Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2011

¨DThere is a biologically determined period of life when language can be acquired more easily and beyond which time language is increasingly difficult to acquire.¡¬ This statement describes a hypothesis to language acquisition called:

• A. the input hypothesis
• B. the output hypothesis
• C. the monitor hypothesis
• D. lateralization hypothesis
• E. the critical period hypothesis

One of the arguments against "the younger the better" statement in SLA (Second Language Acquisition) is that:

• A. adults rarely reach native speaker proficiency
• B. there are children who do not learn a second language
• C. children take longer to learn a second language than adults do
• D. children can learn three or four languages at the same time with no effort
• E. in many multilingual communities, people learn to speak more than two languages during adulthood

The statements below describe different issues in second language acquisition. Write " if the statement is TRUE and ¨"if the statement is FALSE. Then choose the alternative that displays the correct sequence.

( ) It is as difficult to ¨Dget at¡¬ linguistic competence in a second language as it is in a first.

( ) The inability to produce an item also means an inability to comprehend the item.

( ) Adults and children alike appear to have the capacity to acquire a second language at any age. ( ) The variability of second language acquisition is affected by the same variables that are applicable to first language acquisition.

( ) Input is more important to second language learners than it is to first language learners.

• A. T – F – T – F – F
• B. F – T – T – T – F
• C. T – T – F – T – T
• D. F – F – F – F – T
• E. T – F – F – T – T

When learners foreignize words (pronounce them as if was an L2 word), which competence are they resorting to?

• A. Cultural competence.
• B. Strategic competence.
• C. Discourse competence.
• D. Linguistic competence.
• E. Sociolinguistic competence.

Which of the factors below has contributed most to the spread of English around the world?

• A. Travel
• B. History
• C. Economics
• D. Popular culture
• E. Information exchange

According to Kachru (1985), the world of English can be described in terms of three circles. The outer circle contains countries where english is:

• A. spoken as the first language
• B. spoken as a foreign language
• C. spoken as an official language
• D. hardly spoken among the people
• E. spoken only in schools and universities

Atenção: As questões de números 16 a 20 baseiam-se no texto abaixo.

A alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna ...II... é

• A.

  grew.

• B.

  grows.

• C.

  grown.

• D.

  has grown.

• E.

  was grown.

Taking into consideration the text above, judge the items from 88 through 93.

In the text, the word “may” (l.15) could be correctly substituted by must.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Taking into consideration the text above, judge the items from 88 through 93.

The expression “red tape” (l.18) means official routine or procedure marked by excessive complexity which results in delay or inaction.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text, judge the following items.

In the text, the preposition “about” (l.16) means related to.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado