1。3 Research significance

Nowadays, English as a carrier of communication, has been used widely and is very important in our life。 Therefore, the main goal of foreign language teaching is to enable students to use it in work or life when necessary, which determines that teachers should teach language in the way that it is used in the real world。 As a means of communication, listening shares a number of features with reading since both are interpretative and receptive skills。 Listening and speaking skills are the cardinal principle in present English language teaching in China。 Each student should have the chance to listen to and produce what is meaningful, authentic, unpredictable, and creative if ever possible。来,自,优.尔:论;文*网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

Especially for primary students, the traditional way which is called PPP (presentation, practice, production) approach to teach listening and speaking English in primary school in China is widely applied。 In the typical traditional English class, the listening and speaking teaching is conducted in a fixed method。 Students may lose interest if they are asked to repeat the sentences many times。 They have few opportunities to take part in language activities and can not enhance language competence。 So students gradually lose their intrinsic motivation of learning。 What’s more, the cramming teaching model will be harmful to the communication between teachers and students。