DueAttentionShouldBeGiventoSpeaking
NowadaysfewerandfewerstudentspayattentiontotheirspokenEnglish,whichresultsinadramaticincreaseinthenumberofstudentswhocanspellEnglishwordsbutareincapableofspeakingthemfluentlyorcorrectly.Thisphenomenonhasarousedmanypeople’sattention.
Whydoessuchaphenomenonemerge?AsfarasI’mconcerned,therearepossiblytworeasonscontributingtothisphenomenon.Ontheonehand,exam-orientededucationmakesmanyschoolslayemphasisonpassingtheEnglishexams,whichleadstothelackofspeakingenvironmentforstudentstopracticetheirspokenEnglish.Ontheotherhand,studentsthemselvesdon’trealizetheimportanceoftheabilitytospeakEnglishwhichhasagreatinfluenceontheirfuturestudyandcareerdevelopment.
Tochangethissituation,Ithink,wecantakethefollowingmeasures.First,theimportanceoforalEnglishshouldbeemphasizedtoraisestudents’awarenessofthenecessityofspeakingEnglish.Second,examsshouldbemodifiedtomakestudentspayattentiontotheirspokenEnglish.Third,schoolscanorganizevariousactivitiestoarousestudents’interestinspeakingEnglish.