Influencing Factors of Communicative Language Teaching:A Student Perspective from English Majors

Nowadays,the Communicative Language Teaching Approach has gained significant popularity in the field of foreign language teaching.However,there appears to be a stagnation in its application effects.Therefore,this thesis aims to investigate the present state of CLT implementation and identify the factors influencing its execution within English major classrooms at Chinese universities from a student perspective.30 students responded to the questionnaire and 5 students participated in interviews to provide detailed insights.Through analysis,it was observed that CLT has been widely used in English classes and received positive feedback from students.Factors including the Test-oriented Educational system,teacher factors,student factors,and the Chinese traditional Confucius idea about teaching have an important impact on its implementation.Additionally,this article offers potential recommendations aimed at reconciling the CLT Approach with the Chinese educational context.

Research on the Cultivation of Intercultural Communication Ability in College Foreign Language Teaching under the"Belt and Road"

With the continuous deepening of the “Belt and Road” initiative, frequent international economic and cultural exchanges have alsoplaced new demands on the language and cross-cultural communication capabilities of Chinese university students. In this way, themeaning of intercultural communication is summarized, and the dilemma of cross-cultural teaching in foreign languages isdiscussed from the aspects of students' learning motivation. Finally, combined with the current situation of cross-cultural teaching,from the enthusiasm of mobilizing students' language communication, this paper puts forward the strategy of cultivating foreignlanguage classroom intercultural communication ability under the new situation, which provides reference and theoretical basis forimproving university foreign language cross-cultural teaching.

Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Teaching

Intercultural communication is an essential part of foreign language teaching, which can neither be ignored in the class room nor in the society. The importance of intercultural communication was introduced first and the reasons why it should be taught were explained in details. Several teaching contents were listed and ways of cultural teaching were suggested to conclude the paper.

THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

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.

A Brief Analysis About the Function of the Communicative Approach -- It Can Lighten Classroom Anxiety in Foreign Language Teaching

Classroom Anxiety is very common and to some extent it influences students＇ achievements in foreign language learning. So, how to solve this problem in order to help students have a good performance in foreign language learning is a very urgent issue. According to the writer＇s study, communicative approach is an effective method to deal with it.

Implementation of the Competence-Based Approach in Teaching Foreign Languages in a Non-linguistic College

Due to the increasing role and importance of foreign languages in the context of globalization, it is becoming more important to teach foreign languages for professional communication in different types of educational institutions including nonlinguistic colleges. In this regard, both the approaches to teaching foreign languages should be reconsidered, and also training programs that meet the requirements of future specialists should be created. One of the possible ways out is to use the competence-based approach, i.e., forming a set of special competences in future professionals to solve practical problems. For training a competitive IT-specialist, in teaching foreign languages it is necessary to form a number of language subcompetences in students that are on the basis of their professional competence. The proposed model can be used for teaching any foreign language, where the language component is invariable, and is filled with professional content.

Developing students＇ cultural awareness through foreign language teaching

We live in an age of changes. And these changes in science, technology, economy, political systems, and immigration patterns, especially the emergence of Internet, have created a world in which we increasingly interact with people from different cultures. The levels of students＇ cultural awareness toward the target language （English） have a profound influence on the foreign language teaching （English） practice and performance. Obviously linguistic knowledge alone is not enough to secure successful interactions with native speakers in cross cultural communications. Cultural mistakes are worse than linguistic ones because they tend to cause misjudgments, or ill feelings between native and foreign speakers. Therefore, this paper mainly discusses the relationship between culture and language, explaining cultural awareness, providing some principles of cultural knowledge teaching and some techniques to develop students＇ cultural awareness through foreign language （English） teaching in high schools.

Cultivating Students' Cultural Awareness in Foreign Language Teaching

Many foreign language teachers are often wondering why their students cannot avoid some mistakes in their writing assignment and oral presentations though the grammatical rules and phrases are quite familiar to them. On the other hand students also complain about the boredom of learning English."What is the use of learning English besides taking exams?"they often ask. In this paper the author is going to discuss language learning and teaching from the cultural perspective. By discussing the importance of culture teaching, the author intends to help both the teachers and the students to get out of their bewilderment. Some useful suggestions will be shared at the end of the paper, aiming to offer some practical and concrete guidance to both the students and my co-workers.

Culture and Foreign Language Teaching

This paper argues that cross-cultural communication between Chinese and Foreigners often runs into trouble.Some factors which block communication lie in culture-governed structures of language.In view of the fact that the cultural messages are reflected in people's daily use of language,culture elements should not be overlooked in FLT.This paper attempts to explore the ways of including culture teaching in the language classroom.

Analysis of Pragmatic Failures and Strategies for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

Cross-cultural communication has become an essential course for international students.As foreign students have different cultural backgrounds and languages,pragmatic failures are inevitable for them when communicating in Chinese,thus resulting in unpleasant communication.In order to effectively reduce pragmatic failures,it is necessary to analyze the problems that arise in the process of teaching Chinese as a foreign language and determine the causes.This research is separated into three aspects.Firstly,with the support of the theory of pragmatics and by analyzing the life and learning of foreign students,it can be appreciated that the pragmatic failures of foreign students in using Chinese for communication are very much detailed in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language[1].Secondly,after arranging and analyzing these corpora,the reasons for the pragmatic failures of foreign students are determined.Finally,aiming at the causes of pragmatic failures,corresponding countermeasures and teaching suggestions are proposed.The conclusion drawn from this research is that pragmatic failures occur due to various factors,some of which are essential factors that cannot be changed.This requires effort from both Chinese language teachers and students in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language to lessen the occurrence of pragmatic failures.

Rethinking Speaking Skills in EFL （English as a Foreign Language） Settings

The teaching of speaking has been neglected in EFL （English as a Foreign Language） settings throughout language history which led to negative effects on EFL teachers＇ and learners＇ attitudes. While teachers exhibit hesitation having no preset teaching paradigms at their disposal, learners experience withdrawal in speaking situations that demand interactional ease and socio-pragmatic awareness. Indeed, both the type of instruction and the complexity of this skill make of the teaching of spoken language a highly controversial issue especially with the implicit dichotomy that speaking entails and which opposes accurate mastery of linguistic patterns to ease or facility in meaning transmission. This paper aims at reconsidering the way this dormant skill has been tackled and the interfering variables that should be rethought and revisited while dealing with it.

Intercultural Education in a Technology-Enhanced Foreign Language Learning Environment Implementing the TPACK Approach:Challenges and Possibilities

In the plurilingual and multicultural contemporary international setting,the educational systems opt for successfully meeting as well as adapting to the rapid social,economic,and technological changes.Based on the premise that intercultural communicative competence holds a significant potential for foreign language instruction,focus should throw into combining teachers’intercultural knowledge with pedagogy and technology.The prospect of introducing intercultural material within the context of teaching scenarios in the curricula of a technology-enhanced foreign language learning environment where the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge(TPACK)approach is implemented,can positively contribute to the teaching process.Under this perspective,cultural and digitally competent teachers can create a framework which will enable learners to fully develop their interactive and linguistic skills and to effectively communicate in a foreign language promoting its social and multicultural dimension whatever the intercultural context.

Taking Stock of Grammar-Translation Teaching Method in Developing Intercultural Pragmatic Competence

Grammar-translation teaching method(GTTM as a shorthand below) has long been a buzzword when it is adopted in the class of English as a foreign language.It has been universally acknowledged that such teaching method contradicts the development of communicative language competence advocated in recent decades.However,I positively argue that GTTM in English class,as a comparative and intercultural model,should be given a due reconsideration to improve L2 learners' pragmatic competence.

基于语言实验平台的ESP实践教学实现途径

在分析ESP教学的特点、问题和教学现状的基础上,提出利用语言实验室,将语料库驱动的方法和基于语料库的研究方法融入ESP教学和研究中,确立以学生为中心的ESP探究式教学模式。介绍了基于语言实验平台的ESP实践教学的具体实施途径,探讨了该模式的优势以及实践教学中需注意的问题,以期使ESP教学水平不断提高。

ESP跨学科外语人才培养教学实践研究——以“水产英语”课程为例

专门用途英语研究范畴是以专业+英语教学培养跨学科型外语人才的教学实践,旨在帮助培养学生的"自主"学习选择能力。本文通过ESP课程教学研究模式分析并以"水产英语"课程作为案例探索"水产英语"ESP教学定位与课程设计建构、编写合适的ESP课程教材、ESP课程教学方法、ESP课程师资建设等内容,以期拓展新的教学领域提高ESP教学质量,改进跨学科性的外语人才培养。

高职外语类“工学结合”课程改革与ESP课程建设研究——以浙江嘉兴职业技术学院应用英语课程改革为个案

高职教育,一是培养人做人(使人成为人),二是培养人做事(使人成为某一类人或能做某一类事的人)。以浙江嘉兴职业技术学院应用英语课程改革为例,通过长三角地区企业对用人岗位和对个人能力要求以及毕业生对工作岗位的调适性问卷调查,应用多种职业教育理论剖析高职外语类的课程改革方向与过程,并在个案基础上提出高职高专外语类课程改革应突出和适应"工学结合、就业导向"的人才培养模式;高职外语类专业教学应该融工作过程和工作情景于教学过程和教学情景之中,凸显ESP课程建设,实现课程设置与经济发展和市场需求的均衡与统一,以有利于高职教育加大对既会做人、又会做事的应用型技能人才的培养。

ESP课程教学:跨学科外语人才培养亟待思考的研究范畴

ESP专门用途英语引入外语专业教育是培养复合型跨学科外语专业人才的一种有益尝试。其内涵是以ESP作为教学方法,以学习者为中心,改进教学效果,培养学生的"自主"选择的学习能力。以ESP教学定位与课程设计建构、教材建设、ESP师资建设、教学手段方法等,拓展新的教学领域,提高ESP专业教学质量,改进跨学科外语专业人才培养模式并加强受教育者语言和专业相融合的跨学科性。

Employing the Communicative Approach to Improve the Competence of Listening and Speaking

It is well know that a human linguistic communicative behavior,listening and speaking occupies a very important position in both our daily life and foreign language teaching.Now the classroom becomes more student-centered with the teacher allowing for students to output the language more often on their own.In order to improve the students' listening and speaking,the Communicative Approach has been exploited,which is based on communicative efficiency.It sees communicative competence of language.

信息技术与外语课堂融合在ESP混合式教学中的问题及策略

随着新时代对于专业化人才培养的需要,大学英语势必要从通用英语教学向ESP外语教学转变。"网联网+"时代的来临也助推着ESP外语教学采用新型的混合式教学模式。然而在信息技术与外语课堂融合的过程中依然存在一些问题。本文深入分析了ESP混合式教学中技术与课堂整合面临的挑战并提出相应策略,旨在为当前大学英语教学改革提供一些想法,促进教育信息化的新发展。

ESP课程教学：跨学科外语人才培养亟待思考的研究范畴

ESP专门用途英语引入外语专业教育是培养复合型跨学科外语专业人才的一种有益尝试。其内涵是以ESP作为教学方法，以学习者为中心，改进教学效果，培养学生的“自主”选择的学习能力。文章的研究内容包括ESP教学定位与课程设计建构、教材建设、ESP师资建设、教学手段方法等，以期拓展新的教学领域提高ESP专业教学质量，改进跨学科外语专业人才培养模式并加强受教育者语言和专业相融合的跨学科性。