对英语学习者来说,听、说、读、写等四项基本技能的训练是必不可少的。现在有不少教学法提倡听、说领先,这是不是说听、说在英语学习中比读、写更重要、难度更大呢?其实不然,听、说领先的实质表明读与写能力的提高是建立在听、说基础上。而从某种意义上来说,读、写,特别是写作能力的提高比听、说更难,要求更高。就以本人执教的英语专业的本科高年级学生为例,他们通过一、二年级的学习,基本过了听、说这 For English learners, the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing are indispensable. There are many methods of teaching that advocate listening and speaking. Is this not to say that listening and speaking are more important and more difficult to read and write in English learning? In actual fact, the nature of listening and speaking indicates the ability to read and write. Improvement is based on listening and speaking. In a sense, the improvement of reading and writing, especially writing, is more difficult than listening and speaking. In the case of senior undergraduates of English majors who are taught by me, they passed the first and second grades of learning and basically heard and said this.