《小学英语新课程标准》提出要发展学生听、说、读、写等方面的技能和综合运用语言的能力。很多高年级学生上课不举手,即使回答问题也是吞吞吐吐,或者声若蚊蝇。他们口头表达的欲望与能力远不如小学中低阶段。为什么年龄大了,知识量、词汇量增多了,而口头表达能力却下降了呢?分析起来,大致有如下原因:1.一些内向的学生年龄略大后羞耻心增强,怕说错了教师责怪,同学耻笑。2.听力差,不能迅速听懂对方的问题并及时做出回应。3.高年级教师更加注重知识点、语法 The New Curriculum Standard for Primary English proposes to develop students’ abilities in listening, speaking, reading and writing, and in comprehensively using the language. Many senior students do not raise their hands in class, even if the answer to the question is vomiting, or if the sound is mosquitoes. Their desire and ability to express themselves verbally are far from the low school level. Why age, knowledge, vocabulary increased, while the ability to express verbal decline? Analyzed, there are roughly the following reasons: 1. Some introverted students after the age slightly larger shame, fear of wrong teacher blame Students ridiculed. 2. poor hearing, can not quickly understand each other’s problems and respond promptly. 3. Senior grade teachers pay more attention to knowledge points, grammar