A Short Discussion on How to Use Communicative Language Teaching(CLT) to Improve Speaking Competence

Though China’s present situation in English language teaching is quite favorable,some problems are still very outstanding.It seems that the communicative competence of Chinese students is not that satisfactory.The Communicative Language Teaching(CLT) approach,which regards"communicative competence"as the goal of language teaching,is becoming more and more popular in China’s English language teaching.This paper shows that the CLT approach does work in improving students’ communicative competence to some degree,through reviewing relevant literature on this approach.However,it is not a panacea to solve all the problems occurring in students’ communicative competence for it also has some weak points.Several suggestions were proposed to enhance students’ grammatical competence as well as the communicative block due to cultural differences.It is also advisable for teachers to be as flexible as possible in choosing the teaching techniques and adding whichever input needed to effectively achieve the main goal of making students both grammatically accurate and communicatively proficient.     

Teaching Grammar in a Communicative Framework in the Chinese EFL Context

Communicative language teaching(CLT) has been introduced to the English-as-a-foreign-language(EFL) context in China for four decades.One of the most significant remaining issues is related to whether this approach to grammar teaching is more effective and efficient than traditional ones.Based on an overview of trends in approaches to grammar instruction,discussion on both advantages of teaching grammar communicatively and the challenges posed by the Chinese EFL context are provided.It is proposed that grammar instruction should be integrated into a communicative framework and this would be the optimal approach to grammar teaching on condition that some constraints in the EFL context in China are dealt with carefully.Teaching implications conclude this paper.     

Applying Communicative Language Teching to Improve English Teching Effectiveness in Higher Vocational Colleges

Communicative language teaching(CLT),as a language teaching approach,aiming at teaching second languages for the ultimate goal of communication,has been known and widely practiced by Chinese teachers in their English teaching.But due to the limitations of both students and teachers,CLT is not executed successfully in quite a lot of higher vocational colleges.To carry it out successfully in English classrooms,the following important factors should be seriously taken into account:understanding communicative competence,class instruction in English pragmatics,teachers’ role in CLT and assessment of communicative language ability.Hopefully,through discussion of these key aspects of CLT,guiding effect can be produced on improving teaching efficiency through CLT from the perspective of teachers.     

A General Discussion of CLT from Sociolinguistic Perspective

Since 2001, the first year to start English course in elementary school, the study of English-teaching methods is also increasing. The specific teaching methods, such as task-based language teaching (TBLT) or task-based instruction (TBI) which focuses on the use of authentic language and on asking students to do meaningful tasks using the target language, attract attention. Language is used for communication essentially. Successful development of communicative competence contributes to language use and among communicative competence socio-cultural norms of society is an important part. Thus, in order to find useful teaching methods, communicative competence should be clearly described. In this paper, the development of communicative competence will be reviewed. Then the paper will focus on the socio-cultural aspect and relate it with Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method.     

Adopting Communicative Language Teaching in English Classes in China

Communicative Language Teaching(CLT)can promote learners’communicative competence in the target language,and it can definitely contribute to the English education reform in China.However,some problems of adopting CLT can not be ignored.     

How Can Chinese English Teachers Create a Communicative,Intercultural Classroom to Achieve Optimal Student Learning Outcomes

The main goal of English language teaching is to train the students’ ability to listen,speak,read and write in English,and develop their communicative competence.Traditional English teaching cannot meet the requirements of the learners and society as more and more international opportunities could be accessible.Teachers are no longer the controllers in the classroom;they act as facilitators,assessors,organizers,prompters and participants.This paper,therefore,aims to discuss how Chinese English teachers can create a learner-centered,communicative and intercultural classroom to achieve the best student learning outcomes.     

Teaching English Grammar Through Communicative Language Teaching Approach

Grammar is an important part of language learning. In order for students to have a functional knowledge of a language (in other words, that they can spontaneously produce language) they must have at least some knowledge about the grammatical constructs of the language in question. How grammar can be taught? Considering various second language teaching methods, teaching grammar through Communicative Language Teaching Approach is the most talked. Emphasis in this article is put on the application of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in grammar teaching in college English classes.     

On Language Anxiety and Countermeasures in University Spoken Language Teaching

Language anxiety is the anxiety or disconcerted feeling felt by language learners when they need to express in foreign languages or second foreign language.Anxiety is very important emotional barrier in language learning,and it has important im pact on language learning,especially on spoken language learning.The general lack of spoken language capacity in university stu dents is an incontrovertible fact,and language anxiety is one of the important reasons that cause the imperfect effect of spoken lan guage teaching.This article generally talks about the main reasons for language anxiety,which include the barrier by self-esteem,risk-taking,competitiveness to spoken language learning of university students.This article also discusses a series of countermea sure to ease the language anxiety,so as to reduce the anxiety effectively to promote the teaching of university spoken English.     

Grammatical Consciousness-Raising——Six steps to language learning

Even in classes which stress oral practice, the explicit teaching of grammar still has a role to play. Evelyn Doman explains why and presents some practical activities which integrate grammar teaching with communicative tasks in the grammatical consciousness-raising approach. Introduction The role of grammar in the foreign language classroom has been debated both long and hard. Theories about teaching grammar have covered all ranges of the spectrum, going from playing a major role to basically playing no role at all. Today, Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is the forerunner in the TESL/TEFL community. Yet, even within the CLT framework, the controversy over the teaching of grammar continues. Many people still assert that grammar be given its place. I too am among these people, especially in EFL environments, such as in my previous teaching situations in South Korea.     

Using Multimedia-Assisted Mode in the Course of English Teaching and Learning

With the development of the society & the economy,the pace of reformation & opening-up,and the modernization in China,English language,as a discipline,is being paid more and more attention to in the school.Good and high-standard English proficiency is required at present.With the influence of the traditional English teaching and learning mode,many students feel frustrated in the process of learning English.Therefore,the traditional English teaching and learning mode is greatly challenged.Based on the continuous development of the modern technology,the multimedia teaching and learning mode is widely applied.Multimedia,applied in the English teaching and learning process,create more authentic language environments,which enable the learners to communicate in English in real-life situations.Because both the authentic environment and communicative purposes are encouraged in modern EFL(English as a Foreign Language) teaching and learning classes,the combination of multimedia and basic teaching and learning skills will be a necessity.It is proved that the combination of the two is an effective way in the modern English language classes.     

A Review of Contents and Methods of Cultural Teaching Research in China

Language is the carrier of culture as well as the main forms of culture.Language can not be separated from culture while culture depends on language.English teaching is the language teaching.It,of course,includes cultural teaching.In recent twenty years,Chinese scholars have made a lot studies about cultural teaching,which mainly involves in the content of cultural teaching and the methods of culture teaching.This paper centres on these two subjects,collects all articles about them written by Chinese researcher from important English journals as well as monographs,and makes a review of them so as to get a clear picture about the focus as well as the shortcomings of these studies.This provides a backcloth for future researchers.     

The Application of SLT and CLT in Oral English Teaching

Nowadays,there is a big problem exist in English language teaching.Therefore,adopting the effective and proper methods plays an important role in the reform of teaching methods.The combination of SLT and CLT will get the students actively involved in the real life English language situation,and will enhance students’oral English ability and communication ability.     

The Use of Communicative Approach in Teaching Vocabulary at Secondary School

Vocabulary is the essential material of language and one of the important elements of language.Communicative approach plays a decisive role in English vocabulary teaching.It is a good teaching method to improve students’abilities of listening and speaking.In this paper,the writer introduced several successful vocabulary teaching examples which used communicative approaches.They could be helpful for secondary school English teachers during their vocabulary teaching process.     

A Brief Analysis of Culture Teaching in TEFL

The close relationship between language and culture determines the unseparability of language teaching from the corresponding culture.The depressing state of English teaching in China,to a large extent,is due to the separation of our teaching from English culture.Just on the basis of this,the paper first touches on the relationship between language and culture,then mentions the importance of culture teaching in TEFL(Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and in the end expounds how to carry out culture teaching in TEFL.     

Applicability of CTL in China

Communicative language teaching,as a comparatively new teaching approach,is conducive to improving the communicative competence of English learners in China.The application of communicative language teaching comes across great opportunities as well as challenges,which include the teacher-related factors and student-related factors.     

On the Cultivation of College Students’ Ability of Translating

Translation is a kind of communicative function of language behavior.In English teaching,translation capabilities must be one of the purposes of our teaching.As a teaching activity it aims to lay a good foundation in English for students and effective teaching methods,but also comprehensive language skills,students study the benchmark one.     

Practical Student-centered Activities of Communicative Language Teaching——Unit 2 Text A :Animals(21st Century College English Book II)

English plays a very important role in our daily life and has been a world language for decades, as the global economy is developing so fast nowadays, the learners of English have already realized that the main purpose to learn English is to communicate properly in their real life with the people from other culture, but not to memorize those boring grammar rules and terrible vocabularies which will appear in their English examinations. Consequently, it has become an important task for English teachers to think about how to develop students’ language abilities for real communication. Nowadays, Communicative Language Teaching(CLT) has become a very popular teaching approach in China. CLT pays a lot attention to the social and functional elements in language daily use.     

The Influence of Communicative Language Teaching on Teaching Material Development

Communicative Language Teaching(CLT) is the generally accepted norm in the field of second language teaching.The language teaching material design is influenced by the views of language and language teaching at the macro level,and restricted by specific syllabus at the micro level.     

More Tolerance and Freedom for Speaking Classes

In the practice of English Language Teaching, speaking can be the most difficult part for many learners, especially in China. This paper firstly reveals the necessity of giving more freedom and tolerance on speaking classes, based on the nature of teaching as well as speaking. Then there is more exploration for the Chinese ELT (English Language Teaching) approaches, explaining the difficulties from the aspects of Chinese culture and philosophy. Afterwards implications are showed on how to give a supportive class in different circumstances, such as dealing with silence, error correction and L1 (native language) interferences.