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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 Chapter 9 Teaching English Language Knowledge in Schools
l. Based on your experience, do you think it is necessary to start teaching pronunciation when students are very young?
Key: It’s not practical to teach students pronunciation at a young age, because English pronunciation requires particular movements of vocal organs. It may be difficult for them to understand and remember which parts should touch which parts. The best way to learn pronunciation at a young age is through listening and imitation.
2. Do you think it is contradictory if we adhere to the principle of accuracy and the principle of communication in the process of teaching English pronunciation? Key: The principle of accuracy and the principle of communication are not contradictory in the teaching of English pronunciation in that the principle of accuracy is directed at the pronunciation of a single sound or word while the principle of communication focuses on the actual realization of ideal pronunciation. The two principles are interrelated: on the one hand, students who haven’t mastered the accuracy of pronunciation cannot go on with the principle of communication; on the other hand, without obeying the principle of communication, students’ accuracy in pronunciation is meaningless.
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www.100xuexi.com 圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 1. What do you think the differences are between the ways of teaching vocabulary, in junior and senior middle school?
Key: In teaching junior middle school students, pronunciation of the words, common usages of the words and meanings should be included. Students should know how to read, write and use the word. However, when teaching senior middle school students, the teaching content should be expanded to some uncommon usages and meanings. Students should know how to use the word properly.
2. Mr. Wang rarely explains the usage of vocabulary in English class, but his students remember the vocabulary very well. What is the secret behind Mr. Wang’s vocabulary teaching approach?
Key: The secret may be that Mr. Wang gives lots of examples of the word that contain different usages of it. He shows the use of the words instead of explaining it. With the help of the context, students certainly can better understand how to use the word.
Section 3
1. What do you think the main problems are which elementary and middle school grammar teaching is currently facing in China?
Key: The main problems include: teachers spend much time explaining grammar points while students memorize them and do mechanical drills correspondingly, which makes grammar learning boring and less effective.
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www.100xuexi.com 圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 2. Please analyze the following grammar teaching programs. What kinds of grammar teaching are reflected? (1) A. Showing rules, B. Giving examples. C. Students practicing. D. Teachers’ evaluations.
E. Consolidation and reinforcement.
(2) A. Leading in grammar points through situations. B. Discussion between teachers and students. C. Summarizing.
D. Consolidation exercises. E. Comprehensive application.
Key: (1) The first example is the deductive method. With this method, the teacher first presents the rules and gives example sentences to illustrate it. Then, students practise related sentence patterns. Finally, there will be some exercises to consolidate the grammar point taught. These are consistent with the steps in the first example.
(2) The second example is the inductive method. With this method, grammar points are first presented but not explained. Then, they are elicited and concluded from the discussion between the teacher and students, which can be seen from example 2.
3. Please analyze the advantages, and disadvantages of deductive and inductive
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 Key: Deductive grammar teaching is a process from theory to practice. It can save time and effort. But it also has drawbacks. For example, in the deductive method, students may lose the processing opportunities provided by observing, analyzing and solving grammar problems by themselves.
In the inductive method, through analyzing, inducing, and summing up the rules of language use, students can deepen their comprehension of grammar, improve their abilities to discover and solve problems, and think logically. At the same time, this method can be time-consuming and less efficient.
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 Chapter 10 Teaching English Listening and Speaking in Schools
1. Which listening teaching model do you think suits you best? Why?
Key: The PWP teaching model suits me best. Because this teaching model divides teaching and learning into three stages familiar to students. In the pre-listening stage, a new schema is set up, background information is provided and listening expectations are established, which lays the foundation for the following activity. During the while-listening stage, students are expected to practise listening skills with the teacher’s help. In the last stage of post-listening, speaking and writing activities are provided to enhance students’ ability. 2. Why is schema so important for teaching listening?
Key: Because listening is not only a process of decoding sounds, but also a process of prediction, inspection and validation. During the listening, listeners use non-linguistic media to predict, analyse and process listening material so that they can have a better and fuller understanding of the information. The non-linguistic media include cultural, practical, social, strategic and topic knowledge, the listening material, the speakers and the context, which are together called schematic knowledge.
Section 2
1. What is the gap between how speaking is taught in elementary and middle
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