How Culturally Appropriate Is the Communicative Approach with Reference to the Chinese Context?

Dongyu Zhang, Yingxia Li, Yafei Wang

School of Grammar, North China University of Technology, Beijing, China.
School of Software, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2013.410A001                

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.

Keywords

Chinese Culture; Social Context; CLT; Context Approach

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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