Research and practice on college English oral test—A case study of Beijing institute of petrochemical technology

Abstract

Based on the description of implementation of College English oral test from the points of the necessity, feasibility, and implementation process, this study analyzed the current situation of university students’ oral English, oral English ability, the college entrance examination results, and a band-4 written test and established their correlations according to the data of Test of English Proficiency Oral (TEP oral) in Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology (BIPT). Furthermore, we carried out a requirement analysis through questionnaires on teachers’ and students’ oral ability. The current research presented the data and the problems of the college English oral test. Finally, we emphasized the issues of the implementation process and elaborated the new implementation idea of TEP oral.