SECTION A
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
Using Computers
Our college is now equipped with the most (1) teaching aids and a first-class computer centre. We have plans to use computers in language teaching. In the computer centre, the main frame computers are used for (2) and making tests. Now I’ll particularly talk about the use of the (3) or mini computers with the TV screen. We’re trying to put all kinds of reading comprehension texts and questions on the screens, so that the individual student can select a test or a reading comprehension passage from a (4) list. Basically, we’re using it as a sort of (5) at the moment. If the student gets the answer wrong, the machine will (6) . The system is very advantageous. Firstly, students can choose the thing they want to (7) . Secondly they can get immediate (8) from the machine on whether they are making progress or not. However, it doesn’t provide the (9) feature in language learning, the practice of speaking to another human being or human beings. It’s just an (10) device.