A study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students. It shows that most students considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival. This was followed by speaking. Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. Reading remained as a big problem.
Information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course. Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation, we considered it important to note what seemed to encourage interest. Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. Therefore a different method may help because it is different.
Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining or increasing motivation. Several years ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest about halfway through the ten weeks. This led us to a major re-think, so in the end we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students.
【小題1】What does the passage want to tell us?

A．Foreign students have more problems.
B．There are many ways to improve English.
C．Teaching should meet students’ needs.
D．English learning problems should be studied again.
【小題2】 Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students __________.
A．had to write their papers
B．became better at speaking
C．became less interested in reading
D．had fewer problems with listening
【小題3】We may infer from the last two paragraphs that_________.
A．different teaching methods should be used
B．grammar-based teaching seems to be encouraging
C．English courses are necessary for foreign students
D．teaching content should be changed halfway


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹外國(guó)學(xué)生面臨的學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的問(wèn)題，包括口語(yǔ)方面的，書(shū)寫(xiě)和閱讀等方面都存在問(wèn)題，有效的辦法是使用不同的教學(xué)方法。
【小題1】主旨題：第一段列出的調(diào)查結(jié)果是為了引出話題，第二段To use the same method would be self-defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past. 和第三段的句子：Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining or increasing motivation.可知這篇文章講的是教學(xué)應(yīng)該適應(yīng)學(xué)生的需求，選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in. 可知寫(xiě)作是個(gè)問(wèn)題當(dāng)外國(guó)學(xué)生被要求寫(xiě)論文的時(shí)候，選A
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar-based English teaching in their own country. 和第三段的句子：Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining or increasing motivation.可知應(yīng)該使用不同的教學(xué)方法，選A。
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