语言是交际的工具,语言教学就是要培养学生运用语言的交际能力。中国传统英语课堂教学以教师为中心、以课本为中心的课堂教学方法己经远远地不能满足学生的要求及我国经济发展的需要。本文分析了交际英语教学法和传统教学法的一些特点及不足之处;分析了交际法和传统法的互辅作用,提出了传统教学法和现代交际教学法的有效结合。 Language is a tool of communication, language teaching is to train students to use language communication skills. Chinese traditional English classroom teaching as a teacher-centered, text-centered classroom teaching methods have been far unable to meet the requirements of students and China’s economic development. This article analyzes some characteristics and shortcomings of communicative English teaching and traditional teaching methods. It analyzes the interaction between communicative law and traditional law, and proposes the effective combination of traditional teaching method and modern communicative teaching method.