Questões de Língua Inglesa da Associação Educacional Dom Bosco (AEDB)

According to the text teachers recognize motivated students among those who are:

• A.

  intelligent

• B.

  smart

• C.

  diligent

• D.

  quick

• E.

  indifferent

In the writer's opinion teachers contribute to students' motivation to learn when:

• A.

  their aims are positive

• B.

  their goals are irrelevant

• C.

  their efforts are relevant

• D.

  their classes are enjoyable

• E.

  their objects are outstanding

From the passage we understand that observations made by teachers before activities help increase

• A.

  the level of cooperation

• B.

  the level of competition

• C.

  the level of boredom

• D.

  the level of solution

• E.

  the level of motivation

The writer suggests that teachers should be creative in preparing lessons in order to avoid:

• A.

  a decrease in attention

• B.

  a decrease in boredom

• C.

  a variation of tasks

• D.

  learning problems

• E.

  threatening materials

Language teachers should have in mind that

• A.

  Varying the activities will provide students with a dull class.

• B.

  Using co-operative learning instead of competitive interaction will be less successful in class.

• C.

  Lessons should be prepared taking into consideration the cultural and age differences in each classroom.

• D.

  Motivating students in class is a very demanding task.

• E.

  Lessons are enjoyable when students express their interest in the second language in a threatening atmosphere in class.

In line 1 gives onto means:

• A.

  comes to an end

• B.

  leads directly to

• C.

  sinks into

• D.

  sends out

• E.

  abandons

According to the pupils the master is different. In fact he is:

• A.

  happy

• B.

  intolerant

• C.

  glad

• D.

  patient

• E.

  sad

According to the text, some teachers do not think that L1 should be used in classroom because:

• A.

  it can make students confused by the time they do not know which language will prevail during the lessons.

• B.

  it can make teachers' work worthless, as they will not need to be fluent in the foreign language.

• C.

  the use of L1 has proved to be completely useless in a foreign language classroom.

• D.

  by exposing students to the authentic language all the time, they will learn it somehow, even though they do not understand anything during the lessons.

• E.

  since students are there to learn a foreign language, they cannot use it successfully if they still rely on their L1.

What do EFL and ESL stand for?

• A.

  The former refers to English as a second language, when students have a low proficiency level of the language.

• B.

  The latter refers to English as a foreign language, as it happens when the teacher is a native speaker and is fluent in the students' language.

• C.

  The latter refers to English being taught and learned as a second language, what happens when immigrants learn the language in the countries they are living in.

• D.

  The former refers to English being taught for specific purposes, according to students' particular needs.

• E.

  The latter refers to English being taught and learned as it happens in regular schools in Brazil and in any country where English is not the official language.

In paragraph 1,what does the author mean when he

uses the quotation "techniques to compel students to

• A.

  It means that students wouldn't be familiarized with the techniques if they haven't been presented earlier to them.

• B.

  It means that some techniques, which are elaborated to force students to use the foreign language in the classroom, can gradually lose their importance.

• C.

  It means that some classroom rules are only efficient if they are presented in L1

• D.

  It means that students are more motivated when they have to follow certain classroom techniques.

• E.

  It means that students only interact with their peers if English is not something unfamiliar to them.