[单选题]22.There is no doubt that new technologies will also play an important role in language

teaching in the twenty-first century. Indeed, the use of technology in foreign language

learning has constituted another important revolutionary movement in our discipline (学科）in

the last half of the twentieth century. Although it has clearly not been a methodological

revolution，technological innovation has played an important role in the recent history of

language teaching and is bound to have a profound effect on the way that languages are taught

in the future. Beginning with the introduction of filmstrips, audiotapes, and language labs

in “direct method” and “audiolingual” classroom over forty years ago, technological

innovation has moved from the increased use of cassette tapes, videotapes, and overhead

projectors and cameras in the past several decades to the introduction of CD-ROMs and the

Internet in the 1990s. The possibilities for computer-enhanced language teaching have most

recently been explored in distance education programs as well as in the use of local area

networks, computer-assisted reading programs, and web-based classroom activities.
Though the use of technology is nothing new in foreign language teaching, its exact role in

the curriculum is still being assessed and questioned, particularly in light of the rapidly

changing nature of technological aids to instruction. Rather than seeing technology as just

another ancillary (助手） to be added to our teaching devices, we need to evaluate its

potential for enhancing classroom learning as well as for facilitating (使……便利）student-

centered, independent learning outside the classroom. In using technological aids and

computer-mediated (计算机为中介的）materials in instruction, we also need to bear in mind the

level of proficiency of our students and their ability to benefit from the materials that can

be used for them. The use of authentic materials is going to be discussed in more detail in a

later section of this chapter and in subsequent chapters.(10分)

22.1  This passage is mainly about____.(2分)
A. the role technology plays in foreign language learning
B. the role technology plays in foreign language teaching
C. the role computer plays in language learning and language teaching
D. the role technology plays in foreign language learning and teaching

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