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. Vocabulary 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. ( )34. Students need to be given detailed grammar rules if they want to learn a foreign
language successfully.
( )35. Knowing grammar is not enough for real communication.
( )36. English-English explanations are the best for vocabulary teaching.
( )37. If we don’t use words, we will forget them.
( )38. Group word is not much useful in designing the speaking tasks.
( )39. Research has shown that good listeners are good predictors.
( )40. A successful speaking task is that students talk a lot in the foreign language.
( )41. Both teachers and students need to know that there is a difference between active
and passive vocabulary.
( )42. Motivation is one of the most important variables in language learning.
( )43. ESL/EFL reading textbooks should have a great variety of authentic materials.
( )44. Current methodology acknowledges that mechanical writing activities do not by
themselves motivate students.
( )45. One important purpose of assessment is to evaluate the existing curriculum.
二.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the
course book
1. In real life, there are two ways in which we often listen, they are______________ and
_______________.
2. A good speaking syllabus should include topics, ___________, ________, functions and
____________________.
3.One way to help students use natural intonation is to practise saying the sentence in
sections, starting with the end of the sentence and gradually working backwards to the
