Questões de Concurso Público Prefeitura de Barra Bonita - SC 2018 para Professor de Inglês

Read the fragment below.

It is useful to present to the student, for example, how the variety of English spoken by American blacks is discriminated against in society and therefore, as they are mistakenly placed in discourse as inferior. The comparison with non-hegemonic varieties of Brazilian Portuguese can be enlightening, since their speakers also suffer social discrimination.

Observe the sentence below.

[…] when told of Debby's sadly words at a recent practice, Tommy, however, began to laugh.

In the context above, the connection “however” indicates:

Read the fragment below.

The presidential nominee gave her avowed intent to reform the public-school system should she be elected.

The context can be understood as: