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Egypt: Bridging the Gap between School English and Real English

Teaching English in Egypt in general and in my town Damietta in particular, is mainly directed towards helping students to pass their final exams. Unfortunately, most teachers do not adopt a long -term approach that guarantees that their students will be able to use English outside the classroom. So students only concentrate on one skill which is writing. Thus their listening and speaking skills are disabled. What is important to them is to pass the exam which is primarily based on writing .Teachers are not only concentrated with providing their students with questions that are similar to those of the final exam, particularly General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC) Examination, so students spend most of their time answering typical exam questions.

Most students' scores are high; a lot of students get full marks. However, few students are able to communicate in English because their role plays. As a result, a lot of students complain that they are unable to understand and talk fluently with native speakers of English.

To enable students to communicate freely and spontaneously(自然地) in English, I bring features of real communication into language practice, I always ask students about their own experiences, and suggest groups of students practice what they have learned outside the classroom. This helps lower-achieving students absorb language. Furthermore, role play is a very effective way to improve speaking skills particularly if it is connected to the experience of the students.

【小題1】           Who probably write this passage?

A. a teacher    B. a governor    C. a student    D. a reporter

【小題2】           In Egypt, the students only concentrate on ------

A. listening skill        B. speaking skill    C. reading skill         D. writing skill

【小題3】           The teachers question their students based on -------

A. what they learn in the class

B. What their parents expect

C. The questions that  are similar to those of GSEC

D. The ability that will be used outside the classroom

【小題4】           Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Most of the students can't get high marks but can communicate with the native speakers of English.

B.  Communicating skill is more important than writing skill.

C. Role play connected to the speaker's experience is more effective

in improving his skill.

D. The lower--achieving students can do better in speaking skill than the upper achieving students.

【小題5】           Who will responsible for the gap between school English and real English?

A. Their parents      B. The students    C. The school    D. The education sys tem

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

【小題1】           A

【小題2】           D

【小題3】           C

【小題4】           C

【小題5】           D

【解析】

試題分析：

【小題1】           這是一道作者角色推斷題。由第三段的To enable students to communicate freely and spontaneously(自然地) in English, I bring features of real communication into language practice可以推斷出作者是位老師。故選A。

【小題2】           這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。由第一段的So students only concentrate on one skill which is writing.可知埃及的學(xué)生為了應(yīng)付考試，只把精力放在寫作上。故選D。

【小題3】           這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。由第一段的Teachers are not only concentrated with providing their students with questions that are similar to those of the final exam, particularly General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC) Examination, so students spend most of their time answering typical exam questions.可知學(xué)生老師都是為了應(yīng)付GSEC的考試而把全部的精力放在寫作上，所以老師所提問的問題也都是跟考試相似的，有關(guān)的。答案選C

【小題4】           這是一道細(xì)節(jié)判斷正誤題。由第二段的Most students' scores are high; a lot of students get full marks. However, few students are able to communicate in English because their role plays.可知A不對(duì)。作者在文中說了學(xué)生不注意交流的能力，并不是說交流就比寫作重要，這是對(duì)作者意圖的教條理解，可知B不對(duì)。由第三段的This helps lower-achieving students absorb language可知這一措施可以幫助學(xué)習(xí)不好的學(xué)生理解這門語言，并不是說學(xué)習(xí)不好的學(xué)生就一定比學(xué)習(xí)好的學(xué)生在語言方面好。故D不對(duì)。再由最后一段的Furthermore, role play is a very effective way to improve speaking skills particularly if it is connected to the experience of the students.可知角色游戲是一種提高學(xué)生的說話技巧的有效的方法，故答案選C。

【小題5】           這是一道推理判斷題。由第一段的Teachers are not only concentrated with providing their students with questions that are similar to those of the final exam, particularly General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC) Examination, so students spend most of their time answering typical exam questions.可知教師重視的是期末考試以及GSEC這樣的考試，導(dǎo)致了學(xué)生們大部分的時(shí)間都是應(yīng)付這樣的典型的考試問題，說明造成這一現(xiàn)象不是那個(gè)人，而是這個(gè)教育制度的問題。故選D

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