ABSTRACT
Oral learning is known to be a very important part of second language learning. The goal of this study is to investigate the factors that influence Chinese high school students’ oral English level, the impact of speaking habits and native accents on oral English learning among Chinese high school students, and the consequent oral English learning anxiety. Questionnaires were sent to 120 senior high school students in China, and field tests and focus interviews were conducted on 40 students from four cities in China. The overall results show that speaking habits and native dialect are two factors that have the greatest influence on oral English learning and lead to oral English learning anxiety among Chinese high school students. This study is important because spoken English is not only a way of expressing English, but also a state of learning. Perfecting and improving their oral cognitive system will help Chinese high school students really bring English from written to daily life, and make English really become a handy tool in high school students’ life. Strengthening the popularization of oral language learning will also help to enhance regional integration and help the balanced and coordinated development of all regions.
