语用能力的培养是英语学习的重要目标之一。本文首先通过回顾国内外有关语用能力与英语教学的研究发现相对国外二语教学,我国英语教学过多强调对语言知识系统的教学,对语言运用不够重视,忽视了语用能力的培养。然后就此结合相关文献,从正反两个方面论证语用教学在中学英语教学的必要性。 The cultivation of pragmatic competence is one of the important goals of English learning. This paper first reviews the research on pragmatic competence and English teaching both at home and abroad and finds that relative to foreign language teaching, English teaching in our country places too much emphasis on the teaching of language knowledge system, neglects the cultivation of pragmatic competence. And then combined with the relevant literature, from both positive and negative demonstration of the necessity of the use of language teaching in secondary school English teaching.