A questionnaire conducted at the beginning of this semester revealed that over half of the English major students at our college felt that the viewing-listening-speaking course in 2023 focused more on developing listening skills than integrating both listening and speaking skills dynamically. The students attributed this imbalance to large class sizes, time constraints, and a lack of opportunities for discussion. As a result, this semester, our teaching team's focus has shifted toward enhancing students' oral skills, which not only involve language proficiency but also critical thinking, logical reasoning, and effective communication. The effective use of teaching materials and innovative participation methods in class are key to achieving this goal. Specifically, students are encouraged to actively co-create a language environment with the help of AI tools. This paper discusses how to utilize textbooks to promote oral learning, how to guide students in producing oral texts and engaging in interactive classroom activities, and how to shift the traditional listening-focused course towards an integrated approach of listening and speaking. The following aspects will be explored: the application of teaching materials, AI dialogue platforms, and the evolving role of teachers in facilitating oral skills.

Oral skills;Listening and speaking integration;AI tools;Teaching materials;Classroom participation;Language proficiency;Teaching innovation;English language teaching

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Guangdong Provincial Higher Education Society "14th Five-Year Plan" 2024 Annual Higher Education Research Project: "Research on the Construction and Application of Knowledge Graphs for Interpreting Course Groups under the Background of Educational Digitization" (Project Number: 24GYB107).

DOI： https://doi.org/10.62639/sspjiess07.20240106

Published： 2024