Questões de Vestibular de Inglês - Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
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Q1358624
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Texto 1:
The right to drive or the right to breathe?
Politicians have taken some steps to cut deaths from dirty air, but more are needed.
In 1554, a band of wandering Jesuits, after sweating through southern Brazil’s forested coastal hills, stopped by a river on the high Piratininga plateau and, delighted at its fresh, cool air, founded the city of São Paulo. Were they to return now, for much of the year they would find a grey-brown smog shrouding a metropolis of 18m people and 6m vehicles. The foul air kills thousands of people a year and inflicts chronic illness on countless others. Mexico city has long been notorious for its polluted air. Fuel burns less efficiently at high altitudes, and thermal inversions mean that the surrounding mountains trap a layer of cold air above the city, preventing the dispersal of fumes. But the surge in car ownership throughout Latin America since the 1970s means that São Paulo and other Latin American capitals are no longer far behind. Though at lower altitudes, both São Paulo and Santiago suffer from thermal inversions, too. http://www.economist.com/node/1021580. Acesso em 30 de Abril de 2014.
The pollution in São Paulo has worsened because of:
The right to drive or the right to breathe?
Politicians have taken some steps to cut deaths from dirty air, but more are needed.
In 1554, a band of wandering Jesuits, after sweating through southern Brazil’s forested coastal hills, stopped by a river on the high Piratininga plateau and, delighted at its fresh, cool air, founded the city of São Paulo. Were they to return now, for much of the year they would find a grey-brown smog shrouding a metropolis of 18m people and 6m vehicles. The foul air kills thousands of people a year and inflicts chronic illness on countless others. Mexico city has long been notorious for its polluted air. Fuel burns less efficiently at high altitudes, and thermal inversions mean that the surrounding mountains trap a layer of cold air above the city, preventing the dispersal of fumes. But the surge in car ownership throughout Latin America since the 1970s means that São Paulo and other Latin American capitals are no longer far behind. Though at lower altitudes, both São Paulo and Santiago suffer from thermal inversions, too. http://www.economist.com/node/1021580. Acesso em 30 de Abril de 2014.
The pollution in São Paulo has worsened because of:
Ano: 2013
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Q1357887
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Call for more help for poorest farmers
The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has said that the international community's efforts to fight hunger and poverty are
inefficient and outdated. He said advances made by the digital revolution needed to be harnessed to help the world's
poorest farmers more effectively.
Mr Gates said more needs to be done to support poor farmers in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. He
said there was a lack of coordination between governments, aid donors and the UN's agencies, like the World Food
Programme. Mr Gates called for the setting up of what he called a “public score card” system.
This would make it easier to tell how well, or how badly, different countries and agencies were performing in the fight to
reduce poverty.
He said the effort to help small farmers also needs to harness the power of advances made in digital technology. In an
age when satellites can tell instantly exactly how much wheat is in a field, he said, it was a shame that people were still
being sent out with pen, paper and tape measures to try to do the same job.
Mr Gates said that the stakes couldn't be higher for the families of poor farmers. If they don't benefit from the fruits of
the digital revolution they will fall far behind. But Mr Gates believes that if they can be connected to some of the latest
breakthroughs in science they will have a chance to leapfrog foward.
(Adapted from:www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews) 27th February 2012
The pronoun THEY in “If they don't benefit from the fruits of the digital revolution they will fall far
behind” (fifth paragraph) refers to:
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Q1357884
Inglês
Read the following text and Choose the alternative which provides the correct words that complete the
text above, respectively:
Language instructors are often frustrated by the fact that students do not automatically ____ (1) the strategies they use when reading in their native language to reading in a language they are learning. Instead, they seem to think reading means starting at the beginning and going word by word, stopping to ____ (2) every unknown vocabulary item, until they reach the end. When they do this, students are relying exclusively on their linguistic knowledge, a ____ (3) strategy. One of the most importante functions of the language instructor, then, is to help students move past this idea and use ____ (4) strategies as they do in their native language. Effective language instructors show students how they can adjust their reading behavior to deal with a variety of situations, types of input, and reading purposes. They help students develop a set of reading ____ (5) and match appropriate strategies to each reading situation.
Language instructors are often frustrated by the fact that students do not automatically ____ (1) the strategies they use when reading in their native language to reading in a language they are learning. Instead, they seem to think reading means starting at the beginning and going word by word, stopping to ____ (2) every unknown vocabulary item, until they reach the end. When they do this, students are relying exclusively on their linguistic knowledge, a ____ (3) strategy. One of the most importante functions of the language instructor, then, is to help students move past this idea and use ____ (4) strategies as they do in their native language. Effective language instructors show students how they can adjust their reading behavior to deal with a variety of situations, types of input, and reading purposes. They help students develop a set of reading ____ (5) and match appropriate strategies to each reading situation.
Q1357102
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Cycling
What's the furthest you have ever cycled?
Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about
spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike?
For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second
nature. Mr Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.
Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his passion for cycling, asking why
he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car. Indeed, while there are an estimated 400 million bicycles in China,
where it has long been the preferred form of transport, rapid economic growth has fuelled an explosive expansion in car
ownership.
Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his aims was
to "promote cycling as a safe, sustainable and environmentally benign means of getting about".
In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some
estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years.
Politicians also see cycling as a way to boost their eco-credentials, with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson
often riding to work under his own steam. But we may have to wait some time before we see him emulating Pete Jones
in attempting to cycle all the way to China!
Fonte: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/...
According to the text, judge the items and choose the CORRECT answer.
I- People are cycling more because they want to lose weight. II- In the UK, people are choosing two wheels over four just because it’s cheaper. III- Cycling is a sustainable way of getting about and this means that cause no damage to the environment. IV- China has grown economically because of its major transportation method.
I- People are cycling more because they want to lose weight. II- In the UK, people are choosing two wheels over four just because it’s cheaper. III- Cycling is a sustainable way of getting about and this means that cause no damage to the environment. IV- China has grown economically because of its major transportation method.
Ano: 2014
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Q1357100
Inglês
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Cycling
What's the furthest you have ever cycled?
Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about
spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike?
For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second
nature. Mr Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.
Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his passion for cycling, asking why
he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car. Indeed, while there are an estimated 400 million bicycles in China,
where it has long been the preferred form of transport, rapid economic growth has fuelled an explosive expansion in car
ownership.
Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his aims was
to "promote cycling as a safe, sustainable and environmentally benign means of getting about".
In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some
estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years.
Politicians also see cycling as a way to boost their eco-credentials, with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson
often riding to work under his own steam. But we may have to wait some time before we see him emulating Pete Jones
in attempting to cycle all the way to China!
Fonte: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/...
According to the text, the underlined word “rough” is:
Q1357055
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LIKE A RIVER
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An individual human existence should be like a river – small at first, narrowly contained
within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks over waterfalls. Gradually the
river grows wider, the banks recede, the water flow more quietly, and in the end,
without any visible break, they become part of the sea, and painlessly lose their
individual being. Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970), English mathematician, philosopher,
writer and pacifist.
The author believes a person’s existence:
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A QUICK LEARNER
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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have
the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven shoort years. Mark Twain (1835-1910) American author
who created masterpieces of humor.
According to the passage above,
But when Mark twain was twenty-one
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A QUICK LEARNER
(Leia o texto para responder a questão)
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have
the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven shoort years. Mark Twain (1835-1910) American author
who created masterpieces of humor.
According to the passage above,
When Mark Twain was fourteen
Q1357052
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THE MEANING OF SINCERE
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Dishonest marble cutters in ancient Rome rubbed wax over the pillars and blocks they
were selling, to hide cracks. The Roman senate tried to stop this cheating by passing a
law saying that all marble bought by the government had to be wax-free, which in Latin
is sine cera. Sine cera came to mean “honest”. And sin cera means “honest” to this day.
According to the passage above,
According to the law passed by the Roman Senate, the government
Q1357051
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THE MEANING OF SINCERE
(Leia o texto para responder a questão)
Dishonest marble cutters in ancient Rome rubbed wax over the pillars and blocks they
were selling, to hide cracks. The Roman senate tried to stop this cheating by passing a
law saying that all marble bought by the government had to be wax-free, which in Latin
is sine cera. Sine cera came to mean “honest”. And sin cera means “honest” to this day.
According to the passage above,
The ancient Romans who rubbed wax over imperfect marble pillars
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GOOD WHEN IT ENDS
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There is no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy.There is nothing good in
war.
Except its ending. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) the 16th President of the United
states.
According to Lincoln,
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WHAT CAUSES CLIMATE CHANGE?
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Floods in Mozambique. Forest fires in Indonesia. Hurricanes in Florida. Storms in the Uk.
Extreme weather events are predicted to became more frequent because of climate changes.
Climate change or global warming is caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other polluting gases in our atmosphere. The gases trap heat by forming a blanket around the Earth – like the glass of a greenhouse. Once released, the greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere for many years. As they build up, the planet’s temperature rises. Greenhouse gases are released by burning fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – and by cutting down forests.
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Heat from the sun is ------------ by the gases in our atmosphere.
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WHAT CAUSES CLIMATE CHANGE?
(Leia o texto para responder a questão)
Floods in Mozambique. Forest fires in Indonesia. Hurricanes in Florida. Storms in the Uk.
Extreme weather events are predicted to became more frequent because of climate changes.
Climate change or global warming is caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other polluting gases in our atmosphere. The gases trap heat by forming a blanket around the Earth – like the glass of a greenhouse. Once released, the greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere for many years. As they build up, the planet’s temperature rises. Greenhouse gases are released by burning fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – and by cutting down forests.
Choose the best option to fill the gaps
Flood, hurricanes, forest fires, and ---------- are examples of extreme
weather.
Q1356854
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Text 2
Facebook is a social networking service and Web site launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by
Facebook, Inc. As of July 2011, Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the
site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including
automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups,
organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such
as "People From Work" or "Really Good Friends". The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book
given to students at the start of the academic year by some university administrations in the United States to help
students get to know each other. Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to
become registered users of the site.
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students
Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The Web site's membership was initially limited by the founders
to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University.
It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and
eventually to anyone aged 13 and over. However, based on ConsumersReports.org on May 2011, there are 7.5 million
children under 13 with accounts, violating the site's terms of service.
A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service by worldwide
monthly active users, followed by MySpace. Entertainment Weekly included the site on its end-of-thedecade "best-of"
list, saying, "How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a
rousing game of Scrabulous before Facebook?" Quantcast estimates Facebook has 138.9 million monthly unique U.S.
visitors in May 2011. According to Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% of the U.S. population had a
Facebook account. Nevertheless, Facebook's Market growth started to stall in some regions, with the site losing 7
million active users in the United States and Canada in May 2011.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the text 2:
I. Facebook is a website created merely for chatting. II. Everyone is allowed to have an account according to the site´s terms of service. III. The website is actively growing in North America. IV. Facebook was created by a Harvard student.
The alternative that shows the correct items is:
I. Facebook is a website created merely for chatting. II. Everyone is allowed to have an account according to the site´s terms of service. III. The website is actively growing in North America. IV. Facebook was created by a Harvard student.
The alternative that shows the correct items is:
Q1356852
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Text 1:
Cycling
What's the furthest you have ever cycled?
Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends?
How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by bike?
For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second
nature. Mr Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.
Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his passion for cycling, asking why
he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car.
Indeed, while there are an estimated 400 million bicycles in China, where it has long been the preferred form of
transport, rapid economic growth has fuelled an explosive expansion in car ownership.
Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his aims was
to "promote cycling as a safe, sustainable and environmentally benign means of getting about".
In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some
estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years.
Politicians also see cycling as a way to boost their eco-credentials, with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson
often riding to work under his own steam. But we may have to wait some time before we see him emulating Pete Jones
in attempting to cycle all the way to China!
Fonte: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/...
According to the information from the text 1, it is correct to say that:
I. for Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are the most common activity for british people.
II. despite cycling has long been the preferred form of transport in China, car ownership has increased a lot because of country’s economic growth.
III. it’s very important to wear a helmet while cycling.
IV. in the UK, some estimates say the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last twenty five years.
V. London mayor often cycles to work.
Q1355799
Inglês
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Call for more help for poorest farmers
The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has said that the international community's efforts to fight hunger and poverty are
inefficient and outdated. He said advances made by the digital revolution needed to be harnessed to help the world's
poorest farmers more effectively.
Mr Gates said more needs to be done to support poor farmers in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. He
said there was a lack of coordination between governments, aid donors and the UN's agencies, like the World Food
Programme. Mr Gates called for the setting up of what he called a “public score card” system.
This would make it easier to tell how well, or how badly, different countries and agencies were performing in the fight to
reduce poverty.
He said the effort to help small farmers also needs to harness the power of advances made in digital technology. In an
age when satellites can tell instantly exactly how much wheat is in a field, he said, it was a shame that people were still
being sent out with pen, paper and tape measures to try to do the same job.
Mr Gates said that the stakes couldn't be higher for the families of poor farmers. If they don't benefit from the fruits of
the digital revolution they will fall far behind. But Mr Gates believes that if they can be connected to some of the latest
breakthroughs in science they will have a chance to leapfrog foward.
(Adapted from:www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews) 27th February 2012
According to Bill Gates, the international community's efforts to fight hunger and poverty are inefficient
and outdated. (first paragraph) The word OUTDATED means:
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Q1355798
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Call for more help for poorest farmers
The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has said that the international community's efforts to fight hunger and poverty are
inefficient and outdated. He said advances made by the digital revolution needed to be harnessed to help the world's
poorest farmers more effectively.
Mr Gates said more needs to be done to support poor farmers in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. He
said there was a lack of coordination between governments, aid donors and the UN's agencies, like the World Food
Programme. Mr Gates called for the setting up of what he called a “public score card” system.
This would make it easier to tell how well, or how badly, different countries and agencies were performing in the fight to
reduce poverty.
He said the effort to help small farmers also needs to harness the power of advances made in digital technology. In an
age when satellites can tell instantly exactly how much wheat is in a field, he said, it was a shame that people were still
being sent out with pen, paper and tape measures to try to do the same job.
Mr Gates said that the stakes couldn't be higher for the families of poor farmers. If they don't benefit from the fruits of
the digital revolution they will fall far behind. But Mr Gates believes that if they can be connected to some of the latest
breakthroughs in science they will have a chance to leapfrog foward.
(Adapted from:www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews) 27th February 2012
Choose the correct statement, according to the text:
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Texto 1
Most people would agree that learning a second language in a natural acquisition contexto or “on the street” is not the
same as learning it in the classroom. Many believe that learning “on the street” is more effective.The traditional
instruction environment is one where the language is being taught to a group of second or foreign language learners. In
this case, the focus is on the language itself, rather than on information which is carried by the language. The teacher´s
goal is to see to it that the students learn the vocabulary and grammatical rules of the target language. The goal of
learners in such courses is often to pass an examination rather than to use the language for daily communicative
interaction. Communicative instruction environments also involve learners whose goal is learning the language itself,
but the style of instruction places an emphasis on interaction, conversation, and language use, rather than on learning
about the language. The topics which are discussed in the communicative instruction environment are often topics of
general interest to the learner. In these classes, the focus is not selected on the basis of teaching a specific feature of
the language, but on teaching learners to use the language in a variety of contexts. Students´ success in these courses
is measured in terms of their ability to “get things done” in the second language, rather than on their accuracy in using
certain grammatical features.
(How Languages Are Learned, Oxford University Press, 1998)
In the text, the expression target language means:
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Q1355758
Inglês
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Texto 1
Most people would agree that learning a second language in a natural acquisition contexto or “on the street” is not the
same as learning it in the classroom. Many believe that learning “on the street” is more effective.The traditional
instruction environment is one where the language is being taught to a group of second or foreign language learners. In
this case, the focus is on the language itself, rather than on information which is carried by the language. The teacher´s
goal is to see to it that the students learn the vocabulary and grammatical rules of the target language. The goal of
learners in such courses is often to pass an examination rather than to use the language for daily communicative
interaction. Communicative instruction environments also involve learners whose goal is learning the language itself,
but the style of instruction places an emphasis on interaction, conversation, and language use, rather than on learning
about the language. The topics which are discussed in the communicative instruction environment are often topics of
general interest to the learner. In these classes, the focus is not selected on the basis of teaching a specific feature of
the language, but on teaching learners to use the language in a variety of contexts. Students´ success in these courses
is measured in terms of their ability to “get things done” in the second language, rather than on their accuracy in using
certain grammatical features.
(How Languages Are Learned, Oxford University Press, 1998)
According to the text, lessons taught in communicative instruction environments focus on:
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Texto 1
Most people would agree that learning a second language in a natural acquisition contexto or “on the street” is not the
same as learning it in the classroom. Many believe that learning “on the street” is more effective.The traditional
instruction environment is one where the language is being taught to a group of second or foreign language learners. In
this case, the focus is on the language itself, rather than on information which is carried by the language. The teacher´s
goal is to see to it that the students learn the vocabulary and grammatical rules of the target language. The goal of
learners in such courses is often to pass an examination rather than to use the language for daily communicative
interaction. Communicative instruction environments also involve learners whose goal is learning the language itself,
but the style of instruction places an emphasis on interaction, conversation, and language use, rather than on learning
about the language. The topics which are discussed in the communicative instruction environment are often topics of
general interest to the learner. In these classes, the focus is not selected on the basis of teaching a specific feature of
the language, but on teaching learners to use the language in a variety of contexts. Students´ success in these courses
is measured in terms of their ability to “get things done” in the second language, rather than on their accuracy in using
certain grammatical features.
(How Languages Are Learned, Oxford University Press, 1998)
Consider the following statements:
I. Learning a language in a natural environment is similar to learning it in a traditional classroom. II. Traditionally, learning a language in the classroom means focusing on the language itself, that is, its grammar and vocabulary. III. Communicative instruction environments focus on using the language. IV. In communicative instruction environments, learners´ mistakes are often corrected.
According to the text:
I. Learning a language in a natural environment is similar to learning it in a traditional classroom. II. Traditionally, learning a language in the classroom means focusing on the language itself, that is, its grammar and vocabulary. III. Communicative instruction environments focus on using the language. IV. In communicative instruction environments, learners´ mistakes are often corrected.
According to the text:
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