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【Questions】

What is the gap between how speaking is taught in elementary and middle schools and the requirements of the National Curriculum Standards?

• 教师解析：

  The National Curriculum Standards require students to actually produce something of their own, be it facts or opinions. They have to achieve accuracy, fluency and appropriateness in speaking. However, in teaching speaking in elementary and middle schools, students are often made to repeat or mechanically imitate meaningless dialogues. No information gap exists and no communication is involved, which fails the goal of the Curriculum. As a result, students cannot speak English properly but only recite what’s in the textbook.