四川大学外语教学法试题

四川⼤学外语教学法试题
《外语教学法》(课程代码00833)
第⼀⼤题：单项选择题
1、What is Stephen Krashen?
A.He is a language teacher.
B.He is an applied linguist.
C.He is an anthropologist.
D.He is a grammarian.
2、The general objectives of the Total Physical Response Method are to teach _______ proficiency at a beginning level.
A.oral
B.reading
C.aural
D.writing
3、It is believed that grammar analysis and translation began to be the basic procedures in foreign language teaching from _______.
A.about 2,500 years ago
B.almost 1,000 years ago
C.the 16th century
D.the beginning of the 20th century
4、Palmer viewed that classroom language teaching should follow the _______ principles of language learning. ?
A.naturalistic
B.mentalistic
C.cognitive
D.understanding
5、The Oral Approach was developed by _______.
A.American structuralists
B.British applied linguists
C.cognitive science
D.transformational grammar
6、Which of the following do Krashen and Terrell NOT emphasize?
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B.Vocabulary
C.Meaning
D.Grammar
7、In the Grammar-Translation Method, grammar analysis and translation proved to be _______ in studying foreign culture through literary works.
A.ineffective means
B.unaffective means
C.affective means
D.effective means
8、One of the most prominent contributions made by Palmer is _______ of vocabulary.
D.the efficient recitation
9、Classroom procedures in the Direct Method can be roughly divided into three phrases EXCEPT _______
A.Building up to a new model
B.Presentation by direct association
C.Oral practice in the target language
D.Consolidation with written work
10、In ________ English became a formal requirement for the entrance examination in China and began to appear in the curriculum for the 4th and 5th year of primary schools.
A.1982
B.1972
C.1962
D.1952
11、The goal of foreign language teaching it to help the learner mater _______ in the shortest possible time. ? A.the target language
B.his native language
C.vocabulary
D.pronunciation of the language
12、At one time the Grammar-Translation Method was called _______ since it was used in the teaching of Latin and Greek.
A.Aural-oral Method
B.Mim-mem Method
C.Audiolingual Method
D.Classical Method
13、A Direct Method teacher is usually found using techniques such as ______.
A.direct association and conversation practice
B.question and answer exercises
C.error correction and dictation
D.all of the above
14、The Oral Approach or ______ refers to an approach to language teaching developed by British applied linguists from the 1930s to 1960s.
A.guided Language Teaching
B.Situational Language Teaching
C.Applied Language Teaching
D.Functional Language Teaching
15、In 1957, Noam Chomsky’s book Syntactic Structures was published which started the _______.
A.American structuralism
B.transformational generative linguistics
C.functional linguistics
D.cognitive psychology
16、During the World War II, Leonard Bloomfield and C.C. Fries applied theories and ideas of behaviourism and structuralism systematically to foreign language teaching and devised a new approach called _______. ? A.the Direct Method
17、The Grammar-Translation Method dominated foreign language teaching _______.
A.from mid-19th century to mid-20th century
B.from 1920s to 1940s
C.from the late 18th century to early 19th century
D.from mid-19th century to mid-20th century
18、The Direct Method got its mane from the assumption that meanings are to be connected directly with _______, without going through the process of translating into the students’ native language.
A.the first language
B.the native language
C.the target language
D.the learner’s language
19、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
20、The theory of language underlying Audiolingualism was derived from _______ in the 1930s and the 1940s in America.
A.behaviourist linguistics
B.functional linguistics
C.structural linguistics
D.transformational generative linguistics
21、Working in conjunction, the two processes, _______, contribute to what Piaget terms the central process of cognitive adaptation.
A.assimilation and accommodation
B.recognition and realization
C.generalization and contribution
D.recomandation and conjunction
22、The monitor theory, which is very popular among foreign language teachers in _______, was put forward by Stephen Krashen in the late 1970s.
A.America
B.Britain
C.China
D.France
23、According to _______, communicative competence entails four dimensions: grammatical competence, sociolinguistic competence, discourse competence and strategic competence.
A.Richard and Rodgers
B.Halliday
C.Canale and Swain
D.Widdowson
24、Discourse theory of second language acquisition was developed from the _______.
A.habit formation theory
25、According to bahaviourist psychology, learning a language is a process of acquiring a set of appropriate _______ chains, a mechanical process of habit formation.
A.learner’s acquisition device
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C.linguistic acting discussion
D.long-term acquiring details
26、Transformational generative linguists believe that every normal human being was born with and LAD. Here LAD is the short form for _______.
A.learner’s acquisition device
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C.linguistic acting discussion
D.long-term acquiring details
27、The affective filter hypothesis of Krashen’s Monitor Model states that acquirers with _______ affective filter seek and receive more comprehensible input.
A.low
B.average
C.high
D.very high
28、The general objective of the Silent Way is to give beginning level students _______ in basic elements of the target language.
A.reading comprehension ability
B.translating ability
C.oral and aural facility
D.thinking capacity
29、Foreign language teaching in China is an integrated application of audiolingualism, _______, and Communicative Language Teaching.
A.Suggestopaedia
B.traditionalism
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D.Three Dimensional Approach
30、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
31、According to the affective filter hypothesis, three factors ____ determines the speed of success.
A.high motivation, self-confidence and high anxiety
B.motivation, self-confidence and anxiety
C.Friendliness, environment and place
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32、An ultimate purpose of learning a foreign language in a Grammar-Translation classroom is to enable the learners to
________.
A.think and communicate in the target language
33、Classroom procedures in the Direct Method can be roughly divided into three phases: _____, oral practice in the target language, and consolidation with written work.
A.presentation by direct association
B.reading and explaining the new words and expressions in the first language
C.asking learners to read sentences aloud and translate them into the first language
D.students’ choral imit ation all together or in large groups
34、The following are basic principles of the Oral Approach EXCEPT
A.selection principle
B.gradation selection principle
C.four skills principle
D.presentation principle
35、The habit-formation theory comes from the _________ and was very popular in the 1950s and 60s.
A.American Structuralism
B.functional linguistics
C.behaviorist psychology
D.cognitive psychology
36、In order to perform the monitor function, language learners have to satisfy at least three conditions: ____ to monitor his production, focus on form, and clean knowledge of the rules of the target language. ? A.enough speed
B.much information
C.sufficient material
D.sufficient time
37、The theory of learning underlying the Grammar-Translation Method was
A.Faculty Psychology
B.Gestalt Psychology
C.Behavioral psychology
D.Cognitive psychology
38、In the Direct Method, the most frequently used techniques of consolidation are dictation, purposeful tasks and ____.
A.free composition
B.guided composition
C.graded composition
D.oral practice
39、The first dictionary for students of English as a foreign language, ________ into which the classification of sentence patterns was incorporated, was published in 1953.
A.Guide to Patterns and Usage in English
B.The Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English
C.A Handbook of English Grammar
D.Dictionary of Contemporary English
40、Stimulus, response and reinforcement in behavioural psychology used in ____ language teaching.
A.the Direct Method
B.the Natural Approach
C.the Cognitive Approach
A.a process
B.recognition
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D.presentation
42、Krashen identifies three kinds of affective variables related to second language acquisition: ________. ? A.high motivation, self-confidence and high anxiety
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C.input, competence and self-confidence
D.situation, motivation and self-confidence
43、The Communicative Approach follows a(n) ________ and emphasizes the processes of communication to get information.
A.Integrated syllabus
B.Notional Syllabus
C.International Syllabus
D.Notable Syllabus
44、The two categories of meaning of language proposed by Wilkins are ___________.
A.notions and functions
B.Notions and forms
C.forms and functions
D.general and specific
第⼆⼤题：填空题
1、The learning of a foreign language was viewed by the Direct Mthodologists as _________ to the first language acquisition.
2、Palmer held that language learning in real life differs from language learning in the _________.
3、According to the behaviorist psychology, learning a language is a process of a set of appropriate language stimulus-response chains, a ____________ ______________ habit formation.
4、Chomsky believes that ____________ are born with special language learning abilities.
5、In the early 1960s, the famous Swiss psychologist Piaget established his theory of
___________ ____________.
6、Krashen’s monitor hypothesis states that learning has only one function, and that is as a _________.
7、Yalden thinks that more effective foreign language learning will take place if the emphasis is on __________.
8、Krashen identifies three kinds of affective variables related to second language acquisition: motivation, self-confidence and ______________.
9、comparative Historical Linguistics believed that all languages originated from one language and were ruled by a
__________
10、The British structuralism considered that language was identified with speech and speech ability was approached trough oral practice of _______.
11、The basic principle of the Natural Approach is te distinction between language __________ and language
______________.
12、To teach a foreign language well, we must divide it into small ___________ units.
13、Behaviorist psychology states that human and animal behavior can and should be studied in terms of
_______________ processes only.
14、The emphasis on the meaning with new language items and on language ____________ rather than on language
_____________, is important in achieving automaticity of using the target language.
15、The generative linguist in interested not only in understanding language but also in ________ language.
16、According to he Faculty Psychologists, understanding and memorization of complicated grammatical rules of languages were regarded as important means of developing _______.
17、The Oral Approach believes in a theory of learning that is based on a type of behavioruist _______ theory.
18、The famous American linguist Noam Chomsky created two linguistic terms: “Linguistic competence” and “_______”.
19、According to the theory of cognitive psychology, learning must involve organization of _______.
21、Krashen’s Monitor Model of second language development distinguishes tow distinct processes in second and foreign language development and use: “acquisition ” and “_______”.
22、For Candlin, the _______ _______ involved in making choices and decision lies at the heart of the language learning process.
23、Kelly made a clear distinction between meaningful and _______ learing activites.
24、Generally speaking the goal of foreign language teaching is to help the learner master the _______ _______ in the shortest possible time.
25、The Cognitive Approach is interpreted as the “_______ of Grammar-Translation Method” because it has rediscovered valuable features in Grammar-Translation Method.
26、The Direct Method believes in the natural process of language learning and in the _______ teaching of grammar.
27、The approach which emphasizes _______ communication rather than formal grammar study and is tolerance of learners’ errors is the Natural Method.
28、The Communicative Approach in language teaching stats from a theory of language as _______.
29、Leonard Bloomfield, a linguist in America, is regarded as the father of American _______.
30、What the Chinese teachers and the Chinese learners is not blind application of foreign methods, nor is eclecticism, but _______.
31、Direct association of language with _________________ and persons of the immediate environment is emphasized in the Direct Method.
32、The Oral approach believes that language learning in real life is for the acquisition of spoken language while langue learning in the classroom is for the ____________ of literacy.
33、According to Audiolingualism, there are three crucial elements in learning: a stimulus, a response and
_______________.
34、By Chomsky’s ideas about language acquisition, children do not have to be taught or corrected for their
_____________.
35、Cognitive Psychologists hold the idea that learning a language should be a ___________ learning.
36、Krashen’s ______________ hypothesis states that we acquire the rules or language in a predictable order, some rules tending to come early and other late.
37、Most contributors to the Communicative Approach share the view that language is best learned through use in
____________.
38、The Communicative Approach believes that language is used for communication and is more concerned with
____________ than with structure.
39、_______________, a linguist in America, is regarded as the father of American structuralism.
40、The Audiolingual Method develops the separation of the ______________ into a pedagogical device, that is, listening, speaking, reading and writing.
41、In 1982, Wilhelm Vietor published a pamphlet entitled Language Teaching Must Start Afresh! and a movement of
__________ started all of a sudden. The principles of the movement were the primacy of _________, the centrality of the connected text as the kernel of the teaching-learning process, and the absolute priority of an oral methodology in the classroom.
42、In the _______________ Method, the emphasis on practice with new language items and on language sills, rather than on language knowledge, is important in achieving automaticity of using the target language.
43、The learning theory of Audiolingualism is the behavioural psychology which is an empirically based approach to the study of _____________.
44、The Cognitive Approach holds that knowledge of language rules facilitates learning. Learners must learn the rules of the language before applying them. ______________ comes before _________.
45、In their book The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom, Krashen and Terrell believe “ The
_________________ hypothesis states that in order for acqu ires to progress to the next stage in the acquisition to the target language, they need to understand input language that includes a structure that is part of the next stage.”
第三⼤题：简答题
1、What guidelines does the Natural Approach set up for the classroom practice?
2、What are the roles of the learner in the communicative approach?
3、 When do most experts of foreign language teaching believe the Grammar-Translation Method began to become a formal foreign language teaching method?
4、What are the objectives of language teaching according to cognitive proponents?
5、What are the four issues related to the input hypothesis of Krashen’s monitor model of L2 learning theory?
6、What are the main trends of applied linguistic reach in the present period?
7、What is the focus of a Grammar –Translation classroom?
11、What is Chomsky’s explanation of the first language process?
12、What are the implications of the statement “language is best taught when it is being used to transmit messages”?
13、How does the acculturation theory explain second language acquisition?
14、How does the cognitive theory explain second language acquisition process?
15、What is the main techniques used in a Grammar-Translation classroom?
16、What are principles for the selection of language content in language teaching according to the Oral Approach?
17、What language skills are emphasized by the Direct Method?
18、Does it make sense to you that language learning result from habit-formation? Why or why not?
第四⼤题：问答题
1、Comment on the roles of the teacher in the communicative classroom
2、What contributions does the Audiolingual Method make to language teaching?
3、What are the main characteristics of the Oral Approach? And what is the main defference between this Approach and the Direct Methed?
4、Comment on the four principles of cognitivism formulated by Driller.
5、Wh at are the basic assumptions of Krashen’s Monitor Model?
6、What do you think will be the trend of FLT in China?。