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Chapter 1 Introduction 

This chapter, as the  prologue of this thesis, is to introduce the research background, existing problems in college oral English classes, advantages of CMC in CALL, research objectives and overview of the thesis. 

1.1 Research background 
Due  to  the  strong  support  of  our  country  to  development  of  education,  the  college enrollment has increased annually since 1970s. Moreover, more and more people begin to recognize  the  importance  of  English  because  of  our  accession  to  the  WTO.  English  has always  been  an  important  subject  from  our  childhood  to  university  life.  However, Chinese people seem to forget the primary function of English as a language, speaking or communicating.  They  are  limited  in  the  knowledge  of  English  textbooks  and  emphasize English  reading  or  writing.  They  have  neglected  oral  English  practice  for  a  long  time. Therefore,  Chinese  students  are  always  proficient  in  English  examinations,  while  dumb in real communication contexts. From the 1980s, our country began a series of education reforms, which stressed the practicability  of  knowledge  taught  in  classes.  People  started  to  open  mouths  to  practice their English pronunciations or to improve communication competence so that they could further education overseas or find a better job after their graduation. Colleges also set up oral English classes specializing  in English communicating. With the rapid development of  computer  technology,  computers  have  played  a  more  and  more  important  role  in  the education  field,  which  brings  reforms  in  teaching  concepts  and  methods.  CALL,  as  the product  of  the  information  era,  is  a  means  of  applying  technology  to  language  teaching and  learning.  It  greatly  enriches  the  teaching  methods,  motivates  students?  learning enthusiasm  and  promotes  teachers?  teaching  effects.  Therefore,  CALL  has  become  an effective assisted  means  in our English teaching these  years, and  supported by  more and more  English  teachers  in  our  country. 
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1.2 Existing problems in college oral English classes
With  the  implementation  of  China?s  reform  and  opening-up  policy  and  because  of the  increase  of  college  enrollment,  the  more  high  school  students  choose  English  major when  entering  the  college.  Therefore,  the  English  class  sizes  become  large  inevitably. Even &nb本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。