王蔷《英语教学法教程》课后习题详解(听力教学)【圣才出品】
王蔷《英语教学法教程》笔记和课后习题(含考研真题)详解(综合技能)【圣才出品】
第13章综合技能13.1 复习笔记本章要点：1. Reasons for integrating the four skills整合四项技能的原因2. Ways to integrate the four skills整合这四项技能的方法3.Implications for teaching整合这四项技能对教学的启示4. Limitations of integrating the four skills整合这四项技能的缺陷本章考点：整合四项技能的原因；如何整合这四项技能；整合这四项技能对教学的启示；整合这四项技能的缺陷。
本章内容索引：Ⅰ. Reasons for integrating the four skillsⅡ. Ways to integrate the four skillsⅢ. Implications for teaching1. Focus on discourse2. Adjusting the textbook contents3. Adjusting the timetableⅣ. Limitations of integrating the four skillsⅤ. ConclusionⅠ. Reasons for integrating the four skills|（整合四项技能的原因）【考点：整合四项技能的原因】In our daily lives, we are constantly performing tasks that involve a natural integration of language skills simply because skills are rarely used in isolation. One’s overall competence in a foreign language involves performing effectively a combination of the skills.我们在现实生活中完成的任务需要综合四项技能。
王蔷《英语教学法教程》课后习题详解(交际教学原则与任务型语言教学)【圣才出品】
第2章交际教学原则与任务型语言教学TASK 1Work in groups and brainstorm any differences between language used in real life and language learned in the classroom under the traditional teaching pedagogy. You may reflect on your own learning experiences when you were a middle school student.Key: 1) In real life, language is used to perform certain communicative functions, while in a traditional language classroom, the teaching focus is often on forms rather than functions.2) English teaching tends to focus on one or two language skills and ignore the others. In real life, we use all skills, including receptive skills such as listening and reading, and productive skills such as speaking and writing.3) In reality language is always used in a certain context, but traditional English teaching tends to isolate language from its context.Generally speaking, we often use casual, words in real life, but in classrooms more formal expressions are taught.TASK 2Work in pairs. Think about at least three situations where we are likely to hear the question: “Why don’t you clos e the door?” Discuss how many functions it may have, e. g., a real question, a complaint, or something else. What implications can you draw from this regarding language teaching?Key: Situation 1: One of the speaker’s friends always leaves the door open when he comes into the room. The speaker wants to know the reason so he says this to his friend. (It is a real question.)Situation 2: The husband always leaves the bathroom door open after he uses it. The wife is saying this to her husband. (It is a complaint.)Situation 3: With permission, the student enters the language teacher’s office for conference on writing. Before the talk, the language teacher says this to the student. (It’s a suggestion.)TASK 3Suppose you want to make a suggestion to somebody. How many different ways are there to express this intention? Write down as many ways as you can think of in the box below. Then share what you have written with a partner. Then discuss in what situations you would use each of them?Key: 1. You should buy a black overcoat.2. Have you thought about buying a black overcoat?3. I think you should buy a black overcoat.4. Don’t you think it’s a good idea to buy a black overcoat?5. You’d better buy a black overcoat.6. Why don’t you buy a black overcoat?7. I suggest that you buy a black overcoat.8. If I were you, I would buy a black overcoat.TASK 4Look at the sentences in the box below. They are all in present continuous tense. What is clear is that not all of them describe something that is happening at the moment of speaking. Its meaning depends on the context where it is said. Discuss the possible meaning and function each may have and share your views in a group. What implications can you draw from this for teaching the present continuous tense?Key: The present continuous tense can be used to express something that will happen in a very short time. For example, if you hear ‘Flight CA is now landing’at airport, it means the flight is about to land. So you may start to take out your luggage and prepare to land. Likewise, ‘the train is leaving in ten minutes’doesn’t mean the train is leaving now, but means that the train will leave in ten minutes. Moreover, the present continuous tense may imply a feeling such as complaint, hate or praise, and it also can be used to describe something happening recently. For example, when you hear ‘She is always complaining whenever you talk to her’, you should not think she is complaining or about to complain. On the contrary, she may have just complained and people say this to express disapproval and disdain. Similarly, when you hear ‘He is making progress slowly’, it means that people are praising him because he is progressing every now and then. The present continuous tense here is also used to suggest a process.TASK 5Having considered the components of communicative competence, we now move to discuss its implications for teaching and learning in the language classroom. Work in groups of 4. Discuss the implication of each component of communicative competence to language teaching and learning. Write in the space provided below. Then join another group to share your views.Key:(Adapted from Hedge, 2000:56)TASK 6Use the table below and reflect on your own English learning experiences. What skills have you practicsed most? What skills have been neglected? What are your strong and weak skills? When you are ready, go into groups and pool your。
王蔷《英语教学法教程》课后习题详解(外语课堂管理)【圣才出品】
第5章外语课堂管理TASK 1Brainstorm the issues that teacher roles are related to. Think about what a teacher does before the class, during the class and after the class. If possible, define some teacher roles. Then share your ideas in groups of four.Key: Before the class, the teacher is a planner, who plans what to teach, how to teach, and what result to achieve.After the class the teacher is an evaluator, who evaluates not only how successfully he has conducted the class but also how efficient the learning activities have been.During the class, based on the functions the teacher performs in different activities, Harmer defines the teacher’s roles as controller, assessor, organiser, prompter, participant and resource-provider.TASK 2What do you think the teacher does when he/she is a controller, an assessor, an organiser, a prompter, a participant and a resource-provider respectively? When you are ready, work in groups of four and share your ideas.Key: As a controller, the teacher controls the pace so that activities run smoothly and efficiently;As an assessor, the teacher assesses students’performance and give them feedback;As an organiser, the teacher should design and organize meaningful tasks;As a prompter, the teacher should give appropriate prompts.As a participant, the teacher takes part in the activity besides monitoring class.As a resource-provider, the teacher should provide resources for students.TASK 3The following are things that teachers often do in a language classroom. Decide what role the teacher is playing in each activity. Put number 1-6 in the brackets. When you have finished, work in groups and compare your answers.( ) a. The teacher gives students 2 minutes to skim a text, and when time is up, he asks students to stop and answer some questions.( ) b. T: Do you have any hobbies?S: Yes, I like singing and dancing.T: Uhm, and... ?S: I also collect coins.T: Oh, really, how many.., have you already.., collected?( )c.The teacher writes one of five numbers (1-5) on a number of cards (the same number as the students). Each student draws one card. Those who have drawn number 1 will form group 1, and those who have drawn number 2 will form group 2. Thus the students are put into five groups in a random way.( ) d. When a student has made a sentence with borrow, “I borrowed a paper to write a letter”, the teacher says, “Well, we don’t say a pa per, we say a piece of paper.”( ) e. The teacher asks students to take turns to make sentences with a newly learned structure. If someone makes an error, the teacher asks him or her to revise.( ) f. While doing a writing task either individually or in groups, the students need to use a particular word they don’t know. So they ask the teacher.( ) g. The teacher asks a student a question ‘Have you ever bought clothes with problems?’ If the student doesn’t seem to be ready, the teacher says ‘for example, a shirt without...’ and points to the buttons on his own shirt or jacket.( ) h. When the students have in groups decided where to go for an spring outing, the teacher asks each group to tell the others why they have made such a choice.( ) i. When students are doing a group-work task, the teacher joins one or two groups for a short period of time.( ) j. The teacher asks students to produce conversations (either orally or in writing) by using particular patterns or expressions they have just learned.( ) k. The teacher has a word in his mind and asks students to guess by asking only Yes/No questions until they make the correct guess.Key: Numbers 1—6 represent six roles that teachers play.a (1),b (4),c (3),d (2),e (1), f(6), g (4), h (2), i (5), j (1), k (5)TASK 4Brainstorm the advantages and disadvantages of these four types of student grouping. Draw a table like the one below on a piece of paper and note down your ideas. When you are ready, work in groups of four and share your ideas.Key: (The students might come up with other reasonable answers.)According to Harmer (2001:114—118), different interaction patterns have both advantages and disadvantages. They are summarized below.TASK 5The following is a speaking activity. It has a topic and some questions. Think about how you will organize this speaking activity in your class. Write out the steps. Decide whether you are going to use whole class work, pair/group work or individual study. When you finish, compare your steps in pairs.Key: The following steps might apply:1) Whole class work: the teacher goes through the instruction with the students to make sure they know what to do exactly. If possible, give some hint.2) Group work: students work in groups of 4 and discuss what things they should use. Reach an agreement by the end of the discussion.3) Whole class work: group leaders report their discussion result to whole class,justifying their decision if necessary.TASK 6Listed below are some possible characteristics of a disciplined ELT classroom. Do you agree with them? Put a tick or a cross in the appropriate column. Can you add any more? When you finish, go into groups of four and decide on three most important characteristics which are always typical of a disciplined ELT classroom.Key: Most teachers would agree with items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8.Item 1: This does not mean the class is always working together. It means the class is doing what the teacher wants the students to do and learning is taking place according to teachers’ plan.Item 2: The classroom should usually be quiet unless there are discussions or activities. Also, a quiet class means there is a general consensus between students and the teacher.Item 3: Cooperation between the teacher and students is vital in ELT classroom. Otherwise, there will be break-downs in language teaching and learning.。
王蔷《英语教学法教程》课后习题详解(教学评价)【圣才出品】
第15章教学评价TASK 1What is assessment? The following is a list of understanding given by different teachers about assessment. Tick the ones that are closest to your understanding. Then compare and discuss them with a partner.( ) It’s to do with testing.( ) Finding out how good you are at something.( ) I use it to keep a check on my learners, by spelling tests, small quizzes and things like that.( ) It is an on-going process which focuses on the whole life of our school. Finding out if we are being effective.( ) I feel as though it’s a big stick hanging over our heads, teacher evaluation and all that.( ) Finding out strengths and weaknesses of our students and ourselves.( ) I use tests in my classroom. I also use quizzes—as a way of keeping a check on the students’ learning. I also mark their work, sometimes with a grade but usually a comment.( ) It is to do with record-keeping, collecting information about how well the students are doing.( ) I think it has something to do with evaluation?(Adapted from Conner, 1991:2) Key: ( ) It’s to do with testing.( ) Finding out how good you are at something.( ) I use it to keep a check on my learners, by spelling tests, small quizzes and things like that.( ) It is an on-going process which focuses on the whole life of our school. Finding out if we are being effective.( ) I feel as though it’s a big stick hanging over our heads, teacher evaluation and all that.( √) Finding out strengths and weaknesses of our students and ourselves.( ) I use tests in my classroom. I also use quizzes—as a way of keeping a check on the students’ learning. I also mark their work, sometimes with a grade but usually a comment.( √) It is to do with record-keeping, collecting information about how well the students are doing.( ) I think it has something to do with evaluation?TASK 2Read the definitions again and draw your own diagram to demonstrate your own understanding of the three terms and their relationships. Does the diagram you created help you, to some degree, understand the relations among the three terms? Explain to each other how testing is related to assessment and assessmentto evaluation.Key:TASK 3What do you think are the purposes of assessment? The chart below has twelve possible purposes of assessment. Do you agree with them? If yes, choose six items that you think are the most important purposes of assessment. Then add one or two assessment purposes that you think apply to ELT classroom.Key:TASK 4According to what you have understood from the above discussions, complete the following table and then discuss it with a partner.Key:TASK 5Work in pairs and answer the following question: Besides testing, what are the other methods that can be used to gather information about the knowledge and performance of language learners? Please give examples if possible. When you are ready, join another pair and compare your ideas.Key: Teacher’s observations, continuous assessment, students’self-assessment, project work, and portfolios.TASK 6Suppose you have been teaching a Senior 1 class for a year. Now you are given the chance to assess the students’ overall language achievement in whatever methods you like. How would you do it? Write out your steps and reasons for doing so.Key:TASK 7What are the possible advantages and disadvantages of different assessments based on different criteria? Discuss the question in groups of 4 and note down your ideas in the chart below.。
王蔷《英语教学法教程》课后习题详解(教材的评价与使用)【圣才出品】
第18章教材的评价与使用TASK 1What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of using a textbook? Work in groups and make a list in the space provided below. When you are ready, share your opinions with the class.AdvantagesDisadvantagesKey:·The arguments for using a textbook are:·a textbook is a framework which regulates and times the programs;·in the eyes of learners, no textbook means no purpose;·without a textbook, learners think their learning is not taken seriously;·in many situations, a textbook can serve as a syllabus;·a textbook provides ready-made teaching texts and learning tasks;·a textbook is a cheap way of providing learning materials;·a learner without a textbook is out of focus and teacher-dependent, and perhaps most important of all;·for novice teachers a textbook means security, guidance, and support.·The counter-arguments are:·if every group of students has different needs, no one textbook can be aresponse to all differing needs;·topics in a textbook may not be relevant for and interesting to all;·a textbook is confining, i.e., it inhibits teachers’ creativity;·a textbook of necessity sets prearranged sequence and structure that may not be realistic and situation-friendly;·textbooks have their own rationale, and as such they cannot by their nature cater for a variety of levels, every type of learning styles, and every category of learning strategies that often exist in the class, and most important of all, perhaps;·teachers may find themselves as mediators with no free hand and slave, in fact, to others’ judgments about what is good and what is not.(Based on Ur, 1996:184 - 185)TASK 2Think about your English learning experience and make a list of the materials you used. Try to be as specific as possible. Then based on the list, answer these questions: Did you particularly like or dislike any of them? Why? Were the titles on your list widely used then? Are they still being used now? When you are ready, go into groups and pool your lists.Key: Project English, Go For It and so on. They are good textbooks, attracting the students’ curiosity, interest and attention. They are widely used and stillbeing used now.TASK 3Work in groups. Take a textbook that you can find or you are familiar with. Do an on-the-page evaluation, following the procedures of external and internal evaluation introduced above and then decide on the suitability of the textbook for the intended learners. Write an evaluation report about the book. When writing up your evaluation, don’t forget to take into account the features of a good textbook presented above. When you are ready, give a presentation to the whole class.Key: On-the-page evaluation is carried out independent of its users or before it gets into the classroom; there can be two steps.External evaluation involves looking at the claims made by the authors; the intended audience; the proficient level; the context in which the materials are to be used; and how the language has been presented and organized into teachable units/lessons. Then we look through the table of contents and other details in the textbook to see if they reflect what the authors claim. The internal evaluation intends to investigate the suitability.TASK 4Choose a textbook which is used in primary or secondary schools or perhapscolleges in the place where you are studying. Apply Grant’s questionnaires and make detailed evaluation of the textbook. Discuss the two different ways you have experienced in evaluating textbooks and compare the advantages and disadvantages.Key: Grant designed a three-part questionnaire to help teachers examine to what extent a textbook suits the students, the teacher and the syllabus and examination.TASK 5Work in groups of 4 and think of possible reasons for adapting a textbook. Also think about ways of adapting them. After you finish, join the class to make a list.Key: As teachers, we do need good reasons for making adaptations. McDonough and Shaw (2003:77) give the following list of reasons for adaptations.· Not enough grammar coverage in general;· Not enough practice of grammar points that are of particular difficulty to the learners;· The communicative focus means that grammar is presented unsystematically;· Reading passages contain too much unknown vocabulary;·Comprehension questions are too easy, because the answers can be listed directly from the text with no real understanding;· Listening passages are inauthentic, because they sound too much like written material being read out;· Not enough guidance on pronunciation;· Subject matter inappropriate for learners of this age and intellectual level;· Photographs and other illustrative materials not culturally acceptable;· No guidance for teachers on handling group work and role play activities with a large class;· Dialogues too formal and not representative of everyday speech;· Audio materials difficult to use because of problems to do with room size and technical equipment;· Too much or too little variety in the activities;· Vocabulary list and a key to the exercises would be helpful;· Accompanying tests needed.TASK 6Choose a textbook that you are familiar with. Imagine you are going to use the book with a class of students in your locality. Describe your teaching context and your students in order to justify for the adaptations of a unit in the textbook. Makenecessary adaptations and share it with others in the class.Key: A point worth remembering is that adaptation of materials does not necessarily imply that the textbook is defective. Adaptation is needed simply to make the materials more tailored to the needs of the learners or the particular teaching context.。
王蔷《英语教学法教程》笔记和课后习题（含考研真题）详解-第1~3章【圣才出品】
王蔷《英语教学法教程》笔记和课后习题（含考研真题）详解-第1~3章【圣才出品】第1章语⾔和语⾔学习1.1 复习笔记本章要点：1. The way we learn languages我们习得语⾔的⽅式2. Views on language语⾔观点3. The structural view of language结构主义语⾔理论4. The functional view of language功能主义语⾔理论5. The interactional view of language交互语⾔理论6. Common views on language learning关于语⾔学习的普遍观点7. Process-oriented theories and condition-oriented theories 强调过程的语⾔学习理论和强调条件的语⾔学习理论8. The behaviorist theory⾏为主义学习理论9. Cognitive theory认知学习理论10. Constructivist theory建构主义学习理论11. Socio-constructivist theory社会建构主义理论12. Qualities of a good language teacher⼀个好的语⾔⽼师必备的素养13. Teacher’s professional development教师专业技能发展本章考点：我们如何习得语⾔；结构主义语⾔理论；功能主义语⾔理论；交互语⾔理论；关于语⾔学习的普遍观点；强调过程的语⾔学习理论和强调条件的语⾔学习理论；⾏为主义学习理论；认知学习理论；建构主义学习理论；社会建构主义理论；成为⼀个好的语⾔⽼师所要具备的基本素质；教师专业技能发展图。
本章内容索引：Ⅰ. The way we learn languagesⅡ. Views on language1. The structural view of language2. The functional view of language3. The interactional view of languageⅢ. Views on language learning and learning in general1. Research on language learning2. Common views on language learning and learning in general（1）Behaviorist theory（2）Cognitive theory（3）Constructivist theory（4）Socio-constructivist theoryⅣ. Qualities of a good language teacherⅤ. Development of a good language teacherⅥ. An overview of the bookThis chapter serves as an introduction for setting the scene for this methodology course. It discusses issues concerning views on language and language learning or learning in general with the belief that such views will affect teachers’ ways of teaching and thus learners’ ways of learning. The qualities of a good language teacher are also discussed in order to raise the participants’ awareness of what is required for a good English teacher.这⼀章主要是介绍教学法的⽅法论，其中讨论的问题涉及语⾔和语⾔学习的观点，或者⼀般学习及这些观点对教师教学⽅式和学习者学习⽅式的影响，本章也讨论了⼀个好的英语教师应具备的素质，以提⾼语⾔教学参与者对优秀英语教师相关要求的意识。
王蔷《英语教学法教程》笔记和课后习题（含考研真题）详解-第11~13章【圣才出品】
王蔷《英语教学法教程》笔记和课后习题（含考研真题）详解-第11~13章【圣才出品】第11章阅读教学11.1 复习笔记本章要点：1. Reading aloud and silent reading朗读和默读2. Features of effective readers有效率的读者的特征3. Strategies involved in reading comprehension 阅读理解策略4. Two broad levels in reading两种阅读⽔平5. The role of vocabulary in reading词汇在阅读中的作⽤6. Sight vocabulary视觉词汇7. Three models of teaching reading三种阅读教学模式8. Three stages involved in T eaching Reading阅读教学的三个阶段9. Pre-reading activities读前活动10. While-reading activities读中活动11. Purposes of transition device转换⼿法的⽬的12. The classification of Reading comprehension questions阅读理解题的分类13. Types of post-reading activities读后活动类型本章考点：朗读和默读；有效率的读者的特征；阅读理解策略；两种阅读⽔平；词汇在阅读中的作⽤；视觉词汇；三种阅读教学模式；阅读教学的三个阶段；读前活动；读中活动；转换⼿法的⽬的；阅读理解题的分类；读后活动类型。
本章内容索引：Ⅰ. Reflecting on your own reading experiencesⅡ. The way of reading1. Reading aloud and silent reading2. Features of effective readersⅢ. The content of readingⅣ. Strategies involved in reading comprehension1. Definition of reading2. Two broad levels in readingⅤ. The role of vocabulary in reading1. The importance of vocabulary2. Sight vocabularyⅥ. Principles and models for teaching reading1. Three models of teaching reading2. Three stages involved in teaching reading Ⅶ. Pre-reading activities1. Definition of pre-reading activities2. Predicting3. Setting the scene4. Skimming5. Scanning6. Summary on pre-reading activitiesⅧ. Whi le-reading activities1. Information transfer2. Purposes of transition device3. Reading comprehension questions4. Understanding references5. Making inferences6. Summary on while-reading activitiesⅨ. Post-reading activities1. Objectives2. Requirements3. Types of post-reading activitiesⅩ. ConclusionⅠ. Reflecting on your own reading experiences （反思⾃⼰的阅读经验）All of us began reading in our first language at a very early age and we all have experiences of being influenced by certain authors or particular books.我们在很⼩的时候开始⽤母语阅读了，我们都受到某些作者或书籍的影响。
王蔷《英语教学法教程》配套题库【课后练习】(语音教学)【圣才出品】
第6章语音教学TASK 1Below are some statements about the views and methods of teaching English pronunciation. Read the statements carefully and decide if you agree or disagree with them. Try to give reasons for your decisions. When you are ready, go into groups of 4 and pool your ideas.Key: Students’ responses will vary. Ask students to justify their decisions.TASK 2Work in groups and brain any reasons why most learners of English as a foreign language cannot acquire native-like English pronunciation. When you are ready, join another group and compare your ideas.Key: First, many learners of English have missed their Critical Period to acquire native-like pronunciation. Second, most learners of English do not have enough exposure. Third, different students have different phonetic abilities due to biological and physiological differences.TASK 3Work in groups and brainstorm the most common problems that Chinese students experience with English pronunciation. Then discuss the possible causes for these problems and possible solutions.Key: One common problem in English learning is neglecting stress and intonation. When teaching pronunciation, we need to put the word in a sentence not just repeat it alone.TASK 4Imagine that you want to focus on a sound which your students are havingdifficulty with. Which of the following steps are necessary? In what order would you teach and practise the sound? On the line tick (√) the steps that you think are necessary. In the brackets, write the order numbers.( ) _____ Get students to repeat the sound in chorus.( ) _____ Explain how to make the sound.( ) _____ Contrast it with other sounds.( ) _____ Write words on the blackboard.( ) _____ Get individual students to repeat the sound.( ) _____ Say the sound in a word.( ) _____ Say the sound alone.( ) _____ Say the sound in meaningful context.Key: (2) √Get students to repeat the sound in chorus.(4) √Explain how to make the sound.(6) √Contrast it with other sounds.(8) ______ Write words on the blackboard.(3) √Get individual students to repeat the sound.(5) √Say the sound in a word.(1) √Say the sound alone.(7) √Say the sound in meaningful context.TASK 5Choose a problematic English sound and design a perception practice activity.When you are ready, go into groups of 5 and try out your activity in turns. Notice how effective your activity proves to be.Key: The teacher reads a series of words which have only one different sound. The students complete the words they hear. Here is an example. The teacher reads gate, late, mate, fate, date, hate, rate, and Kate and the students complete the following:_ate_ate_ate_at_ate_ate_ate_ateTASK 6The following is a word stress exercise taken from Senior English, (2004) Module 4. What would you do to help students practice them?1. Advert/advertisement2. popular/popularity3. celebrate/celebrity4. music/musician5. photograph/photographer6. organize/organization7. publish/publicity8. evacuate/evacuationKey: For this word stress exercise, you may first have students mark out thestress of each word and check in pairs. Then give them a chance to say the words out loud for the whole class to check together. Finally, you will play the recorder for students to listen and repeat after the recorder.TASK 7Look at the following sentences. Their meanings change if the stress is put on a different word. Read each sentence and discuss their meanings.Key:TASK 8Three ways to show the stress pattern Use gestures; Use the voice; Use the blackboard.Work in groups and demonstrate how you can apply the methods introduced above to show the stress pattern of the following words, phrases and sentences.Key: attractive; He was late again. When pronouncing these words and phrases, we can combine gestures and facial expressions, adjust our tone and voice or draw out the pattern of stress.TASK 9Work in groups. Demonstrate how you can indicate the normal intonation in the following sentences. Then change the intonation and see how the meaning can be changed.Key: Free answer. (When it is necessary to mark intonation, we often use rising or falling arrows, such as ↗and ↘. Another way to mark the change of intonation is to draw lines.)。
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第9章听力教学TASK 1In your English learning experience, did you find listening more difficult? What are the main difficulties you have encountered? Can you think of any reasons why listening is a difficult skill to develop? Work in groups and pool your ideas.Key: The main difficulties may be quickly forgetting what is heard and unable to recognise words they know. The main reason why listening is so difficult to develop is that listening is often neglected in language teaching due to lack of teaching materials, both with print materials and audio or video tapes, lack of equipment in some schools; and lack of real-life situations where language learners need to understand spoken English.TASK 2How many situations can you think of where you listen to other people in our native language? Work with a partner and think about all the different situations where you need to listen in a routine day.Key: The following list is adapted from Ur, 1996: 105.TASK 3Below is a list of situations where Chinese people may need to listen to English. Choose eight situations that you think are the most frequent. When you are ready, go into groups of 4 and pool what you have chosen.Key:□telephone conversations about business√radio news in English√lessons or lectures given in English√conversations with foreigners□instructions in English√watching television in English√watching movies in English□shop assistants who sell goods to foreigners□deal with tourists□interviews with foreign-enterprises√international trade fairs□socialise with foreigners√negotiations with foreign businesses√Listening to English songs□hotel and restaurant servicesTASK 4Look back at the list of listening situations in Tasks 3. Judge the situations according to the following criteria:·Formal or informal?·Rehearsed or non-rehearsed?·Can the listener interact with the speaker or not?Key:√radio news in English (formal, rehearsed, the listener cannot interact with the speaker)√lessons or lectures given in English (formal, non-rehearsed, the listener can interact with the speaker)√conversations with foreigners (informal, non-rehearsed, the listener can interact with the speaker)√watching television in English (formal or informal, rehearsed or non-rehearsed, the listener cannot interact with the speaker)√watching movies in English (informal, rehearsed, the listener cannot interact with the speaker)√international trade fairs (formal, non-rehearsed, the listener can interact with the speaker)√negotiations with foreign businesses(formal, non-rehearsed, the listener can interact with the speaker)√Listening to English songs (informal, rehearsed, the listener cannot interact with the speaker)TASK 5Suppose you are teaching a low intermediate class of middle school students. You want to give them some listening practice. The following listening materials are available. Which texts would you choose? In what order? Give your reasons.Key: Answers will vary. Since the tasks associated with these listening texts havenot been specified, we can only consider 2 of the 3 categories that Anderson and Lynch mention; the type of language and the context that the listening occurs in. Some of the factors to consider are:1. If other factors are constant, a live speaker is easier to understand than listening to a tape for two reasons: the sound quality of a live speaker is always better no matter how good the recording equipment is; and students have the opportunity to ask a live speaker questions if they don’t understand.2. A videotape is usually easier to follow than an audiotape since there is visual aid; for example, students can see the facial expressions and gestures of the speaker.3. Familiarity of topic: if the topic is familiar to listeners, it will be easier to understand.4. A lack of context makes the task more difficult, therefore, the live talk by a Chinese psychologist would be easier to understand because it would be easier for the students to predict the content of the talk.Perhaps the students can think of more factors. Grading tasks is a very complex decision because there are so many factors involved and it is very difficult to decide which factors are more important in determining the difficulty level of any given listening text and accompanying task.One possible ordering of these four texts in order of difficulty would be:1. A live talk by a competent English-speaking Chinese psychologist about effective study habits (a live speaker is almost always easier to understand due tothe reasons mentioned above);2. A videotape of a talk by a native speaker about the school life of middle school students in the United States (video tape is almost always easier to follow than audiotapes because of the visual aid; the topic should also be fairly familiar to the students because school life of American students isn’t too different from their own school lives);3. An audiotape of an interview with a native English speaker talking about her experiences living in China (topic should be fairly familiar to them because they are familiar with living in China, although hearing about it from a foreigner’s point of view will be different; disadvantage is because this is on audiotape only);4. An audiotape of the news from CRI (China Radio International--91.5 FM) (probably the most difficult to understand because it is on audiotape, and the topic is out of context as it probably isn’t current news).Another factor to consider is the accent of the speaker. How important is it to expose your students to English spoken by native speakers? It is important to be able to understand English spoken by both natives and non-native speakers, of course, but perhaps with beginning students it is more desirable to expose them to as much native English as possible to help them develop good pronunciation habits.TASK 6Look at the two listening activities below and discuss their differences. Which。