听说法作为传统的外语教学法之一,在外语教学史上有着重要的地位。但随着时代的发展出现了更多更加现代的教学理论和方法,意念—功能法即为其中之一。本文将介绍传统外语教学法中的听说法与更为现代的意念—功能法的理论基础与教学方法,陈述各自的优点与不足并比较两种教学法的相似和不同,最后讨论听说法和意念—功能法在实际的外语教学中应该如何取舍。 Listening and speaking, as one of the traditional foreign language teaching methods, has an important position in the history of foreign language teaching. However, with the development of the times, more and more modern teaching theories and methods have emerged. The concept of function-function is one of them. This article will introduce the traditional foreign language teaching method of listening and speaking and more modern ideas - the functional method of the theoretical basis and teaching methods, statements of their strengths and weaknesses and compare the two methods of teaching similarities and differences, the final discussion of listening and thinking and ideas How to choose functional method in actual foreign language teaching.