题目内容
E-mail has been widely used since its invention for its convenience, efficiency, and high speed. However, it is wise to remember how easily this wonderful technology can be misused, sometimes unintentionally, but can result in serious consequences.
Now let’s look at the case of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel , he decided to send his wife a quick E-mail. Unable to find the note with his wife’s E-mail address, he did his best to type from his memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter and his E-mail was directed to an elderly lady whose husband had passed away (去世) only the day before. When the sad widow checked her E-mail, she took one look at the screen, let out a sharp cry, and fell to the floor in a dead faint (昏迷 ). At the sound , her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:
MY DEAREST WIFE： JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW.
P.S. SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE
1.Where do you think this text comes from?
A. It comes from a science report.
B. It comes from a computer screen.
C. It comes from a fiction.
D. It comes from a magazine.
2.What was the weather like in Florida when the story happened?
A. It was snowy.
B. It was neither too hot nor too cold.
C. It was rainy.
D. It was hot.
3.The underlined word “widow” probably means _________.
A. a woman who has no children
B. a woman who has just been married again
C. a woman whose husband died and she has not remarried
D. a woman whose husband is not at home
4.The old lady was in a dead faint because________.
A. she was too excited to hear from her husband
B. she was very ill
C. she thought the E-mail was from her dead husband
D. she was frightened to receive an E-mail from a stranger
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How Technology Can Help Language Learning
Intelligence, according to Howard Gardner, is of eight types—verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. This is the first in a series of posts that explore and understand how each of the above forms of intelligence is affected by technology-mediated education.
Verbal-linguistic Intelligence involves sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish goals. Such intelligence is developed by three specific activities: reading, writing and interpersonal communication—both written and oral. The traditional tools that have been used to efficiently develop verbal/linguistic intelligence—textbook, pencil, and paper—are giving way to technology in many schools. E-books, Internet lesson plans, online assignments and word processing software, or a subset of the above, are now common in schools. Technology allows addition of multisensory (多种感觉的) elements that provide meaningful contexts to help comprehension, thus expanding the learning ground of language and linguistics.
Research into the effect of technology on the development of the language and literacy skills vis-à-vis reading activities of children has offered evidence for favorable effects of digital-form books. A study shows that digital reading materials have become common in developing countries in early childhood classrooms to support engagement in storybooks while enhancing the emergent literacy (早期读写能力) among children. E-books are also being increasingly used to teach reading among beginners and children with reading difficulties.
Technology can be used to improve reading ability in many ways. It can enhance (加强) and sustain the interest levels for children by allowing immediate feedback on performance and providing added practice when necessary. Recent research shows that students are able to improve their sight word vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension through computer-based reading.
Technology can also help in improvement of writing skills. Word processing software promotes not only composition but also editing and revising in ways that streamline the task of writing. Desktop publishing and web-based publishing allow the work to be taken beyond the classroom into a virtual world that allows more constructive interactions.
Technology enhanced oral communication is indeed useful in that it allows students from remote locations, or from all over the world to communicate orally through video and audio conferencing tools. For example, students of languages in Australian universities overcome the problem of insufficient contact with native language speakers by using online audio and video tools that allow the development of aural, vocal and visual-cognition skills that are important in verbal and linguistic education. Oral group discussions in the form of video conferencing can help non-native speakers of a language with natural language negotiation and cultural intonations in ways that have not been possible due to geographic isolation.
Computer definitely aided language learning and computer mediated communication enhance teaching and learning experiences in the areas of linguistics and language intelligence. Although there have not been comprehensive studies on the use of technologies to aid K-12 English-language learners, there have been many individual computer programs and other technologies that accelerate the acquisition of phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and reading-comprehension skills and other language building blocks.
Title: How Technology Can Help Language Learning
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Brief introduction to Verbal-linguistic Intelligence | ●Howard Gardner thinks that intelligence is of eight types, 1.________ from verbal-linguistic to naturalistic intelligence. ●Verbal-linguistic Intelligence, 2.________ of three aspects, is developed by three specific activities. ●Technology is 3._______ traditional tools used to develop verbal/linguistic intelligence efficiently. ●The learning ground of language and linguistics has been 4._______ by adding multisensory elements to language learning. |
Effects on language and literacy skills | Digital reading materials have been used to help children in developing countries get 5.________ in storybooks, enhancing the emergent literacy among them. |
Effects on reading ability | Technology can enhance and sustain children’s interest levels by providing immediate feedback and extra practice. |
Effects on writing skills | Technology allows our work to be taken in a virtual world with more constructive6.________. |
Effects on oral communication | Technology allows students to communicate orally through video and audio conferencing tools7.________ geographic isolation. |
Conclusion | ●There is no8.________ that technology enhances teaching and learning experiences concerning linguistics and language intelligence. ●Although there is a 9._______ of comprehensive studies on the use of technologies to aid K-12 English-language learners, there have been other technologies that10.________ the acquisition of language building blocks. |