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精品论文 参考文献 Why Should A Language Teacher Need To Know Anything About Linguistics？ 李 芸 昆明学院公共外语教学部 【Abstract】This paper is to highlight the importance of linguistics in English language teaching and learning, and to discuss why a language teacher should know some linguistic knowledge by explicating the role of coherence and cohesion in English reading through samples. 【Key words】linguistics language teacher coherence 【中图分类号】 G642 【文献标识码】 A【文章编号】 1674－4810（2010）01－0041－03 LINGUISTICS Linguistics is the scientific study of language（Yule, 1993: ix）. Here are some examples, PHONOLOGY, which looks at and describes the sound system of a language, MORPHOLOGY, which looks at the way words are formed, SYNTAX, which seeks to describe the way words fit together to form sentences or utterances, and SEMANTICS and PRAGMATICS which study meaning（Thomas, 1993: 1）. WHY SHOULD A LANGUAGE TEACHER NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LINGUISTICS? “Linguistics has been extensively used in language teaching, especially in the teaching of foreign and second languages” and teaching a language is also a complex phenomena and it is not a simple process. “Among these are the personal characteristics of the learner, the structure of the native and target languages, opportunities for interaction with speakers of the target language, and access to correction and form-focused instruction”（Lightbown amp; Spada 2000: 169）. If a language teacher does not have any systematic knowledge of linguistics and theoretical knowledge of linguistics. She/he may not explain innumerable linguistic features, linguistic phenomena and problems for his/her students or cannot overcome the barriers and difficulties which control the students who are trying to acquire the language and master the linguistic knowledge. As a result, the teacher teaches the students who are learning the language blindly and the students may become the innocent victims misguided, misled by the teach