英语学习理论复习题.doc

英语学习理论复习题 1. It is necessary to choose between formed-based and meaning-based instruction. Do you agree with the views ? State your idea. I don’t think it is necessary to choose between the two instructions. Form-based instruction refers to the instruction which draws attention to the forms and structures of the language within the context of communicative interaction. This may be done by giving metalinguistic information, simply highlighting the form in question or by providing corrective feedback. While meaning-based instruction is mainly used in communicative language teaching. This approach to teaching emphasizes the communication of meaning over the practice and manipulation of grammatical forms, because successful language learning involves not only a knowledge of the structures and forms of a language, but also the functions and purposes that a language serves in different communicative settings. In my opinion, there is no definitely separation between the two instructions, so we can’t generally definite which of the instructions is superior to the other. As we all know, when teaching a second language, we often combine different approaches together to make our lessons more affectively, as language learning is affected by many factors，. That means there is more than one method that can be used to achieve a better understanding of a second language to be taught. We teachers can’t decide a certain way according our own preference to direct our students. In fact, in my daily teaching, I usually choose different methods to deal with different items to be taught. For instance, when I deal with language points, I usually use the form-based instruction to introduce the grammar items to my students. I even use necessary Chinese to analyze the language points for them if the items are difficult for my students to understand well. But when I help my students to practise their speaking, I seldom give them form-based instructions. Instead, I ignore their tiny mistakes