International Journal of Education and Social Science (IJESS)

Oral English ability is essential for English majors. With the continuous expansion of the scope of international exchanges in China, more and more foreign English teachers participate in domestic oral English classroom teaching. The Models of Oral English Teaching have their characteristics and the analysis on them is inferential and suggestive. This paper mainly adopts questionnaire surveys and interviews to conduct a case study of two foreign teachers in two parallel classes of English majors, comparing similarities and differences in their teaching models including teaching principles, teaching objectives, and assessment methods. The results show that although the two foreign teachers differ in questioning, assignments, and teaching purposes, they adopt a student- centered teaching model. Furthermore, both of their teaching models need to accommodate the characteristics of Chinese students. Based on this, this paper recommends that it would be better if teachers of native English could improve their ways of communication and methods of questioning. In addition, it would be more suggestive that they could get a better understanding of the characteristics of learners. Meanwhile, Chinese students should also overcome nervousness and broaden practice channels.