中学英语教学法试题库

中学英语教学法

一.Write “T” (true) or “F” (false) in the brackets for each of the following statements according to what you’ve learned in the course book.

( ）1. Knowing a word means that you know the pronunciation and meaning of it. ( ) 2. Students’ errors are a very useful way of showing what they have and have not learnt. So instead of seeing errors negatively, as a sign of failure, we see them positively as an indication of what we still need to teach.

( ) 3. Testing implies evaluation based on a collection of information about what students know and can do.

( ) 4. Classroom climate is strongly affected by the teachers’ attitude and behaviour. ( ) 5. In the Communicative Approach, a teacher is described as an “instructor” and students as “listeners” in class.

( ) 6. The students’ native language has no particular role in the Communicative Approach. The target language should be used not only during communicative activities, but also in explaining the activities to the students or in assigning homework.

( ) 7. Words which we want students to understand, but which they will not need to use themselves. We call this passive vocabulary.

( ) 8. Students’ errors are a sign of failure, so we must correct every mistake they make. ( )9.Culture is received greater attention in the Communicative Approach.

( )10.Spoken language is generally produced in informal, simple or common vocabulary.

() 11.All new words in a lesson are equally important.

( )12.Classroom climate is strongly affected by both the teachers’ attitude and the students’ behavior.

( ) 13. V ocabulary can be divided into productive and receptive.

( ) 14. Communicative competence refers to knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary of the language.

( ) 15. Post-reading work usually contributes to the development of all the language skills and may involve using other skills than just reading.

( ) 16. Written language is generally produced in fairly simple sentence structures. ( ) 17. In the Communicative Approach, both teachers and students have multiple roles. ( ) 18.Spoken language is sometimes produced in incomplete sentences.

( )19.The skill practised in the pre-reading stage is anticipation.

( ) municative activities can be divided into functional communicative activities and social interaction activities.

( )21. One way to teach reading is following the framework: presentation, practice and production. Each stage has a different goal and deals with different reading strategies. ( )22. Students are given the structure in context and are asked to work out the rule for themselves. They are given guidance from the teacher in using evidence from the context to work out the usage of the structure. This is called the inductive method.

( ) 23. Reading is an active process, during which the reader tries to understand the meaning of a given text.

( )24. If the aim of activity is to check that students can use the verbs correctly, you have to correct any major errors, especially those involving the verbs you have taught, or the activity will lose its point.

( ) 25. The skill practised in the pre-reading stage is inference.

( ) 26. Words which we want students to understand, but which they will not need to use themselves. We call this active vocabulary.

( ) 27. The typical example of functional communication activities is role play.

( ) 28. The target language should be used not only during communicative activities, but also in explaining the activities to the students or in assigning homework.

( ) 29. You glance quickly through a text in order to find a specific piece of information, this skill is called scanning.

( ) 30. Types of mistakes are slips, errors and attempts.

( )31. Only the new teachers benefit a lot from lesson planning, while the experienced teachers not.

( )32. Threats are always constructive measures against indiscipline in class.

( )33. Poor pronunciation doesn’t cause problems for the learning of other skills.