初中英语口语作业量对学生口语水平的影响的开题报告1.0IntroductionOralcommunicationisanessentialaspectoflanguagelearning.Communicativecompetenceinspokenlanguageisacriticalcomponentoflanguageproficiency.Withglobalization,Englishhasbecometheprimarylanguageofcommunicationinmostpartsoftheworld.Asaresult,theimportanceoforalcommunicationinEnglishhasbecomemoresignificantforstudents.InChina,Englishistaughtasacompulsorysubjectinmiddleschools.Thus,teachersneedtopayattentiontotheamountoforalpracticeprovidedtostudentsanditsimpactontheiroralproficiency.ThisresearchstudyaimstoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweentheamountoforalhomeworkgiventomiddleschoolstudentsandtheiroralEnglishproficiency.Thestudyalsoseekstoexploreifthequalityoforalhomeworkaffectsstudents'oralproficiency.2.0LiteratureReviewResearchhasshownthattheamountofpracticeandexposuretospokenEnglishhasapositivecorrelationwithoralproficiency.AccordingtoRichardsandSchmidt(2002),languageacquisitionisfacilitatedbyexposuretoappropriatelanguageinputincontext.Therefore,studentsneedtobegivenampleopportunitiestopracticetheiroralskills.Researchershavealsofoundthatcommunicativeactivitieshelpstudentstoimprovetheirlanguageproficiencybetterthantraditionalgrammarinstruction(Stern,1975).Additionally,somestudiessuggestthatmorehomeworkleadstobetterlearningoutcomes(Cooper,Robinson,&Claessens,2006).However,thetypeandqualityofhomeworkmatters.Kohn(2006)arguesthathomeworkthatisnegativelyaffectingstudents'qualityoflifeisofnobenefit.Therefore,relevantandmeaningfulhomeworkiscrucialinpromotinglearninginstudents.3.0ResearchQuestionsTheresearchstudywillexplorethefollowingquestions:1.TowhatextentdoestheamountoforalhomeworkgiventomiddleschoolstudentsaffecttheiroralproficiencyinEnglish?2.Howdoesthequalityoforalhomeworkimpactstudents'oralproficiencyinEnglish?4.0MethodologyTheresearchstudywillusebothquantitativeandqualitativeresearchmethodstoinvestigatetheresearchquestions.Thestudywillutilizeacorrelationalresearchdesign,wheretherelationshipbetweentheamountandqualityoforalho