摘  要

中学英语课程改革得到了全社会的关注，因此,如何采取有效的英语教学方法,如何使学生轻松学好英语并为未来打下坚实的基础已成为广大英语教育工作者共同的话题。所以，在语言教学中的课堂互动研究已经成为一个热门的领域，吸引了众多专家的注意。
本文试从格莱斯的合作原则（ 1）数量原则 2）质量原则 3）相关原则  4）方式原则）出发，来分析其理论在教师教学过程中问答环节的应用。

关键词：英语教学，合作原则，问答，应用

Abstract

The English curriculum reform in middle school gets the focus attention from the society. Therefore, how to take effective English teaching methods, how to make students easily learn English well and lay a solid foundation for the future has become the general English education workers common topic. For this reason, the research on Language classroom interaction has become a popular field which catches many experts’ eyes.
This paper tries to analyze the application of Grice’s Cooperative Principles in teachers’ questioning and answering of English teaching. class. 1) the Maxim of Quantity   2) the Maxim of Quality   3)the Maxim of Relevance   4) the Maxim of manner.

Key words: English teaching；cooperative principle；asking and answering；application.

1. Introduction
In this introduction chapter, I’ll first present a brief literature review regarding the background of the research work and then declare the thesis statement with the research questions to be addressed in the present study. 

1.1 Background Information
In today's world, with the rapid development of economy, the national citizens’ foreign language level has become one part of the national comprehensive strength. With the further development of China's reform and opening in China, the importance of foreign language education to the social economic development is increasing.