全国2011年10月自学考试外语教学法真题

Ⅰ.Multiple Choices: (15 %)

Directions: Inthis section，youare given 15 questions，beneatheach of which are four choices marked A，B，C，and  D. You are tomake the best choice either to complete the incomplete statement or to answerthe question. One point is given to each correct choice.

1. In the 19thcentury，foreign language teachers usually adopted the strategy ofcombining grammar roles with ______.

A. reading B.speaking

C. writing D.translating

2. Teachers in a/an ______classroom are encouraged to show approval for each and every correctperformance by their students，and the drills are designed to producesuccess for the students.

A. Grammar-Translation    B.Situational

C. Audiolingual  D.Communicative

3. English 900 is a typical example of textbooks which providematerials for teaching and learning adopting ______ Method.

A. Grammar-Translation    B.Audiolingual

C. Direct  D.Situational

4. One of the objectives bythe Natural Approach is to enable the students to make the meaning clear butnot necessarily be ______ in all details of grammar.

A. correct B.accurate

C. brief    D.concise

5. The Cognitive Approachholds that students’ mistakes are ______ in the creative use of language.

A. useful  B.understandable

C. unavoidable  D.reasonable

6. According to the NaturalApproach，______plays only the insignificant function to conveymeaning.

A. form    B.vocabulary

C. grammar  D.phonetics

7. English teaching in Chinadidn’t enter into the formal educational system until the ______ century.

A. late 19th    B.early 20th

C. mid-20th   D.late 20th

8. Palmer and his fellowlinguists believed that a mastery of some ______ words would greatly assistforeign language learning.

A. 1,000   B.2,000

C. 3,000   D.4,000

9. The Communicative Approachlays emphasis on learning to communicate through ______ in the target language.

A. listening and note-taking B.interaction

C. role play   D.oral presentation

10. The best-known reformer inthe mid-19th century is ______，who developed an approach toteaching a foreign language on the basis of his observations of child firstlanguage learning.

A. M. D. Berlitz    B.W. M. Wundt

C. J. A. Comenius D.F. Gouin

11. In foreign languageteaching，the target language was interpreted as a system of rules tobe observed in texts and sentences，and to be related to the firstlanguage ______ and meaning.

A. words  B.rules

C. sentences D.context

12. In the Direct Method，teachersencourage learners to ______ rules of grammar through active use of the targetlanguage in the classroom.

A. apply   B.analyze

C. induce  D.paraphrase

13. Which of the followingdictionaries is a great contribution made by Homby to EFL teaching?

A. Longman Dictionary ofContemporary English.

B. The Concise OxfordDictionary.

C. Everyman’s EnglishPronouncing Dictionary.

D. The Advanced Learner’sDictionary of Current English.

14. The generative linguist isinterested not only in ______ language but also in explaining language.

A. teaching   B.describing

C. using   D.understanding

15. According to M. A. K.Halliday，which of the following should NOT be accounted for in termsof linguistic events?

A. Form.     B.Context.

C. Substance.   D.Culture.

Ⅱ.Filling Blanks: (20 %)

Directions:In this section，thereare 20 statements with 20 blanks. You are to fill each blank with ONEappropriate word. One point is given to each blank.

16. Bloomfield and Fries wereknown as the representatives of the ______ linguistics.

17. The Natural Approachadvocates that language teaching should emphasize ______ rather than form.

18. According to Skinner，arenowned behaviorist psychologist，______ was much more effective thanpunishment in a teaching situation.

19. The Direct Method got itsname from the assumption that ______ are to be connected directly with thetarget language，without going through the process of translating into thestudents’ native language.

20. A major feature of ______code-learning is the emphasis on explanations of grammatical functioning.

21. Asher，theadvocate of the Total Physical Response method，views the verb，andparticularly the verb in the ______，as the central element aroundwhich language use and learning are organized.

22. Krashen regards provisionof comprehensible ______ and reduction of stress as keys to successful languageacquisition.

23. The establishment of a laboratoryof ______ psychology announced the official birth of the science.

24. The neogrammarians，representedby Hermann Paul，formed the main linguistic basis of the ______ Method.

25. The experts in grammaranalysis and translation approach believed that the human minds could betrained by logical analysis of the classic language，memorizationof complicated rules，and ______ between languages.

26. Books such as A Grammar ofSpoken English on a Strictly Phonetic Basis，A Handbook of English Grammar，Guide toPatterns and Usage in English served as a standard ______ source of basicEnglish sentence patterns for textbook writers.

27. The Cognitive Approachlays emphasis on innate organizing principles in human perception and ______.

28. Notions，accordingto Van Ek and Alexander，are domains in which we use ______ toexpress thought and feeling.

29. Cognitive psychologistshold that language learning is the discovery of the underlying ______ of thelanguage by means of inductive and deductive inference.

30. Chomsky divides thegrammar of a ______ language into core grammar and peripheral grammar.

31. The fundamental purpose oflearning Latin was to study the ______ culture which was worshipped in theRenaissance.

32. In the Natural Approach，to______ stress，learners are not required to speak until they feel ready，butthey are expected to make responses in other ways.

33. Some British linguistsemphasized the close relationship between the ______ of a language and thecontext and situation in which the language was used.

34. The Natural Approachconsiders ______ as the most important element of any language teachingprogram.

35. Two indispensable parts ofCommunicative Language Teaching are supposed to be discourse analysis and______.

Ⅲ.Matching: (15 %)

Directions:This section consists of three groups of pairs listed in two columns，A and B. You are to match the onemarked ①，②，③，④ or ⑤ inColumn A with the one marked a，b，c，dor e in Column B. One point is given to each pair you match correctly.

Ⅳ.Questions for Brief Answers: (30%)

Directions:This section has six questions. You are to answer them briefly. Five points aregiven to each question.

39. Could you please name anytwo of Daniel Jones’ works on English phonetics?

40. What is the learningtheory of the Direct Method according to J. A. Comenius?

41. How does the teacher matpractices the Oral Approach deal with students’ errors?

42. What is language inChomsky’s opinion?

43. What is the primary goalof the Natural Approach?

44. What are the four pointssummarized by Tang Lixing on the methodological development before the 1980s inChina?

Ⅴ.Questions for Long Answers: (20%)

Directions:The two questions in this section are to be answered on the basis of your ownteaching experience as well as the theoretical knowledge you’ve learned. Ten points are given toeach question.

45. Discuss in your own wordsthe advantages of the Direct Method.

46. What are the principlesthat Asher believes in?