Abstract: Junior middle school English regards improving students’ communicative competency as the goal, paying more attention to the cultivation of students' practical ability of using language. In the full implementation of the new curriculum reform, the communicative teaching method has got certain application in English teaching in junior middle school, but there are still some existing problems. This paper will mainly discuss the advantages of communicative teaching method, some problems encountered in the application of communicative approach to the teaching of English listening and speaking. Successful cases of the rational use of communicative approach in English listening and speaking classes are analyzed in order to explore the effective strategies for the application of communicative approach in the English classroom of listening and speaking in junior middle school, so as to help better promote junior middle school English teaching in China.
Key words: communicative approach; listening and speaking; English teaching in junior middle school
CONTENTS
Abstract
摘要
1. Introduction
1.1 Definition of Communicative Language Teaching Approach
1.2 Advantages of Communicative Language Teaching Approach
2. Literature Review
2.1 The Research Abroad
2.2 The Research At Home
3. Problems in Listening and Speaking Teaching in Junior Middle School
3.1 The Problem of Teachers
3.2 The Problem of Students
3.3 The Problem of Teaching Condition
3.4 The Problem of Educational System
4.Case Analysis of Communicative Language Teaching in Junior Middle School
4.1Analysis of lead-in
4.2Analysis of presentation
4.3Analysis of practice
4.4Analysis of production
5. Strategies Used for Communicative Language Teaching in Junior Middle School
5.1 Changing the Roles of Teachers and Students
5.2 Changing the Contemporary Assessment Systems
5.3 Strengthening the Cultivation of Teachers' Professional Quality
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
