Abstract:Learning English must start from childhood. Although many of the rural schools offered English classes according to the regulation of the Ministry of National Education some ten years ago, especially for the need of education reform, and made a lot progress, there still existed many problems and difficulties in the English teaching of rural primary school. This paper inquires the present conditions of rural English teaching, analyzes and shows the characteristic and the actuality of teaching. Detailed information has been acquired that this situation was due to the lack of necessary teaching equipment and the professional teachers, out-dated education concepts, the old teaching methods, the influences of the families and so on. Based on these ideas, some corresponding countermeasures would be put forward in different terms of the school environment and facilities, the teachers and their teaching methods, the English class curriculums, the rural students and their main studying features, the family’s influences, etc. The specific ways to solve these problems would be discussed, introduced, and some examples be given in order to contribute to the qualities of English teaching in rural primary schools.

Key words: rural primary school; English teaching; characteristics; countermeasures

摘要:学习英语要从小开始，根据教育部门的相关规定，也为了适应新的课程改革，很多农村小学早在十多年已经开设了英语课程，也取得了很大的进步。但农村小学英语教学仍然存在许多问题和困难。本文分析了农村小学目前英语教学现状和特点，探讨了当前农村小学英语教学中普遍存在的教学设备落后缺乏，专业师资队伍不足、教学观念相对落后、教学方法滞后，家庭环境影响等不利因素，并基于此提出了相应的对策，如改进教学设备，扩大专业师资队伍，结合农村小学生特点进行教学，重视家庭英语教育等。详细的解决对策进行分析，讨论，举例，以促进农村小学英语教学质量的提升。

关键词：农村小学； 英语教学； 教学现状特点； 对策