随着中国对外交流的不断深入,英语的重要性日益凸显。英语是一种语言工具,习得英语的主要目的是使用它进行交际活动,因此英语交际能力是学习者必备的能力之一。然而,由于诸多因素的制约,当代学生的英语口语交际能力距离社会发展的需要,仍相差甚远,这也给英语教学提出了压力和挑战。本文对此进行了探讨。 With the continuous deepening of China’s foreign exchange, the importance of English has become increasingly prominent. English is a language tool. The main purpose of acquiring English is to use it for communicative activities. Therefore, English communicative competence is one of the necessary capabilities of learners. However, due to many factors, contemporary students’ communicative competence in oral English is far from the need of social development, which puts pressure and challenge on English teaching. This article explores this.