Developing Students Communicative Competence from a Stylistic Perspective.docVIP

Developing Students Communicative Competence from a Stylistic Perspective 　　【Abstract】With the development of internationalization， English plays an increasingly significant role in peoples daily life and work. Using English to transmit information and exchange ideas has become an indispensable means of communication. Therefore， developing students ability to use language has gradually become the main purpose of oral English teaching. Stylistics studies how to use language appropriately in appropriate situations so that we can achieve the best effect of expression in verbal communication. It provides a new way of teaching English. This paper trying to analyze how to improve college students’ communication competence by using stylistics theories from the aspects of teaching English culture， role relationship and communicative strategies. 　　【Key words】stylistics； communication competence； oral English teaching 　　Stylistic theory can facilitate EFL teaching in developing students communicative competence. Teaching from a stylistic perspective， we have to bear in mind that mastering a language can not be achieved by only knowing the linguistic knowledge， but can only be achieved by combining linguistic knowledge and extra-linguistic context. Here we will study how to develop students oral communicative competence from a stylistic perspective. 　　1. Correctness and Appropriateness in Communication 　　As we know， the ultimate goal of EFL teaching and learning is to equip our students with “communicative competence”. It consists of “linguistic competence” and “pragmatic competence”. Linguistic competence finds expression in the correctness of language form， while pragmatic competence finds expression in the appropriateness of language performance in specific context （which is the main concern of stylistics）. 　　Correctness and appropriateness in language use are two interrelated notions. Appropriateness， which is used as a standard to see whether the language in use