英语教学法考试题及答案

2003年7月

Section Ⅰ：Basic Theories and Principles 30 points

Questions 1-15 are based on this part.

Directions：Choose the best answer for the following questions and write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. Among the factors affecting a lesson plan, which of the following is human factor?

A. personality of the teacher

B. class size

C. course requirement

2. What should a required lesson plan look like?

A. a copy of explanation of words and structures

B. a timetable for activities

C. transcribed procedure of classroom instruction

3. When should the teacher issue the instruction?

A. as soon as class begins

B. when students’ attention is directed to the teacher

C. when class is silent

4．Which of the following arrangements of seats is most suitable for presentation?

5. For better classroom management, what should the .teacher do while the students a doing activities?

A. participate in a group

B. prepare for the next procedure

C. circulate around the class to monitor, prompt and help

6. Which of the following expresses instrumental motivation?

A. I learn English in order to survive in the target language country.

B. I learn English just because of interest.

C. I learn English in order to get promoted in one"s position.

7. Which of the following activities can best motivate junior learners?

A. games

B. recitation

C. role-play of dialogues

8. To cultivate communicative competence, what should correction focus on?

A. linguistic forms

B. communicative strategies

C. grammatical rules

9. Which of the following activity is most demanding?

A. list what you can buy at a supermarket

B. list what you can buy at a supermarket in five minutes

C. list at least 15 things in you can buy at a supermarket in five minutes

10. Which of the following activity is most productive?

A. read the text and then choose the best answer to the questions

B. discuss on the given topic according to the text you have just read

C. exchange and edit the writing of your partner

11. To help students understand the structure of a text and sentence sequencing, we could use for students to rearrange the sentences in the right order.

A. cohesive devices

B. a coherent text

C. scrambled sentences

12. The purpose of the outline is to enable the students to have a clear organization of ideas and a structure that can guide them .

A. in the actual writing

B. in free writing

C. in controlled writing

13. tell you what you should use in order to produce accurate utterances.

A. The descriptive grammar

B. The prescriptive grammar

C. The traditional grammar

14. The grammar rules are often given first and explained to the students and then the students have to apply the rules to given situations. This approach is called .

A. deductive grammar teaching

B. inductive grammar teaching

C. prescriptive grammar teaching

15. It is easier for students to remember new words if they are designed in

and if they are and again and again in situations and contexts.

A. context, same

B. context, different

C. concept, difficult

Section Ⅱ：Problem Solving 30 points

Directions：Five situations in classroom teaching are provided here. In each situation there are some problems. Firstly, identify the problems; Secondly, provide your own solutions according to the communicative language teaching principles. You must elaborate on the problem (s) and solutions in about 50-70 words.

Situation 1

In a writing lesson, the teacher writes the topic "Environmental Awareness" on the blackboard, and then asks the students to write an essay of 150 words in half an hour in class. Half an hour later, the teacher collects the writings.

Situation 2

At the practice stage of a grammar lesson, the teacher designs an activity with multiple choice questions to practise the grammatical items the students learned.

Situation 3

At the production stage of a speaking lesson, the teacher divides the students into 6 groups to do the discussion. And then the teacher retreats to a corner of the classroom to prepare for the next activity.

Situation 4

In an oral class, a teacher asks students to answer questions. To ensure smooth progress of his lesson, he always asks the excellent students to answer questions.

Situation 5

In a reading lesson, at the while-reading stage, the teacher assigns some skimming tasks, but some students are consulting their dictionaries for new words and expressions. The teacher notices all this but pretends not to see.

Section Ⅲ：Mini-lesson Plan 40 points

Directions：Read the following two texts carefully and complete the teaching plans.

1. The following is an abstract from Senior Ⅰ, Student Book. Please design a teaching plan with the text.

Write about a well-known person from Chinese history.

2. The following is an abstract from Senior Ⅱ, Student Book. Please design a teaching plan with the text.

Grammar Noun Clauses as the Appositive

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