《英语教学法》平时作业二

Language Teaching Methodology

Sample Test B

Section I. Multiple Choice Questions ( 30 points)

DIRECTIONS: In this section, there are 15 questions. To each question, three possible answers are provided, respectively marked A, B and C. Choose the best answer to the question and put the relevant letter in the bracket.

(    ) 1. Which of the following statement is true about writing?

A. It has practical value and can be used as stimulus in motivating students to learn the language.

B. It is the ability to record what the writer thinks.

C. It is regarded as a unique skill of language use.

(    ) 2. A teacher can use the method of _____ to help the students better understand the sentence sequencing.

A. inferring writer's attitude

B. unscrambling a list of jumbled sentence

C. identify rhetorical conventions

(    ) 3. Which of the following is not involved in a writing process?

A. drafting

B. revising

C. comparing

(    ) 4. In writing activities, pair-work editing ______ .

A. encourages a co-operative class atmosphere

B. is very time-consuming

C. reduces the teacher's work load

(    ) 5. Which of the following is NOT a technique of guided writing?

A. Underline the key points

B. Rearrange the jumbled sentences

C. Write a summary

(    ) 6. Reproduction by matching is a way of _____.

A. free writing

B. controlled writing

C. guided writing

(    ) 7. 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 ______,

                A. inductive grammar teaching

B. deductive grammar teaching

C. structured grammar teaching

(    ) 8. Students can recall the meaning of a words when they read the text. This word can be considered as ______ .

A. known word

B. active word

C. passive word

(    ) 9. The following are the human factors that influence a lesson plan EXCEPT ______.

A. students' language proficiency

B. different personalities of teachers

C. time allocated to the lesson

(    ) 10. To consolidate what has been taught, which of the following follow-up tasks is advisable for a grammar lesson?

A. information-gap crossword

B. role play

C. practice collocation  

(    ) 11. An encouraging classroom atmosphere often involves ______.

A. equality

B. creativity

C. intelligence

(    ) 12. In terms of communication, the learning target is _____.

A. fluency

B. accuracy

C. flexibility

(    ) 13. The most suitable task for the bossy type of students is ______.

A. help weaker students or newcomers

B. start off a group activity

C. operate VCR, TV, tape recorder

(    ) 14 . A good teacher should do all of the following EXCEPT ______ to motivate his students.

A. make the students embarrassed

B. directly praise his students

C. acknowledge the students' efforts

(    ) 15. If the classroom is not bright enough, the learner will ______.

A. feel sleepy

B. not see the teacher

C. get distracted

Section II Problem Solving (30 points)

DIRECTIONS: In this section, there are 5 situations in classroom teaching. In each situation there are some problems. Firstly identify the problems. Secondly, provide your own solutions according to the communicative language principles.

1. The purpose of each of the linking words in the chart is as follows:

2. Miss Li has finished marking her students' writing work. On Xu Yan's exercise-book we read this feedback:

              “ You did not work hard. Re-write it again and hand it in tomorrow !”

3. Mr. Wang has just presented the grammatical structure of Present Perfect Tense. At practice state, he asks his students to role-play their past events by using Present Perfect Tense.

4. Here are two activities at while-reading stage. What's wrong with them?

        Activity1. Read the text through and discuss in pairs the following questions(15 mins)                                        

Questions ① --- ⑧ (deal with the details of the text)

Activity 2. Read again the text and match paragraphs with the titles (5 mins)

                                   ① Meet Wang Feng.             

                         ② The forest of the USA has changed.

                                   ③ China has built the Great Green Wall.

                        ④ The Green Wall's usage.

                                   ⑤ Why can people grow more food?

5. Mr. Han has assigned his students a consolidating task at the end of the lesson as follows:

--- Write a summary of the text in your own words (5 mins).

When time is up, all his students hand in the task. However, Mr. Han looks embarrassed.

Section III   Mini-Lesson Plan (40%)

DIRECTIONS: In this section, you will be asked to design two teaching plans.  

Task 1. Here is a writing task, from Senior II, Lesson 11 of Student Book. Please design a while-writing stage plan for the topic of “The body language of the Chinese and foreigners ”. You may refer to Lesson 11 of Student Book, Senior II.

Task 2. Design a practice stage plan for teaching passive voice (at least 3 activities are required)