Vocabulary

to loiter – слоняться без дела

petticoats – нижние юбки

inappropriate – неподходящий

CLT (communicative language teaching) – коммуникативный метод обучения иностранному языку

innovative way – инновационный метод

context of situation – содержание ситуации

curriculum guidelines proclaim a goal of com­municative competence – в программах обучения основной целью является коммуникативная компетенция

to heighten their interest – повысить их интерес

a senior advisor – младший советник

Stylistic Analysis of the article Communicative Curriculum Design for the 21st Century, by Sandra j. Savington

Compositional features. This article is devoted to disclose the communicative method of teaching English. We see logical and consistent narration, sequential presentation of material and facts, citation at the beginning and references.

Lexical features. Conventional set phrases (But as these rules from 1915 so clearly remind us. And so it is with lan­guage teaching), special set of connective phrases (although no doubt, for their part) are used to sustain coherence and logic.

Extensive use of terminological varieties (curriculum guidelines, com­municative competence) tolerant, education), socially accepted contracted forms and abbreviations (CLT) and international words (innovative ion way), toponyms (Goodland, Kansas, Japan, Taiwan), proper names (Wang) are informed the reader of what the subject that follows is about.

Morphological features. We see restricted use of infinite and perfect verb forms (Teachers have always been expected to set a good exam­ple for learners), impersonal constructions (It estab­lishes national standards); passive verb forms (Teachers, for their part, were expected to set a good example) helped to achieve objectivity.

Syntactical features. Wide use of interrogative sentences (What do you think of the 1915 Rules for Teachers? Do they seem somewhat strange or outdated? Do they make you smile?) are a striving to draw the reader’s attention. The author strives to give the most generalized form of the expression: direct word order (Teaching materials, course descrip­tions, and curriculum guidelines proclaim a goal of com­municative competence), extensive use of participial (Depending upon their own preparation and experience, teachers themselves differ in their reactions to CLT.), gerundial (By definition, CLT puts the focus on the learner. Learners' communicative needs provide a framework for elaborating program goals, in terms of functional competence) and infinitive complexes (Teachers, for their part, were expected to set a good example).

We see the main stylistic linguistics features of scientific / academic style: socially accepted clichés, adherence to the norm. The author strives to emphasize the logical character of the narration. There is a definite structural arrangement in a hierarchical order: introduction, chapters, paragraphs, and conclusion.