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  3. When English as a foreign language is taught to children at the primary and early secondary levels of education, it is generally

When English as a foreign language is taught to children at the primary and early secondary levels of education, it is generally

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问题     When English as a foreign language is taught to children at the primary and early secondary levels of education, it is generally taught with a general educational aim in mind—that is, it is regarded as a "good thing" for them to learn a foreign language as a part of a broad education. There is usually, however, no immediate and specific requirement for such children to make use of the language in any communicative situation. The purpose of learning the language is essentially a "deferred" purpose, deferred till the tertiary(第三的)level of education, normally at university, where, it is agreed, a knowledge of English would be helpful in their academic studies. Immediate aims of learning English are defined by the requirements of examinations. Inevitably what is taught to primary and secondary level children is not a communicative knowledge of English language use, but a knowledge of how the rules of English operate.
    The language system is taught by means of systematic audio-lingual drill and exercise techniques based on habit formation theory of learning and structural description of English. This may be an effective manner of teaching English usage, but it is less certain that an understanding of how these rules are related to language in use for communicative purposes is an automatic result of this instruction.
    What the thousands of children succeed in learning in this way is what is necessary in order to pass examinations. Whether such examinations accurately reflect the uses to which English will be put at the tertiary level is another matter altogether. Adults, on the other hand, unless they are learning a foreign language for "pleasure" at evening institutes, as a "cultural" and social experience, are generally highly conscious of the use to which they intend to put it. That use is frequently associated with an academic or professional requirement: without a knowledge of the foreign language, their development in their chosen sphere of work could be restricted or at least adversely affected.
What’s the relationship of English learning at different levels?
选项 A、English learning at primary and secondary levels is more important than that at college.
B、English learning at the tertiary level is more important than that at the first two levels.
C、Successful English learning at the first two levels does not necessarily mean success in English learning at college.
D、English learning should not be divided into different levels.
答案C
解析 推理判断题。题干提到了各阶段英语学习的关系，可定位到第三段。由该段可知，中小学的英语考试不一定准确反映了大学阶段的英语使用情况，所以中小学阶段考试的成功不一定意味着大学阶段英语学习的成功，故选C)。
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