自考外语教学法第二章练习(含答案)

《外语教学法》第二章练习

I. Multiple choices.

1. One of the disadvantages in the Grammar-Translation Method is that the texts are taken from _____, the language of which doesn't often meet the practical needs of the learners.

A. literary works

B. newspapers

C. tales

D. critical reviews

2. The theory of language underlying the Grammar-Translation Method was derived from _____ Linguistics.

A. Applied

B. Comparative Historical

C. Traditional

D. Structural

3. Which of the following is NOT emphasized by traditional linguists?

A. Correctness.

B. The purity of a language.

C. Literary excellence.

D. Communication.

4. _______ the first language is used in the teaching of the second language in the Grammar-Translation Method.

A. A lot of

B. A little of

C. Little of

D. Not any

5. The ultimate goal of learning a foreign language in a Grammar-Translation classroom is to enable the students to ______ its literature.

A. translate and write

B. read

C. read and write

D. read and translate

6. Some linguists thought that all languages ______ and were ruled by a common grammar.

A. originated from one language

B. started as the same language

C. came from many different languages

D. borrowed words from one another

7. It is believed that grammar analysis and translation began to be the basic procedures in foreign

language teaching from _______.

A. about 2,500 years ago

B. almost 1,000 years ago

C. the 16th century

D. the beginning of the 20th century

8. In the Grammar-Translation Method, grammar analysis and translation proved to be _______ in studying foreign culture through literary works.

A. ineffective means

B. unaffective means

C. affective means

D. effective means

9. Which of the following types of questions is NOT included in the Grammar-Translation

Method?

A. Questions whose answers are learner's subjective judgements.

B. Questions whose answers are based on objective information in the text.

C. Questions whose answers are learner's inferences based on the text.

D. Questions whose answers are related to learners' own experience

10. Before the 16th century, Latin was taught and learned for____________.

A. reading literature in Latin

B. spoken and written communication

C. mastering grammar

D. learning fine arts

11. Overemphasis on translation will usually make the learner________the first language in the learning of the second language.

A. independent of

B. dependent of

C. independent from

D. dependent on

12. In the Grammar-Translation Method, understanding and memorization of_____________were regarded as important means of developing mentality.

A. difficult vocabulary

B. translation passages

C. complicated grammatical rules

D. written exercises

13. Traditional linguists believe that the written form of language is to the spoken form.

A. senior

B. junior

C. inferior

D. superior

14. Which of the following techniques is NOT used in the Grammar-Translation Method?________

A．Reading B．Translation C．Written work D．Oral presentation

15. According to the Grammar-Translation Method, Latin grammar was considered to be the ______ grammar.

A．best and oldest B．most logical and well-organized

C．most widely learned D．most popular

16. With development of modern languages, Latin became a(n) ________ language.

A. scientific

B. living

C. dead

D. artistic

17. Some linguists believed that ________ languages originated from one language and were ruled by a common grammar.