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The Communicative Language Teaching is defined as an approach of teaching a second or a foreign language that focuses on learners’ interaction whether as the means or the ultimate goal of learning a target language. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach that aims to achieve communicative rather than linguistic competence through learner interaction. Born in the 1980s, this strategy to language teaching is based on the philosophy that, in order to learn a language, one must practice using that language to communicate meaning to others. Communicative language teaching integrates reading, writing, and speaking, which can have students practice multiple skills at once. It also uses groups or pairs for activities and tools and technology to create a more individualized learning experience for students. There are some characteristics of CLT in English Language Teaching classroom. Having said that, check the alternative whose information may not be associated with the potential characteristics or theoretical framework of the Communicative Language Teaching approach. 

Cohesion and coherence are important aspects of writing as they have an influence on the readability of the argument of a text. Coherence is about the unity of the ideas, on the other hand, cohesion is about the unity of structural elements. If a text is coherent, it is logically ordered and connected. If the elements of a text are cohesive, they are united and work together contributing to its meaning. Both cohesion and coherence are essential when structuring paragraphs. That said, read the excerpts that follow, whose topic is related to “Teachers´ Identities”, then number them. After organizing the excerpts in a cohesive and coherent well-structured paragraph, check the correct answer.
( ) Identity has been defined as ‘what makes you similar to yourself and different from others’ (Deschamp and Devos 1998, p. 3). ( ) Although the definition of professional identity varies between researchers, many scholars have been suggesting that important concepts on professional identity have been provided throughout the years. ( ) That being so, teachers’ effectiveness and commitment towards their job tend to be related to the way they value their significance and professionalism. ( ) The importance of exploring teachers’ identities and how these identities influence their effectiveness has also been emphasized. ( ) In other words, the way teachers value themselves is more likely to be related to their professional identities.

The name of Shakespeare is the greatest in all literature. No man ever came near to him in the creative power of the mind; no man ever had such strength and such variety of imagination. He wrote in his day some thirty-seven plays and a few poems; since then as many hundred volumes have been written in praise of his accomplishment. At the present time unnumbered critics, historians and scholars are still explaining the mind and the art displayed in that same neglected work. Shakespeare's plays are a canon of dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor. The exact number of plays as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise is a matter of scholarly debate. Shakespeare's plays are widely regarded as among the greatest in the English language and are continually performed around the world. His plays have been translated into every major living language. Having that in mind, it is correct to say that are plays written by William Shakespeare, except for:

In order to meet the determinations of the Law of Directives and Bases (LDB – 9394/96), debates have been held over the last few years around definitions to guide the construction of an Elementary Education syllabus in Brazilian schools. The Common National Curriculum Base (BNCC), which has been designed and recently approved, presents traditions and also some changes in relation to what has historically been produced in our country regarding curricular discussions. That is to say that in English classrooms, the English language has been regarded different statuses throughout the years. When it comes to the teaching and learning of English in Brazilian regular schools, from the National Curriculum Parameters (PCNs – 1998) to the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC – 2017), one of the biggest changes in terms of language teaching in recent years concerns to the status the English language has been regarded within language practices inside and outside the classroom. With that said, considering the status of English language in the National Common Curricular Base, it is correct to say that English has been assumed as: 

English has always been a language that interests its learners and users in many ways. That is because, almost every day, a new word is added to the wide range of vocabulary. Homophones are one of the various interesting factors of the language. Homophones are two or more words that share the same pronunciation, but which have different spellings or meanings. In English classrooms, when students are provided with opportunities to learn homophones, they are more likely to: I) broaden their vocabulary and grammar skills; II) understand the difference between two similar-sounding words; and III) practice and improve their spelling. With that in mind, check the answer whose pairs of words presented may not be considered homophones.