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Abstracts of Major Papers in This Issue 　　An Investigation into Communicative Language Teaching in Classroom of English Majors of Newly-Established Universities in China， by LIU Chunhui LI Chili， p.8 　　Communicative Language Teaching （CLT） which aims at fostering students’communicative competence is the current mainstream pedagogy. The Previous research literature showed that the implementation and effectiveness of the CLT approach varies in different-leveled institutions. This paper reports on an investigation into the implementation of CLT in classroom of English majors at three newly-established universities， from both students’ and teachers’ perspectives. We find that teachers and students believe that foreign language classroom should aim at fostering students communicative competence， while the both sides emphasize the grammar and vocabulary learning in classroom. The problems and difficulties in practicing CLT at universities of such kind are identified and discussed. The findings of this study are expected to provide favorable information for further English language teaching reform at tertiary levels in China. 　　Research on Vocabulary Teaching Framework under the Guidance of Prototype Theory， by XU Jinying MA Xiaoli， p.13 　　Prototype category theory is an important theory in cognitive linguistics. Put this theory into practice can introduce a new perspective and methods for English teaching. In order to illustrate the application of prototype theory in vocabulary teaching， the author studies vocabulary teaching framework under the guidance of the theory， and this lay the foundation for the theory to specific use to practice. 　　Reading to Listen： Systemic Functional Discourse Analysis and TEM-8 Mini-lecture Listening Comprehension， by LI Suqin DUAN Xueqin， p.16 　　Written and spoken English text comprehension is of a similar process in language decoding. To gain the most information， readers or listeners have to apply their various abilities to d