问答题 Read the following paragraphs and then answer four questions.
The idea behind the experiential vision of learning is that the use of the target language for communicative purposes is not only the goal of learning, but also a means of learning in its own right. This may clearly involve students using language which they may not have fully mastered, and contrasts with other more "traditional" approaches which emphasize part practice (i. e., isolating parts of the whole for explicit study and learning) leading up in a more or less controlled manner to integrated language use for communicative purposes. An experiential approach to learning may therefore involve a degree of what Johnson (1982) refers to as an "in at the deep end strategy". Simply throwing learners into wholly uncontrolled and undirected language use is, of course, as dubious a strategy with respect to language learning as doing the same with someone who is learning to swim. For this reason, considerable effort has been devoted by methodologists, material writers, and teachers in recent decades to the way in which two sets of factors can be combined. One is the basic insight that language use can serve a significant role in promoting learning, and the other is the acknowledgement that use of the language needs to be structured in a coherent and pedagogically manageable way. The experiential vision of learning has evolved in a variety of ways since the 1960s and is now encountered in a number of differing forms. Nevertheless, most experiential approaches to learning rest on five main principles which were developed in the earlier days of the communicative movement, even if certain receive more attention in one variant than in another. These principles are the following: message focus, holistic practice, the use of authentic materials, the use of communication strategies, and the use of collaborative modes of learning. (Tudor 2001:79)
An analytical view of learning posits that according explicit attention to the regularities of language and language use can play a positive role in learning. Each language manifests a number of structural regularities in areas such as grammar, lexis and phonology, and also with respect to the ways in which these elements are combined to communicate messages. The question, therefore, is not whether languages have structural regularities or not, but whether and in which way explicit attention to such regularities can facilitate the learning of the language. An analytical approach to learning rests on a more or less marked degree of part practice, i. e., isolating parts of the whole for explicit study and learning, even if its ultimate goal remains the development of learners" ability to put these parts together for integrated, holistic use. At least, two main considerations lend support to an analytical approach to learning. First, in terms of learning in general, the isolation and practice of sub-parts of a target skill is a fairly common phenomenon... Second, explicit identification of regularities in a language has advantages which Johnson (1996:83) refers to as "generativity" and "economy". Mastering a regularity in a language gives learners access to the generative potential of this regularity in new circumstances Explicit presentation or discovery of the structural regularities of a language can therefore represent a short-cut to mastery of this language and support learners" ability to manipulate these regularities for communicative purposes. (Tudor 2001:86-7)
问答题 What are the differences between experiential and analytical modes of language learning?
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【答案解析】The experiential mode is totally different from the analytical mode of learning. An experiential approach to learning may involve a degree of what Johnson (1982) refers to as an "in at the deep end strategy". Simply throwing learners into wholly uncontrolled and undirected language use is, of course, as dubious a strategy with respect to language learning as doing the same with someone who is learning to swim. For this reason, considerable effort has been devoted by methodologists, material writers, and teachers.
An analytical approach to learning rests on a more or less marked degree of part practice, i. e., isolating parts of the whole for explicit study and learning, even if its ultimate goal remains the development of learners" ability to put these parts together for integrated, holistic use.
问答题 What serves as the theoretical foundation for the experiential mode of language learning and what are its advantages and disadvantages?
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【答案解析】The experiential mode provides a holistic model of the learning process and a multilinear model of adult development, both of which are consistent with what we know about how people learn, grow, and develop. The theory is to emphasize the central role that experience plays in the learning process, an emphasis that distinguishes experiential mode of language learning from other learning theories. The term "experiential" is used therefore to differentiate experiential mode of language learning both from cognitive learning theories, which tend to emphasize cognition over affect, and behavioral learning theories that deny any role for subjective experience in the learning process.
However, simply throwing learners into wholly uncontrolled and undirected language use is, of course, as dubious a strategy with respect to language learning as doing the same with someone who is learning to swim. Therefore, this mode of language learning requires the methodologists, material writers, and teachers to combine two sets of factors. One is the basic insight that language use can serve a significant role in promoting learning, and the other is the acknowledgement that use of the language needs to be structured in a coherent and pedagogically manageable way.
问答题 What serves as the theoretical foundation for the analytical mode of language learning and what are its advantages and disadvantages?
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【答案解析】An analytical approach to learning emphasizes the explicit study of the language learning a linguistic and communicative system. It is characteristic of the grammar-translation method, found in the cognitive code approach, in various CALL exercises, and in form-focus learning activities. It is also present in certain types of learner training or awareness raising activities involving the explicit analysis by learners of aspects of the languages teaching and learning or of their own language production.
Each language manifests a number of structural regularities in areas such as grammar, lexis and phonology, and also with respect to the ways in which these elements are combined to communicate messages. The question, therefore, is not whether languages have structural regularities or not, but whether and in which way explicit attention to such regularities can facilitate the learning of the language.
The main criticism of analytical learning is that declarative knowledge does not necessarily feed through to the ability to use a language for communicative purposes. In other words, someone may have a good knowledge of structural regularities of a language without being able to make use of the language with the spontaneity and fluency which are required in normal communicative situations.
问答题 How would you balance the two modes of learning in your teaching or learning of a foreign language?
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【答案解析】I would combine the two approaches together to learn a foreign language. First, following the analytical mode of language learning, the basic grammatical knowledge could be captured. Second, with the basic knowledge of structural regularities of a language, the experiential mode of language learning should be followed.
For example, when I learn how to greet in English, the first thing I should know about is how to pronounce "Hello!" or "How are you?" and the meaning of the expression. Then the next, I should learn in the relevant situations. Native speakers may respond to the phatic greeting in a variety of ways depending on the context and on how well they know about the interlocutor; e.g. "Fine. And you?", "Can"t complain.", "You know me!" are just a few instances from the wide repertoire of native speakers of English.
Through that process, the knowledge of the language which is gained by the analytical approach could improve the ability to use the language in reality, which can be developed by the experiential approach.
(此题为开放性题目,从如何运用两种语言学习方法来学外语的角度谈即可。)