语言是交流思想的工具,这一特征决定了英语教学的目的就是培养学生具备使用这种交际工具的能力。实现这一教学目标的途径是通过对听、说、读、写综合能力的基本训练培养学生能力,提高学生素质,使学生真正具备运用这种交际工具的能力。长期以来,关于学生素质的提高和应试能力的培养谁主谁从一直困扰着我们。从理论上讲,现在提倡素质教育,毫无疑问应当把提高学生素质,培养学生能力放在首位,但实际上又确实存在某种程 Language is a tool for the exchange of ideas, a feature that determines the purpose of English teaching is to develop students have the ability to use this communicative tool. The way to achieve this teaching goal is to cultivate students’ abilities and improve the quality of students through the basic training on comprehensive ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, so that students can truly possess the ability to use such communicative tools. For a long time, it has been troubling us to train students to improve students’ qualities and their ability to take exams. In theory, to promote quality education nowadays, there is no doubt that we should give top priority to improving the quality of students and cultivating students’ abilities, but in fact there is indeed a certain course