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The main purpose of the present paper is to show that the consideration of discourse plays a significant role in language teaching. First of all, we look over a simple relation between discourse and language teaching from an operational perspective. Along with the relational recognition of the two, we take into account such following factors as discourse marker, ellipsis, metaphor, information structure, and indirect speech act in terms of discourse as a language teaching material. That is, the significant consideration of discourse is expected to provide the learners with the better understanding of the given factors above. Finally, it is stressed that discourse also comes into play in choosing a good textbook for communicative purposes.