Better Oral Expression-by retelling texts
Better Oral Expression——by retelling texts重庆财政学校 罗仁家 9月14日 As we all know, the last also the most important aim for us to learn English as a foreign language is to use it freely in all aspects such as listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translating. Nowadays, in order to keep the closest pace with the rapid development of our modern society, the students' ability to speak and listen to or understand English has become most essential. So all kinds of textbooks which are marked to help them practice oral English have easily set up a very good market both in middle schools and colleges ,for example, 3Ls,Look ahead, New concept English, Oral workshops and so on. Well, what on earth is the best or most effective way to better our oral English? Especially for middle school students or some college students who don't specialize in English .To my knowledge, retelling what you've learned in the texts is a good and practical way to improve your ability to express in English. Here "retelling" means students use their own understandings to refine or imitate an article which is similar to the text, which is quite different from reciting or repeating some key sentences from the texts, and also different from or by far more than remembering some key or detailed plots. Retelling needs their own imagination, comments, suggestion as well as the fluent oral expression of the main idea, so it is a very hard job, but the best way to practice their spoken English while learning the textbooks.
Retelling in the texts learning is very helpful for both teachers and students, let's look at the following.
Firstly, it can help teachers to know how their fellow students get on with the text, and further improve or exchange the present teaching methods, bettering the quality of their teaching. Speaking out the main ideas, even commenting on the tex
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