Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

Critical literacy supporters tend to see the discourse of “the now ‘classic’ critical pedagogies of the 80s and 90s” (Jordão, 2013, p. 290) as being

• A. universally valid.
• B. disengaged from politics.
• C. indifferent to social concerns.
• D. insensitive to students’ voices
• E. imported from developed countries.

Judge the following items according to the text CB3A1AAA.

Software construction professionals must be acquainted with concurrency quickly.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Critical literacy emphasizes the need to use language as a vehicle for social change. One of the strategies a teacher may use for this purpose is

• A. reading poems out loud in the classroom.
• B. listing vocabulary in English used in Brazilian adverts.
• C. watching videos and discussing controversial themes.
• D. memorizing forms of leave-takings in the foreign language.
• E. filling out an authentic real immigration form without questioning it.

Judge the following items according to the text CB3A1AAA.

In spite of being a longstanding matter, concurrent computation has been used just by professionals who implement database management systems.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The move from English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) has promoted

• A. stricter grammatical rules.
• B. the eradication of local dialects.
• C. focus on multicultural identities.
• D. the building of territorial boundaries.
• E. English native speakers’ empowerment.

In the second paragraph the expression "stroking and prodding" means:

• A. To hug and to squeeze with your own hands.
• B. To touch and to poke with your finger.
• C. To scratch and to mold something or someone.
• D. None of the above.

Judge the following items according to the text CB3A1AAA.

The author of the text claims that concurrent computation is an outdated issue.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on Siqueira (2011), analyse the statements below.

I. ELF has derived from “native” speakers and is a unique variety of English.

II. Most interactions in ELF today are between “non-native” speakers.

III. ELF has become a diverse, multiple and nomad language.

IV. It is possible to codify a general variety of ELF.

Choose the correct answer:

• A. Only I is correct.
• B. Only II is correct.
• C. Only I and II are correct.
• D. Only II and III are correct.
• E. Only III and IV are correct.

Consider the following statement: “the teaching of a foreign language […] tends to place ‘non-natives’ locally involved in the process of teaching/learning in a subordinate position when confronted with the authority attributed to the ‘natives’ in what is considered ‘their own language’” (our translation) (Jordão, 2013, p. 280).

Here, the writer is attributing this view to

• A. notions of global English.
• B. different situated practices.
• C. definitions of World Englishes.
• D. early communicative approaches.
• E. concepts of English as a lingua franca.

According to the text it is correct to say that:

• A. Dolphins are common in this area and there is no extinction risk at all.
• B. This kind of dolphin is rare and there must be not so much left in the wild.
• C. Dolphins are completely comfortable out of water and there is no risk of dehydration.
• D. None of the above.