考核方式

一、考核方式1.形成性考核：以平时作业为主,占20%；2.课程终结性考试（卷面满分为100分）：（1）口试：占15%，时间为10分钟，其中准备时间5分钟，连续发言等5分钟）（2）笔试：占85%；时间为2个小时.二、笔试题型：1、听力：多项选择（一个conversation/paneldiscussion,8题）正误判断（一段monologue,7题），共占15%。2、知识：多项选择（MultipleChoice,10题）、正误判断（TrueorFalse，10题）共占40%。（出自教材，各知识点）3、阅读理解：三篇短文，前二篇多项选择、第三篇为正误判断，共占30%。4、简述：列举题、简答题、问答题等，占15%。（出自教材，各知识点）二、新考试题型的特点1、保留口试。2、涉及教材内容方面有较大的增加。如第二大项的knowledgeTest题量未增，但分值由20分增加为40分；第四大项增加了与课文内容有关的列举题、简答题、问答题等，共15分。3、取消了原来的写作题。2002年.7月1.MakeapresentationonhowEnglishlearnsfromotherlanguagesthroughborrowing.ThisisoneofthetopicswediscussedinUnit1.Youshouldhavealottosayaboutit.Makesureyouuseexamplestoillustrateyourpoints.Notethatyoucanfocusononelanguage,e.g.howEnglishlearnsfromChinesethroughborrowing.ThevocabularyofEnglishincludesborrowingsfromagreatvarietyoflanguages.ThecoreofEnglishisGermanic.ThereareverymanyborrowingsfromFrenchandfromtheClassicallanguages,LatinandGreekaswellasChinese.EnglishvocabularyborrowedfromChinese1.china:瓷器inthesenseofporcelain.2.tea:茶tsa,cha.3.nankeen:南京棉布4.coolie:苦力5.kowtow,kotow:叩头6.kungfu:功夫Chineseformofkarate.7.sampan:舢板8.yinyang阴阳9.pingpong乒乓10.Tao，Dao，Taoism，道（教）11.Confucianism，Confucius儒家，孔子ChinesevocabularyborrowedfromEnglish水门汀cement，听tin，沙龙salon，沙发sofa，咖啡coffee，可卡因cocaine，尼古丁nicotine，尼龙nylon，Alllanguagesborrowvocabularytoenrichtheirownlanguages.Englishisthesame.2.MakeapresentationonwhetheritiscorrecttosayEnglishismorebeautifulthanChineseorviceversa.NotethatinUnit4youdidsomereadingonthedifferencesbetweenstatementsaboutlanguage,andstatementsaboutpersonaltasteorjudgments.Differencesshouldbeincludedinyourpresentation.Linguistsdonotseemtothinksomelanguagesarereallybetterorbeautifulthantheothersare.Theysaylanguageisequalorthatthereisparityamongthem.Itmeanstheyalldeserverespect.Itmeansthatalllanguagesmustbetakenseriouslyandalllanguagesserveperfectlywellthepurposesofthosewhousethem.Soifsomeonesaythataparticularlanguageisharshorugly,thenthat’sanexpressionofhisorhertaste.Butlanguagesareunequalintermsofprestige.Whenpeoplesaythatonevarietyhasmoreprestigethananother,thatmeansthevarietybelongstothespeakerswhohavewealth,education,power,andallthatgoeswiththosethings.Usingtheprestigevarietymakespeoplethinkwelloftheuser.StandardEnglishspokenwithaReceivedPronunciationisaprestigevariety.Thedifferenceisinthesocialinformationtheygiveabouttheuser.Languagesanddialectsarevalueddifferentlyanduseddifferentlyforhistorical,political,economicandculturalreason.1.MakeapresentationonhowyoufeelabouttheoldEnglishInUnit2youwereexposedtotheEnglishatChaucer’stime.PresenthowyoufellaboutthiskindofEnglish.Youmayfocusonthefollowingquestions:Arethewordsdifferentbothinsoundandspelling?Isgrammardifferent?Arethemeaningsofsomewordsdifferent?IamsocuriousabouttheEnglishattheChaucer’stime.It’sveryinterestingtoseewhatEnglishoftheChaucer’stimelookslike.AttheChaucer’stime,thewordsarequitedifferentbothinsoundandspelling.Forexample:“Aprille”isforApril,“shures”isforshowers,”fowles”isforbirdswhile“melodye”isformusic.etc.Besidesthis,thegrammarisalsodifferent.eg.“Thatslepenalthenyghtwithopenye”.Itmeans“littlebirdsthatsleepwiththeireyesopenallnight”.“smalefowlesmakenmelodye.“.Itmeans“Littlebirdsmakemusic.”SoyoucanseehowdifferenttheyarefromthemodernEnglish.Thefurtherbackinthepast,themoredifficultitisandthelongerittakes.Icannotunderstandthemwithoutagooddictionary.IfIhavetostudyChaucer’sEnglish,IshouldaskforagoodtranslationintoModernEnglish.2003年1月1.Explainthedifferencebetweena“living”languageanda“dead“language.Giveexamplesofeach.Explainhowtheselanguagetypesmayberelevanttolifetoday.Alsoexplainhowandwhylanguagechangesoverthelifeofanindividualinanycountry.Thenumberoflanguagesspokenintheworldis4000to5000,butnoonecangiveamoreexactnumberbecausethenumberdependsonwhatcountsasadialectandwhatcountsasalanguage,andsomelanguageshavedisappearedandweknownothingaboutthem.Whenwespeakoflanguagesaslivingordead,weuseametaphor,andmeansthelanguageswhichhavelivingornolivingspeakers.Forexample:Latinisadeadbecauseithasnolivingspeakersnow.Itisusuallyusedinacademicwriting.2.GiveabriefhistoryoftheoriginsoftheEnglishlanguage.InyourtalkyoushouldbeabletoclearlydemonstrateyouunderstandwhatlanguagesinfluencedthemodernEnglishlanguage.Youshouldalsobeabletogivesomelanguageexamplesofwordsthatareevidenceoftheseorigins.FromthefirstcenturyBCuntilthe5thcenturyAD,Scandinavianpeople----Angles,Saxons,Jutesstartedtosettleandtoinvadefromthemiddleofthefifthcenturyanduntilthe8thand9thcenturiesAD.Theybroughtwiththemthedialectstheyspoke,andthesebecamethedialectsofEngland(Angle—land).Fromthe11thcenturyon,itwasinthetimethatNormanFrenchwasthelanguageofpower,Latinforlearningandreligion,andEnglish(allthevarietiesofEnglish)forcommonpeople’suse.LaterEnglishgraduallygainedgroundamongeducatedpeople.AveryimportantwriternamedGeoffreyChaucerchosetowriteinEnglish.Andmostimportantofall,theprinterCaxtonsetupthefirstprintingpressinLondonin1475,andchosetowriteandprintintheEnglishofLondon---thiscarriedtheLondonStandardEnglishalloverthecountry