Questões de Concurso Comentadas para professor - inglês

Foreign investors ______________ twice about betting on dollar assets if Washington reserved the right to bet against them when it sees fit.

Identify the best alternative that completes the context.

Analyze the sentences below.

I. Could I have a rice instead of potatoes with my fish?

II. That’s an amazing bit of news.

III. Could I have a liter of milk, please?

Observing the articles, “a” and “an”, indicate the correct alternative:

[…] where competition between private operators has brought about improved services, he says.

In the context above, it is correct to say that the bold verb tense is relating to: 

“Buying books _____ more like gaining wealth,” he said.

Identify the best alternative that completes the context.

Observe the text below.

Accuracy Versus Fluency Activities

One of the goals of CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) is to develop fluency in language use. Fluency is developed by creating classroom activities in which students must negotiate meaning, use communication strategies, correct misunderstandings, and work to avoid communication breakdowns. 

(Richards, Jack C. Communicative Language Teaching Today. Cambridge University Press 2006)

By the context given, we can understand that: 

Read the text below.

Proposals for a Communicative Syllabus: A functional syllabus

I. A functional syllabus is organized according to the functions the learner should be able to carry out in English, such as expressing likes and dislikes, offering and accepting apologies, introducing someone, and giving explanations;

II. Communicative competence is viewed as mastery of functions needed for communication across a wide range of situations. Vocabulary and grammar are then chosen according to the functions being taught;

III. A sequence of activities is then used to present and deprive of the function. Functional syllabuses could not be used as the basis for speaking and listening courses.

(Richards, Jack C. Communicative Language Teaching Today. Cambridge University Press 2006)

Indicate the correct alternative according to the context.

Which practices can help students establish sense between the English learned in the classroom and the English used in real life situations?

Look at the teacher’s actions with the introductory activities for different lessons and mark the correct alternative below:
Introductory activities A asking concept questions B eliciting language C doing a warmer D miming E setting the scene F drilling
Teacher’s actions a) The teacher asks the students to look at pictures of Paris before they listen to a recording about tourist attractions there. b) The teacher asks the students to repeat sentences after him/her. c) The teacher checks whether the students understand when the new language is used. d) The teacher does a short game with the students to give them energy. e) The teacher asks the students for examples of different kinds of fruit and writes them on the board. f) The teacher does an action which shows the meaning of a new word.
Mark the alternative that presents the correct sequence:

What is the sequence that presents the correct example assessment items with their grammatical focus listed below?
Grammatical focus: A superlative B past simple C gerunds and infinitives D relative pronouns E present simple passive F second conditional
Example assessment items: 1) Complete the sentences with the correct word(s). I .......... there for six years before moving to Budapest. 2) Complete the descriptions with who or which. This is a kind of cheese .......... is made from goat’s milk not cow’s milk. 3) Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Where (you/fly) if (you/be) a bird? 4) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Coffee (grow) in Brazil. It (export) to many countries in the world. 5) Complete the sentences with ... +ing or to + ... . I decided (send) a letter to my friend. 6) Complete the sentences with an appropriate adjective. Shanghai is the .......... city in the world.
Mark the alternative that presents the correct sequence:

Which is the correct sequence for the “Methodological Possibilities” baed on Blumenau Municipal Curriculum Guidelines for Basic Education?
I- Use of Songs and Oral Practice Situations II- Play activities and interaction through games III- Role play of small pieces or textbook dialogues IV- Students reserach about cultural curiosities about the target language
Check the correct answer:

What are the learning objectives related to the axis of orality (speaking / listening) to Preschool Classes III and 1st and 2nd grades, according to the Blumenau Municipal Curriculum Guidelines for Basic Education?
( ) Know how to listen, wait for their turn, respect the speech of others. ( ) Whether in small or large groups, express their opinions, feelings, needs and curiosities, taking into account clarity, intonation, diction / articulation, gesture and posture. ( ) Respect the diversity of oral expression, language variants. ( ) Recognize and reproduce phonemes. ( ) Understand and differentiate the particularities (vocabulary, medium, intonation and purposes of the various oral genres circulating in society;
Mark the alternative that presents the correct sequence:

Look at the language skills and their description. Which sequence shows the correct description of the language skill?
1- Speaking accurately involves paraphrasing parts of a text. 2- Productive skills involve expressing rather than understanding language. 3- Re-drafting involves making changes to a piece of writing. 4- Process writing involves speaking and writing 5- Listening for gist involves forming a general idea of what a text is about 6- Proofreading involves being able to understand every word of a text.
Mark the alternative that presents the correct sequence:

What does the document of the Municipal Curriculum Guidelines for Basic Education suggest about the contextualization in foreign language teaching? Identify the correct one (s):
I- Activities with instructions in the mother tongue II- Activities that focus on writing III- Using only subjects that interest students IV- Requires text work, excluding single isolated sentences
Check the correct answer:

The teaching of English in Municipal schools in Blumenau follows which three axes:

According to the Municipal Curriculum Guidelines for Basic Education, it is through the genres of discourse that:
I- Learning will be materialized in daily life, with its own characteristics and specific social functions. II- social interactions of the user of this language and the exercise of citizenship are not observed. III- III. practicing help develop competences and skills in communication situations, whether oral or written. IV- possibilities for participation in social practices involving reading, writing, production and listening of texts are increased
Check the correct answer:

Learning a language, according to the Municipal Curriculum Guidelines for Basic Education, should be:

What is the correct sequence for planning a practical writing class? Consider classroom actions (A through H below) with the correct sequence of these actions:
A- The teacher provides students with a short newspaper article about a pool in their city that can close and tells them that they will write a letter to the newspaper asking for the pool to be open. B- Students choose the top six reasons and the teacher writes them on the board. C- Groups check each other's letters for grammatical and spelling errors and correct them. D- Teacher asks students in groups to brainstorm reasons for keeping pool open. E- Teacher asks students in his or her groups to write a draft of the letter using three of the reasons on the written list. F- Teacher collects all letters to send to newspaper editor. G- Groups tell their list of reasons for the whole class. H- Groups write an improved draft letter.
Mark the correct sequence:

Match the second column according to the first, which relates activity objectives with the steps that you can find in the teacher’s book. Identify the correct one (s):
ACTIVITY STEPS 1- objectives and steps 2- developing student interactive strategies 3- making students predict content
ACTIVITY OBJECTIVES ( ) reading activity ( ) planning a lesson ( ) acting out

Check the alternative presents the correct association between the columns:

Match students’ activities with the correct teaching material:
I- Students in groups look at leaflets and brochures for content and language ideas for a formal writing assignment = authentic printed materials II- Students are asked by the teacher to call object names one after the other = flashcards III- Students act out conversations as doctors and patients = use of the dictionary IV- Students perform extra home grammar activities = workbook
Check the correct answer: 

About the English language learning objectives for reading and writing, according to the Blumenau Municipal Curriculum Guidelines for Basic Education, mark T for true sentences and with F for false ones:
( ) understand and appropriate only nonverbal language ( ) build and expand knowledge about discursive genre and knowing how and when to use it in real communication situations ( ) read, understand and produce different discursive genres ( ) progressively develop the ability to look up at words in a dictionary ( ) identify and use the rules and conventions of writing appropriately
Mark the alternative that presents the correct sequence: