www.showdoc.cnwww.showdoc.cnAbstractIntegrating the development of the modern society, The New English Curriculum Criterias requirements for secondary English teaching and the authors personal experience of education practice, the thesis emphasizes the importance of oral drilling. And it objectively analyzes the situation of oral teaching and drilling models in junior high schools of rural areas. After discussing the existing problems, the thesis also shows some practical oral drilling models: imitation, repetition, murmuring, on-site translation method, discussion and explanation, and interview. Finally, the thesis offers some strategies to improve oral teaching there.Key words: rural areas; junior high school; oral language; drilling models摘摘 要要本文结合当今社会的发展，英语新课标对中学英语教学的要求和作者切身的教育实习体会，指出了英语口语训练的重要性，并对农村初中英语口语教学的现状和模式进行了分析。在对存在的问题进行讨论后，本文同时展示了一些针对性的可行的口语训练模式：模仿法、复述法、自语法、现场翻译法、讨论解说法、人物采访法。本文最后提出了一些改善农村初中英语口语教学的策略。关键词：关键词：农村；初中；英语口语；训练模式www.showdoc.cnwww.showdoc.cnContents1. Introduction.1 1.1The Motives of the Study.1 1.2 Literature Review.1 1.3 Existing Problems.22. Analysis of Oral Drilling Models in Junior High Schools of Rural Areas.22.1The Situation of Oral Language Teaching in Rural Junior High Schools.22.2 Importance of Oral Drilling.42.3 Some Models for Oral Drilling.53. Strategies of Improving Oral Language in Junior High Schools of Rural Areas.73.1 The Improvements to the Situation.73.2 The Goal of the Research.93.3 The Practice of the Research94. Conclusion.11References1. Introduction 1.1 The Motives of the ResearchNowadays, information-based social life and economic globalization make English be more and more important. As one of the most important information carrier, English becomes a most widely used language in all fields of mankinds life. Learning and using English to launch an oral conversation becomes an evident need of the society. So it is one of the requirements in education for all-round development to enhance oral teaching and it is also the trend of foreign language teaching reform.Furthermore, a new broad reform of basic education curriculum raises oral teaching to a more important position than ever. However, in our country, a huge gap in oral teaching of junior high school exists between urban and rural areas. National English Curriculum for Nine-Year Compulsory Education specially emphasizes that English teaching should cultivate the students ability of comprehensively language using and English teachers should strengthen oral teaching. However, spoken English is a comparatively weaker field in secondary teaching in rural areas.Therefore, the thesis discusses the current situation of oral teaching in rural junior high schools and puts forward some solutions and the models of oral drilling there.1.2 Literature ReviewLanguage is defined as “a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication”( Liu Runqing and Wen Xu, 2006:8). Now that the language is vocal, its common form can be found in oral language among persons communication. Besides, oral language “is the skill that the students will be judged upon most in real-life situation” (Wang Qiang, 2006:156). It is such an important part of everyday communication and most often the first impression of a person is based on his/her ability to speak fluently and comprehensibly. So, being teachers, they have the responsibility to teach students to speak in English both in the real world and in the testing room. Gillian Brown English teachers poor spoken ability; some psychological barriers for students speaking; the inefficiency of big-class teaching and so on. Many researchers have laid emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of oral drilling in junior high schools of rural areas. So this thesis also will analyze the situation there in detail and give some practical suggestions.2. Analysis of Oral Drilling Models in Junior High Schools of Rural Areas2.1 The Situation of Oral Teaching in Rural Junior High SchoolsAs a language, English is a kind of social communication tool and its main characteristic is communicable. Thus one of the goals of English teaching is to make students communicate with others in English. While for most of its history, English teaching has been concerned with the study of grammar and vocabulary, which makes the students be the tool of taking examinations. So there are following five problems existing in oral teaching and drilling in junior high schools of rural areas:Firstly, the English teaching lacks of the necessary language environment. The Chinese st