口语教学是中学英语教学体系中一个尴尬组成部分,一方面作为“听说读写”四大语言技能之一,口语教学的重要性一直受到肯定。另一方面却是在一切以高考为纲的中学教学过程中,不列入应试内容的口语长期不受重视。这矛盾的现象是否能够化解,口语教学存在的问题与困难应当如何克服,本文将以此为出发点进行讨论。 Oral English teaching is an awkward part of secondary school English teaching system. On the one hand, as one of the four major language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, the importance of oral teaching has always been affirmed. On the other hand, however, it is the long-term neglect of the spoken English that is not included in the test-taken content in the process of secondary education in all the entrance examinations. Whether this contradictory phenomenon can be solved and how to overcome the problems and difficulties in oral teaching should be discussed in this paper.