英语教学法

名词解释

1.The guided discovery method: is similar to the inductive method in

that the students are induced to discover rules by themselves but

different in that the process of the discovery is carefully guided and assisted by the teacher and the rules are then elicited and taught

explicitly.

2.Receptive vocabulary: refers to words that one is able to recognize

and comprehend in reading or listening but unable to use

automatically in speaking or writing.

Productive vocabulary: refers to words that one is not only able to recognize but also able to use in speech and writing.

3.Bottom-up model: In the bottom-up model, listening comprehension

is believed to start with sound and meaning recognitions.

Top-down model: In the top-down model, listening for gist and

making use of the contextual clues and background knowledge to

construct meaning are emphasis.

4.Reading comprehension: Reading is the construction of meaning

from a printed or written message. Reading comprehension involves extracting the relevant information from the text as efficiently as

possible, connecting the information from the written message with one’s own knowledge to arrive at an understanding.

5.Conferencing: refers to a private meeting between the teacher and

each individual student. It’s important for teachers to talk face to face with students about their writing, pointing out their strength and

weaknesses.

简答题

1.Developing vocabulary learning strategies:

1.Review regularly(students need to be encouraged to revise the

newly learnt vocabulary on a regular basis so that they are able to

take‘ownership’ of these words and start using them confidently)

2.Guess meaning from context(students need the teacher’s help

regarding what contextual clues to look for and how these clues

can contribute to the discovery of meaning)

anize vocabulary effectively(considering the massive English

vocabulary, it is necessary for the teacher to guided students to

organize the words they encounter)

e a dictionary(choosing a bi-lingual or monolingual dictionary

for independent learning, and keeping a vocabulary notebook)

5.Manage strategy use(students should be guided constantly to

self-evaluate the effectiveness of their strategy)

2.Principles for teaching listening:

1.Focus on process(first they have to hear what is being said, then

they have to pay attention, and construct a meaningful message in

their mind by relating what they hear to what they already know)