​外语教学法模拟试卷8

一、1.Multipe Choice

Multipe Choice
Directions: In this section, you are given 15 questions, beneath each of which are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You 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.

0. The discourse theory was established by ______ in the late 1970s and developed from M. A. K. Halliday"s theory of first language acquisition.

A．E. Hatch
B．M.A.K. Halliday
C．Stephen Krashen
D．Joseph H. Greenberg

1. The 1920s saw the emergence of a new psychological school called ______ founded by a group of psychologists.

A．cognitive psychology
B．behaviourist psychology
C．psychoanalysis
D．Gestalt psychology

2. Stimulus-response theory of learning belongs to American behaviourist psychology, of which______ is one of the representatives.

A．Bloomfield
B．Ｂ.Ｆ. Skinner
C．Charles Fries
D．Noam Chomsky

3. In Grammar-Translation Method, ______ is maintained as the reference system in the learning of the second language.

A．the first language
B．the second language
C．the target language
D．the foreign language

4. The Direct Method teachers believe that direct association of ______ is of great importance in language teaching.

A．pronunciation and spelling
B．words and spelling
C．words and grammar
D．form. and meaning

5. ______ was developed in the late 19th century.

A．The Grammar-Translation Method
B．The Direct Method
C．The Oral Approach
D．The Audiolingual Method

6. Palmer, the British applied linguist, produced a guide to the English vocabulary needed for teaching English as a foreign language. The words are chosen for the following criteria EXCEPT______.

A．they are the words most frequently used by people whose native language is English
B．they include words useful to build other words
C．they include all the structural words
D．they include all the descriptive words

7. The combination of structural linguistic theory, aural-oral procedures, and behaviourist psychology led to______, which was widely adopted for teaching of foreign languages in America.

A．Situational Language Teaching
B．Classical Method
C．Audiolingual Method
D．Cognitive Approach

8. According to Krashen, ______ is responsible for the fluency of the utterances produced by speakers while learning is responsible for the accuracy of the speeches or passages.

A．practising
B．analysing
C．acquisition
D．habit-formation

9. The core of ______ is language acquisition which is considered a subconscious process, dependent on the amount of input the students get and allow in.

A．The Direct Method
B．The Audiolingual Method
C．The Cognitive Approach
D．The Natural Approach

10. According to Piaget, there are two principal types of cognitive structures which he called______.

A．schemas and concepts
B．conscious mind and unconscious mind
C．stimulus and response
D．response and consequence

11. The role of the learner in a Communicative Approach classroom are______.

A．a negotiator
B．a communicator
C．an independent learner
D．all of the above

12. Discourse theory of second language acquisition was developed from the______.

A．habit formation theory
B．Hallidays theory of first language acquisition
C．monitor theory
D．Cognitive theory

13. ______ is sometimes called the modem version of Grammar-Translation Method.

A．The Cognitive Approach
B．The Classical Method
C．The Communicative Approach
D．The Direct Method

14. ______ is the most practical one among the following foreign language teaching methods in China.

A．Three Dimensional Approach
B．The ASSRF Approach
C．Dual Activity Method
D．Zhang Sizhong Method

二、2.Filling Blanks

Filling Blanks
Directions: In this section there are 20 statements with 20 blanks. You are to fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word. One point is given to each blank.

0. The two forerunners of the American Structuralism, which flourished at the beginning of the 20th century in America, are ______and______.

1. B. F. Skinner was regarded as the leader of______.

2. According to Chomsky"s ideas about language acquisition, ______learn language by being exposed to it.

3. The traditional linguistics was started by the______in the______century B. C.

4. ______ linguistics is concerned with language as an instrument of social interaction rather than a system that is isolated.

5. Chomsky noted the distinction between linguistic______ and linguistic performance.

6. 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.

7. The two major types of cognitive structures are______and concepts.

8. The generative linguist is interested not only in describing language but aslo in______language. In other words, they attempt to find the______ as well as the why in the study of language.

9. In 1882,______published a pamphlet which started the reform______.

10. The British structuralism considered that language was identified with speech and speech ability was approached through oral practice of______.

11. In 1957, Chomsky published his book______.

12. By Chomsky"s ideas about language acquisition, children do not have to be taught or corrected for their______.

13. ______ , a linguist in America, is regarded as the father of American structuralism.

14. The first lab of experimental psychology was set up at university of Leipzig, Germany, in 1879.It announced the official birth of______.

三、3.Matching

Matching
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 ,or ⑤ in Column A with the one marked a, b, c, d, or e in Column B. One point is given to each pair you match correctly.

1) ______the Grammar-Translation Method
  2) ______ the Direct Method
  3) ______ the Oral Approach
  4) ______ the Audiolingual Method
  5) ______ the Cognitive Approach
   a) The neogrammarians, represented by Hermann Paul formed its main linguistic base.
   b) The structural linguists believed that the primary medium of language is oral, that is language is speech.
   c) It lays emphasis on the conscious acquisition of language as a meaningful system.
   d) It can be characterized as a type of British "structuralism".
   e) It believes in the natural process of language learning and in the inductive teaching of grammar.

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7.1) ______ the Oral Approach
  2) ______ the Cognitive Approach
  3) ______ the Audiolingual Method
  4) ______ the Natural Approach
  5) ______ the Communicative Approach
  a) Dictation, imitation and controlled oral-based reading and writing tasks.
  b) Dialogues and pattern practice form. the basis of the classroom practice.
  c) The first step in the classroom is to present all new sounds, vocabulary and structures in a manner meaningful to each student.
  d) In the early stages of speech production, it uses random volunteered group response, which place little demand on the individual student but allow early use of the target language.
  e) Developing listening and note-taking skills using audio-video materials; giving oral presentation; project work; role-play and simulation.

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13.1) ______ linguistic competence and linguistic performance
  2) ______ assimilation and accommodation
  3) ______ the language acquisition device (LAD)
  4) ______ communicative competence
  5) ______ the input hypothesis
  a) The former is the process by which incoming information is changed or modified in our minds so that we can fit it in with what we already know; while the latter is the process by which we modify what we already know to take into account new information.
  b) The former refers to knowledge of grammatical rules of language; whale the latter refers to application of language.
  c) The ability not only to apply the grammatical rules of a language in order to form. grammatically correct sentences but also to know when and where to use these sentences and to whom.
  d) A sort of mechanism or device which contains the capacity to acquire one"s first language.
  e) It assumes that humans acquire language in only one way--by understanding messages, or by receiving "comprehensible input".

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四、4.Questions for Brief Answers

Questions for Brief Answers
Directions: This section has six questions. You are to answer them briefly. Five points are given to each question.

0. What is the most important aspect of language according to the Grammar-Translation Method?

1. How does the discourse theory explain the second language acquisition process?

2. What areas of language are emphasized by Oral Approach? What language skills are emphasized?

3. What are the principles and consequences of the Reform. Movement?

4. What techniques of the Direct Method do you think are useful in modem language teaching?

5. How should language rules be learned according to the Direct Method?

五、5.Questions for Long Answers

Questions for Long Answers
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.

0. Which of the principles of the Audiolingual Method are acceptable to you?

1. How useful are the techniques used by a cognitive teacher to your English teaching and learning experience?