Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

A frase "What time is it?" pode ter uma variedade de funções, segundo uma visão bakhtiniana de linguagem.

Assinale a alternativa INCORRETA sobre a análise desta frase dentro da citada concepção. A frase

• a.

  pode significar um pedido de informação, uma insinuação de atraso, uma introdução a uma despedida.

• b.

  pode ser definida como um enunciado, cujo sentido se evidencia no contexto da cadeia da comunicação verbal.

• c.

  é uma oração, cuja resposta correta depende da compreensão gramatical.

• d.

  é uma unidade da comunicação verbal que se define na interação de seus sujeitos falantes dentro de determinado contexto.

• e.

  pode não ser uma pergunta sobre as horas.

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

Everything in sports is now controlled by science.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

A idéia principal do texto II é:

• A.

  a foreign language should not be taught at school, but at a private language course.

• B.

  our schools have no responsibility in forming citizens.

• C.

  the role that language teaching plays in our educational system nowadays is rather unsatisfactory.

• D.

  how satisfactory the role of language teaching is in our educational system.

Read the following text and answer questions 9 and 10.

In the passage above, the author

• a.

  illustrates the importance of knowing standard grammar.

• b.

  defends the traditional methodologies which emphasize standard grammar.

• c.

  laments that only a minority of professionals really knows standard English.

• d.

  questions the relevance of teaching standard English which is used by a minority.

• e.

  explains the difference between standard and nonstandard English.

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

Athletes do not eat what they should eat.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Dentre os fatores que influenciam a habilidade do ser humano em assimilar e usar línguas é INCORRETO destacar:

• A.

  the gender.

• B.

  the psychological factor.

• C.

  the cognitive and biological factors.

• D.

  the environment and linguistic input.

Read the following text and answer questions 9 and 10.

It can be inferred that, in the author's view of the English language,

• a.

  there is a gap between the English that is needed by the learner and the proposal of many English books.

• b.

  books are important didactic tools because they select the English that should be taught: polite, legitimate and real.

• c.

  English teachers know that standard English shows a model that should be followed by the learner.

• d.

  standard English should be adopted by teachers as a way to provide the students with a model of communication.

• e.

  by learning standard English students are given the opportunity to belong to a world to which they would not be able to belong.

According to the text above, it can be deduced that

“sports scientists” (l.7) design clothes, shoes and equipment for athletes.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Sobre Grammar-Translation approach, referido no texto III, é correto afirmar:

• A.

  no translation is allowed.

• B.

  it is based on the concepts of language learning and language acquisition.

• C.

  it was first used in Brazil in the 19th century.

• D.

  its goal is to accumulate knowledge on grammar structures and on vocabulary.

Read the passage below:

Taking into consideration the present critical discussions about the teaching of the English language in Brazilian elementary and secondary schools, this passage

• a.

  reinforces the importance of teaching English all over the world.

• b.

  explains the difference between the efficient and inefficient teaching of English as a world language.

• c.

  shows that developing countries, such as Brazil, must understand English to participate in the globalized world.

• d.

  illustrates the controversy in emphasizing the study of English as a world language.

• e.

  identifies the necessity of a good methodology to cope with the problem of incomprehension in the teaching of English as a world language.