新型口语教学模式初探―公共英语教学改革的思考

An Exploration of A New Model for Oral English Teaching: Reflections on College English Teaching Reform

张伶俐

中国地质大学外语系（武汉）

On January 3^rd, 2004, the Ministry of Education issued a notice concerning the distribution of “Teaching Requirements for College English Curriculum”. In the Requirements, two main shifts are highlighted, namely, the shift of the focus of the teaching syllabus from reading to listening and speaking; And the shift of the teaching model from teacher-centered one into individualized, student-centered one. However, the current oral English teaching practice in China is far from optimistic. There exist many limitations such as lack of class hours, deficiency of authentic language environment, and particularly Band 4 and Band 6 exam-oriented teaching and learning style etc. Undoubtedly, all these factors contribute to the common tongue-tied phenomenon among college students. The paper endeavors to seek for the possible solutions to the present situation by exploring a new model in oral English teaching through a case study conducted in China University of Geo-sciences, which is one of the 180 universities experimented with online College English programs in this teaching reform. This new teaching model aims to supplement information technology into the traditional oral English classroom effectively, thus to enlarge the in-class information, provide students with visual authentic language environment and lower their language anxiety in oral communication. Also this paper demonstrates explicitly and specifically how the new teaching model functions in the oral English classroom.

Keywords: teaching requirements, oral English teaching, the new teaching model