1、2013-2014 Second Term Test Paper for “Language Learning Strategies”Name _ Major _ Scores _I. Explain the following terms. (20%)1. language learning strategy : Language learning strategy are behaviors or actions which learners use to make language learning more successful, self-directed and enjoyable
2、. According to Oxford, learning strategy is a plan, step or a conscious action toward achievement of an objective. OMalley thinks that learning strategies are plans, actions, procedures, etc which the students adopt to effectively acquire, store, search and employ information. Moreover, LLS refer to
3、 many specific actions, behaviors or techniques that students use to improve their progress in developing L2 skills. Its features mainly contain communicative competence as the main goal, greater self-direction for learners and new roles for teachers. Oxford divided LLS into two major classes: direc
4、t and indirect strategies.2. Semantic mapping strategy：Semantic mapping strategy refers to a diagram in which the key concepts are highlighted or linked to related concepts via meaningful imagery, grouping and associating. This strategy is valuable for improving both memory and comprehension of new
5、expressions. For example, thinking of “hair”, we can construct a series of new words or a picture that barbers are designing different hairstyles.3.cooperative strategies: 1.）Cooperating with peers: regular learning partner & temporary pair or small group. Control impulse toward competitiveness & ri
6、valry via games, simulations & active exercises like jigsaw listening & reading activities, (via questioning, negotiating, cooperating) share journals, pen pal, letter . 2）Cooperating with proficient users of the new language (outside classroom) 4. self-esteem: It is a self-judgment of value or wort
7、h, based on a feeling of efficacy. Self-esteem is related to your self-worth and your value. Building self-esteem is the first step towards your happiness and a better life. Self-esteem increases your confidence. If you have confidence you will respect yourself. If you respect yourself you can respe
8、ct others, improve your relationships, your achievements and your happiness. Low self-esteem causes depression, unhappiness insecurity and poor confidence. Others desires may take preference over yours. Inner criticism, that nagging voice of disapproval inside you, causes you to stumble at every cha
9、llenge and challenges seem impossible.II. Identify the strategies embedded in the situations given. In each situation you must find at least FIVE strategies (20%).1. NEWSPAPER: You are a foreign language student in your second year of study. With your classmates, you are writing and publishing a new
10、spaper in the target language. Your task is to use written pieces of target information given to you and then to transform that information into articlesnews, editorials, featuresand format them into a readable newspaper. Which language learning strategies do you need to use?(reception strategies, c
11、over strategies, grouping strategies, meta-cognitive strategies, cognitive strategies)When we use target language to make news, we will use existing resource. It belongs to reception strategies. Mean while, we also use simplification of cover strategies to make it better for news to use simple meani
12、ng to express complex contents. So if we arrange layout of news, editorial and features, we should use grouping strategies to rehears a structure. In addition, selective attention to information which you want to stress, we can use planning strategies and selective attention strategies belonging to
13、meta-cognitive strategies. At the last, it is unnecessary to summarize content and ideas, therefore, cognitive strategies are used as well. 2. VISITING GRANNY: You are in your 30s. Three months from now you will go to Warsaw to visit your grandmother, whom you have never met. You know from your pare
14、nts that your grandmother speaks only a few words of English. You speak only a few words of Polish. You need to learn as much Polish as you can in the next three months, so you can find out all you can about your grandmothers life, the family history, and your Polish relatives when you get to Poland
15、. Which language learning strategies do you need to use?(management strategies, memory strategies, cognitive strategies, compensation strategies, communication strategies)Because I dont know much Polish so I select some ways for making up for insufficient linguistic resources, which are management s
16、trategies. I am not very good at Polish, so I need refer to a dictionary to memorize some daily words and expressions, which are memory strategies. I can seize every opportunity to practice the target language, which belongs to cognitive strategies. In the process of practicing, getting the meaning
17、across using a circumlocution or synonym, which belong to compensation strategies. Moreover communication strategies are used.3. Church: You are a visitor from the USA in Germany. It is Friday, and you want to prepare yourself to go to church on Sunday to worship, participate in the service, and pos
18、sibly meet some German people afterwards. You had 2 years of German study, but that was a very long time ago. Which language learning strategies do you need to use?(affective strategies, social strategies, cognitive strategies, communicative strategies, guessing strategies)Repeatedly encouraging mys
19、elf not to be nervous and adapting to environment，I use encouraging and reducing anxiety strategies both belonging to affective strategies. Furthermore, social strategies are also used as I asked some information to go to church to worship. According to what natives told me, I can make some inferenc
20、es to help seek clue. So I can use guessing strategies of cognitive strategies. Of course, if I want to ask questions from natives, I must know how to communicate with them, so communicative strategies are vital to use.4. THE PLAYS THE THING. You are an American high school student in your third yea
21、r of French. Your task is to work with a small group to write and participate in a 30-minute play, all in French, about teenagers in France. You dont know much about teenagers , and you are terrified about speaking French in the play, but you are relieved that your friends are involved in it with yo
22、u. Which language learning strategies do you need to use?(communication strategies, self-assessment, evaluating strategies, affective strategies, grouping strategies)When I work with others to write and participate in a play, communication strategies are used. Considering my care of speaking French,
23、 encouraging myself and lowing my anxiety strategies are useful, they belong to affective strategies. After I finish my play, self-assessment is very necessary. Group strategies also should be used.III. Answer the following questions. You may choose any two of the first five questions. And you must
24、answer Question No. 6. Each answer will be no more than 200 words and no less than 150 words long. (30%)1. What are the features of language learning strategies?（1.）Contribute to the main goal,communicative competence.（2.) Allow learners to become more self-directed.（3.) Expand the role of teachers.
25、（4.) Are problem-oriented.（5.) Are specific actions taken by the learner.（6.) Involve many aspects of the learner, not just the cognitive.（7.) Support learning both directly and indirectly.（8.) Are not always observable.（9.) Are often conscious.（10.) Can be taught.（11.) Are flexible.（12.) Are influe
26、nced by a variety of factors.Other important features of language strategies are problem orientation, action basis, involvement beyond just cognition, ability to support learning directly or indirectly, degree of observability, level of consciousness, teachability, flexibility, and influences on str
27、ategy choice.2. How do you understand the affective domain of tolerance of ambiguity?3. What strategies can be used to overcome limitations in speaking and writing?4. How can you monitor your own learning performance?5.What are the disadvantages of competition? Competition is a common phenomenon in
28、our social life. We compete when we play games, we try to do better than others in our study, and there is constant competition for job, customers, money, and so forth. We can say, to some extent,competition is one of the motive forces of the development of society. But there are some disadvantages
29、during the competition: First, what makes many experts worried is that too many competitions may harm peoples physical and mental fitness because of too stressful to stand in the competition. Second, to some extent, it is a fact that competition between friends or colleagues may impair the friendshi
30、p or team spirit. Third, for some people, many failures in the competition will reduce their morale.6. What do you benefit from this course? Through learning this course, I have known what is English language strategies, why the English language strategies are important, the features of Language lea
31、rning strategies and how to teach students effectively in the teaching.Language learning strategy are behaviors or actions which learners use to make language learning more successful, self-directed and enjoyable.Learning strategies are steps taken by students to enhance their own learning. Strategi
32、es are especially important for language learning because they are tools for active, self-directed involvement, which is essential for developing communicative competence. Appropriate language learning strategies result in improved proficiency and greater self-confidence.And the features of language
33、 learning strategies:1.Contribute to the main goal, communicative competence.2.Allow learners to become more self-directed.3. Expand the role of teachers.4.Are problem-oriented.5.Are specific actions taken by the learner.6. Involve many aspects of the learner, not just the cognitive.7. Support learn
34、ing both directly and indirectly.8.Are not always observable.9.Are often conscious.10.Can be taught.11.Are flexible.12.Are influenced by a variety of factors.Other important features of language strategies are problem orientation, action basis, involvement beyond just cognition, ability to support l
35、earning directly or indirectly, degree of observability, level of consciousness, teachability, flexibility, and influences on strategy choice.IV. Design a Strategy-based Teaching planning concerning any of the language skill or knowledge. (30 %)My First Day at Senior HighInstructional contents：High
36、School Students Book1 Module 1, Section B Reading PartInstructional objects： High school grade 1, the first middle school in Fen Yang CityInstructional projects：(1) Help the students make sense of the whole passage.(2) Help the students to improve their listening and reading ability.Instructional St
37、rategies： listening strategies, reading strategiesInstructional objectives：1. Knowledge and Skills (1) Train the students listening skills. (2) Develop the students reading ability. 2. Process and Methods (1) Individual work or pair work to get every students to participate in class. (2) Explanation
38、 to make the students master some language points. (3) Fast reading to make the students get the main idea of the passage. 3. Emotion and Values. Through comparing consciously the new school and their original school the students will be accustomed to their new life sooner.Instructional task：write a
39、 short passage to describe your own first day at Senior High.Instructional processStep1. Leading inTime: 1-5 minutesT: First, lets look at the following picture on the screen and talk about something about the picture. Then I will ask you to talk about your new life - your subjects, teachers and so
40、on at high school. You can work in groups of four and discuss the following questions. ( show some questions to students)S1: What are the main differences between Junior High School and Senior High School?S2: S3: Do you think that work at Senior High School harder than at Junior High School?S4: S5:
41、Are Senior High School teachers similar to Junior High School teachers?S6: S7: Objectives: class started, the teacher first leads in the theme by photos so that students understand that the main idea of this lesson. You can develop students thinking and make them interested in this topic.Step2 Vocab
42、ularyTime: 510 minutesT: Part2, the purpose of this part is to study new words by answering questions, which can help you to think in English. Besides, it is a preparation for the reading passage. Lets read the new words in the table.Ss: Read the new words.T: (Help clear the obstacles in their pronu
43、nciation) Then answer the following questions about the words in the box.Ss: Objectives: The students can use these new words to answer questions by reading new words and be prepared for the reading passage.Step3 SkimmingTime: 10-15 minutesT: Please read the passage quickly and find the answers to t
44、he following questions:(1) What are the differences between Li Kangs Junior High School and Senior High School?(2) What are the two things the English teacher thinks important to do in class?(3) What are the two things that the English teacher wants to improve?Ss: (1) The method of teaching, more st
45、udents in the class.(2) Reading comprehension.(3) Spelling, handwriting.Objectives: We can be able to grasp the general idea and catch the key words by viewing the text and answering the questions. Step4. ListeningTime: 1525 minutesT: I will let you listen to the tape and then work in groups to fini
46、sh activities 4and 6.Ss: T: Please put the following jumbled sentences into the right order.( show the following sentences on the screen )A. My new school is very good and I can see why.B. The English class is really interesting.C. My name is Li Kang.D. Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting.E. The teacher are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classroom are amazing.F. There are 65 students in my class - more than my previous class in
