It no longer restricts itself to the study of language, but rather relates to the world around and to the communicative function of language.

它不再仅限于研究语言本身，而是把视野扩大到语境和语言的交际功能。

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For a long time, we focused our attention on grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary and structure and so on but we ignored the importance of the communicative function of language.

长期以来，我们一直强调语法、阅读理解、词汇以及语言结构在英语学习中的重要性而忽视了语言的交际功能。

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For a long time, we focused our attention on grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary and structure and so on but we ignored the importance of the communicative function of language.

长期以来，我们一直强调语法、阅读理解、词汇以及语言结构在英语学习中的重要性而忽视了语言的交际功能。

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