王蔷《英语教学法教程》总复习资料.docx

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Unit1LanguageandLearning

1.Whatarethemajorviewsoflanguage?

Whataretheirimplicationstolanguageteachingorlearning?

StructuralView:

Itseeslanguageasalinguisticsystemmadeupofvarioussubsystem:

fromphonological,morphological,lexical,etc.tosentence.Eachlanguagehasafinitenumberofsuchstructuralitems.

Tolearnalanguagemeanstolearnthesestructuralitemssoastobeabletounderstandandproducelanguage.

Audiolingualapproach:

Theteachingofasecondlanguagethroughimitation,repetition,andreinforcement.Itemphasizestheteachingofspeakingandlisteningbeforereadingandwritingandtheuseofmothertongueintheclassroomisnotallowed.Theprincipalfeaturesofaudiolingualismareanemphasisonstructuresinthelanguagewhichcanbelearnedasregularpatternsofverbalbehaviorandthebeliefthatlearningisaprocessofhabitformation.

FunctionalView:

Itseeslanguageasalinguisticsystembutalsoasameansfordoingthings.Mostofourday-to-daylanguageuseinvolvesfunctionalactivities:

offering,suggesting,advising,apologizing,etc.Therefore,learnerslearnalanguageinordertodothingswithit.Toperformfunctions,learnersneedtoknowhowtocombinethegrammaticalrules andthevocabularytoexpressnotionsthatperformthefunctions.Communicativeapproachesarebasedonthisviewoflanguage.

InteractionalView:

Itconsiderslanguageasacommunicativetool,whosemainuseistobuildupandmaintainsocialrelationsbetweenpeople.Therefore,learnersnotonlyneedtoknowthegrammarandvocabularyofthelanguage,butalsoneedtoknowtherulesforusingtheminawholerangeofcommunicativecontext.

Someofthelanguagelearningapproachesandmethodsbasedonthisviewoflanguageare:

Strategicinteraction;communicativeapproaches.

2.WhatarethemajorViewsonlanguagelearning?

Whataretheirimplicationstolanguageteaching?

Behaviouralisttheory

Basedonthetheoryofconditioning,Skinnersuggestedlanguageisalsoaformofbehaviour.Itcanbelearnedthesamewayasananimalistrainedtorespondtostimuli.Thistheoryoflanguagelearningisreferredtoasbehaviouralism,whichwasadoptedforsometimebythelanguageteachingprofession,particularlyinAmerica.

Oneinfluentialresultistheaudio-lingualmethod,whichinvolvesendless“listenandrepeat”drillingactivities.Theideaofthis methodisthatlanguageislearnedbyconstantrepetitionandthereinforcementoftheteacher.Mistakeswere

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immediatelycorrected,andcorrectutteranceswereimmediatelypraised.Thismethodisstillusedinmanypartsoftheworldtoday.

Cognitivetheory

ItseemstobelargelytheresultofNoamChomsky‟sreactiontoSkinner‟sbehaviouraltheory,whichledtotherevivalofstructurallinguistics.

ThekeypointofChomsky‟stheoryisreflectedinhismostfamousquestion:

iflanguageisalearnedbehaviour,howcanachildproduceasentencethathasneverbeensaidbyothersbefore.

Oneinfluentialideaisthatstudentsshouldbeallowedtocreatetheirownsentencesbasedontheirunderstandingofcertainrules.ThisideaisclearlyinoppositiontotheAudio-LingualMethod.

Accordingtothecognitivetheory,learningisaprocessinwhichthelearneractivelytriestomakesenseofdata.Thebasictechniqueassociatedwithacognitivetheoryoflanguagelearningistheproblem-solvingtask.

Constructivisttheory:

Learningisacomplexcognitiveprocessinwhichthelearnerconstructsmeaningbasedonhisorherownexperiencesandwhathe/shealreadyknows.

Implicationsforclassroomteaching

Teachingshouldbebuiltbasedonwhatlearnersalreadyknowandengagelearnersinlearningactivities.

Itisbelievedthateducationisusedtodevelopthemind,notjusttorotateorrecallwhatislearned.

Teachersneedtodesignactivitiestointeractwithlearnerstofosterinventive,creative,criticallearners.

Teachersmustbalanceanunderstandingofthehabits,characteristicsaswellaspersonalitiesofindividuallearnerswithanunderstandingofthemeansofarousinglearners‟interestandcuriosityforlearning.

Socio-constructivisttheory:

Itemphasizesinteractionandengagementwiththetargetlanguageinasocialcontextbasedontheconceptof‘ZoneofProximalDevelopment’（ZPD）andscaffolding.

Learningisbestachievedthroughthedynamicinteractionbetweentheteacher

andthelearnerandbetweenlearners.Withtheteacher‟sscaffoldingthroughquestionsandexplanations,orwithamorecapablepeers‟support,thelearnercanmovetoahigherlevelofunderstandingandextendhis/herskillsandknowledgetothefullestpotential.

Unit2CommunicativePrinciplesandActivities

1.ThegoalofCLTistodevelopstudents‟communicativecompetence.

2.Whatiscommunicativecompentence?

Trytolistsomeofitscomponentsand