1. Introduction In educational theory, as with most things, there exist fashions and trends. Within the field of foreign language teaching the communicative approach is with good reason very fasharable in the west. Th...1. Introduction In educational theory, as with most things, there exist fashions and trends. Within the field of foreign language teaching the communicative approach is with good reason very fasharable in the west. The name certainly makes it difficult to argue with, who would want to use the ’non-communicative’ approach to teaching a foreign language? The need to communicate in a language is what makes language teaching different from teaching many other subjects. If you study geography, you learn about places, but if you only learn about a language it is not enough.展开更多
COMMUNICATION:THE GOAL In recent Years there has beenmuch discussion about communica-tive approaches to syllabus design,material writing and classroom ac-tivity.People have been increasing-ly concerned With the questi...COMMUNICATION:THE GOAL In recent Years there has beenmuch discussion about communica-tive approaches to syllabus design,material writing and classroom ac-tivity.People have been increasing-ly concerned With the questions:“What is the object in the teaching of modern languages?”and"What does the learner want to do with the language?”Language,as Otto Jespersen puts it,is not an end in itself;just as little as railway tracks,it is a way of connection between souls,a means of communication.展开更多
This article uses a lot of evidences to expose the pragmatic failures in people＇s inter-cultural communication, and analyses the types and causes of these pragmatic failures. Hence it puts forward several methods of ...This article uses a lot of evidences to expose the pragmatic failures in people＇s inter-cultural communication, and analyses the types and causes of these pragmatic failures. Hence it puts forward several methods of college English teaching to help our students get rid of such pragmatic failures.展开更多
This paper argues that the textual competence is one of the important abilities for English learners to organize their spoken or written discourse effectively. However, the investigation found that Chinese university ...This paper argues that the textual competence is one of the important abilities for English learners to organize their spoken or written discourse effectively. However, the investigation found that Chinese university students were weak in textual competence in English reading. It concludes that English teachers had better to be conscious of what communicative competence includes and the training of students＇ textual competence should be reinforced in communicative English classroom.展开更多
文摘1. Introduction In educational theory, as with most things, there exist fashions and trends. Within the field of foreign language teaching the communicative approach is with good reason very fasharable in the west. The name certainly makes it difficult to argue with, who would want to use the ’non-communicative’ approach to teaching a foreign language? The need to communicate in a language is what makes language teaching different from teaching many other subjects. If you study geography, you learn about places, but if you only learn about a language it is not enough.
文摘COMMUNICATION:THE GOAL In recent Years there has beenmuch discussion about communica-tive approaches to syllabus design,material writing and classroom ac-tivity.People have been increasing-ly concerned With the questions:“What is the object in the teaching of modern languages?”and"What does the learner want to do with the language?”Language,as Otto Jespersen puts it,is not an end in itself;just as little as railway tracks,it is a way of connection between souls,a means of communication.
文摘This article uses a lot of evidences to expose the pragmatic failures in people＇s inter-cultural communication, and analyses the types and causes of these pragmatic failures. Hence it puts forward several methods of college English teaching to help our students get rid of such pragmatic failures.
文摘This paper argues that the textual competence is one of the important abilities for English learners to organize their spoken or written discourse effectively. However, the investigation found that Chinese university students were weak in textual competence in English reading. It concludes that English teachers had better to be conscious of what communicative competence includes and the training of students＇ textual competence should be reinforced in communicative English classroom.
