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1、 question-answer technique and the development of speaking ability问答技巧与口语能力的发展question-answer technique and the evelopment of speaking abilitycontentsabstract.1key words.1i. introduction1ii. what are the characteristics of spoken language? 1 iii. difficulty in improving is spoken english in classroo
2、m2 iv. the importance of teaching spoken english.3v. the teaching stages to teaching spoken english 45.1 gaining the students interest 45.2 learning the language 55.3 producing the language5vi. value of question-answer technique in classroom6vii. the practice of question-answer technique in the clas
3、sroom7viii. question-answer technique and the development of speaking ability8ix. conclusion11references12摘 要: 在英语教学当中,口语在英语中是很重要的部分。每个人学习英语更多的是为了交流。问答技巧在口语中扮演一个很重要的角色。然而,最重要是让学生感兴趣并熟练使用它。关键词:问答技巧;口语;发展;能力abstract: a brief overview of teaching spoken english, spoken english is very important in engl
4、ish study. everyone accepts the proposition that language is means of communication. while question-answer technique, role working is very useful in oral training, however, the most important thing is to make the students interested in what they are talking and keep them talk.key words: question-ans
5、wer; speaking; development; abilityi. introductionwith the rapid growth of chinas economy and interaction with the outside world, there is a growing need among chinese students to learn english in middle school. however, after eight or more years of english study, more often than not many chinese st
6、udents still feel it hard to speak the language. speaking is the skill that the students will be judged upon most in real-life situations. it is an important part of everyday interaction and most often the first impression of a person is based on his/her ability to speak fluently and comprehensibly.
7、 so, as teachers, we have responsibility to prepare the students as much as possible to be able to speak in english in the real world outside the classroom and the testing room.ii. what are the characteristics of spoken language?speaking is the skill that the students will be judged upon most in rea
8、l-life situations. it is an important part of everyday interaction and most often the first impression of a person is based on hisher ability to speak fluently and comprehensibly. so .as teachers, we have a responsibility to prepare the students as much as possible to be able to speak in english in
9、the real world outside the classroom and the testing room. speaking is a skill, just like swimming, driving a car, or playing ping-pong. too often, in the traditional classroom, the learning of english has been relegated to linguistic knowledge only, e.g. knowledge of vocabulary and grammar rules, w
10、ith little or no attention paid to practicing language skills. how can we tell the difference between knowledge and skill? bygate (1987:4) points out one “fundamental different is that both can be understood and memorized, but only a skill can be imitated and practiced one of the characteristics of
11、speech in everyday life is that speech is spontaneous. that is, in most situations, people do not plan ahead of time what they are going to say. only in more formal situations, such as when a person has been asked to give a speech, do people plan and organize their speech. the fact that speech is sp
12、ontaneous means that it is full of false starts, repetitions, incomplete sentences, and short phases. so, should we expect the students to produce complete sentences in the language classroom? bygate (1987:8) points out that teachers may be requiring their students to do more forward thing and plann
13、ing than native speakers do in real life! iii. difficulty in improving students spoken english in classroomin chinese language classroom, many students have great difficulty in improving their spoken english. the reasons are as follows.firstly, most of the speaking activities are of the traditional
14、types, such as reading the dialogue, reciting texts, doing translation, and the materials chosen for the students are non-authentic where students feel deadly bored instead of appreciating them and accepting them. many teachers do not have many ideas of the role of speaking, nor do they know the imp
15、ortance of providing a natural circumstance of speaking. secondly, another aspect of producing spoken language is the time-constraint. the students must be able to produce unplanned utterances in real time; otherwise people will not have the patience to listen to them.thirdly, although speaking has
16、been included in the national plan for english teaching in schools in china for the past 15 years, the percentage of time devoted to activities in which students can communicate with each other in english remains small in the whole class. similarly, the method of giving priority to listening and spe
17、aking has been advocated, yet it has had little effect. both teachers and students think it neither realistic nor necessary to teach or learn speaking. it seems to them that their main objective is reading not speaking. they may also think speaking is not a skill worth cultivating because chinese st
18、udents have little chance to communicate with native speakers. and more readily they will admit that whether the students can go to university or a college mainly depends on the reading and writing, not speaking, for almost all the important examinations do not consist of speaking test. it is import
19、ant for teachers to correct mistakes made during speaking activities in a different way from the mistakes made during a study exercise. when students are repeating sentences trying to get their pronunciation exactly right, then the teacher will often correct every time theres a problem. but if the s
20、ame teacher did the same thing while students were involved in a passionate discussion about whether smoking should be banned on tourist beaches, for example, the effect might well be to destroy the conversational flow. constant interruption from the teacher will destroy the purpose of the speaking
21、ability. many teachers watch and listen while speaking act ivies are taking place. they note down things that seemed to go well and times when students couldnt make themselves understood or made important mistakes. when the act ivies have finished, they then ask the students how they thought it went
22、 before giving their own feedback. they may say that they liked the way student a said this and the way student b was able to disagree with her. they will then say that they did hear one or two mistakes and they can then discuss them with the class, write them on the board or give them individually
23、to the students concerned. in each case, they will ask the students to see if they can identify the problem and correct it. as with any kind of correction, it is important not to single students out for particular criticism. many teachers deal with the mistakes they heard without saying who made the
24、m.of course, there are no hard and fast rules about correcting. some teachers who have a good relationship with their students can intervene appropriately during a speaking activity if they do it in a quiet non-obtrusive way. but it is a risky enterprise. the general principle of watching and listen
25、ing so that you can give feedback later is usually much more appropriate.iv. the importance of teaching spoken english in my opinion, those who think the major objective of the students is reading not speaking have ignored some obvious pedagogical facts: firstly, generally speaking, people have the
26、notion that learning english has something to do with oral english. when one says some students are good at english, people will naturally think he or she can speak english well. it may well be suggested that students come to school to study english with the strong wish that they come to learn to sp
27、eak it. for example, children after their first lesson always show their satisfaction when they say “good morning” or “thank you” to each other. their attitude towards english is very positive and they are eager to learn more. i would suggest that speaking could increase the students interest in and
28、 enthusiasm for english learning. “the development of oral ability is a good source of motivation for most learners” (harmer, 1991, 53). secondly, oral language can be very useful for the development of reading and writing skills. as rivers points out, “when we read and write, we call upon what we k
29、now of the language orally.” (rivers, 1968, 20). he goes on to say that there must be a connection between reading and speaking. if the students are reading, then they are using their oral language, too. if a student has poor oral language, his reading ability may also be poor. similarly, rivers (19
30、68) argues that writing involves oral ability as well. although many teachers with poor oral ability may have some difficulty in teaching english, however, it is by no means impossible for them to do so. it can be suggested that they teach oral language by the indirect method. the teachers who lack
31、oral ability may use a recorder to provide an authentic accent and some authentic materials like dialogue for students to imitate. they can also make good use of class time for active participation by all their students. so the teachers can make up for their deficiency in oral ability by encouraging
32、 the students participation with well prepared lessons, highly organized activities and effective techniques.the view that speaking is not a skill worth cultivating because chinese students have little chance to communicate with native speakers may be judged shortsighted. we would realize that the g
33、eneration we are teaching will have much more access to english speakers in the future with the further development of the open-door policy. it would be a pity for the teachers to find their students severely inhibited and embarrassed when the opportunity arises for them to speak english.v. the teac
34、hing stages to teaching spoken englishwhen teaching a foreign language, there are three main stages that need to be considered during a lesson.5.1 gaining the students interest.during this stage the teacher must provoke the students imagination, gain their interest and help them to engage with the t
35、opic they are going to study. the most common method is to set a reading or listening task. the students will read a text or listen to a tape. the task will most probably introduce new vocabulary and grammatical structure or even provide a model for the students to reproduce. research has shown that
36、 motivation is one of the most important variables in successful language learning. teachers can do a lot to increase and maintain the motivation of students by the types of tasks that they organize in class. students are eager to speak when the topics are interesting or there is a clear objective t
37、hat must be reached. again great care should be taken to make sure the task is in line with the students ability to deal with this task. if the task is too easy, the students may think it is childish and thus lose interest.5.2 learning the language hopefully, the students are now attentive and willi
38、ng to learn. in successful speaking tasks, the students talk a lot in the foreign language. one common problem in speaking activities is that students often produce one or two simple utterance in the foreign language and spend the rest of the time chatting in their native language. another common pr
39、oblem is that teacher talks too much of the time, thus taking away valuable practice time from the students. during the second stage they will do most of their learning. students have to practice the new vocabulary and structures. the teacher may drill the whole class, listen and repeat, set individ
40、ual tasks or even group work.whether the task takes place among the whole class or in small groups, a successful task should encourage speaking from as many different students as possible. the task should be designed in a way so that the outspoken students do not dominate discussions. when necessary
41、. the teacher may interfere to guarantee equal opportunities for students of different levels. the important thing here is to use it in the final stage.5.3 producing the languagein a successful speaking task, the language is at the right level. the task must be designed so that students are likely t
42、o give up or revert back to the native language. while teaching spoken english, productivity is most important and therefore deserves the vast majority of time during a lesson. students should have a task to complete that requires them to communicate using the new vocabulary and structures. the stud
43、ents have hopefully learnt the new language, but it remains passive and unusable, locked in their minds. practice will allow them to become used to using the new language and turns passive knowledge into active, usable language. this is perhaps the most important stage for the students as their know
44、ledge is vast but lacks the ability to use it. vi. value of question-answer technique in classroomthe first characteristic of a successful speaking test is that students talk a lot in the foreign language. this is the strongest way for using question-answer technique because it increases the time fo
45、r each student to practice speaking in one lesson. the only way to become good at a skill is to practice it. nobody expects to be good at playing ping-pong the first time they try even if they already know all the truth of speaking a foreign language. since the students will probably not have enough
46、 opportunity to practice speaking in english outside the classroom, it is our responsibility as teachers to give them as many opportunities in the classroom as possible. speaking in question-answer technique is more natural. because in real life, we spend most of our time talking to one other person
47、 or to a few other people, it is usually a more formal situation where we have spent time preparing what we are going to say. rather than try to include the whole class in a discussion, it is often better to divide the class into groups so that a number of parallel discussions can take place. in thi
48、s way more students get a chance to speak, although it is more difficult for the teacher to monitor. at the end of the discussion phase there can be a period when the whole class comes together to compare conclusions. each group can choose a reporter to take notes and report back on the discussion t
49、hat took place in his or her group. the groups can also report back using a poster to show the others. different small groups can work at different levels if the teacher groups them according to language proficiency level (cook&nicholson, 1992.32). it is inevitable that some students in a class will
50、 be more advanced than other students. if teachers modify a given task to make it easier for slower students and more challenging for more advanced students, then all students will continue learning and remain more motivated. even when teachers do not modify the task, students will naturally perform
51、 to their ability more readily in a whole class (brumfit, 1974:77).on a broader level, cooke and nicholoson point out that question-answer technique helps students learn to work cooperatively and it helps them develop interpersonal skills. when students work with other students who are not their fri
52、ends, they learn how to work with a wider variety of people and this fosters development of tolerance, mutual respect and harmony (1992:34).students often ask that you correct all their mistakes. it is easy to prove them wrong. correct every single mistake they make whenever they speak to you and th
53、ey will soon see its frustrating, lack of motivating and not very useful. although students may make many mistakes. the most important thing is for them to communicate their ideas fluently. correction is most important. you want the students to hear their classmates make mistakes uncorrected at this
54、 stage, it will enforce the mistakes in correct usage. when the students have learnt the language and realized the common mistakes they can learn to correct themselves. the realization of their mistakes is the key to correction. you can constantly correct a student with absolutely on effect. they ha
55、ve to realize their own mistakes. this is best done at class level rather than individually. the students need to speak fluently and gain confidence. if they are over-corrected they will lose confidence, especially if the teacher interrupts them while they are making a point or even a joke. at this
56、stage the best form of correction is feedback. this involves taking notes of the common mistakes made during the exercise then feeding back the information to the whole class. with this method mistakes can be explained. the correction can be drilled. the whole class repeats the correct sentence. and
57、 the students can take useful notes.vii. the practice of question-answer technique in the classroomit is important to give the students a variety of speaking activities so that they will be able to cope with different situations in reality, designing a variety of activities is that the students have
58、 different learning styles, so some kinds of activities may suit some students, while other activities may suit other students. littlewood (1981:20) divides communicative speaking activities into two types: functional communication activities and social interaction activities. for beginners, littlewood points out that it is necessary to al
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