

Abstract: Examination-oriented education is an education system serving examinations, which has the characteristics such as the utilitarian purpose of education, the uniformity of the teaching content, the spoon-feeding way of teaching, and the speculation. Examination-oriented education prevails in all various aspects in English teaching in senior middle school, including listening, speaking, reading and writing. Nowadays, in china, there exists "deaf and dumb English” among senior middle school students. This paper introduces the current situation of examination-oriented education in English teaching in senior middle school, then point outs the present existing problems, and analyze the reasons for these problems. In the end, the author gives her own solutions to improve the current situation of examination-oriented education in English teaching in senior middle school, which we should keep positive attitude to improve it rather than solely criticize it.
Key words: Examination-oriented Education;English teaching in senior middle school;Strategy
摘 要:应试教育是一种把教育目的归结为“为考试服务”的教育制度,它具有教育目的的功利性、教学内容的单一性、教学方式的填鸭式和投机性等特点。应试教育存在于高中英语教学的听说读写各个方面,其中最突出的表现就是高中学生们现存的“哑巴英语”。本文介绍了应试教育在高中英语的现状,指出了其中存在的问题和危害,分析了其产生的原因,最后结合时代特征提出应该用积极的态度去面对和改进它,而不是全盘否定和批判。
关键词:应试教育;高中英语教学;策略
Introduction
Over many years, the examination-oriented education is in the dominant position in English teaching in senior middle school in order to pursue admissions rates. Students, teachers and parents focus on the college entrance examination to get a good result. In teaching mode, teachers always instill knowledge and carry out many exam papers as teaching methods, for students, the learning objectives and tasks are to deal with college entrance examination, so, in the process of teaching, examination-oriented training and skills is the most important in both teaching content and methods.[1] However, under this examination-oriented educational system, we ignore to cultivate the sense of self-learning, habits and creativity of students. Because of the system, the majority of students have a very strong psychological dependence on teachers. They have no motivation and have passive attitude to learn. They ignore the improvement of English language skills and the objective rule and requirements. Thus they can not really master English.
1 Examination-oriented education
Examination-oriented education is an education system on the purpose of examinations services. Examination-oriented education has the characteristics such as the utilitarian purpose of education, the uniformity of the teaching content, the spoon-feeding way of teaching, and the speculation.
1. 1 Definition of examination-oriented education
What is Examination-oriented Education? Generally speaking, Examination-oriented Education is, to a certain extent, a kind of education that just prepares students for all kinds of examination and good performance in academic study.转贴于 酷文网-论文下载中心 http://www.coolwen.net