交际教学法及其在外语教学中的应用

语言是交际工具,外语教学的目的是把外语作为交际的工具。这是无可置疑的事实。交际教学法,有的称为功能法(Functional Approach),有的称为意念法(Notional Approach),有的称为功能意念法(Functional-Notional Approach),70年代中期以来,越来越多的人称为交际法(Communicative Approach)。教学法家不但认为交际是外语教学的目的,而且认为交际应该是教学的内容和方法。文中笔者将之统称为交际教学法(Communicative Teaching Approach)。

Communicative Teaching Approach and Its Application in Foreign Language Teaching

Language is a means of communication and the aim of foreign language teaching uses foreign language as a means of communication.This is a fact.Communicative Teaching Approach is sometimes called as Functional Approach and sometimes called as Notional Approach,or Functional-Notional Approach.Since the middle of the 1970s,more and more people call it as Communicative Approach.Teaching legalists not only think communication as the aim of foreign language teaching,but also think communication should be the contents and an approach of teaching.In this paper,the author considers Communicative Teaching Approach.