英语教学大纲指出:“英语教学的目的是通过听、说、读、写的全面训练,使学生获得一些英语基础知识,激发他们的学习兴趣,培养学生运用英语进行交际的能力。”为此,提高英语教学质量,应从用好新教材入手,把握新旧教材的差异,更新教学观念,改进教学方法,充分利用教学资源和现代化教学手段。一、提高教师自身的知识素养新教材对教师的要求要比旧教材高得多。教师不仅要会讲,而 The English syllabus states: “The purpose of English teaching is to enable students to acquire basic English knowledge, stimulate their interest in learning and develop students’ ability to use English to communicate through listening, speaking, reading and writing.” To improve the quality of English teaching, we should start with making good use of new teaching materials, grasp the differences between new and old teaching materials, update teaching concepts, improve teaching methods, and make full use of teaching resources and modern teaching methods. First, to improve their own knowledge of teachers New textbooks on the requirements of teachers much higher than the old textbooks. Teachers should not only speak, but