2015年秋季《英语课程与教学论》期末考核

李老师

期末作业考核
《英语课程与教学论》

满分100分

I. Multiple Choice
Select the best answer for each of the questions, and there is only one correct answer to each question. (每题2分，共40分)

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1. Emphasizing on certain practice techniques such as mimicry; memorization and pattern drills is the feature of ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. The Direct Method
B. The Audio-lingual Method
C. Situational Language Teaching
D. Communicative Language Teaching
2. The emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in the target language shows the feature of ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. The Direct Method
B. The Audio-lingual Method
C. Situational Language Teaching
D. Communicative Language Teaching
3. ＿＿＿＿＿＿ is supported by the fact that learners from the same language background may come up with different errors, and conversely speakers of different language backgrounds can make similar errors.
A. The teacher-centeredness
B. The student-centeredness
C. The hypothesis-testing process
D. The structural syllabus
4. The latter has evolved into a learner-centered approach to encompass not only the student as a learner, but also the teacher, the parents and the citizen of the ＿＿＿＿＿＿ of the learning process.
A. Social context
B. Educational context
C. Smaller context
D. Larger context
5. Which of the following expressions is not correct? ＿＿＿＿＿＿
A. Different sentences structures can be used to express the same concept.
B. One sentence structure can have more than one communicative function.
C. One communicative function be expressed by a number of linguistic forms.
D. One form can have more than one meaning, but one meaning or concept can be expressed by only one form.
6. Which of the following sounds does not have the pronunciation /u:/?
＿＿＿＿＿＿
A. food        B. stood        C. choose      D. smooth
7. Among the following examples of integration, which one is the example of integrating speaking with listening?
A. dictation
B. answer questions orally
C. discussion followed by reading
D. note-taking while listening
8. Every good writing assignment includes several elements, in the following, which one is one of those elements?
A. mission
B. audience
C. materials
D. topic
9.Which of the following is NOT one of the hypotheses put forward by Stephen Krashen?
A. The acquisition-learning hypothesis.  
B. The natural order hypothesis.
C. The input hypothesis.  
D. The hypothesis of linguistic universals.
10. In the Natural Approach, the teacher can make use of various ways except ＿＿＿＿＿＿ in order to help the students to be successful.
A. keeping their attention on key lexical items  
B. explaining grammatical rules
C. using appropriate gestures
D. using context to help them understand
11. At which stage does the teacher provide opportunities for the students to use language as a vehicle for communication? ＿＿＿＿＿＿
A. at the warming-up stage
B. at the presentation stage
C. at the practice stage
D. at the production stage
12. Effective learning depends to a large extent on＿＿＿＿＿＿of the class.
A. course arrangement
B. learners’ performance
C. encouraging atmosphere
D. teacher’s management
13. ＿＿＿＿＿＿are popular among students because they are associated with fun and games and they are considered to be fashionable.
A.tape recorders   B. walkmans    C. video players    D. computers
14. ＿＿＿＿＿＿ makes the web more easily interactive than a book or magazine.
A. telephone number B. publisher’s address  C. e-mail address   D. postcode
15. Observe materials used in class teaching carefully with the purpose of identifying the teaching goals they achieve. Those materials may include except＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. excerpts from other didactic materials
B. learners’ book
C. adapted materials in the foreign language
D. complementary materials to the book
16. When we talk about the teachers’ body language, which one is not the proper＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. “bury yourself” in your notes and plans
B. do not stand in one place for a long time
C. make frequent eye contact with all students in the class
D. let your body posture exhibit an air of confidence
17. Which kind of techniques can not be used to get formative assessment? ＿＿＿＿＿＿
A. observation                        B. classroom discussion
C. questioning                        D. results from oral tests
18. Summative assessment is used to assess learners’ ＿＿＿＿＿＿ over a period of time.
A. knowledge                B. skills                C. abilities                D. achievements
19. ＿＿＿＿＿＿ relates to the truthfulness of the data.
A. Validity   B. reliability   C. subject D. Object       
20. ＿＿＿＿＿＿is an intensive study of a specific individual or specific context, which is usually based on the assumption        
A. Action research B. Teaching journal C. Lesson report D. A case study       

II. Multiple Choice
Select the best answer for each of the questions, and there are more than one correct answer to each question. （每题2分，共20分)
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1. The decision of language policy includes＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. at what age to begin the course of a foreign language
B. the number of hours per week devoted to teaching it
C. whether it will be made available to all or only certain students in the school system
D. how many children should be involved
2. Which of the following is true?  
A. Interlanguage is a product of communicative strategies of the learner.
B. Interlanguage is a product of mother tongue interference.
C. Interlanguage is a product of overgeneralization of the target language rules.
D. Interlanguage is the representation of learners’ unsystematic L2 rules.
E. Interlanguage is the representation of learners’ unsystematic L1 rules.
3. Contents of structural syllabus usually consist of discrete sentences, yes/no and questions, ＿＿＿＿＿＿, ＿＿＿＿＿＿, ＿＿＿＿＿＿, and relative clauses; plus inductively or deductively, presented pedagogic“grammar points”,with structures being generally presented one at a time.
A. articles
B. situations
C. prepositions
D. conditionals
4. There are three strategies for expanding your English vocabulary, they are＿＿＿＿＿＿
A. contextualization B. discrimination C. affixation   D. substitution
5. When students do listening exercises, what may make them feel it’s difficult to do listening comprehension? ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. Inadequate vocabulary   
B. Inability to perform tasks
C. Anxiety and nervousness  
D. Lack of face-to-face interaction
6. What are the challenges in teaching large classes? ＿＿＿＿＿＿
A. Let every student like you.
B. Keep good discipline.
C. Give individual student attention.
D. Manage classroom disruption.
7. By＿＿＿＿＿＿and ＿＿＿＿＿＿, EFL students can communicate with people they have never met and who they will probably never meet.
sending e-mails                  B. telephoning      
C. joining newsgroups               D. introduction
8. As teachers, we need to know when students are more likely to be engaged in learning. Generally, they become engaged when＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. the work builds on their prior attainment; they are able to do the work but find it challenging.
B. they have opportunities to ask questions and try out ideas.
C. they get a feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment from the work.
D. they are emotionally, physically and intellectually involved by the tasks.
9. When carry out an assessment, which of the following factors should be taken into consideration＿＿＿＿＿＿.
A. culture                B. gender                C. family                D community situations
10. Which procedures are recommended in preparing self-report forms (Richards and Lockhart, 1996)
A. identify in as much as possible the philosophy underlying the course
B. identify different kinds of teaching activities, procedures
C. prepare a lesson report form
D. prepare videos

III. True or False
Decide whether each of the following statements is True(T) or False(F). （每题1分，共10分）
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1. Sociolinguistics is a branch of science where sociology and linguistics meet.
2. A general assumption is that the learning that takes place in natural and educational settings are the same in nature.
3. In student-centered approach, students are treated as “empty vessels” and learning is viewed as an additive process with new information that is geared to the “average” students.
4. Discrimination can be used as a strategy to expand your English vocabulary.
5. Good writing begins with good assignments.
6. Teacher should present herself to students as a person rather than just a reader of texts and a vessel of knowledge
7. The use of the Internet is not advisable because it cannot help improve the students’ English level.
8. The physical feature of learning environment cannot offer clues about the teaching.
9. The diagnostic use of assessment to provide feedback to teachers and students over the course of instruction is called summative assessment.
10. The simplest type of experiment involves two “equivalent” groups.        

III. Answer the questions (每题15分，共30分)

1. Case analysis
Miss Li. is an English major student who wants to be an English teacher, but she doesn’t know how to strive for it. Can you help her?
2. It is very important to show meanings of a lexical item in the process of teaching; can you talk about how to show to show meanings of a lexical item?