Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2010

Text VI, for questions from 34 through 38.

About children as language learners, it is possible to conclude, according to the text VI,

• A.

  it is acceptable and common for children to have short attention spans.

• B.

  children can rely majorly on their cognitive abilities to learn a second language.

• C.

  children begrudge the time spent learning a foreign language.

• D.

  children learn a second language so effortlessly as if it’s a game.

• E.

  young children’s and pre-pubescent children’s peculiarities must not be taken into account.

Text VI, for questions from 34 through 38.

About adults as language learners, it is incorrect to assume that

• A.

  they are able to do tasks that require a great amount of attention.

• B.

  they can turn their deductive skills to good account.

• C.

  adults wish they could be as fluent as children.

• D.

  they are more able to handle abstract rules and concepts.

• E.

  due to the age, adults have more trouble keeping new vocabulary.

Text VII, for questions from 39 through 43.

About GBT and FonF, choose the incorrect alternative.

• A.

  FonF can be understood as any planned or incidental instructional activity that is intended to induce language learners to pay attention to linguistic form.

• B.

  Concepts such as subordinating and coordinating conjunctions can be presented in a class based on GBT principles.

• C.

  One of the principal benefits of GBT is that it helps students gain an understanding of grammar concepts.

• D.

  CLT and GBT cannot be blended.

• E.

  GBT makes available explicit linguistic information about the structure of the English language.

Text VII, for questions from 39 through 43.

The naturalist movement

• A.

  was a fad in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

• B.

  strengthened the study of grammar.

• C.

  weakened in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

• D.

  acquired popularity in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

• E.

  was responsible for the popularization of GBT.

Text VII, for questions from 39 through 43.

After reading the text VII, it is correct to say that the author

• A.

  frowns upon GBT and FonF.

• B.

  has never made use of FonF in her teaching.

• C.

  advocates in favor of naturalist movement.

• D.

  believes that it is possible to prevent writing mistakes.

• E.

  tried FonF with her advanced students.

Text VIII, for questions from 44 through 47.

Based on the text VIII, choose the correct alternative.

• A.

  “Hangman” (title) is an allusion to a job.

• B.

  Feminists showed their opinion about Ian Brookes’ project.

• C.

  Collins editors are looking forward to encouraging the use of archaic words.

• D.

  “Old Blighty” (line 11) is a reference to the United States of America.

• E.

  The richness of a dictionary is undoubtedly associated with its capacity of being up-to-date.

Text VIII, for questions from 44 through 47.

Mark the alternative which is not in accordance with the text VIII.

• A.

  Collins’ editors will give people time to prove some words are useful.

• B.

  Based on some criteria, Collins’ editors are responsible for giving some words the official pardon.

• C.

  “vaticination” (line 3) is shown in the text as an archaic word.

• D.

  The verdict on some archaic words will be presented before February 2009.

• E.

  Appearing in database of English-language books, newspapers, broadcasts and other media can be considered (in a figurative way) the 24 words jury in the trial.

Text VIII, for questions from 44 through 47.

Based on the last two paragraphs, choose the correct alternative.

• A.

  Motion and Pybus want to include onomatopoeic words.

• B.

  Besides being a poet, Motion is also an avid bird watcher. He is looking forward to using skirr in his poems once more.

• C.

  The word “heather” (line 45) names a sort of gas.

• D.

  The words “periapt” (line 47) and “griseous” (line 50) are in danger. The former belongs to a game and the latter to the geological world.

• E.

  If Collins’ editors take into account the last sentence of the text VIII, no archaic word will be spared.

Text VIII, for questions from 44 through 47.

The sentence “‘It's an appealing word with an onomatopoeic value and resonance’” (lines 34 and 35) in the Reported Speech form would be

• A.

  It is as an appealed word with an onomatopoeic value and resonance.

• B.

  It was as an appealing word with an onomatopoeic value and resonance.

• C.

  It has an appealed word with an onomatopoeic value and resonance.

• D.

  It had as an appealing word with an onomatopoeic value and resonance.

• E.

  It was as an appealed word with an onomatopoeic value and resonance.

The explanation about the syllabus above is a reference to

• A.

  The Silent Way.

• B.

  Total Physical Response.

• C.

  Suggestopedia.

• D.

  The Natural Approach.

• E.

  Community Language Learning.