51 Q618126
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2011
Banca: Banca não informada

The statements below describe different issues in second language acquisition. Write " if the statement is TRUE and ¨"if the statement is FALSE. Then choose the alternative that displays the correct sequence.

( ) It is as difficult to ¨Dget at¡¬ linguistic competence in a second language as it is in a first.

( ) The inability to produce an item also means an inability to comprehend the item.

( ) Adults and children alike appear to have the capacity to acquire a second language at any age. ( ) The variability of second language acquisition is affected by the same variables that are applicable to first language acquisition.

( ) Input is more important to second language learners than it is to first language learners.

52 Q618125
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2011
Banca: Banca não informada
When learners foreignize words (pronounce them as if was an L2 word), which competence are they resorting to?
53 Q618124
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2011
Banca: Banca não informada
Which of the factors below has contributed most to the spread of English around the world?
54 Q618123
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2011
Banca: Banca não informada
According to Kachru (1985), the world of English can be described in terms of three circles. The outer circle contains countries where english is:
55 Q705310
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2007
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)
As far as the practice of language teaching is concerned, judge the items below. Successful teachers should aim at, among other things, lowering their students’ inhibitions, encouraging them to take risks in learning, building their self-confidence, and helping them strengthen their intrinsic motivation.
56 Q705309
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2007
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)
As far as the practice of language teaching is concerned, judge the items below. In the process of teaching a foreign language, communicative competence is best achieved when accuracy takes priority over fluency.
57 Q705308
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2007
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)
As far as the practice of language teaching is concerned, judge the items below. Discovery techniques encourage students to “discover” facts about grammar and grammatical usage on their own: teachers give students examples of language and ask them to find out how they work. This approach is more studentcentered.
58 Q705307
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2007
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)
As far as the practice of language teaching is concerned, judge the items below. It is important to teach a student how to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words based on the context in which they appear. It is crucial to effective reading.
59 Q705306
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2007
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)
As far as the practice of language teaching is concerned, judge the items below. Teachers of English as a Foreign Language should try hard to persuade their students to get rid of any traces of native language accent from their English.
60 Q705305
Língua Inglesa
Ano: 2007
Banca: Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)
As far as the practice of language teaching is concerned, judge the items below. As far as oral production is concerned, a teacher should focus his/her attention especially on mistakes that lead to misunderstanding.