The passive voice in the excerpt “Until recently, it had been considered a laughably inappropriate destination for a motherdaughter trip.” (lines 16–17) is being used because the agent:
The most suitable title for the New York Times text, bearing in mind its overall communicative function, is “Rio:
Questions 31 to 38 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)
Theories, assumptions and beliefs about the nature of language and language learning are defi ned at a specifi c level, which encompasses a number of:
Questions 31 to 38 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)
According to Thornbury (1997:151), a number of factors can determine the selection of vocabulary items for teaching. One of them is Coverage, which refers to how:
The function of does in “The place does make Miami look like Cleveland” (line 14) is typical of :
The choice of lexical items in the third paragraph implies that the author:
The function of does in “The place does make Miami look like Cleveland” (line 14) is typical of :
The choice of lexical items in the third paragraph implies that the author:
Questions 31 to 38 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)
Despite the problems created by big classes, there are things which teachers can do to overcome them (Harmer, 1998:128). The author provides a list of such activities and advises teachers to avoid:
Questions 31 to 38 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)
The use of authentic materials in the reading classroom is seen as essential for the development of learner reading skills and, according to Nuttall (1996:172), real texts provide for realistic needs of real people. This said, one of the main advantages of using authentic materials in the classroom is the effect generated on:
Demonstrative pronouns in English may be used in different ways to refer to segments of a text or ideas within a text. In the excerpt “This was part of why my 7-year-old daughter and I traveled to Rio in December.”, (lines 8-9) the pronoun this refers to the fact that the writer wanted to:
Questions 31 to 38 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)
According to the PCNs, one of the contributions of Cognitivism to the teaching of foreign languages is expressed by the:
In order to understand the core meaning of verbs, one must take into consideration the notions of time and tense. In the passage: “At the moment when the neon-pink sun slips below the horizon, everyone stops, stands and claps: a nightly salute to city, beach and sky.” (lines 5-7), the tense used conveys the idea of:
Conjunctions are items used to mark logical relationships between words, phrases, clauses or sentences. The conjunction which could be inserted before the sentence “I booked two tickets.” (line 30) in order to emphasize its logical relationship with the preceding sentence is:
