Why is the Communicative Approach so attractive to many applied linguists and classroom teachers?
【正确答案】：(1) Apart from providing a richer teaching and learning environment, it can first include wider considerations of what is appropriate as well as what is accurate.(2) Second, it can handle a wider range of language, covering texts and conversations as well as sentences.(3) Third, it can provide realistic and motivating language practice.(4) Lastly, it uses what learner “know” about the functions of language from their experience with their own mother tongue.
【题目解析】：交际教学法强调语言学习中的互动和交际，其在学习观、教学观、教学大纲等方面较以前的教学法有很大的突破。在该教学法下，教学统筹考虑到学生的兴趣、动机、需求等个人要素，因此获得了许多语言学家和教师的认可和好评。细究其因，我们可以找到四个方面的原因。第一，交际教学法丰富了语言教与学的环境，将精准的内容以及恰当的内容均涵盖到课堂内。第二，交际教学法以更广阔的视野看待教学内容，涵盖了句子、对话、篇章等各层面。第三，交际教学法强调学习材料的真实性和原版性，这提高了学生的学习兴趣和学习动机。第四，交际教学法综合学生自身的经历而开展教学，将课堂学习语课外语言活动紧密结合起来。
