2004年10月高等教育自学考试
英语教学论试题
课程代码：10057
一、单项选择题(在每小题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号
填在题干的括号内。每小题2分，共20分)
Section I: Basic Theories and Principles
Questions 1 - 10 are based on this part.
Directions: Choose the best answer for the following questions and write your answers in the brackets.
1. A notion is ( ).
A. what you do with the language when you interact with people, for example, give directions,
buy goods, ask a price, claim ownership of something etc
B. a situation which specifies where and when the communication takes place and with whom
C. an abstract concept, for example, location, number, ownership, frequency, duration,
dimension, etc
D. a grammatical structure and vocabulary
2. A function is ( ).
A. an abstract concept, for example, location, number, ownership, frequency, duration,
dimension, etc
B. what you do with the language when you interact with people, for example, give directions,
buy goods, ask a price, claim ownership of something etc
C. language fluency and accuracy and description of skills
D. pronunciation and intonation
3. Language acquisition ( ).
A. refers to the way we acquire our second language with the teacher's teaching
B. refers to the way we acquire our knowledge of the world
C. refers to the way we acquire our mother tongue without consciously or formally learning it
D. refers to the way we acquire our knowledge the grammar of the mother tongue
4. In the method of Suggestopedia, ( ).
A. the importance of silence in the classroom is given top priority
B. particular attention is paid to the comfort of the classroom, the learning environment
C. the use of soft music is the only key to success
D. learners whose language is more fluent and accurate is set as examples
5. Learners' needs ( ).
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A. are the things that they have to do in their daily routines
B. are the things that they have to do in their classroom
C. are the things that they have to do in their homework
D. are the things that they have to do with the language in real life and are closely tied to their
purposes for learning the language
6. Inferring means ( ).
A. making use of syntactic, logical and cultural clues to discover the meaning of unknown
elements such as the writer's opinions or a new word
B. the way of reading in which the reader usually move his eyes over the text very quickly just
in order to get the gist of it or decide whether it is worth reading more deeply or not
C. locating specific information the reader want from the text
D. careful reading of the whole text
7. Opinion gap ( ).
A. refers to the situation in which the speaker has some viewpoints which the listener does not
have so the speaker wants to share his viewpoints with the listener
B. refers to the situation in which the speaker has the information which the listener does not
know or the speaker wants to give him the information that the listener has already known C. refers to the situation in which the speaker has the same viewpoints as the listener has so the
speaker can share his viewpoints with the listener
D. has all of the above
8. Prescriptive grammar ( ).
A. tells language learners what they should use in order to produce accurate utterances
B. attempts to describe for learners the way the language is presently being used
C. represents the language which is currently used
D. is better than descriptive grammar for learners of English
9. In deductive learning of grammar, ( ).
A. the teacher does not explain the rule at the beginning, but presents a gapped dialogue. The
learners listen to it and fill in with the new structure being taught. Then the teacher explains it to get the learners to work out the rule of use
B. before giving some examples and asking the learners to apply the rule in exercises, the
teacher plays a tape and asks questions focused on the content of the dialogue on the tape C. students usually listen to a tape and practice reading aloud until they can recite the text. Then
they answer questions about the passage and do grammar exercises
D. before giving some examples and asking the learners to apply the rule in exercises, the
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teacher presents the rule of the structure on the blackboard first and explains it to the students
10. Which of the following features belongs to written language? ( )
A. It has a different kind of complexity from that of spoken language.
B. The lexical density is lighter.
C. It is often more dependent on immediate context.
D. The tendency to use nouns instead of verbs.
二、简答题(共30分)
Section II: Problem Solving
DIRECTIONS: 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 and explain in details.
2. What can the teacher do to get the students to predict the contents of the text? Write down
eight ways you can think of. The students could be asked to
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3. List twelve characteristics for clear instructions:
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三、案例题（共50分）
Section III: Mini-lesson Plan or Text Analysis 50 points
DIRECTIONS: Skim through the following passage and find out its organization and main idea of the passage, and then extract the relevant information to fill in the following chart. After that prepare a minimum of 20 questions to help the students to understand the main ideas and organization of the passage.
THE TEXT
Providing no serious natural disasters happen, a bumper harvest is expected next year. Meanwhile outputs of animal husbandry and agriculture keep growing. Yet three problems exist despite the rosy picture.
The first is the decline in cotton production. The total sown area of cotton has disappeared yearly. This year, the figure slid to its lowest years, at 4.53 million hectares, 90 percent of the planned area and 133,000 hectares less than 1996. Of the ten provinces which have annual cotton production over 100,000 tons, only Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region managed a 10 percent growth. Owing to the fact that the decrease of cotton sown area takes place mostly in high yield regions, the natural cotton production this year is likely to be affected. If a solution, to check the tendency, cannot be developed, a new round of tension in cotton supply and demand is likely to occur.
The second problem is that farmers find it difficult to sell grain. The third consecutive bumper grain harvest was recorded this summer. However, many grain production areas suffered from insufficient storehouse and capital, increase deficit and an inefficient grain distribution system. Delayed payment for grain to farmers also hurt, as they faced the rising cost of agricultural production means. As a result, an increase in grain output does not lead to an income increase for farmers. Difficulties in selling grain dampen the farmers' enthusiasm and cast a shadow on grain production and agriculture development.
The third problem is that the farmers' annual income does not lead to optimism. At present,
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income from household-operating business amounts to 60 percent of the farmers' cash income, which is the main part of their net income. In the first half of this year, income from household business increased at a slow pace, affecting their total cash earnings. As a result, farmers will not be able to spend much on living and agricultural investment. This will have a negative impact on rural markets and rural economies.
To solve the problems, it is important to purchase summer and autumn grain, deepen the grain circulation system reforms, seek various ways to increase the farmers' income and relieve their burdens.
Glossary
Sown：
Part One:
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ii. Problem Two
Evidence
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iii. Problem Three
Evidence: _____________
Result: _____________
iv. Solution: _____________
Part Two:
Now prepare 20 questions on the text:
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