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Q2614583 Inglês
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It seems to me, having been involved for many years with teaching English as a so-called second or foreign language, that there are deep and indissoluble links between the practices, theories, and contexts of ELT and the history of colonialism. Such connections, I want to suggest, run far deeper than drawing parallels between the current global expansion of English and the colonial expansion that preceded it. Rather, I want to argue that ELT theories and practices that emanate from the former colonial powers still carry the traces of those colonial histories both because of the long history of direct connections between ELT and colonialism and because such theories and practices derive from broader European cultures and ideologies that themselves are products of colonialism.


PENNYCOOK, A. English and the discourses of colonialism. London: Routledge, 2002, p. 19.
In the text, the term "rather" (line 7) is used as an adverb, and it can be replaced by
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Q2614582 Inglês
Text 4


It seems to me, having been involved for many years with teaching English as a so-called second or foreign language, that there are deep and indissoluble links between the practices, theories, and contexts of ELT and the history of colonialism. Such connections, I want to suggest, run far deeper than drawing parallels between the current global expansion of English and the colonial expansion that preceded it. Rather, I want to argue that ELT theories and practices that emanate from the former colonial powers still carry the traces of those colonial histories both because of the long history of direct connections between ELT and colonialism and because such theories and practices derive from broader European cultures and ideologies that themselves are products of colonialism.


PENNYCOOK, A. English and the discourses of colonialism. London: Routledge, 2002, p. 19.
The author's reflection on the relationships between colonialism, ideologies and the expansion of the English language around the world indicates that
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Q2614578 Inglês
For Hutchinson and Waters (1987), in the context of needs analysis for ESP courses, it is important to distinguish between target needs and learning needs. A question that can be used to obtain information about what learners need to do in the context where they will use the language is: 
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Q2614577 Inglês
Oshima and Hogue (2007) in their book “Introduction to Academic Writing” affirm that the process of writing has four main steps: prewriting, organizing, writing, and polishing. For the prewriting stage an academic writer can use the
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Q2614576 Inglês
For students in specific fields, learning to write in academic genres related to their disciplines is essential and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) can help develop this skill by teaching them the relevant language and genre conventions simultaneously. A genre which can be included in an ESP course for professional, technical, or academic needs is
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666: C
667: D
668: B
669: A
670: D