问答题Illustrate the significance of studying speech Sounds in linguistics.

问答题Explain briefly bilingualism and diaglossia.

问答题Why should we teach or learn linguistics?

问答题What are the major features of a task as defined in task-based language teaching?

问答题Illustrate at least four major linguistic views and their significance in language learning and teaching.

问答题How do you understand arbitrariness?

问答题Business is business.

问答题Why do you think they are chunks?

问答题老人节

问答题Classify the following pairs of antonyms. even—odd above—below present—absent arrogant—humble

问答题What are syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations? Explain each of them with an example.

问答题Dear Professor Wang, I'm writing to apologize for my failure to turn up for our appointment yesterday. One of my best friends came to see me. We haven't seen each other for more than 5 years. Please pardon me. I wonder if it is possible for us to have another appointment sometime this weekend. Thank you. Yours truly, Tom

问答题综观国际国内大势，我国发展仍处于可以大有作为的重要战略机遇期。我们要准确判断重要战略机遇期内涵和条件的变化，全面把握机遇，沉着应对挑战，赢得主动，赢得优势，赢得未来，确保到2020年实现全面建成小康社会宏伟目标。 根据我国经济社会发展实际，要在十六大、十七大确立的全面建设小康社会目标的基础上努力实现新的要求。 经济持续健康发展。转变经济发展方式取得重大进展，在发展平衡性、协调性、可持续性明显增强的基础上，实现国内生产总值和城乡居民人均收入比2010年翻一番。科技进步对经济增长的贡献率大幅上升，进入创新型国家行列。工业化基本实现，信息化水平大幅提升，城镇化质量明显提高，农业现代化和社会主义新农村建设成效显著，区域协调发展机制基本形成。对外开放水平进一步提高，国际竞争力明显增强。

问答题Suppose you are teaching an English-speaking person Chinese. How would you help him/her interpret the following sentences, especially the relationships between the noun phrases at the beginning of the sentences and the verbs? Could you classify the sentences into different groups and suggest strategies for interpreting each group? (1)钱你先垫着。 (2)这件事你可以写一部小说。 (3)报纸我包书。 (4)小王我已经告诉他了。 (5)我结婚的都送这个。 (6)动物园跑了一只熊。 (7)谁都了解这个情况。 (8)哪个地方都买不到适合我穿的衣服。

问答题Tell the sense relation between a and b in each pair: 1)a. John visited Beijing. b. John visited China. 2)a. Mary is more sensitive than Jane. b. Jane is less sensitive than Mary.

问答题Analyze the following dialogue with reference to Grice's Cooperative Principle: A: Where is X? B: He's gone to the market. He said so when he left.

问答题Most people would define optimism as being endlessly happy, with a glass that"s perpetually half full. But that"s exactly the kind of false cheerfulness that positive psychologists wouldn"t recommend. "Healthy optimism means being in touch with reality," says Tal Ben-Shahar, a Harvard professor. According to Ben-Shahar, realistic optimists are those who make the best of things that happen, but not those who believe everything happens for the best. Ben-Shahar uses three optimistic exercises. When he feels down—say, after giving a bad lecture, he grants himself permission to be human. He reminds himself that not every lecture can be a Nobel winner, some will be less effective than others. Next is reconstruction. He analyzes the weak lecture, learning lessons for the future about what works and what doesn"t. Finally, there is perspective, which involves acknowledging that in the grand scheme of life, one lecture really doesn"t matter.

问答题La Nina phenomenon

问答题List three major English Language Teaching Methodologies you know. Which do you like best? Please give your reasons.

问答题Do you think language is a mirror of society or a medium of constituting and constructing society, or both? Elaborate on your view of the relationship between language and society.