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

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

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

 According to the text, the author’s main intention is to: 

Analyze the sentences according to structure and grammar use.
1. The (‘s) in “The Amazon is often called the lungs of the earth and produces 20% of the world’s oxygen.”, is the contraction for the verb to be (is).
2. In “In order to work in the park, conservationists need a reliable map. However, no map existed, and they didn’t have enough knowledge to make one on their own.”, the underlined pronouns refer to ‘conservationists’
3. The phrasal verb ‘cut down’, in the second paragraph, means to reduce the amount.
4. The negative form of “They came up with the idea of involving local tribes to help them, combining modern and ancient methods to produce a map.” is They didn’t come up with the idea of involving local tribes to help them, combining modern and ancient methods ... Ver mais

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.