上册几道题

英语教学法上册

1. What effect did the formation of the European Common Market have on the teaching of foreign languages in Europe? （ P.13 feedback 3）欧盟对欧洲人学习外语的影响是什么？ 答：The formation of the European Union , as it is now called, had a great effect on encouraging the citizens of Europe to study each other’s languages in a very practical way so that they would be able to live and work in each other’s countries. The main aim would be on communication, which would include all four language skills, and there was a common language syllabus drawn up for all European languages, described in notions and functions.

2. What is a functional-notional syllabus?（ P.13 feedback 4）什么是功能及表意的教学大纲？ The language taught would not be described in only grammatical forms, but also topics, situations, functions(things you do with the language)and notions (concepts).

3. What is Communicative Competence? P.49

Dell Hymes added the term “communicative competence ” to the language of Applied Linguistics , it includes appropriacy, accuracy, fluency. In short, a child becomes able to use the language to do things for himself, and to measure his success or failure by the response of others. This competence is called communicative competence.

5. Which features distinguish spoken text from written text? P.60

1.Some would say spoken language is simpler than written language.

2.It is argued by researchers that in terms of productive skills(writing and speaking skills), the two modes of language, written and spoken, indicate two different kinds of complexity: the spoken language is complex in the way clauses are linked together, while the written language is complex at the level of clause.

3.The second feature to distinguish written language from spoken language is the heavier lexical density, which makes writing seem more complex.

4.The third feature is the tendency to use nouns instead of verbs in written language.

5.The fourth important difference comes from the fact that writing is often less dependent on immediate context that speech.