%0 Journal Article
%T Adapting Grice¡¯s Conversational Implicature in the Listening Comprehension of CET-4
%A Xiaoyang Shu
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 8
%N 12
%P 1-10
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2021
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1108232
%X This paper aims to analyze the short conversations in the listening comprehension of CET-4 from the perspective of pragmatics. Grice¡¯s conversational implicature can be adapted to the teaching of listening by providing both teachers and students with a way of how particular utterance meanings are conveyed and decoded in specific contexts of situation, which can both enhance the students¡¯ language use ability and improve their performance on the listening test of CET-4. In this paper, through interview and categorizing some real test items which can be interpreted from the pragmatics perspective, the author argues that although the students¡¯ inadequate practices and limited vocabulary partly account for the errors made in these tests, ignorance of unfamiliarity with pragmatics theories is also an important contributor to test mistakes.
%K Listening Comprehension
%K Conversation
%K CET-4
%K Grice¡¯s Conversational Implicature
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6766038