The Application of Communicative Approach in Middle Schools 浅谈交际教学在学英语教学中的应用.docVIP

The Application of Communicative Approach in Middle Schools Introduction In China, traditional English teaching approach in middle schools emphasizes on students’ vocabulary and grammar learning and hence ignores the training of students’ communicative ability. It is important for students to communicate in English. But the traditional English teaching approach in middle schools can’t meet the requirement. The conflict between teaching approach and teaching results requires middle school teachers must find an effective teaching approach to train students’ communicative ability, and solve the contradiction between teaching and application. Communicative Approach emphasizes communication. This article analyzes the principles of Communicative Approach. Both students and teachers can get benefits from using it. Communicative Approach claims that teacher should take real language and real scenes to teach students. That’s also what this thesis wants to express and discuss how to improve students’ communicative ability and create excellent communicative talents. 1. The Existent Problems of English Teaching At present, the major form of school education in China is teacher-centered teaching for Chinese students. Students gain knowledge in classroom, they also gain study strategies, and their study will be estimated there. However, Chinese teacher still use the traditional English teaching approach. The characteristics of traditional English teaching approach are these: (1) Teacher-centered. That means that the teacher decides the contents and process of the teaching. In this mode of teaching the real teaching results could not be reflected, and the students have few chances to communicate in class and practice oral English. (2) Based on examinations. The destination of English teaching is only for examinations. This traditional English teaching approach ignores the cultivating of students’ communicative abilities. For teachers, this teaching approach is safe and easy to t