How to Improve Communicative Competence of College Students in English Learning
Abstract ：There exist some problems in spoken English class in China today, such as: "dumb English" and "low efficiency". Why can’t we make some changes? We do not notice the personal characteristics of most Chinese students such as timidity and constrain. Hence, the students will have a strong ability to deal with examinations, but have a poor competence in dealing with communication with others. This paper wants to find some solutions of the above problems. One possible solution to bridge the gap between the classroom language teaching and real life language use is the adoption of communicative language teaching. The paper applies some tangible measures for the Chinese students to develop their abilities to communicate in English. I will gather some information at the first time, and then do some researches according to the information, at last give some examples to express my opinions. The paper is an attempt at overcoming the obstacles existing between the Chinese teachers and students, and enabling the latter to become active and proficient in communicating in English. We must remember that language is learned to communicating. I will use English teaching as an example to introduce my opinion and put my emphasis on college English teaching.
Key words: current situation; communicative approach; problems; strategies; motivation; interest
CONTENTS
Introduction……………………………………………………………………….1
Ⅰ．The status quo of English teaching and learning in China……….1
Ⅱ．Some defects in English Teaching……………………………………….2
1. On teachers’ side…………………………………………………………….2
1.1. The out-of-date teaching methods……………………………………..2
1.2. Three-centered teaching form…………………………………………..3
1.3. No emotional climate of learning situation…………………………3
2. On students’ side…………………………………………………………….4
2.1. Low or uneven participation…………………………………………….4
2.2. No chance to use English………………………………………………..5
Ⅲ．Ways to improve communicative competence of students…………….5
1. Activating motivation and interest of students……………………..5
2. Using modern teaching methods………………………………………….. 6
2.1. The definition of oral communicative competence……………….. 6
2.2. A good method to practice oral English of student............ 7
3. Using some communicative strategies to help students …………… 8
3.1. Adjusting the message………………………………………………….. 8
3.2. Using paraphrase…………………………………………………………. 8
3.3. Using approximation……………………………………………………… 8
4. Creating and cultivating a good environment for learning English...9
Ⅳ．Other aspects that are good for oral English……………………… 9
1. What roles teachers should play to improve oral English of students?.10
2. What should students do to make progress in oral English.......10
3. Designing appropriate materials that are good for oral English…10
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….11
Bibliographies…………………………………………………………………….12
Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………….13
