自考英语外语教学法模拟试卷八

Are there any similarities and differences between the Oral Approach and the Audiolingual Method in terms of language theories and learning theories?

What are the implications of the statement" language is best taught when it is being used totransmit messages"?

How would you use the two concepts-acquisition and learning in the monitor hypothesis-in your teaching of English?

Should the commission of errors be prevented as much as possible? Why or why not?

What techniques of the Direct Method do you think are useful in modern language teaching?

Name some negative psychological factors in accordance with the acculturation theory.

Do you think that, in second language acquisition process, acquisition will continue to happen for adults? Why or why not?

How do you understand the relationship between the grammatical forms of a language and their communicative functions?

ColumnA: techniques used in Direct Method

①question and answer exercises

② error correction

③ 3dictation

④@listening comprehension tasks

⑤ graded composition

ColumnB: the purpose

a. to consolidate and evaluate what the learner has learned

b.to reinforce and test what the learner has learned

c.to have the newly-introduced language items fully understood by the students

d.to establish a favorable classroom climate

e. to ensure that the students have the correct pronunciation and grammar

According to Richards and Rodgers, the primary function of language is for( ) and communication.

Column A: the main features of the Direct Method

①The students are encouraged to learn to think in the target language.

②The target language is used exclusively in the language classroom.

③Grammar is learned inductively.

④0ral communication skills are regarded as basic.

⑤The basic unit in a language is the sentence.

Column B: the advantage or disadvantage associated with the feature

a.regarding listening and speaking as the basis of reading and writing is strategic in fostering thefour skills

b.Thinking in the target language is necessary in efficient real communication

c.Learners lack a necessary knowledge of the target language grammar.

d.It is difficult to teach the meaning of abstract concepts.

e. Using full sentences as teaching units makes foreign language learning more natural and efficient.

J. R. Firth's main approach to the notion of function in context was by means of the concept of system. People refer to his theory as( )theory.

The ultimate aim of( )Method is to develop students' independence and autonomy in learning and using the language.

The( )Method emphasizes that writing should be graded in the following sequence: reproduction of familiar reading texts, reproduction of narratives orally presented by the teacher and free composition.

Jean Piaget stated that as the child grows up, his capacity of( )would become more and more developed through different stages.

The basie principle of the Natural Approach is the distinction between language( )and language learning.

Closely related to the Communicative Approach is the study of how language is( )used incommunication.

The Communicative Approach attempts to follow the natural( )process in the classroom.

What the Chinese teachers and the Chinese learners need is not blind application of foreignmethods, nor is eclecticism,but( )

Traditional linguistics was( ) in nature.

Cognitive Psychologists hold the idea that learning a language should be( ) learning.

According to Palmer and Hornby, organization of the grammatical content of a language course should be based on the principle of( )

John Firth, a linguist, stressed that language needs to be studied in the broader context of its_( )use.

According to Gestalt psychology, people tend to perceive objects and scenes as organized( )first and then their component parts.

Reinforcement which decreases the likelihood of a response is known as( )reinforcement.

The general objective of the Total Physical Response method is to teach oral( )at a begining level.

Sigmund Freud was the first psychologist that made a careful study of( ) mind

Writing can be introduced as a means of( ) _and evaluation in the Direct Method.

Yalden thinks that more effective foreign language learning will take place if the emphasis ison( )

In the( )Approach, class time is devoted primarily to providing input for acquisition; theteacher speaks only the target language, students may use either or 12; errors are corrected.

According to the Audio lingual Method, () is not a crucial element for learning to happen.

The Communicative Approach follows a(n)() and emphasizes the processes of communiction to get information.

In his book The Principles of Language Study(1921 ) Palmer made the point that() werebrought into play in the acquisition of spoken language whereas studial capacities were required in the development of literacy.

() the first language is used in the teaching of the second language in the Grammar-Translation Method.

The Natural Approach uses three stages as a basis for beginners;()giving the students comprehensible input about experiences and allowing for opportunities to engage in conversations about their own experiences and input and discussions, concerning opinions.

Harold Palmer and A. S. Homnby two pioneers of the Oral Approach, were familiar but dissatisfied with the() Method.

The roles of the learner in a Communicative Approach classroom are()

The neogrammarians, represented by(), formed the main linguistic basis of the DirectMethod

Most of the teaching activities in Grammar-Tran- classroom serve the purpose of mastering()

Which of the following is forbidden in a Direct Method classroom?

Leonard Bloomfield, a linguist in America, is regarded as the father of()

One of the study areas in pragmatics is how utterances are affected by the relationship between()

In Grammar-Translation Method() is maintained as the reference system in the learning ofthe second language.

According to behaviourist psychology, learning a language is a process of acquiring a set of appropriate()chains, a mechanical process of habit formation.

The transformational generative linguistics was first put forward by()

Which of the following do Krashen and Terrell NOT emphasize?

The first Berlitz School was established in()

() first used the term "communicative competence" in deliberate contrast to Chomsky's"linguistic competence".

The Grammar-Translation Method neglects()

In() English became a formal requirement for the college entrance examination in China and began to appear in the curriculum for the 4th and 5th year of primary schools.