29. The Direct Method got its name from the assumption that ______ are to be connected directly with the target language, without going through the process of translating into the students' native language.
30. The input hypothesis claims that the best way to teach ______ is to focus on listening.
31. Ways of integrating language skills in a Communicative Approach classroom are listening and ______, oral presentation, project work, role-play and simulation, etc.
32. English 900 is a typical example of textbooks which provide materials for teaching and learning adopting the ______ Method.
33. It is believed in the Oral Approach that through repetitive drilling students can acquire oral ______ of the target language.
34. The Oral Approach aims at ______ practice of situations and automatic use in speech, reading and writing on the part of learners.
35. Chomsky rejected the behaviorist model of language acquisition on the basis of his model of competence and ______.
36. Both the generative transformational and cognitive theories have recognized a ______ as an orderly system of rules which a learner can consciously acquire by study methods.
37. Since the end of World War II, teachers have found themselves under considerable pressure to abandon the long-standing ______ model, though it had been in general use in second language teaching since the late 18th century.
38. People in communication must recognize the social setting, their relationship to the others, and the types of language that can be used for a particular ______.
39. The linguist's task, according to the ______, was to describe human languages and to identify the structural characteristics of those languages.
40. The learning of a foreign language was viewed by the Direct Methodologists as analogous to the language ______, and the learning processes involved were often interpreted in terms of an associationist psychology.
III. Matching: (10%)
Directions: This section consists of two groups of pairs listed in two columns, A and B. You are to match the one marked ①, ②, ③, ④, or ⑤ in Column A with the one marked a, b, c, d, or e in Column B. One point is given to each pair you match correctly.
IV. Questions for Brief Answers: (30%)
Directions: This section has six questions. You are to answer them briefly. Five points are given to each question.
43. What is the learning theory of the Direct Method according to Comenius?
44. What are the two objectives Harold Palmer tried to work out during his teaching of English in Japan?
45. What are the three main teaching activities in a Grammar-Translation Method classroom?
46. According to the Natural Approach, what can the learner decide to do in terms of the actual use of the target language?
47. The general purpose of the Communicative Approach is to develop the students' communicative competence, which includes four aspects of knowledge. What are they?
48. There are two major phases in a Suggestopaedia classroom. What are they? And what is the purpose of the second major phase?
V. Questions for Long Answers: (20%)
Directions: The two questions in this section are to be answered on the basis of your own teaching experience as well as the theoretical knowledge you've learned. Ten points are given to each question.
49. What is the fundamental task of Foreign Language Teaching Methodology?
50. What is the attitude of the Cognitive Approach towards mistakes in the language learning process?
