全国2002年10月高等教育自学考试外语教学法试题
课程代码:00833
Ⅰ. Multiple Choice:(15%)
Directions: In this section, you are given 15 questions beneath each of which are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Your are to make the best choice either to complete the incomplete statement or to answer the question. One point is given to each correct choice.
1. What is Stephen Krashen?
A. He is a language teacher. B. He is an applied linguist.
C. He is an anthropologist. D. He is a grammarian.
2. The general objectives of the Total Physical Response Method are to teach _______ proficiency at a beginning level.
A. oral B. reading C. aural D. writing
3. It is believed that grammar analysis and translation began to be the basic procedures in foreign language teaching from _______.
A. about 2,500 years ago B. almost 1,000 years ago
C. the 16th century D. the beginning of the 20th century
4. Palmer viewed that classroom language teaching should follow the _______ principles of language learning.
A. naturalistic B. mentalistic
C. cognitive D. understanding
5. The Oral Approach was developed by _______.
A. American structuralists B. British applied linguists
C. cognitive science D. transformational grammar
6. Which of the following do Krashen and Terrell NOT emphasize?
A. Communication B. Vocabulary
C. Meaning D. Grammar
7. In the Grammar-Translation Method, grammar analysis and translation proved to be _______ in studying foreign culture through literary works.
A. ineffective means B. unaffective means
C. affective means D. effective means
8. In the Oral Approach, procedures at any level aim to move from _______ to _______ practice of structures.
A. freer, controlled B. controlled, freer
C. controlled, more controlled D. free, freer
9. One of the most prominent contributions made by Palmer is _______ of vocabulary.
A. the oral skills B. frequency accounts
C. the ideal presentation D. the efficient recitation
10. Which of the following types of questions is NOT included in the Grammar-Translation Method?
A. Questions whose answers are learner's subjective judegments.
B. Questions whose answers are based on Dbjective information in the text.
C. Questions whose answers are learner's inferences based on the text.
D. Questions whose answers are related to learners' own experience.
11. In _______ English became a formal requirement for the entrance examination in China and began to appear in the curriculum for the 4th and 5th year of primary schools.
A. 1952 B. 1962 C. 1972 D. 1982
12. The natural order hypothesis means _______.
A. people acquire language rules in a predictable order
B. language rules must be taught in a certain order
C. language rules must be learned in a certain order
D. people tend to acquire simple rules early and difficult rules late.
13. The input involves the following issues EXCEPT _______ .
A. people acquire language best by understanding input slightly above their present level of competence
B. the learner's ability to speak fluently cannot be taught directly
C. people must study grammar in order to express themselves correctly
D. with sufficient quantity of comprehensible input, i+l will usually be provided automatically
14. The Silent Way is considered suitable for _______.
A. more advanced learners
B. beginners
C. more advanced classes as well as for students at the beginning stages
D. learners' interactions with each other
15. Which of the following statements is true in the Grammar-Translation Method?
A. L1 was maintained as the reference system in the acquisition of L2.
B. L2 was maintained as the reference system in the acquisition of L1.
C. Latin was maintained as the reference system in the acquisition of L2.
D. Latin was maintained as the reference system in the acquisition of L1.
Ⅱ. Filling Blanks:(20%)
Directions: In this section there are 15 statements with 20 blanks. You are to fill each blank with ONE appropriate word. One point is given to each blank.
16. In the Direct Method only ________ vocabulary and sentences are taught.
17. The ________ Method advocated the priority of oral skills for the first time in the language teaching field.
18. The idea of conditioning is based on the theory that you can train an animal to do anything if you follow a certain procedure which has three major stages:________,________, and reinforcement.
19. In his review of Skinner's Verbal Behaviour, Chomsky explained his rejection of the behaviourist model of language acquisition on the basis of his model of competence and ________.
20. According to Canal and Swain, ________ competence refers to the interpretation of individual message elements in terms of their interconnectedness and of how meaning is represented in relationship to the entire discourse or text.
21. According to Canal and Swain, ________ refers to an understanding of the social contexts in which communication takes place.
22. ________ is vital element in the learning process, because it increases the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again and eventually become a habit.
23. In 1957, Noam Chomsky published his book ________ ________.
24. Piaget considers that conceptual growth occurs because the child, while actively attempting to adapt to the environment, organizes actions into schemata through the processes of ________ and accommodation.
25. In the behaviorist view, it was the ________ conditions that would cause animals as well as human beings to behave in a particular way.
26. ________ analysis is the study of how sentences in spoken and ________ language form larger meaningful units such as paragraphs, conversations, and interviews.
27. To teach a foreign language well, we must divide it into small ________ units.
28. Behaviourist psychology states that human and animal behaviour can and should be studied in terms of ________ processes only.
29. The emphasis on the ________ with new language items and on language skills, rather than on language ________, is important in achieving automaticity of using the target language.
30. The generative linguist is interested not only in ________ language but also in explaining language. In other words, they attempt to find the what as well as the ________ in the study of language.
Ⅲ. Matching:(15%)
Directions: This section consists of three groups of pairs listed in two columns, A and B. You are to match the one marked ①,②,③,④,and ⑤ in Column A with the one marked a, b, c, d, and e in Column B. One point is given to each pair you match.
31. A B
①the theory of language underlying the a. problem solving activities
natural approach b. to help the students to develop basic
②the theory of learning underlying the communication skills
natural approach c. class time being devoted primarily to
③one of the objectives of the natural providing input for acquisition
approach d. communication as the primary function of
④one of the techniques of the natural approach language
⑤one of the main features of the natural e. the monitor model
approach
32. A B
①the theory of language underlying the a. language best learned through use in social
communicative approach context
②the theory of learning underlying the b. to develop the students' communicative
communicative approach competence
③one of the objectives of the c. role play
communicative approach
④one of the techniques of the d. the introduction of authentic texts into the
communicative approach learning situation
⑤one of the main features of the e. functional linguistics
communicative approach
33. A B
①the theory of language underlying the a. translation
grammar-translation method
②the theory of learning underlying the b. the emphasis on the teaching of the second
grammar-translation method language grammar
③one of the techniques of the grammar- c. superiority of the written form over the spoken
translation method form of the language
④one of the techniques of the grammar- d. the faculty of psychology
translation method
⑤one of the main features of the e. enabling the learners to read and translate the
grammar-translation method literature of the target language
Ⅳ. Question for Brief Answers:(30%)
Directions: This section has six questions. You are to briefly answer them. Five points are given to each question.
34. What is the major difference between American Structuralism and British Structuralism?
35. What are the roles of the learner in the communicative approach?
36. When do most experts of foreign language teaching believe the Grammar-Translation Method began to become a formal foreign language teaching method?
37. What are the objectives of language teaching according to cognitive proponents?
38. What are the four issues related to the input hypothesis of Krashen's monitor model of L2 learning theory?
39. Name some negative psychological factors in accordance with the acculturation theory.
Ⅴ. Questions for Long Answers:(20%)
Directions: The two questions in this section are to be answered on the basis of your own teaching experience as well as the theoretical knowledge you've learned. Ten points are given to each question.
40. Compared with the Communicative Approach, the Oral Approach is still not enough to develop learners' communicative competence, why?
41. What procedures were followed by the ELT method in the late 19th century and what were the major features of the method used in the 1950s and 1960s in China?