教育家C.E.Eckersley曾说过: “A good teacher will make his lessons interesting by his enthusiasm, his liveliness, his vigour, his careful preparation of lessons; by keeping his class constantly active and eager to use English。”因此,提高课堂教学艺术,充分调动学生的学习积极性和主动性,是提高学生英语学习兴趣的主要途径。通过师生之间、学生之间的双向交流活动,敢讲、争讲、爱讲英语的局面就会逐渐形成。
此外,由于学生听、说英语的活动大都局限在课堂上,因此教师应用英语组织课堂教学,尽可能用英语解释新的语言现象,有意识地为学生创造纯英语的课堂。教师还可精心布置教室,为学生创造一个全方位的英语环境。例如,教师可将一些英语谚语贴在教室墙壁上,如,Time and tide wait for no man (岁月不等人);One is never too old to learn (活到老,学到老)等。