A Practice of English Instruction to Junior High School Students Using Online Test to Measure the Fluency and Accuracy of Their Speech

Abstract

The aim of this practice is to measure and improve the accuracy and fluency of students’ English speech in a junior high school. The author conducted an “Online test” which consists of listening and speaking section to measure the fluency and accuracy of the students' speech using specific grammatical structures (present tense, present progressive, past tense, and present perfect). The test was conducted twice a year, and a task activity was also conducted in between. The percentage of correct responses on each test was analyzed to investigate how the online test and its following instruction and the task activity affected students' speech fluency and accuracy. The results showed that students could understand the appropriate expression for each situation through listening, but they could not immediately speak it out, and that there were some common features in the questions with low percentages of correct answers. Based on the results of the test, the author looked back at his previous instruction, analyze the factors that increase the fluency and accuracy of students' speech, and explore the better way to teach English in junior high schools.