7. The theory of language underlying the __________ Method was derived from Comparative Historical Linguistics.

Ⅱ . Fill in the blanks so as to complete the definition of important concepts in language learning (7%)

8. __________ theory offers explanations for the facts that all children acquire their first language at roughly the same speed, that they will make mistakes that never occur in the adult language, and that they can understand or produce sentences they have never heard before.

9. __________ learning refers to the learning of material by repeating it over and over again until it is memorized, without paying attention to its meaning.

10. __________ in Linguistics generally refers to the learner’s misuse or misunderstanding of the target language, grammatical or pragmatic.

11. For Bloomfield , a language was a habit of __________ behavior, which consisted of series of stimuli and responses.

12. __________ syllabus is a grammar-oriented syllabus based on a selection of language items and structures.

13. __________ distance is the result of various affective factors of the learner.

14. In Functional Linguistics, the __________ meaning of a linguistic item is its operation in the network of formal relations.

三、选择题

Each question in this section consists of an incomplete statement and four choices marked A, B, C, and D.   You are to complete each statement by choosing the most appropriate one from the given choices. (10%)

1. Halliday DOES NOT hold which of the following views?(       )

A. Linguistic events should be accounted for at three primary levels: substances, form, and context.

B. Vocabulary plays the most important role in foreign language learning.

C. Language should be regarded as the realization of meanings inherent in social system.

D. The dimensions of contexts are linked to the linguistic forms and to the ideational, interpersonal and textual functions of language.

2. ____ and ____ are distinguished by whether the adult learner of a second language pays a conscious attention to the rules of the target language. (       )

A. Learning …… acculturation             B. Learning …… acquisition

C. Acculturation …… accommodation         D. Acquisition …… accommodation

3. Organization of the grammatical content of New Concept English is based on the principle of (       ).

A. acculturation       B. communication       C. cognition         D. gradation