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1、Vol.2,No.3InternationalEducationStudiesCooperativePrincipleinOralEnglishTeachingMaiZhouSchoolofForeignLanguages,ZhejiangGongshangUniversity18XueZhengStreet,Hangzhou310018,ChinaE-mail:zhoumai6993@sohu.comAbstractTheCooperativePrinciplebyAmericanlinguistGriceisoneofthemajor
2、principlesguidingpeople’scommunication.ObservingtheCooperativePrinciplewillbehelpfulforpeopletoimprovetheflexibilityandaccuracyoflanguagecommunication.TheultimateaimofspokenEnglishteachingistodevelopstudents’communicativecompetence.Therefore,itissignificanttoapplytheCoope
3、rativePrincipletooralEnglishteaching.ThispapertriestoprovetheapplicabilityofCooperativePrincipleinspokenEnglishteaching.Keywords:CooperativePrinciple,OralEnglishteaching,Communicativecompetence,Pragmatics1.IntroductionGrice’sconceptoftheCooperativePrincipleanditsfourassoc
4、iatedmaximsareconsideredamajorcontributiontotheareaofpragmatics,whichnotonlyplaysanindispensableroleinthegenerationofconversationalimplications,butalsoisasuccessfulexampleshowinghowhumancommunicationisgovernedbytheprinciple.Inforeignlanguageteaching,thefourbasicskillshave
5、beengreatlyimprovedforChinesecollegestudentsinthepastdecades.However,theseskillshavenotbeendevelopedatthesamepace,especiallytheabilityinspeaking.SomecollegestudentscanunderstandwhatotherssayinEnglishbutcannotexpressthemselveseffectivelyinEnglish,andsomeevencannotcatchothe
6、rs’meaningconveyedbyspokenEnglish.Speakingstillremainsthemostdifficultskillforthemajorityofcollegestudents,whoremainpoorinoralcommunicationinEnglishafteryearsofstudyinuniversities.ThisphenomenonhasacloserelationwiththepedagogyofspokenEnglish.Mypaperisdevotedtosettingoutth
7、etheoryofCooperativePrincipleanditsapplicationtospokenEnglishteaching.2.ABriefAccountoftheCooperativePrinciple2.1TheConceptofCooperativePrincipleandItsMaximsInthebookentitledLogicandConversation,GriceprovidesuswiththedefinitionofCooperativePrinciple,i.e.makeyourcontributi
8、onsuchasisrequired,atthestageatwhichitoccurs,bytheacceptedpurposeofthetalkexchangeinwhichyouaree