TITLE:
How Culturally Appropriate Is the Communicative Approach with Reference to the Chinese Context?
AUTHORS:
Dongyu Zhang, Yingxia Li, Yafei Wang
KEYWORDS:
Chinese Culture; Social Context; CLT; Context Approach
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.4 No.10A,
September
6,
2013
ABSTRACT: This paper first discusses the Chinese culture of teaching and learning and then further explores the appropriateness of adopting CLT through explorations into the past research on CLT in China. Finally, due to numerous cultural factors and difficulties in adapting CLT, this paper suggests an alternative approach by introducing the Context Approach, before a conclusion is drawn.