《英语教学法》练习题一专升本一. Fill in the blanks.1. Affective states of learnersFor learners’affective states, anxiety is often talked about. There are three kinds of anxiety: Trait anxiety Personality, ___ (1) predispositionState anxiety Experience at a ___ (2) moment in time as a response to a definite situationSituational anxiety Aroused by a specific type of __ _ (3) or event such as public speaking, examinations or class participationAnxiety can be both ___ (4) and ___ (5). Facilitating anxiety makes a learner to face problems, work out solution and overcome the problems. Debilitating anxiety may make a learner flee to avoid the source of anxiety. So the degree of anxiety should be balanced. Teachers need to think about this and take action in teaching.2. Total Physical ResponseTPR reveals ___ (6) or grammar-based views of language. According to Asher, the verb, especially the verb in the ___ (7), as the central linguistic motif around which language use and learning are organized.The language learning theory in TPR is ___ （8). Learning is effective and meaningful through stimulus-response action.The objective of a TPR course is to develop learners’ communicative ability through the use of___ (9) drills in the imperative form.TPR syllabus is a ___ (10) one with teaching items of grammar and vocabulary. However, the focus is not on the structure, but on___ (11) in a way that grammar points and vocabulary items are selected according to__ (12) in which they are used.The learning and teaching activities in TPR are imperative drills such as orders, commands or instructions, which are used to elicit __ (13) actions and activity on the learner.TPR learners are listeners and __ (14). They are required to respond and monitor and evaluate their own progress.The teacher in TPR is active, directing the classroom __ _ (15) and turn taking to make sure everything goes well.二. Explain the following terms。

1. The Silent Way2. Listening situations3. The role of textbooks4. Backwash5. Language awareness6. Summative assessment三、填空题1. The Silent WayThe Silent Way views language as a substitute for __ _ (1), so experience is what gives meaning to language. In the Silent Way teaching, tokens, picture charts or rods are used to stimulate experiences to promote learning.The learning theory is on ___ (2) and experience. Learning is promoted throughself-discovery or self-exploration, through relating thinking and experiencing by using physical objects and through problem solving.The general objective of the Silent Way is to develop learners’ near-native fluency, correct pronunciation and ___ (3) of the target language elements. Its immediate objective isfor learners to master grammar knowledge and learn how to learn through discovery grammar learning.The syllabus is a__ _ (4) one with grammatical items and related vocabulary organized in lessons.The major learning tasks and activities in the Silent Way are designed to encourage __ _ (5) responses from students to commands, questions, and visual cues.Learners plays roles of being independent and __ (6) who take the responsibility to make ___ (7) and self-discoveries by working out conclusions on their own and by interacting with each other.The teacher has to __ (8) him/herself to be the main speaker in the class. The teacher encourages students to try, experiment and formulate rules and ideas. The teacher is also a judge who is fair and supportive.2. Why do learners make mistakes and errors?There is a lot of research on why learners make mistakes. The following are explorations from different perspectives.Richards (1971) provides three reasons why learners make mistakes: __ _ (9) errors, _ __ (10) errors and__ _ (11) errors. Interference errors are also called_ __ (12) errors which refer to the use of elements from one language while speaking the other. Intralingual errors happen within one language, meaning a faulty __ _ (13), incomplete application and failure to learn conditions under which __ _ (14) apply. The last reason is about developmental errors. When learners are trying to build up _ __ (15) about the target languageon the basis of limited language knowledge and skills, they make errors, but suchtowards __ _ (18) .四、简答题1. How should teachers deal with students’ errors in speaking?2. What is ambiguity in reading? Should learners be tolerant with ambiguity or not？Why?3. Suppose you are going to teach a group of junior middle school students. Choose a textbook for them and justify your decision.五、简答题1. Discuss different types of syllabuses and their implications for teaching.2. Among three main dimensions of reflection--technical, practical and critical reflections pleasethink about their applications in China education present situation.3. In Dewey’s view, “reflection requires positive attitudes”, can you list three examples inEnglish language teaching in China?六、名词解释1. Meaningful drills2. Components of lesson planning3. Textbook adaptation4. Piaget’s d efinition of knowledge.5. Peer observation七、简答题1. What are differences between written text and spoken text? What implications do they have for teaching writing?2. Design a 40-minute pronunciation class.3. Design a sequence of writing activities for your present or future teaching.《英语教学法》练习题二专升本一. Open questions.1. 1. What sources of knowledge are required in effective listening? Discuss this question by using examples in your own listening experience.2. Do experimental research into operation of formative assessment either as an insider or an outside.3. What are the main features in action research?二、名词解释1. Teacher as a means employer2. The Audiolingual Method3. Community Language Learning4. Functional speaking activities5. Classroom cohesiveness三、填空题1. The Natural ApproachIt sees that language is communication of meanings and messages. It does not think grammar is the essential component of the language. What is central is the __ _ (1).The learning theory that underli es the approach is Krashen’s five hypotheses: the ___ (2) hypothesis, the monitor hypothesis, the natural order hypothesis, the input hypothesis, and the __ _ (3) filter hypothesis.Language proficiency is achieved through natural communication rather than__ _ (4) grammar study which, however, monitors the acquiring process.The Approach advocates natural acquisition of the language with emphasis on language__ _ (5) through listening and reading rather than output.The learning and teaching activities are rich and contains many activities used in other methods. What makes the Natural Approach prominent is it focuses on __ _ (6) input and comforting and supportive environmentLanguage learners are acquirers in the learning process, a processors of language input and self-_ __ (7) of their own learning.The teacher provides comprehensible input as the source and generator, creates a relaxing, supportive and friendly atmosphere _ _ (8) and finally manages classroom activities to make them rich, interesting and meaningful.2. a. Listening comprehension involves __ _（9）and __ （10）perception.b. The four types of listening situations are __ _（11）listening, __ _（12）listening, ___ （13）listening, ___ （14）listening.c. The two ways of listening are __ _（15）and__ _（16）.d. There are two approaches to “understanding” in listening. They are ___（17）understanding and ___ （18）understanding.e. Procedural knowledge is about how knowledge is used in_ __（19）.f. Contextual knowledge addresses immediate situation and the __ _（20）itself.g. Top-down reading can grasp the __ _（21）in a limited time.h. Listening is a ___ （22）process.四、名词解释1. “Unplanned” teaching2. Approaches to understanding3. Structural speaking activities4. Checking techniques5. Textbook package6. Peer observation五、填空题The reflective nature of journal writing lies in its process of __ _(1) hidden beliefs and feelings and gaining_ __ (2) about teaching and living. By recording _ __(3) , releasing feelings and thought, a teacher is always in the process of being __ _(4) of what has happened and what is happening, and of _ __(5) questions, hypotheses and conceptualised ideas.Keeping a document of self-evaluation on teaching is to create a teaching__ _ (6) which pulls together evidence about one's __ _(7) as a teacher. It is usually used to present an overall picture of one's teaching to others in a _ __(8) and _ __(9) way. A teaching profile usually contains __ _(10) categories, __ _(11) for each category and concrete __ _(12) of what each might look like (Gibbs, undated).To keep a student record is to create a file to pull together information about her _(13) and _ (14) . The suggested content of students' record can include students' identity, date of birth, home address, _ (15) background, _ __(16) English learning studies, future __ _(17) , description of her learning and classroom___ (18) , some of her writings, __ _(19) results and the teacher's __ _(20) . This reading activity workshop means a group of teachers work together to read(21) writings individually, and then __ _(22) together to present or _ __ (23) regularly. The reading topics can be __ _ (24) books or academic __ _ (25) They read and discuss to gain access to recent development of ELT world, to understand teacher education theory and to develop professional language.Language Awareness is defined as 'a person's __ _(26) to and conscious _ __(27) of the nature of language and its role in human life' (James and Garrett 1991:4). It can be used asa__ _ (28) attempting 'to develop learners' explicit understanding of language as well as an awareness of their own learning by involving them in discovery-oriented tasks which are both affectively and cognitively motivating' (Borg, 1994:62).Experiential learning activities are based on Kolb's (1984) concept of the learning ___(29) of experiencing, reflecting, creating meanings and planning for action. As mentioned in Chapter Two, this recursive cycle takes _ __(30) as a starting point, proceeds through awareness __ _(31) and critical_ _(32) on experience from many perspectives. Then it comes to a process of creating meanings by integrating reflected __ _(33) knowledge into received knowledge. Finally the new concepts, in turn,go back to _ _(34) , a process for_ __ (35) action, in order to create new experience, and thus starts a next cycle at higher level.六、简答题1. Think of the textbook you are using or going to use and discuss what kind of textbook it is.2. How reflection facilitates teacher development in six aspects?3. Suppose you are going to teach a group of senior high school students. Choose a textbook for them and justify your decision.七、名词解释1. Empathetic quality as a teacher2. Acquisition and learning3. Fluency and accuracy4. Contextual knowledge5. Skimming and scanning6. Reflection in teacher development。