I. Introduction The purpose of middle school English teaching is to improve the students' four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, with the base of necessary phonetics, large vocabulary and good grammar, But this is not the final purpose. The final purpose is to lot let students be able to use the language. Why do we study English? If a man is only good at listening and speaking, can we say that he is …showed first 75 words of 2903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2903 total…the text in advance, and do some exercises connected with the text. Listening and speaking are the major ways while teaching the new lesson. Be sure to let the lesson go on in a foreign language situation. You can ask the students questions about the text, do some discussion, check the students' homework. This helps students raise their ability of listening and speaking. It also helps to understand or comprehend the text and the sentences.