Hutchinson and Waters (1991) point out that English for Specific Purposes (ESP) emerged from three common reasons. One of them is related to the changes in the aim of linguistics, considering the variation from one language situation of use to another. Besides that, the expansion of technology and commerce after World War II, especially in the United States, explains why English became a necessity.
Mark the alternative that is related to the third reason why ESP became popular worldwide:
Kumaravadivelu (2001) points out that what is known as method has not been enough to fulfill language learning needs. Methods have been used as a set of practices designed by specialists in order to make language acquisition happen. However, according to Kumaravadivelu, studies have shown that the use of these sets of practices may have the opposite effect, since they do not seem to consider students' context, which prevents learning from being meaningful. For the author, a postmethod pedagogy has emerged from studies that focus on teachers' beliefs, reasoning and cognition. This postmethod condition is, therefore, a three-dimensional system consisting of three parameters.
Read the examples of practices below and mark the alternative that respectively corresponds to the three parameters that form the postmethod pedagogy system as described by Kumaravadivelu:
I. Teachers are able to theorize from their own practice, developing knowledge and skills.
II. Teachers identify problems, find solutions and go through a cycle of observation, reflection and action.
III. Teachers consider experiences brought to the classroom and provide an environment where linguistic and social needs are considered.
What can be inferred from the passage?
What can be stated about the passage?
According to the author of the text, a system of etiquette and a means of communication serve to:
According to the passage, what can be stated about Apple and Google?
“April Fools! Jesse and Becky won't divorce on Fuller House. But what will the show do about its current difficult situation?
Following Lori Loughlin's arrest in Operation Varsity Blues, the actress was fired from Fuller House, leaving the fate of Aunt Becky up in the air. Now, Fuller House showrunner Steve Baldikoski has confirmed how writers plan to cut Aunt Becky and ensure executive producer John Stamos can still appear. After 28 years of marriage, Uncle Jesse and Aunt Becky will get divorced."
Check the correct alternative according to the text:
Leia as afirmativas a seguir:
I. A educação em língua estrangeira na escola impede o aluno de perceber a relevância da aprendizagem de outras línguas para a sua vida.
II. Está correta a grafia do trecho a seguir: a good read (leitura agradável).
Marque a alternativa CORRETA:
Leia as afirmativas a seguir:
I. Está correta a grafia do trecho a seguir: an out-and-out lie (uma mentira deslavada).
II. Está correta a grafia do trecho a seguir: white lie (mentira inocente, mentira justificável).
Marque a alternativa CORRETA:
Leia as afirmativas a seguir:
I. O relacionamento que o aluno faz do que quer aprender com aquilo que já sabe não contribui para o processo de aprendizagem.
II. Está correta a grafia do trecho a seguir: to be well read in (ser versado em).
Marque a alternativa CORRETA:
The following text is for question.
According to the text, it is correct to say:
The following text is for question.
According to the text, it is correct to say that the underlined expression “free-for-all against symbols and institutions" refers to the fact that:
Text for the item.
Based on the text, judge the items below.
Nobody thought of a programmable computer before Charles Babbage.
Disabled Sports USA
Since 1967, Disabled Sports USA has focused on one goal: to improve the lives of wounded warriors by providing sports and recreation opportunities.
These sports opportunities transform the people we serve, highlighting the potential in each of us, embodied in our motto: “If I can do this, I can do anything!”.
Testimonials Read what our athletes and their families have to say about Disabled Sports USA.
“The hospital healed John's physical injury but Disabled Sports USA healed the family. Thank you for giving me my husband back!”
MOLLIE BORDERS — Wife Wounded Warrior John Borders
“Disabled Sports USA showed me that everything I did before was still possible to do after my injury.”
DEAN SCHWARTZ Wounded Warrior
Disponível em: www.disabledsportsusa.org. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2014 (adaptado).
Ao publicar depoimentos de pessoas beneficiadas por suas ações, a organização Disabled Sports USA objetiva
How cities can better prevent fires
August 29, 2018
America’s deadliest building fire for more than a decade struck Oakland, California, on December 2nd 2016, killing 36 people attending a dance party in a warehouse that had become a cluttered artist collective. The disaster highlights an open secret: many cities lack resources to inspect for fire risk all the structures that they should. Even though the Oakland building had no fire sprinklers and at least ten people lived there illegally, no inspector had visited in about 30 years. How might cities make better use of the inspectors they do have?
A handful of American cities have begun to seek help from a new type of analytics software. By crunching diverse data collected by government bodies and utilities, the software works out which buildings are most likely to catch fire and should therefore be inspected first. Plenty of factors play a role. Older, wooden buildings, unsurprisingly, pose more risk, as do those close to past fires and leaks of gas or oil. Poverty also pushes up fire risk, especially if lots of children, who may be attracted to mischief, live nearby. More telling are unpaid taxes, foreclosure proceedings and recorded complaints of mould, rats, crumbling plaster, accumulating rubbish, and domestic fights, all of which hint at property neglect. A building’s fire risk also increases the further it is from its owner’s residence.
Predictive software designed at Harvard that Portland, Oregon, will soon begin using will do that. Perhaps more importantly, the city’s fire chief noticed that buildings marked as being the biggest risks are clustered in areas lacking good schools, public transport, health care and food options. Healthier, happier people start fewer fires, he concluded. He now lobbies officials to reduce Portland’s pockets of deteriorated areas.
(The Economist. www.economist.com/the-economist-explains /2018/08/29/how-cities-can-better-prevent-fires. Adaptado)
According to the first paragraph,
