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nsates there are few teachers to participate; secondly, it helps to get rid of participants’ shyness. Of course, some foreign teachers will be invited. Their participation will let students hear pure pronunciation, enjoy genuine English. Their occurrences in English corner create a more real and natural language environment; their occurrences in English corner appeal to students to take part enthusiastically. Before students going to English corner, the English teacher carries on the classification according to some standard or referring to the classified methods in certain university materials, like The Intermediate Course Of Interpretation, Oral Workshop: argument to branch out topics like agricultural, industry, education, sports, diplomacy, and so on. There is one topic at each time. After determining a specific topic, the teacher announces it so that every participant has a basic understanding about it either by various media or by consulting the relative data. Moreover, a teacher is supposed to copy related monograph or paper or magazines about this topic or download related source from Internet, then he shows them on a public bulletin. Therefore, when students browse these materials, it not only helps to broaden their mind but also some important words and useful expressions can be employed in their oral English. While students go to English corner, these teachers guide them to have the discussion, debate or free communication based on their received information. What is more, they are also responsible for solving problems that students come across in English learning. As for those students who are capable of oral English, apart from expressing opinions about the topic and introducing learning experience to others, they should try to enliven the atmosphere. As regards foreign teachers, they are mainly responsible for introducing some cultural background about this topic. With respect to timetable, the writer schedules it for Sunday evening because both students and teachers have plenty of time to prepare on that day. 5.2 The mastery of communicative strategies As everyone knows, English corner is a communicative activity. One of its functions is to develop communicative competence. Consequently, from narrow sense speaking, it is unavoidable to ask other people questions in there when students have a chat with other people. How to ask questions properly is an important process of breaking the ice and having an exchange of language and mind. However, because of language barriers or cultural conflicts, not all students are good at asking questions so that they are often in a passive position in conversation or repeating to ask some questions superficial and not to the point. For instance: (13) What is your hobby? (14) How to learn English well? (15) How to spend your weekend? As time pass by, despite that teacher trys to be patient to reply the repeated questions, students tend to be at a standstill in their oral English. Naturally, it is no longer significant for students to attend it. Therefore, as students, they are supposed to learn some skills of asking questions to make effective communication. Firstly, besides prepare earnestly, the learner is supposed to follow easy-to-hard principle. At the beginning of conversation, students may inquire about learning methods or experience on English, hobbies and so on. As discussion goes on