A Study of Cake English App - One of Children’s Picture Books Reading Apps in Improving Primary School Students’ English Speaking

Xiaoyu HE

Abstract


By analyzing problems of primary school students’ oral English learning and teaching in Nan Chong, China, this paper explores five advantages of cake English app, one of children’s picture books reading apps, in enhancing students’ oral English competence, applies vocabulary studying, vocabulary-pictures matching games, picture stories reading and blank filling tests in cake English app to the pre-speaking stage, the while-speaking stage and the post-speaking stage of primary English class and suggests ways of implementing cake English app in class, aiming at arousing students’ interest in learning to speak English and then improving primary school students’ oral English competence. 


Keywords


Cake English App; Children’s picture books reading Apps; Primary English; Oral English learning competence

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/10554

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