Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2017

Based on the aim of CLT, it can be concluded that their advocates would favor the following guideline:

• A. seeking native-speaker-like pronunciation.
• B. using drilling as a central technique.
• C. teaching vocabulary out of context.
• D. having students interact by means of pair work and group work.
• E. attending more to structure and form than to meaning.

From text 9A1AAA, it can be concluded that

• A. accuracy prevails over fluency.
• B. grammar-centered lessons lead to communication.
• C. memorization of structure-based dialogs is essential for communication.
• D. the use of natural, authentic, and meaningful language is paramount.
• E. nowadays, language learning is learning structures, sounds, or words.

It can be inferred from text 9A1AAA that CLT became firmly established mainly because

• A. previous methodologies had succeeded in making students communicative competent.
• B. new methods are quickly accepted and implemented.
• C. teachers favor change.
• D. change has been taken with caution.
• E. people felt the need to communicate.

In text 9A1BBB, the meaning of the expression “buzz word” (l.5) is closely associated to

• A. whisper.
• B. interaction.
• C. gossip.
• D. vogue.
• E. noise.

According to text 9A1BBB,

• A. keeping track of words is an easy task with spaced repetition.
• B. spaced repetition is one of the new trends in ELT.
• C. spaced repetition has been part of every teacher’s lesson plan for years.
• D. the frequency of application of spaced repetition bears no significant effect.
• E. language-learning apps facilitate the implementation of spaced repetition.

Based on text 9A1CCC, it can be concluded that

• A. it has never been easier to find free language materials online.
• B. articles from New Internationalist magazine are available to teachers only.
• C. the access to lots of English language materials guarantees students’ learning.
• D. digitalization has had a negative impact on ELT resources.
• E. English language material online is still limited.

In text 9A1CCC, the word “off-putting” (l.8) means causing a feeling of

• A. encouragement.
• B. motivation.
• C. satisfaction.
• D. disagreement.
• E. dislilke.

According to text 9A2AAA, it is correct to affirm that

• A. the Slow Food Manifesto aims at discussing today’s harmful food production and consumption systems.
• B. fair prices should be taken into serious consideration, as they are the main goal of the slow food movement.
• C. slow food envisions a world in which people can access food that is good for them, for those who grow it and for the planet.
• D. slow food producers are against sharing their experiences with other producers.
• E. good, clean and fair food are prerequisites that should be present only in the consumption stage.

In text 9A2BBB there is an opinion in

• A. “He went on to serve as pastor of several Congregational churches” (l. 12 and 13).
• B. “Sterling announced a new scholarship to be awarded each year to a Pennington Fellow” (l. 16 and 17).
• C. ‘I believe that Pennington is a model for all students’ (l.15).
• D. “The school named a classroom in Pennington’s honor, hosted two lectures on his life and legacy” (l. 4 and 5).
• E. “Though he sat in on classes, James Pennington was refused formal enrollment in the YDS” (l. 8 and 9).

In text 9A2BBB, the word “Nonetheless” (l.10) expresses the idea of

• A. condition.
• B. explanation.
• C. reason.
• D. contrast.
• E. intention.