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CommunicativeLanguageTeachinginMiddleSchoolEnglishClass
中学英语课堂中的交际性语言教学
CommunicativeLanguageTeachinginMiddleSchoolEnglishClass
Contents
Abstract………………………………………………………………....1
Keywords………………………………………………………………....1
I.Introduction…………………………………………………………....2
II.BriefNotesonCLT……………………………………………………..2
2.1DefinitionofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching……………………..2
2.2CharacteristicsofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching………………….3
2.3FunctionsofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching……………………..4
2.4SignificancesofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching………………….4
III.TeacherRolesinCommunicativeLanguageTeaching………….......4
3.1TwoMainRoles……………………………………………………...5
3.2ThreeSpecificRoles………………………………………………...…5
3.3AComparison…………………………………………………….....6
IV.TheImplementationofLanguageSkills……………………..……....7
V.CommunicativeActivities……………………………………………..8
5.1TheTypesofCommunicativeActivities………………………………...8
5.2SixCriteriaforEvaluatingCommunicativeActivities…………………...9
5.2.1CommunicativePurpose……………………………………….9
5.2.2CommunicativeDesire………………………………………....9
5.2.3Content,notForm…………………………………………..….10
5.2.4VarietyofLanguage……………………………………….…...10
5.2.5NoTeacherIntervention..........................................................…...10
5.2.6NoMaterialsControl…………………………………………..10
VI.ProblemsandSolutionsofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching….10
6.1ItisDifficulttoCopewithLanguageFunctions………………………10
6.2GrammarSeemstobeIgnored……………………………………...11
6.3ThereisanOveremphasisonSpokenLanguage……………………...12
6.4PlacesHeavyDemandsonthe(Non-Native)Teacher………………...12
VII.HowtoImproveStudents’CommunicativeCompetenceinCLT.13
7.1CommunicativeCompetence…………………………………….…..13
7.2CommunicativePrinciple……………………………………….…...13
7.3CommunicativeTeachingSteps…………………………………..….13
7.3.1BuilduptheStudents’Confidence...........................................…...13
7.3.2SetupaCommunicativeSituation………………………………14
7.3.3GetStudentstoListenMoreandGiveMoreChance,ActasaMonitor………………………………………………….…...14
7.3.4GiveStudentsSpeakingTasks…………………………………...14
7.3.5OutsideClassTraining…………………………………………...15
7.3.6MoreLanguageUsethanAnalysis………………………………15
7.3.7TeachersShouldMakethatTeachingInterestingandExciting……..16
7.3.8StimulateandGuideStudentstoTryTheirOwnLearningStyle.…16
VIII.Conclusion………………………………………………………….16
References……………………………………………………………….17
CommunicativeLanguageTeachinginMiddleSchool
EnglishClass
摘 要:
每个人都接受这一个观点,即语言是信息的媒介,语言的最终目的是使学者在不同的环境中能灵活自在地使用语言。
此篇文章详细阐述了在第二语言教学/外语教学中的最重要的趋势之一的教学方法—交际性语言教学法。
作为一种教学方法,交际性教学法获得越来越多的重要性,尤其是在中学英语课堂中。
它被应用来发展学生的交际能力,即是发展学生的语言能力。
换句话说,就是听说读写能力。
交际能力包括语言不同能力的综合。
此篇文章描述了CLT的定义、特点、功能和重要性;解释了老师在CLT中的角色;讨论了交际性活动和如何发展学生的语言能力;谈到CLT在中学英语课堂中如何提高学生的交际能力。
关键字:
交际性语言教学;语言能力;老师角色;交际性活动;问题和解决办法;交际能力
Abstract:
Everyoneacceptsthepropositionthatlanguageisamediumofinformation,andtheultimatetargetoflanguageteachingistoenablelearnerstocommunicatefreelyinvarioussituationswithit.Thispaperelaboratesononeofthemostimportanttrendinsecond/foreignlanguage,thatis,CommunicativeLanguageTeaching.Thismethodisgainingmoreandmoreimportanceinthefieldofsecondlanguageteaching,especiallyinthemiddleschoolEnglishclass.CommunicativeLanguageTeachinghadbeenappliedtodevelopstudents’communicativecompetence.Todevelopstudents’communicativeabilitymeanstodevelopstudents’languageskills,namely,listening,speaking,readingandwriting.Communicationinvolvestheintegrationofdifferentlanguageskills.ThispaperdescribesCLTondefinition,characteristic,functionandsignificance;explainsteachers’rolesinCLT;discussescommunicativeactivitiesandhowtodeveloplanguageskills;concernseightstepsinCLTtoimprovestudents’communicativecompetenceinmiddleschoolEnglishclass.
Keywords:
CommunicativeLanguageTeaching;teachers’role;communicativeactivities;languageskills;problemsandsolutions;communicativecompetence
I.Introduction
Everyoneacceptsthepropositionthatlanguageisamediumofinformation,andthattheultimatetargetoflanguageteachingistoenablelearnerstocommunicatefreelyinvarioussituationswithit.
Thetraditionalmethodsfailtoprovidestudentswithappropriatecontextstousethetargetlanguagebecausetheyfocuseitherongrammaticalstructuresorpatterndrillsatsentencelevel.Studentsmayhaveaverygoodmasteryoflinguisticknowledgeandtheyareusuallyquitegoodatgrammaticalanalysis.However,theycannotusetheknowledgetheyhavegainedeffectivelyandappropriatelywhencommunicating.Obviously,CommunicativeLanguageTeachingshouldbeappliedtodevelopstudents’communicativecompetence.Todevelopstudents’communicativecompetencemeanstodevelopstudents’languageskills,namely,listening,speaking,readingandwriting.Ofcourse,theseskillscannotbedevelopedwithoutthelearningofpronunciation,grammar,vocabularyandotherlanguageabilities.Communicationinvolvestheintegrationofdifferentlanguageskills.
InmiddleschoolEnglishclass,CommunicativeLanguageTeachingisgivenmostconsideration.Itisbeyonddoubtthatthismethodisveryimportantinforeignlanguageteachinganditdeservesfurtherexploration.
II.BriefNotesonCLT
2.1DefinitionofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching
MargieS.Berns,anexpertinthefieldofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching,writesinexplainingFirth’sviewthatlanguageisinteraction;itisinterpersonalactivityandhasaclearrelationshipwithsociety.Inthislight,languagestudyhastolookattheuse(function)oflanguageincontext,bothitslinguisticcontext(whatisutteredbeforeandafteragivenpieceofdiscourse)anditssocial,orsituationalcontext(whoisspeaking,whattheirsocialrolesare,whytheyhavecometogethertospeak).(Berns,1984,p.5)
Wilkins,aBritishlinguistproposedacommunicativedefinitionoflanguageservesasabasisfordevelopingcommunicativesyllabusesforlanguageteaching.Hedemonstratedthesystemsofmeaningsthatlaybehindthecommunicativeusesoflanguage.
CommunicativeLanguageTeachingasacommunicativeapproachtoforeignorsecondlanguageteachingemphasizesthatthegoaloflanguagelearningiscompetence.TeachersshouldnowtreatCommunicativeLanguageTeachingasanapproachthatnotonlytomakecommunicativecompetencethegoaloflanguageteachingbutalsotodevelopproceduresforthefourlanguageskills.(Richards,1992)
2.2CharacteristicsofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching
Attheleveloflanguagetheory,CommunicativeLanguageTeachinghasarich,ifsomewhateclectic,theoreticalbase.Someofthecharacteristicsofthiscommunicativeviewoflanguagefollow.
a.Itemphasizesafunctionalapproachtolanguagelearning(i.e.whatpeopledowithlanguage,suchasinviting,apologizing,greetingandintroducing,etc.).Also,tobecompetentinthetargetlanguage,learnersshouldacquirenotonlylinguisticsknowledge,butalsothecultureofthatlanguage.“Context”or“situation”istherealkeytogivingmeaningtofunction.
b.Learners’motivationscanbegreatlyencouragedthroughlanguagetechniquesdesignedtoengagelearnersintheauthentic,pragmatic,functionaluseoflanguageformeaningfulpurposes.
c.Fluencymaytakeonmoreimportancethanaccuracyinconveyingamessage.Theultimatepurposeforcommunicativesuccessistheactualtransmissionandreceivingoftheintendedmeaning.
d.CLTprovides“whole-task”learningthroughvariouskindsofcommunicativeactivities,structuredinordertosuitthelearner’slevelofability.Studentsshouldbegiventaskstoperformorproblemstosolveintheclassroom.
e.Studentsaregivenopportunitiestodiscoverandfollowtheirownstylesoflearningandthusdevelopappropriatestrategiesforautonomouslearning.Thishelpsstudentstobecomeindependentlearners.
f.Acommunicativeclassroomshouldbelearner-centeredascontrastedtotheteacher-centeredclassroomofthetraditionalmethods.Alearner-centeredclassroomemploystechniquesthataccountforlearners’differentneedsandstyles,givesomecontroltothestudents,allowforstudentscreativityandinnovationandenhancestudents’senseofcompetenceandself-worth.Onlyinastudent-centeredclassroom,studentscanenjoythefreedomtocommunicatewitheachother.
g.Inthecommunicativeclassroom,studentsultimatelyhavetousethelanguage,productivelyandreceptively,inunrehearsedcontexts.
2.3FunctionsofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching
AlinguistictheoryofcommunicationfavoredinCLTisHalliday'sfunctionalaccountoflanguageuse.“Linguistics...isconcerned...withthedescriptionofspeechactsortexts,sinceonlythroughthestudyoflanguageinuseareallthefunctionsoflanguage,andthereforeallcomponentsofmeaning,broughtintofocus”.(Halliday1970:
145).Inanumberofinfluentialbooksandpapers,Hallidayhaselaboratedapowerfultheoryofthefunctionsoflanguage.Hedescribedsevenbasicfunctionsthatlanguageperformsforchildrenlearningtheirfirstlanguage,andlearningasecondlanguagewassimilarlyviewedasperformingdifferentkindsoffunctions.Theseare:
a.InstrumentalFunction(“Iwant”):
usedforsatisfyingmaterialneeds.
b.RegulatoryFunction(“doasItellyou”):
usedforcontrollingthebehaviorsofothers.
c.InteractionalFunction(“meandyou”):
usedforgettingalongwithotherpeople.
d.PersonalFunction(“hereIcome”):
usedforidentifyingandexpressingtheself.
e.HeuristicFunction(“tellmewhy”):
usedforexploringtheworldaroundandinsideone.
f.ImaginativeFunction(“let’spretend”):
usedforcreatingaworldofone’sown.
g.InformativeFunction(“I’vegot
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