Introduction Nowadays, the communicative approach has become a common trend in ELT in China, and the term ’communicative competence’ is often heard when English teachers talk about how to improve their students’ ab...Introduction Nowadays, the communicative approach has become a common trend in ELT in China, and the term ’communicative competence’ is often heard when English teachers talk about how to improve their students’ ability to use English communicatively. Most teachers no longer use traditional methods of teaching English, particularly to teach speaking, which used to be restricted to sentence-patterning with given vocabulary for substitution drills. They now use all kinds of methods to teach speaking, such as group discussions, news/events reports, story-telling, arguing, expressing opinions, etc.. All these activities are meant to develop students’ ability to use English communicatively. To manipulate these activities well, and get students actively involved in the activities, one important factor in developing communicative competence should be emphasised: strategic competence.展开更多
文摘Introduction Nowadays, the communicative approach has become a common trend in ELT in China, and the term ’communicative competence’ is often heard when English teachers talk about how to improve their students’ ability to use English communicatively. Most teachers no longer use traditional methods of teaching English, particularly to teach speaking, which used to be restricted to sentence-patterning with given vocabulary for substitution drills. They now use all kinds of methods to teach speaking, such as group discussions, news/events reports, story-telling, arguing, expressing opinions, etc.. All these activities are meant to develop students’ ability to use English communicatively. To manipulate these activities well, and get students actively involved in the activities, one important factor in developing communicative competence should be emphasised: strategic competence.
