课程与教学论期末考试题

课程与教学论部分

Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false. Write a T in the brackets if it is true or an F if it is false. (15 points. 1 point for each other)

1.Interaction and experimenting with the language in communication are very important factors for language development. T

2.We should not be tolerant to our L2 learners’ errors when they are trying to

communicate. F

3.Children should start learning English as early as possible even if they are not in

good circumstances. F

4.Different personalities have different aptitude for learning another language. F

5.Motivation and interest in learning are fundamental to ensure success in learning a

foreign language for children. T

6.Faced with the new curriculum, English teachers are expected to change their

views about language which is not a means for communication but a system of linguistic knowledge. F

7.The new English curriculum is designed to promote the students’overall quality. T

8.In order to lay a good foundation for continuing development, more attention

should be given to the students’language skills, knowledge, affects, strategies and culture awareness. T

9. A primary English teacher should be encouraged to use both formative and

summative assessment to evaluate children’s lea rning. T

10.Remembering all the International Phonetic Alphabets can automatically

guarantee good pronunciation. F

11.Children learn best when they are involved both physically and mentally. T

12.Students need to be given detailed grammar rules if they are to learn a foreign

language successfully. F

13.Different seating arrangements allow not only different classroom interactions but

also different learner-teacher relationship. T

14.As for classroom language, an English teacher should use half Chinese and half

English to make himself or herself understood by the children. F

15.A teacher should always speak in a normal voice in English class, for the noisier

the teacher is, the noisier the children will become. F

16.A teacher should raise his\her voice above the noise in order to get quiet in the

classroom. F

17.A class that is in control is not always quiet and a quiet class with a teacher doing

all the talking is not necessarily a good learning environment. T

18.Putting summative and formative assessment together, we will be able to form a

sound basis for checking students’learning and teachers’ teaching. T

19.Formative assessment is mainly based on formal testing, which is done mostly at

the end of a learning period or at the end of a school year. F

20.By constantly reflecting on teaching and learning, the teacher can move towards

professional competence. T

21.The method, known as Total Physical Response, means that children respond to

teachers’ instructions by using gestures, body language or by speaking loudly. F 22.Children’s attention spa n is very short, thus many long activities are used instead

of short and simple ones. F

23.There is no point in explaining complicated grammar rules to children, for they

are not good at analyzing language rules. T

24.Children like to do things with difficult learning targets because they want to feel

sure that it is not something beyond their ability. F

25.One language form may express a number of communicative functions and one

communicative function cannot be expressed by a variety of language forms. F municative competence entails knowing not only the language code or the

form of the language but also knowing how to use the language appropriately in social situations. T

27.The English teaching objectives are to develop students overall language abilities

which are composed of language knowledge, language skills, affect, learning strategies as well as cross-cultural awareness for relevant levels. T

28.It is believed that poor pronunciation may cause problems for the learning of other

skills. T

29.Children do not need to learn grammar rules when they acquire their first

language, so they do not need them either when learning a foreign language. F 30.Teaching and learning grammar should focus on practice rather than the study of

grammar itself. T

nguages consist of “words” with equivalents from one language to another. F

32.English-English explanations are the best way for vocabulary teaching. F

33.Reading is a silent activity. Reading aloud does not help much with