我国越来越多的老年大学开设了英语口语课,但是让老年人开口说英语并不是一件容易事,针对老年学员这个特殊群体,需要采用适当的教学方法。本文将从教学目标、学习兴趣、创设情境等方面阐述如何让老年人开口说英语,以求与各位同仁共同探讨、提高。确立教学目标,逐渐解决“开口难”根据老年学员英语基础不一、年龄差距大、存在“开口难”的实际情况,确立以增强学员自信心和开口进行英语交流作为教学目标,从最基本、最实用、最易开口的短句起步, More and more elder universities in China have spoken English classes, but it is not easy for the elderly to speak English. For the special group of seniors, we need appropriate teaching methods. This article from the teaching objectives, interest in learning, creating situations and other aspects of how to make the elderly speak English, in order to work with colleagues to discuss and improve. According to the actual situation of older learners with different basic English, big age gap and difficulty in opening up, it is established that students’ self-confidence and opening-up of English communication should be established as teaching objectives, From the most basic, most practical, the most easy to open the phrase started,