The Effects of Text Linguistics on Efl Teaching.pdf

1、The paper offers a study of the etyect of the theory of text linguistics on EFL(English as Foreign Language) teaching and learning. Text linguistics is mainlyconcerned with the texture of a text, that is, the way the dif

2、ferent parts of a text areorganized and interrelated. As the syllabus of EFL for college students states that"College students are expected to foster textual competence for communication whichgo' beyond the acquisition o

3、f words, phrases, sentences and syntax", appropriateinstnaction and language input are needed to increase learners' awareness of textualityin the decoding and creating oftexts. The theory of text linguistics provides a t

4、extualdimension to the teaching ofgrammar and lexis. On the basis ofthe analysis of textualaspects of grammatical and lexical items in macro organization of the sample texts,the necessity and operationality of applicatio

5、n of text linguistics on EFL teaching areclearly shown. The fresh textuality-based approach of teaching would enhance thetraditional English teaching in Chinese colleges instead of going opposite to thetraditional teachi