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The teacher presents the following sentences to her students for analysis:
I'll read the book tomorrow.
He read the book yesterday.
The wind blew fiercely through the open window.
She had to wind the clock before going to bed.
After discussing the examples, the teacher asks the students:
Which of the following activities would best help learners understand and differentiate homophones and homographs in practical language use?
Magi Richani is the founder of San Francisco-based Nobell Foods, a startup company developing a new kind of cheese made from soybeans. She says plant-based cheese not only accommodates people who can’t consume dairy, but it also could be key to more sustainable food production worldwide. “The reality is that when you raise an animal for food, it’s not just the animals, you are actually growing crops, you are clearing land, and you’re raising the animal for years so it builds biomass,” Richani explained. “It’s an extremely inefficient supply chain.”
Nobell is particularly focused on creating plant-based casein, which is a protein produced when a cow gives birth and is present in the milk for its offspring. It is the ingredient that gives dairy cheese its unique stretchy texture. If Nobell is able to go to market and have the kind of impact it’s hoping to, then plant-based cheese could help us stretch toward a more sustainable future.
Internet: <newsweek.com> (adapted).
Based on the ideas presented in the previous text as well as its linguistic aspects, judge the following item.
The words “stretch” (last sentence of the text) and “stretchy” (second sentence of the last paragraph), although similar, convey different meanings: “stretchy” refers to a concrete sensation, whereas “stretch” is used in a metaphorical abstract way.
Considering the lexical-grammatical aspects of the English language, evaluate the following item.
The sentence "less people attended the event" is grammatically correct because "less" is commonly used with countable nouns.
Considering the lexical-grammatical aspects of the English language, evaluate the following item.
In English, the verbs "suggest" and "recommend" are followed by the infinitive form of the verb, as in "I suggest to go."
Considering the lexical-grammatical aspects of the English language, evaluate the following item.
The word "advice" is countable, so it's correct to say "an advice" when referring to a piece of advice.
Considering the lexical-grammatical aspects of the English language, evaluate the following item.
The correct way to use "neither" in a sentence is always with a plural verb, as in "Neither of them are available."
Considering the lexical-grammatical aspects of the English language, evaluate the following item.
It is correct to use "a" before words that start with a vowel sound, as in "a apple."
“The professional of Teaching English as a Foreign Language”
Author: Anderson Francisco Guimarães Maia
“The professional of Teaching English as a Foreign Language”
Author: Anderson Francisco Guimarães Maia
Em uma atividade de sala, a professora pediu aos alunos que marcassem em suas agendas seus planos para a semana seguinte. Em seguida, eles deveriam sentar-se com um colega e simular um diálogo. Para realizar a atividade, ela escreveu na lousa o seguinte diálogo, a partir do qual os alunos deveriam usar corretamente um repertório linguístico aprendido para preencher a lacuna.
Aluno A: What __________ (do) on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday…?
Aluno B: I ____________ (play soccer/go dancing/do my homework…) on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday…
Para que os alunos sejam bem-sucedidos nessa atividade, é preciso que eles saibam usar corretamente qual tempo verbal?
WATTERSON, Bill. Calvin and Hobbes. Disponível em: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2024/08/10. Acesso em: 12 ago. 2024.
Sobre os recursos linguísticos usados no quadrinho, avalie se as afirmações abaixo são verdadeiras (V) ou falsas (F).
I. Nos trechos “The world should’ve been designed” e “The world centainly could’ve used”, o uso de ‘should’ve been’ e ‘could’ve used’ indica haver possibilidade de que as ações sugeridas por Calvin aconteçam no futuro.
II. No trecho ‘so everyone didn’t have to eat each other to survive’ o termo ‘so’ poderia ser substituído por ‘de modo que’.
III. ‘To begin with’ é uma expressão idiomática que equivale em português, no contexto, a “antes de mais nada”.
As afirmações são, respectivamente,
How do most teachers use micro-dictations?
However ‘small’ they are, micro-dictations have great value! They can help students notice connected speech, which is what usually blocks their understanding in a listening lesson. The teacher reads the sentences or plays the recording. They repeat each sentence a few times. Example: He must have gone out.
Students listen and write what they hear.
The teacher now writes the sentence on the whiteboard and asks students to compare it to theirs.
Finally, the teacher asks: which part was difficult to understand and why?
TSATERI, Rachel. World of better learning. Disponível em: https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2023/06/11/using-micro-dictations-to-helpstudents-notice-connected-speech/. Acesso em: 12 jul. 2024. Adaptado.
O texto acima discorre sobre como os professores podem usar micro-dictations. Qual das estratégias abaixo corresponde a uma técnica de micro-dictation?
CONTEXT CLUES TO DEFINE NEW WORDS
Model teaching. Reading Comprehension Strategy Tools. Model teaching, 2016. Disponível em: https://www.modelteaching.com/education-articles/reading-ela-instruction/readingcomprehension-strategy-tools. Acesso em: 12 jul. 2024. Adaptado.
Em uma atividade de leitura do texto “Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Narrow Traffic Lanes Make Cities Safer”, os alunos tiveram dificuldade de interpretação do último período por não saberem o sentido do termo ‘narrower’. Sobre isso, analise as estratégias:
I. Procurar a definição do termo em um dicionário inglêsportuguês.
II. Procurar por dicas na imagem que acompanha o artigo.
III. Identificar o sentido dos termos ‘bigger’ e ‘wider’.
IV. Identificar a classe gramatical do termo e o sentido do sufixo -er.
Com base na tabela fornecida, para que os alunos possam entender o sentido do termo (‘narrower’) pelo contexto, o professor deve orientar que eles adotem as seguintes estratégias:
Multidict.net. Advertising language. Multidict.net, 2024. Disponível em: https://multidict.net/clilstore/page.php?id=5243. Acesso em: 12 jul. 2024.
Uma das formas de identificar a função social de um texto é a partir dos recursos linguísticos usados. O anúncio publicitário acima tem a função social de induzir o leitor a ter um certo comportamento, que é alcançada, também, pelo uso de
Chunks
Chunks are groups of words that can be found together in language.
They can be words that always go together, such as fixed collocations, or that commonly do, such as certain grammatical structures that follow rules. A listener or reader uses their knowledge of chunks to help them predict meaning and therefore be able to process language in real time. Chunks include lexical phrases, set phrases, and fixed phrases.
Example
'Utter disaster', 'by the way', 'encourage + someone + infinitive', 'dependent + on' are all examples of chunks.
In the classroom
Areas of work such as idioms, collocations and verb patterns all focus on types of chunks. Learners can be encouraged to identify and record lexical and grammatical chunks as they find them.
British Council. Chunks. British Council, 2024. Disponível em: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/knowingsubject/c/chunks. Acesso em: 12 jul. 2024.
O texto acima traz informações sobre ‘language chunks’ que podem ser úteis para uma abordagem lexical da língua inglesa. Em qual alternativa a expressão destacada é um exemplo de ‘language chunk’?
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Ain't It Fun
I don't mind
Letting you down easy, but just give it time
If it don't hurt now then just wait, just wait a while
You're not the big fish in the pond no more
You are what they're feeding on
So what are you gonna do
When the world don't orbit around you?
So what are you gonna do
When the world don't orbit around you?
Ain't it fun?
Living in the real world
Ain't it good?
Being all alone
Where you're from
You might be the one who's running things
Where you can ring anybody's bell and get what you want
See it's easy to ignore trouble
When you're living in a bubble
(…)
WILLIAMS, Hayley; YORK, Taylor. Ain’t it fun. Disponível em: https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Paramore/Ain-t-It-Fun. Acesso em: 12 jul. 2024. Adaptado.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
How could he see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so?
In the dark blue sky you keep,
Often through my curtains peep
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
TAYLOR, Jane. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Disponível em: https://www.classicalmusic.com/articles/what-are-the-lyrics-to-twinkle-twinkle-little-star. Acesso em: 11 jul. 2024. Adaptado.
In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye Till the sun is in the sky.
A estrofe vencedora do concurso, cujo criador seguiu corretamente as exigências indicadas, foi
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
How could he see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so?
In the dark blue sky you keep,
Often through my curtains peep
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
TAYLOR, Jane. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Disponível em: https://www.classicalmusic.com/articles/what-are-the-lyrics-to-twinkle-twinkle-little-star. Acesso em: 11 jul. 2024. Adaptado.