2012年教育硕士.学科教学（英语）报考有关事项

浙  江  大  学

教育硕士专业学位入学考试

专业基础课样题

考试科目名称    语言学与语言教学                            

注意：答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷或草稿纸上均无效。

Part I.  Cloze Test (15%)

Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word that is correct in grammar, logic and usage.

The most fundamental change in the area of L2 learning in recent years has been a  1  from concern with the teacher, the textbook and the  method    2   an interest in the learner and the acquisition process. For example, one radical feature of most communicative approaches is the toleration of ‘errors’  3  by learners. Traditionally, ‘errors’ were  4  negatively and had to be eradicated. The more recent acceptance of such  5  in learners’ language is based on a fundamental shift in perspective from the more traditional view of how  6  languages are acquired. An error is not    7    which hinders a student’s progress, but is probably a clue to the active learning progress being   8  by a student as he or she tries out  9  of communicating in the new language. Just as children acquiring their L1  10  certain ungrammatical forms in the acquisition  11   , so we might expect the L2 learner to produce overgeneralizations   12  certain stages. The example of womens might be seen as a  13  of creative construction, used by the learner in accordance 14  the most general way of making  15  forms in English.

Part II. Define the Following Terms (25%)

1.       transfer

2.       competence

3.       acronyms

4.       rote learning

5.       motivation

Part III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Use “T” for true and “F” for false. (20%)

1.     The grammar-translation method is the first systematic approach used in teaching a second or foreign language.

2.     Generative linguistics believes that language can be dismantled into small pieces or units and that

   these units can be described scientifically.

3. Second language learning is not a set of easy steps that can be programmed into a quick

  do-it-yourself kit.

4.     Much vocabulary is taught in the form of lists of isolated words. This is one of the major characteristics of Grammar-translation Method.

5.     Ivan Pavlov is the best-known classical behaviourist in the United States of America who did a series of experiments at the turn of the 20^th century.

6.     Self-esteem is a personal judgement of worthiness that is expressed in the attitudes that the individual holds towards himself.

7.     According to Stephen Krashen, input means intake.

8.     Language teachers who cannot verbalize why they do what they do can still be good teachers.

9.     So far as language teaching is concerned, the applied linguist is a consumer, not a producer of theories.

10.  A placement test is one that is used to diagnose a particular aspect of a particular language.

Part IV.  Choose TWO of the three questions and give your answers to them in NO MORE than 300 words for each question. (40%)

1.     How do you comment on the Grammar-Translation Method?

2.     What do you think is the possible relationship between language theories and language teaching?

3.     How do you interpret structural ambiguity as in the sentence “Annie hit a man with an umbrella”?