Communicative Approach and Educational Success

The quality and benefit of college English teaching is, to someextent, decided by what methodological approach it employs. The current teachingsyllabus adopts the communicative approach, which is well established as thedominant theoretical model in college English teaching. This paper tries to discussthese characteristics and explain why the model, procedure and links of college English teaching in the classroom are so vital to improve the language and communicative abilities of students. The teaching methods cannot and should not be fixed. It is restricted by the English levels and learning strategies of students, and by the academic quality and teaching ideas of teachers. A good teacher is such and flexibly to help his students attain the goal that syllabus demands.