Em um evento da escola, os alunos decidiram recitar esse poema em voz alta, mas estavam confundindo a pronúncia de algumas palavras dos versos, devido à semelhança na grafia. Para ajudá-los, a professora agrupou três palavras que possuíam sons vocálicos semelhantes e grafias distintas, como ocorre em 

Sobre situational language, considere uma atividade em que os alunos devem simular uma visita a um restaurante. Qual situational language seria apropriada de se ensinar para essa atividade? 

O texto discorre sobre a diferença entre ‘functional language’ e ‘situational language’. Após a leitura, identifique se as frases abaixo se enquadram em functional language (1) ou situational language (2).

( ) I’d like to book a room for two people, please.
( ) I’m really sorry for the inconvenience.
( ) Would you like some help with that?
( ) Do you have these pants in a size medium?

A sequência correta dessa associação é:

Na correção de atividades de escrita, é importante a atenção do professor na ortografia das palavras, principalmente quando se trata de termos que podem ser facilmente confundidos, devido a semelhanças fonéticas e/ou de grafia. Observe alguns exemplos retirados da escrita dos alunos:

I. I don’t eat meet, I’m a vegetarian.
II. I like to hang outch with my friends on the weekends.
III. I always listen to music while I take a shower. IV. I have brekfast in the morning with my parents.

As frases que precisam ser corrigidas por apresentarem termos grafados incorretamente são: 

Which of the following techniques is most effective for improving fluency in oral language production by focusing specifically on rhythm and intonation patterns?

In phonetics and phonology, the relationship between phonemes and graphemes can vary significantly. Which of the following words demonstrates the concept of a "silent grapheme" where one or more letters are written but not pronounced?

Which of the following statements correctly describes the difference between voiced and voiceless consonants in English phonetics?

Choose the correct option that best describes the relationship between phonemes and graphemes in English.

The two groups of words, submitted for oral practice, have been both constituted according to the criteria of:
Group 1 would- could-took-crook-food-facebook-push-put
Group 2 drawer-door-explore-dinosaur-before-folklore-your-more

Language allows us to communicate a seemingly infinite array of ideas, emotions, and experiences. At the heart of this linguistic complexity lies polysemy, a semantic phenomenon through which meanings of words extend or shift so that a single word has two or more related meanings. The word catering to the previous characterization is:

Intonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech, it is about how we say things, rather than what we say. The three main patterns of intonation in English are: falling intonation, rising intonation and fall-rise intonation. About falling intonation, it is true we use it:

Phonological awareness can be described as the ability to identify and manipulate the smallest sounds in spoken words. The skills developed from phonological awareness are important for early reading and writing, and notably involve oral language, as they engage listening to the spoken word. The following are components of phonological awareness, EXCEPT for: 

The vowel sound in “taught” (2^nd paragraph) is the same as in: 

Brazilian learners often base their pronunciation on spelling. This tendency is understandable, given that Portuguese pronunciation closely aligns with its orthography, making it easier to transfer these habits to the acquisition of a second language. Nonetheless, it is crucial to recognize pronunciation as a vital component of effective communication, demanding clarity and comprehensibility. In order to foment that habit, educators may use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which provides symbols that accurately represent the standard sounds produced during speech. Integrating the IPA to various pedagogical approaches can significantly enhance students’ pronunciation skills. According to IPA transcriptions quoted by Swan (2005, p.xxx), the words house, occasion, cheap, with, think are pronounced as follows:

Marque a alternativa que contém a pronúncia correta da palavra:

Total Physical Response (TPR) is a teaching method that uses physical movement to help students learn language and vocabulary. It is a method of teaching language or vocabulary concepts by using physical movement to react to verbal input. The process mimics the way that infants learn their first language, and it reduces student inhibitions and lowers stress. In TPR, instructors give commands to students in the target language with body movements, and students respond with whole-body actions. Total Physical Response is particularly useful for, but not limited to, teaching beginners and, or younger students and is highly effective for teaching imperative-based languages, where the commands are easily expressed through actions. Having that said, check the alternative, whose statement is not associated with the one of the core principles of TPR.

The way we use language depends on factors such as the situation we are in (at a friend’s house, in a job interview, in a tutorial); who we are talking to (friends, potential employer, tutor); and our means of communication (conversation face to face, telephone, email, report). Our decisions about the way we use language are to a great extent unconscious ones: we instinctively know how to adapt our language to the situation. For example, there are a number of differences between spoken and written language. This being so, we can characterize spoken language as quite informal, colloquial and presumably unstructured (since it is often spontaneous). Furthermore, spoken language mostly takes place in the form of a dialogue with another speaker. Written language, on the other hand, is generally more structured, formal, impersonal and wordy. Also, written language is considered more formal and should follow the rules of the English language. Spoken language is generally less formal, and the rules are less important. Slang, an informal language understood only by certain groups, is acceptable in spoken language but not in written language. That said, read the statements that follow, then check ( T ) for TRUE and ( F ) for FALSE while indicating the correct answer (by also checking it).

( )Written English is more complex grammatically than spoken English, with longer and more complex sentences, fewer contractions, and more subordinate clauses.

( ) Spoken English is more likely to be face-to-face communication, while written English is more likely to be communication through the written word.

( ) Spoken English is more fixed and stable than written English, which is more fleeting.

( ) Spoken English is usually more organized and carefully formulated than written English.

( ) Written English is typically more structured and forms a monologue rather than a dialogue, while spoken English is more likely to be a dialogue.

( ) Written English communicates across time and space for as long as the medium exists and the language is understood. Spoken English is more immediate.

( ) Spoken English normally uses a generally acceptable standard variety of the language, whereas written English may sometimes be in a regional or other limited-context dialect.

( ) In Spoken English, the content is presented much more densely. In written English, the information is “diluted” and conveyed through many more words: there are a lot of repetitions, glosses, “fillers”, producing a text is noticeably longer and with more redundant passages.