Exploration on the Differences between China’s Traditional and Communicative Teaching Method.doc

Exploration on the Differences between China’s Traditional and Communicative Teaching Method 　　【Abstract】As Chinas policy Open and Reform moves further and further， more and more foreign values flow into Chinese brain. When it comes to the field of education， the appearance of Communicative Language Teaching has challenged Chinas traditional teaching methodology. This essay agrees to the new teaching methodology and illustrates briefly differences between the traditional teaching method and the modern one. 【Key words】teaching methodology； Communicative Language Teaching； English class 1. Introduction In today’s China， it is a fact that there are still many cases of adopting the traditional teaching method， the rural places in particular. From the primary school to college or university， Chinese students are always dependent on their teachers. However， with the paces of China’s opening going further， the writer does believe that Communicative Language Teaching will be adapted in China. 2. Comparison between Traditional and Communicative Teaching Method 2.1 Chinas Traditional Teaching Method The traditional teaching method owns its dominant position in many colleges as before. Teachers are used to arranging their teaching task according to the teaching curriculum， and they are the center for most of the time in classrooms. It results in the lack of practice of reviewing what students have been taught. To some extent， this method blocks the development of both teachers and students. In traditional teaching method， there is another term called Knowledge Transfer. Knowledge transfer is a process that knowledge is put into students from classrooms to houses. The efficiency of teaching and learning will develop by leaps and bounds. Two examples are listed in the following. Example 1： the Imperial Examination The Imperial Examination which originates from the early 6th century of Sui Dynasty and ends in the early 20th century of Qing Dynasty