The Amazon Forest

The Amazon is often called the lungs of the earth and produces 20% of the world’s oxygen. For this reason, many people are trying to stop deforestation in the rainforest. Brazil, for example, is working hard to help the rainforest survive.

A few years ago, the Brazilian government put forward a plan called ARPA (Amazon Region Protected Areas). It had the support of many international agencies, including the World Bank, and the German Development Bank, KfW. The main aim was to build new areas of protected rainforest, maintain areas of the rainforest that hadn’t yet been destroyed, and s... Ver mais

Study these sentences and decide if they are ( T ) true or ( F ) false about language teaching.
( ) Methodology: Pedagogical practices using theoretical underpinnings and related research only.
( ) Approach: Positions and beliefs about the nature of language, the nature of language learning, and the applicability of both to pedagogical settings.
( ) Method: A generalized set of classroom specification for accomplishing linguistic objectives.
( ) Techniques: an specific type of task used in the language classroom for realizing lesson objectives.
Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom. 

Related to the theme Methodologies and approaches to teaching a foreign language in Brazil, study these sentences and decide if they are ( T ) true or ( F ) false.
( ) Method is an overall plan for systematic presentation of language based upon a selected approach.
( ) The Method that is focused on grammatical rules is called the Direct Method.
( ) Communicative competence is the approach of Communicative Language Teaching.
( ) Language learning is usually based on learning styles and its focus is on the students’ motivation.
( ) The Audiolingual Method has its emphasis on the oral skills and on the exhaustive repetition of structural exercises.

Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence from top to botton.

The Methodological History of Language Teaching describes some methods of learning and teaching English as a second language.
Match them to their characteristics.
Column 1 Methods 1. The Audiolingual Method. 2. The Direct Method. 3. The Grammar Translation Method. 4. The Silent Way
Column 2 Characteristics ( ) It’s used to teach a number of different languages not just English, and the main idea of this Method is that it only uses the target language that the students are trying to learn. ( ) It is based on a behaviorist theory that things are able to be learned by constant reinforcement. ( ) The main of this way of teaching is for the teacher to say very little, so students can take control of their learning. ( ) This method of teaching English is grammar heavy and relie... Ver mais

Read the following paragraph:
“The communicative language teaching ........................................... which have attracted a great deal of interest in recent decades are the most recent manifestation of ..................................... that have appealed to the ................................of teachers for a very long time.”

Choose the alternative that contains the correct missing words.

Like any other Latin American countries, Brazil is committed to promoting educational reforms that will make it possible for the nation to overcome significant disadvantages. With respect to Secondary Education in particular, two factors of a very different nature have determined the pressing need to revisit the overall guidelines and curriculum parameters that serve as implicit in the guidance to this level of education.
These two factors are:

Learning goals, which are referred to in version 3 of the BNCC as abilities, are intended to list the basic knowledge to be acquired by students, and to serve as a reference for drafting and updating the regional, state and municipal curricula. […]

Available at: https://www.britishcouncil.org.br/sites/default/files/leitura_critica_bncc_-_en_-_v4_final.pdf. [Fragment] Accessed on: April 26, 2022.

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English teaching methods and approaches

Throughout the history of teaching languages a number of different teaching approaches and methodologies have been tried and tested with some being more popular and effective than others. It’s beneficial to be familiar with a few of these. 

1 – The Direct Method

The direct method of teaching English is also known as the Natural Method. It’s used to teach a number of different languages not just English, and the main idea of the Direct Method is that it only uses the target language that the students are trying to learn. Its main focus is o... Ver mais

According to information given in the text, what is the main distinction between the Audio Lingual Method and the Direct Method?