随着新课程改革的实行,教育部门对小学生综合素质与能力的重视程度越来越高。在小学英语教学中,阅读能力尤为关键,对小学英语水平影响巨大。而英语绘本能够有效提升小学生英语阅读能力,提高小学生综合素质。因此,教师在开展小学英语教学时,可以合理利用英语绘本,提升课堂教学质量。因此,教师在开展英语教学时,应该注重小学生课外阅读技能的培养。本文首先分析了农村小学生课外阅读的现状,然后对利用英语绘本提升农村小学生课外阅读技能的 With the implementation of the new curriculum reform, the education sector places more and more importance on the overall quality and ability of pupils. In primary school English teaching, reading ability is particularly crucial, which has a huge impact on primary school English. English pictorial can effectively improve primary school students’ English reading ability and improve the overall quality of primary school students. Therefore, when teachers carry out primary English teaching, they can make rational use of English picture books to improve the quality of classroom teaching. Therefore, when teachers carry out English teaching, they should pay attention to the cultivation of primary school students’ extra-curricular reading skills. This paper first analyzes the present situation of extracurricular reading in primary school in rural areas in our country, and then advances the use of English pictorial book to enhance the extracurricular reading skills of rural pupils