题目（英文） On the important role of communicative approach in Chinese University English Education
题目（中文） 交际法在中国大学教育中很重要
Abstract
With the reform of College English education goes on, the status of the students in the whole teaching becomes more and more important, while the teaching eva luation focuses on the students' comprehensive ability and the teaching process pays more attention to the students' practical ability. In this environment, schools focus on training students’ ability to use English as a communication tool, namely communicative competence, taking English communication as the teaching goal, and the content and purpose on communication as the core, to cultivate students' English communicative competence through communicative activities, which is the essence of the communicative approach. This approach not only adapts to the learning characteristics of contemporary college students, but also brings students the leading role in the teaching activities. This paper also illustrates the application and the importance of communicative approach in College English teaching.
Keywords communicative approach communication tool autonomous application
Contents
Abstract I
Contents I
Introduction 3
1. What is communicative approach 3
1.1. Definition: 3
1.2. Features 3
1.2.1. Students should be equipped with some foundations of languages; 3
1.2.2. Teaching contents should be selected from daily life and could be characterized by system and coherence; 4
1.2.3. Communication in process of teaching, namely the process of teaching itself could be considered as one kind of communication; 4
1.2.4. Students’ subjectivity, namely the teaching should focus on students, the teaching goal should cultivate student’s abilities of learning foreign languages and learning motivation; 4
2. The importance of the communication approach in the Chinese university English education 6
2.1. Chinese undergraduate student’s features of English learning 6
2.1.1. Certain language foundation 6
2.1.2. Convenient learning environment 6
2.1.3. Interest and sense of achievement easily arouse learning motivation 6
2.1.4. Stronger subjective consciousness in student’s learning 7
2.1.5. Equal relations between students and teachers 7
2.2. Necessity for application of communicative approach in English teaching of Chinese college 7
2.3. Important causes of communicative approaches in English teaching of Chinese college 8
2.3.1. Communicative teaching values interactions in the class much more, which could coincide with student’s cognition towards language learning 8
2.3.2. Communicative teaching emphasizes the learning pattern that focuses on students with teacher’s guidance so as to easily arouse student’s learning interests 9
2.3.3. Teaching contents and pattern of communicative approach is very flexible and easy to achieve teaching goals 9
3. Application of communicative approach in English teaching of Chinese college 10
3.1. Feature for application of communicative approach in English teaching of Chinese college 10
3.2. Practical approaches for application of communicative approach in English teaching of Chinese college 10
3.2.1. Contextual situation is set to cultivate great learning atmosphere 10
3.2.2. Problematic situation is set to arouse student’s exploration towards new teaching contents 10
3.2.3. Establishment of equal relations between teachers and students 11
3.2.4. Diversified teaching approaches could arouse student’s learning interests 11
4. Conclusion 11
