自学考试《英语教学论》测试题及答案

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　　Ⅰ. True or false.

　　Directions: Judge whether the following statements are true or false. Write a T in the brackets after a true statements and an F before a false statements.

　　1. Language is a logical system.

　　2. Language is capable of producing new forms and meanings.

　　3. Minimal pairs are pairs of words that differ only in one sound.

　　4. The ways in which words follow one another and are related to one another is called the syntagmatic dimension of language, the dimension of “chaining” or “sequencing”.

　　5. In general, a rising intonation is seen as being more impolite that a falling one.

　　6. Conscious knowledge of rules does not help acquisition according to Krashen.

　　7. The goal of foreign language teaching is to produce over-users of monitor.

　　8. Krashen believes that adults are better language learners, while children are better language acquirers.

　　9. For Krashen, the affective filter is the principal source of individual difference in second language acquisition.

　　10. The natural order hypothesis is presumed by Krashen to be the result of the learned system, operating free of conscious grammar.

　　11. One function of a language can only be expressed by one structure.

　　12. A normal lesson should have the all the stages discussed in this unit and the stages should be in fixed order.

　　13. Usually a lesson should focus on practicing one single skill so that the students can develop that skill successfully.

　　14. The stages of a lesson overlap.

　　15. At each stage of the lesson, activities focus on all four skills.

　　16. Lesson plans are useful only before the lesson.

　　17. If the teacher uses the same techniques, some students may not have the chance to learn in the way that suits them best.

　　18. There is no one absolutely correct way to draw up a lesson plan and each teacher will decide what suits him or her best, but all good lesson plans give a clear picture of what the teacher intends to do in the lesson.

　　19. In order to keep students interested in learning English it is important to include a variety of activities and techniques in the lesson.

　　20. It is enough to introduce a range of different activities into a lesson to keep the students interested in learning English.

　　21. A real good lesson plan should be long and complicated with detailed lesson notes.

　　22. Time can be saved by deciding on a format which suits you and then keeping a pile of blanks.

　　23. All good lesson plans give a clear picture of what the teacher intends to do in the lesson.

　　24. Writing a comment after each lesson is a useful habit for a teacher to get into.

　　25. It is accepted by most experts of foreign language teaching that the Grammar-Translation Method originated from the 16th century.

　　26. Until the 16th century Latin was taught through active use of speech and written text without grammar analysis.

　　27. The theory of language underlying the Grammar-Translation Method was derived from Comparative Historical Linguistics.

　　28. The theory of learning underlying the Grammar-Translation Method was Faculty Psychology. The Faculty Psychologists believed that the mind of human beings had various faculties which could be trained separately.

　　29. In a grammar-translation method classroom, reading and writing are the major focus; little or no systematic attention is paid to speaking or listening, because literary language is considered superior to spoken language and is therefore the language students should study.

　　30. The most obvious characteristics of the Communicative Approach is that almost everything that is done is done with a communicative intent.

　　31. Feedback refers to any information which provides a report on the result of communication which takes place not only between the listener and the speaker.

　　32. Learning is more effective when the learners are actively involved in the learning process.

　　33. With regard to syllabus design, the Communicative Approach emphasizes topics.

　　34. Today both language teaching experts and classroom teachers agree that the communicative approach is the best.

　　35. The Total Physical Response method emphasizes comprehension and the use of physical actions to teach a foreign language at an introductory level.

　　36. The Silent Way is based on the premise that the students should be silent as much as possible in the classroom.

　　37. In practice, Community Language Learning is most often used in the teaching of writing skill and the course progression is topic based.

　　38. A suggestopadia course is conducted in a classroom in which students are as comfortable as possible.

　　39. The Silent Way, Community Language Learning, and Suggestopaedia all lay emphasis on the individual and on personal learning strategies.

　　40. The vowel is produced without (or with little) restriction during its production and is always voiced.