Teaching English within a Communicative Framework
Nowadays the method used in English class is mainly structure-based;the focus of teaching is on language form and the class is teacher-centered,as a result,the students are linguistically competent,but can not cope with communicative tasks effectively.so the present practice in China could not provide satisfactory conditions for both teachers and students to meet the need for a functional command of English in the field of industry,science and technology,commerce,tourism and so on has been created.In this case,teachers of English are encouraged to teach English within a communicative framework.Here,some suggestions are given.First,the class should be learner-centered.Second,there should be more realistic situations.Third,English-teaching should be promoted through taskoriented activities.Of course,difficulty may be experienced in applying the prosed moves in teaching.With due efforts,however,this approach may effect some improvement on English-teaching.
作 者： 张雯 作者单位： 河南职业技术学院基础部(新校区 刊 名： 科技信息（学术版） 英文刊名： SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION 年，卷(期)： 2007 ""(33) 分类号： H3 关键词： functional command communicative framework learner-centeredness realistic situation task-oriented activities