Here are some ways to help students:
(1) Aim for educating all students, and emphasize quality-oriented education.Classroom teaching should become a process during which students are guided by the teachers in constructing knowledge, developing skills, being active in thinking,demonstrating personal characters, developing intelligence and broadening their views and visions. Teaching should take full consideration of students‘ individual differences,in the learning processes and their learning styles and teachers should be flexible in using teaching methods, resources and ways of assessment so as to make teaching beneficial to all kinds of students.
(2) Promote learner-centeredness, and respect individual differences to develop students‘ comprehensive abilities in using the language and to improve their cultural quality, to develop their practical skills, as well as to cultivate their creative spirit.
(3) Develop competence-based objectives, and allow flexibility and adaptability. During the process of learning English in nine-year compulsory education, students should be encouraged to discover rules of the language, master gradually language knowledge and skills, constantly monitor the affective demands, develop effective learning strategies and autonomous learning abilities by means of experiencing, practicing, participating, exploring and cooperating under the teacher‘s guidance.
(4) Pay close attention to the learning process, and advocate experiential learning and participation. The English curriculum for nine-year compulsory education together with the related senior high school English curriculum divide the English teaching objectives into nine levels. Each level is described in terms of what students can do with the language. It is thus designed to reflect the progressive nature of students‘ languagedevelopment during the  process of school education so as to ensure the integrity,flexibility and openness of the curriculum.
(5) Attach particular importance to formative assessment, and give special attention to the development of competence. Teachers should properly utilize and develop teaching resources so as to provide rich and healthy resources that are practical, lively, updated for students‘ learning. Teachers should make full use of various resources such as videos, television programs, books, magazines and the Internet so as to expand the opportunities for students to learn and use the language. Also teachers should encourage students to take part in exploring and utilizing resources for learning.
(6) Optimize learning resources, and maximize opportunities for learning and using the language. The assessment for the nine-year compulsory education should be geared to stimulating students‘ interests and cultivating their autonomy in learning. The system should include both formative and summative assessment with formative assessment playing a primary role, paying special attention to students‘ language performance and achievements during the learning process.