Chinese Learners’ Pragmatic Failure in Communication with English Native Speakers

Chinese Learners’ pragmatic failure can be divided into pragmalinguistic failure and sociopragmatic failure.Pragmalinguistic failure stems from inappropriate pragmalinguistic transfer and teaching-induced errors.Sociopragmatic failure is mainly caused by cross-cultural differences in the assessment of such socio-cultural variables as size of imposition and social distance,and also by the deviation from rules of speaking.Inappropriate teaching materials are also an important cause of Chinese learners’ sociopragmatic failure.     

Cross-Cultural Competence and English Language Teaching

1There has been cross- cultural communication as long as long as people form different cultureshave been encountering one another.Because of cultural differences,misunderstanding may arise,al-though the language used in communication may be faultless.The same words or expressions may notmean the same thing to the people from different cultures.Because of cultural differences,a harmfulstatement may cause displeasure or anger.Because of cultural differences,jokes by a foreign speakermay be recei…     

On Improving Chinese Students’ Listening and Speaking Competence in English

Improving listening and speaking competence,the two fundamental communicative skills,has become widely accepted as an important goal of English teaching in China.But due to the grammar-focused teaching method,students still have great difficulties in listening and speaking.This essay intends to reveal the methods of using the lexical vantage to improve communicative abilities.     

Communicative Competence in English Teaching and Learning

外语教学的主要目的就是培养学生的跨文化交际能力。在外语教学中，仅仅教会学生一套机械的语法规则，一定数量的词汇，学生是无法令人满意地参与目的语交际活动的。语言交际能力涉及到文化背景知识，所以，语言教学应结合文化教学。     

Can Pragmatic Competence Be Taught in an EFL Classroom?

An L2 learner’s pragmatic competence is an inseparable part of his communicative competence.Large quantities of aspects of pragmatic competence are teachable.Classroom is the place where an L2 learner’s pragmatic competence can be developed.Though classroom instruction has some negative effect,efforts could be done to arrange relevant awareness-raising and communication-practice activities.     

On Developing Students’ Communicative Competence in English Classes of Higher Vocational Colleges

This article introduces the theory of communicative competence and explores some possible teaching strategies for developing the students’ communicative competence according to the students’ features in higher vocational colleges.     

On the Development of Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in College English Classes

More frequent international contacts require culture teaching to be incorporated into college English classes so as to develop students’ intercultural communicative competence. English culture is different from Chinese at linguistic and pragmatic levels and in nonverbal communication as well. To make students engage in intercultural communication successfully, teachers should first develop their "critical cultural awareness".Meanwhile, they need to try flexible ways of culture teaching and create an authentic learning environment for the students. Opportunities should also be created for the students to communicate in the real context. Students’ autonomy to learn the language and its culture should also be nurtured.     

English Teachers'Role in Reading Comprehension Class From Pragmatic Perspective

With analysis on the teaching models of English reading comprehension class at present first,this paper aims to point out the necessity to transfer teaching models.With strong back-up of some pragmatics theories,this paper explores the roles that English teachers are expected to play for the sack of more efficient English teaching in reading comprehension class.     

Children’s Social and Academic Competence

Abstract

Interpersonal problem-solving ability (IPS), assertiveness, and self-esteem were assessed for 128 boys and 113 girls in fourth to sixth grades and related to competence with peers, teachers, and academic subjects. A sub-packet factor analysis and a correlational analysis of children’s scores on IPS, assertiveness, and self-esteem revealed assertiveness as a distinct factor with considerable overlap between IPS and self-esteem. Significant positive correlations were found between each factor and grade point average, teacher ratings of comportment, and observations of classroom behavior, but not peer status. These results suggest further research in two areas: (a) the domain specificity of social competence, and (b) analysis of individual children’s profiles of skill deficits and strengths.     

英语教学中语用能力的培养

语用能力的培养在英语教学中有着非常重要的作用。它关乎学生是否能成功的进行交流。但一些英语教师往往在教学中疏忽这一点。只有具备了一定的语用知识与能力,学生才能既准确又得体地使用语言,才能真正的学会一门语言。这就要求教师在教学过程中有意识地渗透语用意识及其基础知识,改变教学方法,通过积极的课前准备、课堂上听、说、读、写、译的教学与训练和课后总结,增强学生的语境把握能力,进而有效地提高学生实际理解和运用语言的能力。     

论大学生英语语用能力的培养

针对大学生的英语语用意识淡薄、语用能力低下之现状,高师院校必须把培养和发展学生的英语语用能力作为一项重要教学任务来完成,为此,在英语教学中,教师要转变教学观念,加强学生语用意识的培养;加强文化教学,注重学生跨文化意识的培养;加强语言实践,多渠道促进学生语用能力的提高.     

英语教学中语用能力的培养

对英语教学中语用能力培养的必要性进行了论述,并阐述了影响学习者语用能力的三个主要因素,最后讨论了培养学生语用能力的途径。     

在大学英语教学中提高学生的语用能力

学习语言的最终目的是提高语言的语用能力。语用能力的培养在英语教学中的重要性是不言而喻的。英语正确的形式不代表得体的英语,语用能力的欠缺必将导致语用失误。本文论述了我国大学生语用能力的现状,培养语用能力的重要性和如何培养语用能力三个问题。并提出在大学英语课堂教学中,不仅要讲授英语语言知识,更要注重英语语用能力的培养。     

英语教学中学习者语用能力的培养

语用能力是交际能力的一个组成部分,是交际者在跨文化交际过程中能否恰当运用语言的一种能力,它由语言语用能力和社交语用能力构成。在英语教学中,在注重学习者语言基本功训练的同时,要采取灵活多变的手段提高学生的语用能力。首先论述了英语教学中语用能力培养的必要性进行论述,然后根据培养语用能力的三种理论模式阐述了影响学习者语用能力的三个主要因素,最后讨论了培养学生语用能力的途径。     

农村中学生的英语语用能力调查

对102名农村中学生的英语语用能力进行了问卷调查,发现中学生在英语交际时存在语用失误。通过对调查问卷结果的统计和分析,找出了造成语用失误的原因,并对今后的农村英语教学中培养学生交际能力提出了建议。     

对非专业本科生的英语语用能力的调查分析

语用能力的高低直接关系到跨文化交际的能否顺利进行。从在我院非专业本科生中进行的两次测试的平均分来看,学生的语用能力远远低于其语言能力。通过对学生语用能力测试结果的深入分析,作者探讨了造成学生语用能力不理想的主要原因并提出了相关建议。     

运用多媒体辅助英语教学,培养学生的语用能力

长期以来,大学英语教学过分强调语言形式的习得,忽视语言的交际功能,强调准确性,忽视语言运用的得体性,其结果是学生虽然学到不少语言知识,但缺乏对语境的理解,交际效果并不理想,语用能力差。在新的时代背景下,应充分发挥多媒体在英语教学中的辅助作用,从教学观念、教学模式和教学内容着手,全面提高学生的语用能力。     

大学生英语实用能力的培养途径

英语教学的最终目的是要提高学生的英语实用能力。大学英语教学应通过帮助学生摆脱母语体系的潜在控制和英语本身的使用限制以及怕出丑的心理弱势,创造英语实用环境,教导学生采取活学活用、“现炒现卖”的学习态度和方式,切实提高英语实用能力。     

非英语专业大学生英语语用能力培养教学实验

本研究对三个大一非英语专业平行班开展为期一个学期的教学实验,结果发现在英语教学中开展词汇、语法的语境化教学可有效提高语用语言能力,显性文化教学明显提高了学生的社交语用能力,将二者联合运用于英语教学有利于学生总体英语语用能力的提升。