题目内容
_______ (自然地), as a beginner, I’m not a very good driver yet.
Naturally
Egypt: Bridging the Gap between School English and Real English
Teaching English in Egypt in general and in my town Damietta in particular, is mainly directed towards helping students to pass their final exams. Unfortunately, most teachers do not adopt a long -term approach that guarantees that their students will be able to use English outside the classroom. So students only concentrate on one skill which is writing. Thus their listening and speaking skills are disabled. What is important to them is to pass the exam which is primarily based on writing .Teachers are not only concentrated with providing their students with questions that are similar to those of the final exam, particularly General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC) Examination, so students spend most of their time answering typical exam questions.
Most students' scores are high; a lot of students get full marks. However, few students are able to communicate in English because their role plays. As a result, a lot of students complain that they are unable to understand and talk fluently with native speakers of English.
To enable students to communicate freely and spontaneously(自然地) in English, I bring features of real communication into language practice, I always ask students about their own experiences, and suggest groups of students practice what they have learned outside the classroom. This helps lower-achieving students absorb language. Furthermore, role play is a very effective way to improve speaking skills particularly if it is connected to the experience of the students.
【小题1】Who probably write this passage?
A.a teacher | B.a governor | C.a student | D.a reporter |
A.listening skill | B.speaking skill | C.reading skill | D.writing skill |
A.what they learn in the class |
B.What their parents expect |
C.The questions that are similar to those of GSEC |
D.The ability that will be used outside the classroom |
A.Most of the students can't get high marks but can communicate with the native speakers of English. |
B. Communicating skill is more important than writing skill. |
C.Role play connected to the speaker's experience is more effective in improving his skill. |
D.The lower--achieving students can do better in speaking skill than the upper achieving students. |
A.Their parents | B.The students | C.The school | D.The education sys tem |
One is not born able to speak a language. One is born able to make a noise. I have heard babies cry in America and in China. I can’t tell any difference. But when I hear someone from America speak English and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences.
I believe a common(普遍的) problem with Chinese students’ learning English is that they were not taught to think in English. They have an idea spoken in English and want to translate the idea into Chinese, then they think in Chinese of the proper reply and translate it into English. After a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally. You will learn faster if you begin to think in English at the very beginning of your study. Many students ask me: What can I do to improve my spoken English?
My reply is: The more English you speak, the better English you will speak. There are many things you can do to improve your spoken English. Of course, the best way is to live where English is spoken as a language of the country.
【小题1】The cries of American and Chinese babies are _______.
A.different | B.the same |
C.not like each other | D.like each other |
A.some teachers didn’t teach students to think in English |
B.teachers never gave the students the way of learning English |
C.students didn’t remember the way teachers taught them |
D.teachers didn’t want their students to think in English |
A.Chinese students | B.English students |
C.Chinese teachers | D.English teachers |
A.You must think in English all the time. |
B.You should always translate English into Chinese. |
C.After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English naturally(自然地). |
D.The best way of learning English is to live in America. |