首页
登录
职称英语
Is there any evidence that the standard of English as a foreign language ha
Is there any evidence that the standard of English as a foreign language ha
游客
2024-10-22
15
管理
问题
Is there any evidence that the standard of English as a foreign language has improved in the years since the Second World War? Naturally, as it is the world language, more and mere people are taught it and use it. But do they speak it or write it or understand it better than their patents’ or grandparents’ generations?
Have standards declined? There is no objective way of answering this question. Tests of the traditional sort— compositions, pr6cis writing, and so on—have always been subjective, so they cannot be used to judge whether people have got better or not over the years. But so-called objective tests are useless as a measure of progress too. They have not been used consistently in the same "concentration" over the period they have been in use, so there is no way of comparing exams "now" and "then". Moreover, usually in the form of multiple choice questions, they do not, by and large, test the things that really count in mastering a language. Even comprehension is a partly "creative" activity in real life, as we have to think of possible meanings for ourselves rather than have them suggested for us from outside. And people can be trained in the techniques of multiple choice, while others fail the tests because they have been led astray precisely by their "suggestive" nature, so they are not really objective at all. We are left with only personal impression to go on.
My own is that, if anything, standards have declined somewhat in the last thirty or forty years, despite all the new theories, tools and techniques that have been developed. I am not alone in this judgment In Sweden, for instance, Professors Johannes Hedberg and Gu.slav Kofien, two of the most experienced workers in the field; have on several occasions drawn attention to the lack of progress in the teaching of foreign languages since the late fifties. Yet Sweden is a sophisticated society with extremely high educational and academic standards, and very concerned not to be cut off from the rest of the world. If such a country cannot achieve advances in the study of foreign languages, it is unlikely that many, if any, others have done so.
Japan is another community where remarkably little progress has been made in the learning of English. It is probably as important for Japan as for Sweden to master that language, and there is much academic effort put into linguistic research of various kinds. Yet the average standard of language learning is abysmally low, particularly for such a highly literate and educated society. This is no doubt in part the result of a vicious circle: many of the professors of English at Japanese universities are themselves incapable of speaking or writing or even understanding the language well. [br] Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
选项
A、Multiple choice questions are objective because people cannot be trained any techniques.
B、Sweden emphasizes the teaching of English without paying attention to other countries.
C、We have to depend on our own impression to judge the English standards.
D、Compositions are useful to test people’s English ability because people have to write out their viewpoints.
答案
C
解析
细节题。文章第2段通过对传统的较主观的英语水平测试手段和当今所谓客观测试法进行透彻分析,在段落末句得出结论,选项C表达了与该句相同的意思,故为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3812553.html
相关试题推荐
Bitbybit,achildmakesthenecessarychangestomakehislanguage______.A、as
ItispossibleforstudentstoobtainadvanceddegreeinEnglishwhilekno
ItispossibleforstudentstoobtainadvanceddegreeinEnglishwhilekno
ItispossibleforstudentstoobtainadvanceddegreeinEnglishwhilekno
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningour
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningour
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningour
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningour
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningour
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadeningour
随机试题
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
NeitherLorillardnortheresearcherswhostudiedtheworkersintheeastparto
关于网幅广告说法不正确的是“()”。A.是最早的网页广告形式 B.定位在
面对激烈的全球经济竞争,亚太经合组织部长会议发表共同声明继续支持多边贸易体系,非
给需要密切观察血压的患者进行测量血压时,要做到“四定”的内容是A.定餐后、定部位
要约收购上市公司时,收购人可以以下列哪些方式支付收购价款( )。 Ⅰ.未在证
下列关于业绩比较基准说法正确的是()A.多样性的市场指数,可以使投资者和基
自信,对于房地产经纪人员来讲,是指在()基础上形成的一种职业荣誉感、成就感和
技能是通过练习而形成的合乎法则的()。 A.连贯动作 B.行为习惯 C.活
组成课程计划的主要内容是( )。A、学科设置 B、学科顺序 C、
最新回复
(
0
)