由于中考英语只考笔试题,因此口语教学基本上被忽视,特别我们苏北农村初级中学的学生,在校园里、甚至在英语课堂上很难听到一句口语英语,有人戏称我们教的是“哑巴”英语。随着经济全球化的发展,英语已经成为一种国际语言,口语英语作用越来越举足轻重,而我们培养的“哑巴”英语人才无法适国际间交际的需要。本文对如何提高初中英语口语教学的质量作了简要的讨论。 Because senior high school entrance examination English only test written questions, so oral teaching is basically ignored, especially in our junior rural northern Jiangsu students, on campus, and even difficult to hear an English class in English spoken, some people joked that we are Dumb “English. With the development of economic globalization, English has become an international language, and the role of spoken English is more and more important. The ”dumb" English talents we cultivate can not meet the needs of international communication. This article briefly discusses how to improve the quality of oral English teaching in junior middle school.