Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2012

According to the third and fourth paragraphs,

• A.

  new technology has allowed people all over the world to have access to standard English as spoken in English-speaking countries.

• B.

  as more dictionaries and grammars are produced based on corpus research, non-native speakers have more reliable learning tools to learn correct English.

• C.

  the use of copy editors associated with new technological advances such as computerized corpora allows learners to have more correct models to imitate.

• D.

  the English used in broadcasting has been more widespread all over the world because of the increased use of modern technology and has become the model for teaching.

• E.

  as more people abroad have access to English as spoken by native speakers it becomes more difficult to continue with the idea of a standard form to be taught.

The modal may is used several times in the second paragraph. In the context, it denotes

• A.

  possibility.

• B.

  ability.

• C.

  condition.

• D.

  advisability.

• E.

  necessity.

By referring to the grammatical untidiness of authentic native-speaker usage in the third paragraph, the author indicates that the use of English grammar by its native speakers is

• A.

  careless.

• B.

  effective.

• C.

  precise.

• D.

  correct.

• E.

  inefficient.

The idea expressed in the sentence from the last paragraph – Hidden armies of copy editors ensured only standard forms reached print. – is that

• A.

  copy editors had to work in secret so that authors never knew that their writing would be adapted to what the publishers wished.

• B.

  publishers did not want the public at large to realize that some well-know writers needed to have their work revised.

• C.

  due to the formality of the English used at the time, most authors resorted to ghost-writers to help them with their work.

• D.

  the language used in books and magazines was always revised to make sure it represented the ideal of acceptable English.

• E.

  only standard English was adopted by writers and broadcasters, who all belonged to the higher levels of society.

According to the ideas developed in the second paragraph, one could say that an emphasis in the teaching of English pronunciation according to native-like models in a class in the public school system of a country like Brazil would be

• A.

  important.

• B.

  difficult.

• C.

  irrelevant.

• D.

  desirable.

• E.

  impossible.

In the third paragraph, the sentence – The myth of a pedagogically tidy model is much more difficult to sustain now that many dictionaries and grammars are based on corpus research. – clearly implies that

• A.

  new grammars and dictionaries now provide better pedagogical tools for teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL).

• B.

  dictionaries and grammars which are based on corpus research tend to include the many mistakes that native speakers make.

• C.

  new pedagogical models are much better organized nowadays due to the use of computerized language corpora.

• D.

  many traditional dictionaries and grammars for learners of English have been revised with the help of computer corpora.

• E.

  corpus research has shown that real language use does not always follow the rules traditionally prescribed in traditional course books.

The excerpt from the last sentence in the text – the myth of a standard language becomes more difficult to maintain – states that

• A.

  whether it is British or American English, EFL teachers have to choose a standard.

• B.

  there is no one better model of English to be followed in EFL.

• C.

  with the increase of non-native EFL teachers, nativelike models are disappearing.

• D.

  new democracies refuse to follow British or American models in EFL.

• E.

  formal language usage has all but disappeared in EFL teaching.

According to the text,

• A.

  the most important factor in the use of the Internet in English teaching is that it provides a real sense of audience for students’ writing.

• B.

  there are many possible valid uses for the Internet in the classroom as long as they are connected with the appropriate teaching goals.

• C.

  people cannot use the Internet adequately if their command of English is too poor.

• D.

  both computer skills and Internet skills have to be taught by the EFL teacher before students can effectively use the Internet.

• E.

  unless students have the necessary language proficiency, the use of the Internet in class can be detrimental to teaching goals.

In the fragment from the second sentence of the text – One rationale is found in the belief that the linguistic nature of online communication... – the word rationale could be replaced, with no change in the sense of the sentence, by

• A.

  justification.

• B.

  possibility.

• C.

  knowledge.

• D.

  request.

• E.

  wish.

In the phrase random online activities in the second paragraph, the word random is used to mean that these activities are

• A.

  too difficult for the students.

• B.

  adequate but somewhat too complex.

• C.

  attractive and meaningful.

• D.

  lacking a regular plan or purpose.

• E.

  important and, at the same time, poorly planned.