Abstract With the further development of economy and technology, the integration of China and the world is becoming deeper. English has become one of the most important qualities and skills for modern people and its direct manifestation is the ability to communicate in oral English fluently. However, there are still obvious features in our junior middle school oral English teaching which pay little attention to the oral language training and cause students lack oral English skills. The paper discusses prevalent problems and improved methods in junior middle school oral English teaching from constructivist perspective and compares traditional oral English teaching with oral English teaching under the guidance of constructivism by teaching experiment. It aims to improve the effect of junior middle school oral English teaching and promote the whole junior middle school oral English teaching level.57064

Key words: oral English teaching in junior middle school; constructivism;   teaching experiment

 摘要随着经济与技术的进一步发展，我国与世界接轨的范围越来越大，与世界的融合也越来越深入。英语已成为一个现代人所必须具备的一种重要素质和技能，而其最直接的表现是能否用英语进行流畅的口语交际。然而在我国初中英语口语教学中还存在着比较明显的应试特点，对于口语训练并不十分重视，导致学生缺少口语技能。基于此，本文从建构主义视角探讨现在初中英语口语教学中普遍存在的问题及改进方法，通过教学实验对比分析传统口语教学与建构主义指导下的口语教学。本文目的在于提高中学英语口语的教学效果,推动整个中学英语口语教学水平。

毕业论文关键词：中学英语口语教学；建构主义；教学实验

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1 Relevant studies abroad 1

2.2 Relevant studies in China 2

3. About constructivism 3

3.1 Definition of constructivism 3

3.2 Constructivist teaching theory 3

3.3 Constructivist teaching mode 4

4. Research design and teaching experimental 5

4.1 Subjects 5

4.2 Aim of the experiment 5

4.3 Methodology 5

4.4 Class teaching 6

4.5 Questionnaire and its analysis 6

4.6 Tests 9

5. Oral English teaching under the constructivism 10

5.1 Creating an excellent language environment and psychological environment 10

5.2 Reinforcing the training of vocabulary 11

5.3 Changing teacher’s role 11

 5.4 Cultivating students’ cooperation awareness 12

6. Conclusion 12

Works Cited 13

1. Introduction 

Students can’t communicate in current Chinese junior middle school oral English teaching. In order to face the problem, it is imminent to reform the traditional oral English teaching mode and improve the level of oral English teaching. But if we want to achieve this point, efforts are not enough. Only with a scientific theoretical guidance, can we solve the problem of “dumb English”. This is why the author tries to apply constructivism theory to oral English teaching.