哑巴英语

哑巴英语是一种语言现象，在中国尤其普遍，人们可以通过阅读理解英文文章并将英语作为第二语言，但英语口语交际能力不佳。

出现哑巴英语的原因主要是由于英语学习者缺乏以英语为母语的人进行口语练习，尤其是在像中国这样的国家中。因此“哑巴英语”是一个公认的英语学习问题，人们通过开设TEFL教学（英语：Teaching English as a second or foreign language）、参加国际交流以及与外国游客交谈等措施希望改善哑巴英语现象。

参见

Minglang Zhou and Hongkai Sun, Language Policy in the People’s Republic of China, http://www.springerlink.com/content/r8342831108m3748/^{[永久失效链接]}
Kinam Jin, and Hyun Jong Song, Short-term Migration and the Acquisition of a World Language Gillian Stevens
People.com.cn, Headline: Do not Learn "Mute English" (Silent English), https://web.archive.org/web/20050215151355/http://www.people.com.cn/english/9807/10/head.htm*Guo Fang, A Comparison Between Online English Language Teaching and Classroom English Language Teaching, https://web.archive.org/web/20070227133539/http://www.beiwaionline.com/tutor/2003collection/guofang.htm