DIFFICULTIES FOR NON-NATIVE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN ACCEPTING THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

<正> IntroductionTraditionally in China teachers use the Grammar-Translation Method.This focuses on teaching newvocabulary,and explaining the text sentence by sentence.In this way,most students learn a lot ofvocabulary and knowledge of grammar,and native-like pronunciation.However,when they listen orspeak in a real-world situation,they have no idea how to express themselves appropriately.In otherwords,they need not only to read and write,but also listen and speak in English.In the future,they mayneed to attend international seminars or have discussions with foreign colleagues.Traditional methodsmay not meet these needs whereby the Communicative Approach(C.A.)may be more effective.