AbstractEnglish is a global language, and is widely used around the world. Therefore, English teachers focus a lot on developing students’ ability of oral English. Since New Curriculum Standard was put into effect, students’ main positions in the classroom have become more and more outstanding. In English teaching in middle school, teachers need to train students’ abilities from different aspects such as listening, speaking, reading and writing rather than just focus on the college Entrance Examination as before. But training students’ oral English abilities has not been given the same attention in many middle schools. This paper mainly focuses on the problems of current oral English teaching in middle school and analyzes the causes from the perspectives of teachers’, students’ and teaching environment’ s. The author puts forward that the application of the Communicative Approach into oral English teaching in middle school can partially resolve the current problems. The author also introduces the basic principles and strategies of the Communicative Approach’s implement in oral English teaching in middle school in hope that it will help students lay foundation for their better development in the future.Key Words: oral English teaching; middle school; the Communicative Approach; communicative activities摘 要英语是一个全球化的语言，在世界上的使用范围极其广泛。因此，英语教师非常注重对学生口语能力的培养。新课程标准实施以来，学生在课堂中的主体地位越来越突出。在英语教育方面，要培养学生的听说读写各个方面的能力，而不只是像以前一样专注于升学考试。但是在许多初中，训练学生的口语能力没有得到同等的重视。本文主要针对现在初中英语口语教学存在的问题，从老师 ， 学生及教学环境角度分析产生问题的原因。作者提出在初中英语口语教学中应用交际法缓解现存问题的观点。作者也介绍了交际法在初中...
