摘要
In the activity of English teaching, how to improve students＇ communicative competence is always deemed as an important factor on which English teaching hinges. This paper starts from the idea of communicative competence proposed by linguist Dwell Hymes and then goes deep to find out 4 ways to apply the ideas to spoken English teaching, namely： strengthening students＇ linguistic input through comprehensible listening; getting a feel of how English is spoken idiomatically; administering the teaching materials according to students＇ current linguistic capacity and finally exposing students massively to the target culture. Since this paper is about teaching, the discussion of teacher＇s role will be dealt with at the last part.
在英语口语教学中，培养学生的英语交际能力一直是教学环节中的重点，特别是封英语专业的学生来说，更是尤为重要。如何搞好英语口语教学，培养学生的英语交际能力是实现英语专业教学目的的关键。本文从美国社会语言学家DwellHymes提出的“交际能力”这一概念入手，从加强听力训练，增加语言输入与储备；培养用英语思维的习惯，使语言更加地道；采用分级教学，遵循英语口语教学应该由易到难，循序渐进的原则；充实学生的社会文化知识，增强语言得体性意识这样四个方面来阐述怎样在教学过程中实施“交际能力”这样一个理念。最後通过封英语教师角色的讨论，使英语口语教学真正能够达到我们国家教学大纲对英语专业学生口语方面的要求。
