随着知识经济时代的迅速发展和全球一体化的形成,人类已经进入到一个知识和信息日新月异的社会。面对这样一个高速发展、国际联系交往日益密切的世界,我国想在激烈的竞争中占有一席之地,必须培养出有较强交际能力、精通外语的国际型人才。因此,英语学习的必要性不可忽视。但是传统的英语教学方式已经无法满足这个时代对于人才的需要。对传统英语教学方式进行比较,研究了英语听、说、读、写循环的教学方法对学生英语学习的重要性。 With the rapid development of the era of knowledge economy and the formation of global integration, mankind has entered a society with rapidly changing knowledge and information. In the face of such a rapidly developing and increasingly close international contact with the world, our country wants to occupy a place in the fierce competition and must cultivate international talents with strong interpersonal skills and proficiency in foreign languages. Therefore, the necessity of learning English can not be ignored. However, the traditional English teaching methods can not meet the needs of talents in this era. The traditional English teaching methods are compared, and the importance of English listening, speaking, reading and writing teaching methods to students’ English learning is studied.