英语是一种语言,听、说、读、写四项是语言学习的基本技能,其中听是英语教学的基础,说是英语教学的重要目标。然而,长期以来,听说课堂的枯燥、应试教育的荼毒,加之国内对话环境的缺乏,导致学生对英语听说的淡漠。新课程标准实施以来,英语教学的方法逐渐发生变化,英语听说能力的培养逐渐得到重视。笔者结合自身教学经验,总结近年来组织英语听说教学的得失,探讨英语课堂教学的优化思路,以期为英语科目的教与学 English is a language. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are four basic skills of language learning. Listening is the basis of English teaching and speaking is an important goal of English teaching. However, for a long time, I heard that the tedium of the classroom and the stress of examination-oriented education combined with the lack of a domestic dialogue environment have led to the students’ indifference to English listening and speaking. Since the implementation of the new curriculum standards, English teaching methods have gradually changed, and the cultivation of English listening and speaking skills has gradually been taken seriously. Based on my own teaching experience, the author sums up the pros and cons of organizing listening, speaking, listening and speaking in recent years and probes into the optimization of English classroom teaching so as to teach and learn English subjects