面对不断开放的当代中国, 英语是必要的交流工具。本文基于基础教育质量监测结果及已有的教师专业素质研究成果, 对西安市具有代表性的小学的英语教师专业素质进行了调查, 主要从基本情况、专业精神、专业知识和专业能力及培训现状这五个维度来考察教师的专业素质, 并对相关的教师进行访谈。通过调查得知, 西安市小学英语教师有较高的专业理想和较好的敬业精神, 教学效能感较高, 英语教育专业知识掌握较好。教师的专业能力基本符合英语教学的要求, 希望进一步接受教学方法、技能训练以及撰写论文能力方面经常性的培训。同时也发现了一些问题: 教师性别比例失调, 教学理念未能完全落实; 教师对理论知识和科研知识的掌握欠缺, 英语口语表达还有待提高; 不能更好地利用家长资源; 教学方式的采用需进一步提高, 教学手段需进一步改进; 教师科研能力薄弱等。针对存在的问题, 文章提出了提高西安市小学英语教师专业素质的建议: 加强教师的专业情感素质; 深化教师的教学理念认识; 加强教师的专业知识和专业能力的培养; 加强教师教育科研能力的培养。

In the face of the ever-opening contemporary China, English has become an indispensable communication tool. Based on the results of basic education quality monitoring and existing research results on teacher professional quality, this paper investigates the professional quality of English teachers in representative primary school in Xi'an, examining the teachers’ professional quality in five dimensions, namely, the basic situation, professionalism, professional knowledge and professional abilities, and training status and conducting interviews with relevant teachers. Through the survey, it was found that elementary school English teachers in Xi'an have high professional ideals and good professionalism, have a high sense of teaching effectiveness, and have a good grasp of English education professional knowledge. The teachers' professional abilities basically meet the requirements of English teaching, and they hope to receive further regular training in teaching methods, skills training, and the ability to write papers. At the same time, some problems were also discovered: the gender ratio of teachers is disproportionate, and teaching philosophy is not fully implemented; teachers lack mastery of theoretical knowledge and scientific research knowledge, and their oral English expression still needs to be improved; parent resources cannot be better utilized; the adoption of teaching methods requires to be further improved, teaching methods need to be further improved; teachers’ scientific research capabilities are weak, etc. In view of the existing problems, the article puts forward suggestions for improving the professional quality of elementar school English teachers in Xi'an: strengthening teachers' professional emotional quality; deepening teachers' understanding of teaching concepts; strengthening the cultivation of teachers' professional knowledge and professional abilities; strengthening the cultivation of teacher's educational research ability.