1 Introduction 

As we all know，the ultimate goal of language learning is to let students to communicate with people in authentic communication situation．Popular all over the world, English is becoming more and more important in the business world nowadays。 The desire for people with great English proficiency is becoming urgent, among which the oral English ability for communication may be the most important。 But opposite to the truth, the oral English teaching, especially in junior middle school class, doesn’t perform well as expected。 In spite of the fact that they are good at Basic English knowledge such as grammar, vocabulary and so on, they cannot operate in the authentic situation。 English teaching has been dominated by the traditional way for a long time。 论文网The teacher is regarded the main role in the traditional class rather than the students。 That is to say, teachers are not only the organizer of the classroom activities and the operator of the class time; they are also the actor of the class。 For instance, when learning a passage in the textbook, the teacher will actively explain the main idea of the passage, and pick up some important expressions, words to explain or try to paraphrases the complex sentences in order to make students understood。 All of these are within teacher’s duty instead of the students themselves。 At this moment, student will become so comfortable that they do not need to think by themselves, what they need to do is just to recite the main language points of the passage and try to memorize the passage。 Consequently, how can students are given the opportunity to speak out, to express their ideas, or to communicate with their classmates and teachers。 In contrast, the class time is on the teacher’s lecturing。 Thus it is impossible for students to improve their spoken ability。 Therefore, this thesis aims to study the current situation of students’ spoken ability in junior middle school。 By analyzing the research both in China and foreign countries, as well as the characteristics and advantages of interactive teaching method, the author further analyzes its application in oral English teaching in junior middle school。

2。 Literature Review 

The aim of language teaching is to let learners have the ability to communicate with others (Li, 1995)。 The teaching method emphasize interaction, it is a teaching method focused on the cooperation of the learners, the teachers and the context of the situation。 The triangular of the relationship is so obvious。 文献综述

2。1Definition of interactive teaching method

Interactive teaching is a method emphasizing the interaction among the class, and tries to let students express their ideas in front of their classmates and teachers。 In this kind of class, communication between students and teachers are becoming so important。 Teachers encourage students to participate all kinds of activities so that they can learn a lot in this process, such as the language points and the communication ability。 It’s the relationship between the sender, the receiver, and the context of situation (Wells 1981: 29, 46-7)。 It is the interaction between teacher and student and the community that speaks the language (Rivers 1997: 6)。 

When being put in that kind of atmosphere, students will be more active to participate in the activities, and they can use all the skills to perform it well。 In this way, they will find it easy to express themselves and they will be more confident to speak out。 What’s more, students will naturally use authentic English expressions when communication with others or dealing with an authentic passage from the textbooks。 

2。2 Studies on interactive teaching method

Since Hymens (1972) proposed the goal of Communicative Language Teaching as developing the learners communicative competence，many foreign researchers and scholars have investigated into the role of classroom interaction in the area of foreign language learning or Second Language Acquisition (SLA)。 From Brown’s perspective, interaction is the exchange of thoughts, feelings or ideas between two or more people。 Theories of communicative competence stress emphasis on the importance of interaction because people often use different methods or contexts to express their ideas to make another one understand。 It is an exchange of thoughts between different people (Brown, 2001, 159)。 According to Long (1996), in the process of interaction, students’ ability of oral English will be improved a lot when listening to others and communicate with others in group discussions and joint problem-solving tasks．来,自,优.尔:论;文*网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-