Questões de Língua Inglesa da Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

From the text, it can be deduced that

• A.

  language teachers should spend a lot of time correcting their students' language errors.

• B.

  time spent correcting mistakes is time well spent.

• C.

  teachers are unable to resist the need to correct their students' mistakes.

• D.

  students usually make errors while learning a language.

In relation to the above text, judge the following items.

Most politicians have no qualms about admitting producing propaganda.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text, it can be concluded that

• A.

  language is an abstract, predictable system.

• B.

  a lot of teachers do not resist the urge to correct their students' language mistakes.

• C.

  errors, if not corrected, will become a part of the student's permanent use of the language.

• D.

  students' errors should be corrected from the very beginning.

In relation to the above text, judge the following items.

In English, the word propaganda is still used with its original connotation.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

According to the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  Every teacher is afraid that other people may find out that his students make grammatical mistakes.

• B.

  Not only every teacher but also every student is a perfectionist.

• C.

  Rewarding should be given to those who perform poorly.

• D.

  Perfectionist teachers have become very intolerant of errors.

In relation to the above text, judge the following items.

A possible connotation of "insidious" (L.11) is intelligent, acclaimed practices.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

From the text, it can be deduced that

• A.

  correcting mistakes can have a positive motivation.

• B.

  language mistakes can be eliminated depending on the teachers' flexible attitude.

• C.

  communication can only occur if grammatical mistakes are avoided.

• D. students' language errors are not to be corrected.

In the text, "Their reasoning is that learning the patterns correctly is easier than having to break old habits and learn new ones" (L.14-16) could be correctly replaced by

• A.

  They believe that new items are learned only if old ones are corrected.

• B.

  The teacher's reasoning is that the students' old habits are easily corrected.

• C.

  These teachers' reasoning is that learning the patterns correctly is less difficult than having to stop old habits and learn new ones.

• D.

  Teachers believe that breaking the students' old habits is easier than learning new ones.

Based on the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  There are exactly three participants in a classroom organization.

• B.

  The main participants in a class organization include other factors than just only people.

• C.

  The language presentation materials can be either textbooks or AV media.

• D.

  The language learner processes only depend on the teacher.

According to the text, choose the correct option.

• A.

  Recent views on foreign language teaching are student-dominated.

• B.

  Teachers should favor teacher-oriented tasks.

• C.

  The focus of the teachers' learning process has undergone no important changes.

• D.

  In a teacher-centered classroom, students play a dominant role.