youstay,butifyoucannotanswerthosequestionswell,youleave.Thatistosay,itisimpossibleforyoutogetthejob.ManypeopleareplanningtofurthertheirstudyabroadandsonaturallyoralEnglishisindispensabletothem.SothisorderofimportanceoforalEnglishstudyshouldbefollowed:
Fluency,AccuracyandAppropriateness.
2.TheImportanceofOralEnglish
Asaninternationallanguage,Englishplaysaveryimportantroleintoday’ssociety.SincetheentryofWTOin2001,Chinahasparticipatedinmoreandmoreinternationalco-operations.Thisirreversibletendencyrequiresmoreandmorehighly-qualifiedEnglishpersonnelinsociety.Thefinalpurposeoflearningalanguageistocommunicatewithothers,thustheoralexpressionisverycrucialandisthebasicskillofusingalanguage.Becauseofnegligenceandinadequateconditions,thepresentsituationoflearningoralEnglishisnotsatisfactory;whichhasaffectedthepeople’sEnglishlearning.Howtoimprovethepeople’soralEnglishhasalsobecomeaproblemwhichshouldbesolved.
ThereisnodoubtthatEnglishisoneoftheworld'smostwidelyusedlanguages.Peopleusealanguageinthreeways:
asanativelanguage,asasecondlanguage,orasaforeignlanguage.EnglishisspokenasanativelanguagebyoverthreehundredmillionpeopleintheUnitedStates,Britain,Australia,NewZealand,Canada,someCaribbeancountriesandSouthAfrica.Asasecondlanguage,Englishisoftennecessaryforofficialbusiness,education,informationandotheractivitiesinmanycountries.Asaforeignlanguage,nearly800millionpeoplespeakEnglish;itisoneofthefew"working"languagesoftheUnitedNations.
OralEnglishisespeciallyimportantinEnglish.ItisveryclearandurgentthatpeopleattachoralEnglishandtrytheirbesttoimprovetheiroralEnglish.Asamatteroffact,tobegoodatoralEnglishismanypeople'sdream,astheywanttobecomeinternationalpersons.
3.RetellingasanEffectiveWayofImprovingOralEnglish
Itcanimprovetheabilityoforalexpression.Retellingleadsthelearnerstoabandontheformerwayofjustdealingwithtestpapers,orcaringmuchfortheirscoresonly,anditcanstimulatetheirinteresttospeakoutinEnglish.Solongastheteacherspaymuchattentiontotheirbraveexperienceinsteadofthefrequentgrammaticalmistakes,creatingverypleasantatmosphereforthemtotalkfreelyandencouragingthemtobethehostsorhostesses.
It’sveryhelpfultotrainthethinking,inferenceandlogic,thatis,aftertheycanspeakoutthemainideaaboutthetext,don'tendup,thefollowingstepistogivethemtimeandspacetoimagineorcommentontheideafreely.Forexample,whenstudentslearnthetextbreakingdownFamilyBarriers,themostsatisfactoryprogressisthattheycanholdacorrectpointofviewtowardstheirownrelationshipwithparentsandgiveoutmanypiecesofadvicetobreakdownfamilybarriers.Byretellingthetexts,theycangetawholeconceptaboutamatterandlearntoanalysisitdialectically,whichwillarousetheirfervortothinkwhathappenstothemoftenandkeepclearandcorrectopinions.
4.SomeEffectiveMethodsofRetelling
Asweallknow,theimportantaimforustolearnEnglishasaforeignlanguageistouseitfreelyinallaspectssuchaslistening,speaking,reading,writing,andtranslating.Nowadays,inordertokeeptheclosestpacewiththerapiddevelopmentofourmodernsociety,theabilitytospeakandlistentoorunderstandEnglishhasbecomemostessential.SoallkindsoftextbookswhicharemarkedtohelplearnerpracticeoralEnglishhaveeasilysetupaverygoodmarket,forexample,Lookahead,newconceptEnglish,andOralworkshopsandsoon.
Well,whatonearthisthebestormosteffectivewaytoimproveoralEnglish?
Tomyknowledge,retellingwhatyou'velearnedinthetextsisagoodandpracticalwaytoimproveyourabilitytoexpressinEnglish.Here"retelling"meanslearnerusetheirownunderstandingstorefineorimitateanarticlewhichissimilartothetext,whichisquitedifferentfromrecitingorrepeatingsomekeysentencesfromthetexts,andalsodifferentfromorbyfarmorethanrememberingsomekeyordetailedplots.Retellingneedstheirownimagination,comments,suggestionaswellasthefluentoralexpressionofthemainidea,soitisaveryhardjob,buttheeffectivewaytopracticetheiroralEnglishwhilelearningthetextbooks.
AccordingtotheimportanceoforalEnglish,inordertoimprovetheoralexpression,Ithinkretellingisadirectandeffectiveway.Nowtheteachingmaterialshasalsospokentoprovideabetterguaranteeforretelling,andEnglishnaturalinformationinputisnoteasytoachieveinjuniorlearner,sothatwecanonlymoreuseteachingmaterials.Ithinktheretellingisanimportantmethodforthelearnertomastertheknowledgeoflanguage;itcantrainthelearnertocreatecomprehensiveabilityandthinkingability,toextricatethemfromthecumbersomeLanguageanalysissothattheyparticipateconsciouslyintheprocessofstudyandbecomethemastersoflearning.
TherearesomemethodsofretellingbytheteachingEnglish:
4.1ClassroomInstructions
Thatis,thelearneravailtheinformationprovidedtoretellafterlearninglesson.ThisisacommonmethodintheprocessoflearningoralEnglish,becauseitwasadaptedtothemiddleandlowerlevelsofthelearner,andtostimulatefullyoralexpressionofinterest.
theteacherpreparedsomequestionsinorderofarticlebeforetheclass,andbedetectedthequestionsandanswersafterthetrainingsession,letthestudentstohaveanall-embracingretellingsothattheyunderstandthissystematicallyandretellcoherently.Forexample,JEFC,BII’SLesson66,theteacherprovidedfollowingquestionsbythesmallblackboard:
1.WhatwastheweatherlikeinEngland?
2.Whathappenedtomanypeople?
3.Whowasattheheadofthequeueinthedoctor’swaitingroom?
4.Wheredidtheoldwomanlive?
5.Whydidshewanttoseethedoctor?
Questionsandanswersareveryeffectivetooperatethethinking;youmayasksomesimpleordetailedquestionsaboutthecontext.Andanswerstothequestionsmaybringthemaveryclearimpressiononthetext.Andalsothequestionsmayleadthemtoimaginesomesituation,whichisrelativetothetext,andgivethemmorematerialtoexpressinEnglish.Forexample,“A
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