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Q4069051 Inglês
Politics of colour thrives in Hindi belt


(1º§) Uttar Pradesh's chief ministers are known to go into an overdrive to promote their party flags' colours. BSP's Mayawati painted Lucknow blue, SP's Akhilesh Yadav replaced it with a dash of green and red and now it's Yogi's turn to go saffron.

(2º§) Lucknow: As soon as you alight from a train or an aircraft in Lucknow, the first signage that greets you, says, "Muskuraiye ki aap Lucknow mein hain." The colour of this signage will also inform you about the party that is in power in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is, perhaps, the only state capital in the country where the politics of colour dominates the development projects of the city.

(3º§) The politics of colour was initially started by the Bahujan Samaj Party in 2007 when the party came to power with a comfortable majority on its own and blue become the dominant colour of official signages.

(4º§) Prof Ramesh Dixit, a retired professor in political sciences, explained the competition among parties to popularise their preferred party colour. "The parties that pursue politics of colour want their voters to identify with colours. This makes it easy for them to campaign with T-shirts and gamchas in the colours of their parties," he said. "The bureaucracy has played a major role in fuelling this colour politics. They are the ones who go into an overdrive to please their political bosses. They use this to justify the huge amounts of money spent in replacing signages and re-painting railings and gates," he said.

(5º§) For Ms Mayawati, the brain behind colour branding in politics, her election as chief minister was a time to go blue - the party's official and flag colour - with a vengeance. All road railings and signage were painted blue, traffic constables also got a change of uniform - white shirt and blue pants in place of an all white dress. Incidentally, the colour of traffic cops' has remained so since then. Under Mayawati's rule, the official phone directory also came with a blue cover and government hoardings had a blue background. The stages for all programmes attended by the then chief minister, were draped in blue.

(6º§) The BSP rallies were known for men painting their bodies in blue and carrying blue elephant replicas. When the Samajwadi Party came to power in 2012, the first decision taken by its chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was to change the colour of official signages to green. The blue colour flew off the railings and road dividers and an emphatic green replaced it. Stages for official events had bold red and green backdrop, and the official phone directory turned green.

(7º§) When the BJP came to power last year, chief minister Yogi Adityanath shunned the rival parties' colours and started the saffron revolution. Spotting the chief minister's penchant for all things saffron, the state bureaucracy went into an overdrive and got saffron curtains, saffron towels, saffron diaries, saffron hoardings and saffron flowers for government programmes and offices. State minister Siddhartha Nath Singh defended the saffron wave and said, "Saffron is a colour that denotes positivity. The rising sun is saffron in colour. What is the problem if we want to bring positivity into the government?"


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What is the subject of the text?
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Q4069050 Inglês
Politics of colour thrives in Hindi belt


(1º§) Uttar Pradesh's chief ministers are known to go into an overdrive to promote their party flags' colours. BSP's Mayawati painted Lucknow blue, SP's Akhilesh Yadav replaced it with a dash of green and red and now it's Yogi's turn to go saffron.

(2º§) Lucknow: As soon as you alight from a train or an aircraft in Lucknow, the first signage that greets you, says, "Muskuraiye ki aap Lucknow mein hain." The colour of this signage will also inform you about the party that is in power in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is, perhaps, the only state capital in the country where the politics of colour dominates the development projects of the city.

(3º§) The politics of colour was initially started by the Bahujan Samaj Party in 2007 when the party came to power with a comfortable majority on its own and blue become the dominant colour of official signages.

(4º§) Prof Ramesh Dixit, a retired professor in political sciences, explained the competition among parties to popularise their preferred party colour. "The parties that pursue politics of colour want their voters to identify with colours. This makes it easy for them to campaign with T-shirts and gamchas in the colours of their parties," he said. "The bureaucracy has played a major role in fuelling this colour politics. They are the ones who go into an overdrive to please their political bosses. They use this to justify the huge amounts of money spent in replacing signages and re-painting railings and gates," he said.

(5º§) For Ms Mayawati, the brain behind colour branding in politics, her election as chief minister was a time to go blue - the party's official and flag colour - with a vengeance. All road railings and signage were painted blue, traffic constables also got a change of uniform - white shirt and blue pants in place of an all white dress. Incidentally, the colour of traffic cops' has remained so since then. Under Mayawati's rule, the official phone directory also came with a blue cover and government hoardings had a blue background. The stages for all programmes attended by the then chief minister, were draped in blue.

(6º§) The BSP rallies were known for men painting their bodies in blue and carrying blue elephant replicas. When the Samajwadi Party came to power in 2012, the first decision taken by its chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was to change the colour of official signages to green. The blue colour flew off the railings and road dividers and an emphatic green replaced it. Stages for official events had bold red and green backdrop, and the official phone directory turned green.

(7º§) When the BJP came to power last year, chief minister Yogi Adityanath shunned the rival parties' colours and started the saffron revolution. Spotting the chief minister's penchant for all things saffron, the state bureaucracy went into an overdrive and got saffron curtains, saffron towels, saffron diaries, saffron hoardings and saffron flowers for government programmes and offices. State minister Siddhartha Nath Singh defended the saffron wave and said, "Saffron is a colour that denotes positivity. The rising sun is saffron in colour. What is the problem if we want to bring positivity into the government?"


https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/230618/politics-of-colour-thrives-in-hindi -belt.html
According to the text, it is possible to say that:
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Q4068453 Inglês
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A day at work


(1º§)In the morning I attended a meeting between the management and union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive , covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary recorded everything in the notes. Eventually , they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement.

(2º§)Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn´t want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office.

(3º§)After lunch, I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government. 


http://www.supportiveenglish.com/2012/04/text-comprehension-exercises -false_04.html
According to the text, why did the executive not want to discuss it with a colleague after the meeting between the management and union representatives?
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Q4068452 Inglês
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A day at work


(1º§)In the morning I attended a meeting between the management and union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive , covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary recorded everything in the notes. Eventually , they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement.

(2º§)Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn´t want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office.

(3º§)After lunch, I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government. 


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According to the sequence in the text, choose one option that presents the meaning of the false cognates in bold in the first paragraph.
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Q4068451 Inglês
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A day at work


(1º§)In the morning I attended a meeting between the management and union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive , covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary recorded everything in the notes. Eventually , they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement.

(2º§)Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn´t want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office.

(3º§)After lunch, I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government. 


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Choose the alternative that does NOT present a topic discussed at the meeting between the management and union representatives.
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Q4051324 Inglês
Choose the option that best explains the confusing sentences and mark the correct alternative.
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know".

I.The man shot an elephant while he was wearing his pajamas.
II.The man shot an elephant that was wearing his pajamas.
III.The man shot an elephant because it was wearing his pajamas.
IV.The man shot an elephant but was wearing his pajamas. 
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Q4051323 Inglês
UK inflation exceeds 10% as bread and milk prices soar

By Mark Thompson, CNN Business
August 17, 2022

(1º§) (CNN Business) Inflation in the United Kingdom hit a new 40-year high last month, rising above 10% for the first time since 1982 and piling further pain on households already struggling to pay their bills.

(2º§) Annual consumer price inflation hit 10.1% in July, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, up from 9.4% in June. Soaring food prices - up 12.7% since July 2021 - were the largest single contributor to the acceleration in inflation, the ONS said.

(3º§) The headline inflation number was higher than predicted by a Reuters poll of economists, and food inflation is now running at its highest level in 14 years.

(4º§) "All the eleven food and non-alcoholic beverage classes made upward contributions to the change in the annual inflation rate, where prices overall rose this year but fell a year ago," the ONS said.

(5º§) The largest upward contributions came from bread and cereals, and from milk, cheese, and eggs, with notable price increases in cheddar cheese and yoghurts.

(6º§) On a monthly basis, the consumer price index was up 0.6% in July, compared with no change a year ago. Higher gasoline and diesel prices, together with rising airfares, were also to blame, the ONS added.


www.edition.cnn.com/2022/08/17/economy/uk-inflation-10/index
According to the text, what´s the meaning of "single contributor"?
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Q4051322 Inglês
UK inflation exceeds 10% as bread and milk prices soar

By Mark Thompson, CNN Business
August 17, 2022

(1º§) (CNN Business) Inflation in the United Kingdom hit a new 40-year high last month, rising above 10% for the first time since 1982 and piling further pain on households already struggling to pay their bills.

(2º§) Annual consumer price inflation hit 10.1% in July, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, up from 9.4% in June. Soaring food prices - up 12.7% since July 2021 - were the largest single contributor to the acceleration in inflation, the ONS said.

(3º§) The headline inflation number was higher than predicted by a Reuters poll of economists, and food inflation is now running at its highest level in 14 years.

(4º§) "All the eleven food and non-alcoholic beverage classes made upward contributions to the change in the annual inflation rate, where prices overall rose this year but fell a year ago," the ONS said.

(5º§) The largest upward contributions came from bread and cereals, and from milk, cheese, and eggs, with notable price increases in cheddar cheese and yoghurts.

(6º§) On a monthly basis, the consumer price index was up 0.6% in July, compared with no change a year ago. Higher gasoline and diesel prices, together with rising airfares, were also to blame, the ONS added.


www.edition.cnn.com/2022/08/17/economy/uk-inflation-10/index
Mark the alternative that has the correct meaning for "piling further pain on households".
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Q4051319 Inglês
UK inflation exceeds 10% as bread and milk prices soar

By Mark Thompson, CNN Business
August 17, 2022

(1º§) (CNN Business) Inflation in the United Kingdom hit a new 40-year high last month, rising above 10% for the first time since 1982 and piling further pain on households already struggling to pay their bills.

(2º§) Annual consumer price inflation hit 10.1% in July, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, up from 9.4% in June. Soaring food prices - up 12.7% since July 2021 - were the largest single contributor to the acceleration in inflation, the ONS said.

(3º§) The headline inflation number was higher than predicted by a Reuters poll of economists, and food inflation is now running at its highest level in 14 years.

(4º§) "All the eleven food and non-alcoholic beverage classes made upward contributions to the change in the annual inflation rate, where prices overall rose this year but fell a year ago," the ONS said.

(5º§) The largest upward contributions came from bread and cereals, and from milk, cheese, and eggs, with notable price increases in cheddar cheese and yoghurts.

(6º§) On a monthly basis, the consumer price index was up 0.6% in July, compared with no change a year ago. Higher gasoline and diesel prices, together with rising airfares, were also to blame, the ONS added.


www.edition.cnn.com/2022/08/17/economy/uk-inflation-10/index
Which paragraph explains the contribution of food prices Which paragraph explains the contribution of food prices
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Q4049613 Inglês
Private customized tour of Niagara Falls What to expect

     We offer a customizable option which includes the Iconic Maid of the Mist, Cave of the Winds, Niagara Adventure Movie and Underground Railroad Museum and more. IF you would like to customize the tour to your specifications when the guides make contact with you they will go over all details. We believe in personal attention to our guests and we want to provide an ideal experience that you and your loved ones will never forget. Transportation from hotels and back is provided.
      We will pick up guests at many different locations, the tour for the most part is outside the vehicle as we will guide you through the park and when the tour is over we will embark on a Wine Tour where you will see the country of Western New York and get tastings at some of our best wineries in the area.

Departure Point Goat Island, Niagara Falls, NY 14303, USA.

Duration 7–8 hours.

Additional Info
 Confirmation will be received at time of booking;  Not wheelchair accessible;  Stroller accessible;  Service animals allowed;  No heart problems or other serious medical conditions;  Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness.

(Available: https://niagararegionaltours.com. Adapted.)

Mark the option that matches text content. 
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Q4047861 Inglês

TEXTIV- Text forquestion



QUOTATION



“Another important characteristic of the [National Curricular] Parameters that should not be overlooked is their emphasis on teacher's autonomy. This emphasis can be seen clearly in the fact that no content or method is imposed upon the teachers. What one can find are suggestions and relevant information for teachers to make their own decisions, taking into consideration the context within which they work. In other words, the Parameters do not force any teacher to limit their focus on the teaching of reading, if they believe they can go further than that” (ALMEIDA, 2012, p. 334).


(Source: ALMEIDA, Ricardo Luiz Teixeira de. The teaching of English as a foreign language in the context of Brazilian regular schools: a retrospective and prospective view of policies and practices. In: Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, Belo Horizonte, v. 12, nº 2, June, 2012, p. 331-348. Available at: th https://www.scielo.br/j/rbla/a/nNz3Jtj85xmms8MnNfwRpMn/?format=pdf&lang=en. Accessed on April 20 , 2022).

Based on the quotation by Almeida (2012), we may state that: 

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Q4047854 Inglês

TEXTII – Text forquestion.


Foreign Language Teaching in Brazil: interfaces of the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach in remote teaching

(Ana Lúcia Farias da Silva - 01/12/2021)



FINAL CONSIDERATIONS



English Language Teaching, in the modality of remote teaching, with the full use of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) has advanced and can be efficient with the development of language skills associated with these technological and didactic resources appropriate to each objective in foreign language teaching. However, the teacher should have good planning, carefully reflecting and analyzing the tool that best suited to his/her goal.


Moreover, we postulate as indispensable the teaching of the English Language (EL), as a way of access to universal cultural goods, academic and professional environments of the globalized world, also considering an inclusive formation that leads the student to expand their readings of the world.


Moreover, classes, in real time, help in the cognitive process in relation to playing, dialoguing, in addition to awakening sensitivities such as visual and auditory perceptions, necessary for learning. Despite some flexibility, the use of English contributed to welcoming students in the mother tongue, which did not impair the learning of the proposed contents, on the contrary, it brought the students closer to the teacher-researcher, enabling a better work in language teaching. The results were perceived in the formal evaluations and in the engagement of the students during the classes, corroborating the pedagogical work that goes beyond teaching the contents and also goes through the ability of the educator to welcome and relate to his students.


Despite a pandemic moment, extremely challenging, especially for foreign language teaching, especially English, this research emphasized the need to follow the advancement of digital technologies and transform new challenges into knowledge, to optimize the adaptability of individuals, in view of the emerging educational contexts that have already been configured as a new reality at this time.


It is concluded, therefore, that according to the study presented and the current readings on foreign language teaching, in interface with multiple methods and possibilities in VLE, the new technological resources contribute and stimulate new didactic-pedagogical perspectives, in this panorama of remote teaching, driven by the pandemic. That said, it is possible to offer a teaching of the EL, in bilingual programs, in primary schools in Brazil today, even in elementary school, distance and quality, with priority to the development of all the language skills that an apprentice must activate, for significant and efficient foreign language learning.



(Adapted from: https://www.nucleodoconhecimento.com.br/education/interfaces-of-the-content. th Accessed on April 10 , 2022). 

Based on Text II, analyze the following sentences and check True (T) or False (F).



( ) Asynchronous classes facilitate the cognitive process regarding some tasks which are necessary for learning.


( ) Through ELlearning, in which students might expand their readings of the world, an inclusive formation may also take place.


( ) As final remarks, the author defends the positive aspects of new digital technologies developed during the pandemic as a way of fostering meaningful foreign language learning.



Choose the alternative with the CORRECTsequence:

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Q4047853 Inglês

TEXTII – Text forquestion.


Foreign Language Teaching in Brazil: interfaces of the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach in remote teaching

(Ana Lúcia Farias da Silva - 01/12/2021)



FINAL CONSIDERATIONS



English Language Teaching, in the modality of remote teaching, with the full use of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) has advanced and can be efficient with the development of language skills associated with these technological and didactic resources appropriate to each objective in foreign language teaching. However, the teacher should have good planning, carefully reflecting and analyzing the tool that best suited to his/her goal.


Moreover, we postulate as indispensable the teaching of the English Language (EL), as a way of access to universal cultural goods, academic and professional environments of the globalized world, also considering an inclusive formation that leads the student to expand their readings of the world.


Moreover, classes, in real time, help in the cognitive process in relation to playing, dialoguing, in addition to awakening sensitivities such as visual and auditory perceptions, necessary for learning. Despite some flexibility, the use of English contributed to welcoming students in the mother tongue, which did not impair the learning of the proposed contents, on the contrary, it brought the students closer to the teacher-researcher, enabling a better work in language teaching. The results were perceived in the formal evaluations and in the engagement of the students during the classes, corroborating the pedagogical work that goes beyond teaching the contents and also goes through the ability of the educator to welcome and relate to his students.


Despite a pandemic moment, extremely challenging, especially for foreign language teaching, especially English, this research emphasized the need to follow the advancement of digital technologies and transform new challenges into knowledge, to optimize the adaptability of individuals, in view of the emerging educational contexts that have already been configured as a new reality at this time.


It is concluded, therefore, that according to the study presented and the current readings on foreign language teaching, in interface with multiple methods and possibilities in VLE, the new technological resources contribute and stimulate new didactic-pedagogical perspectives, in this panorama of remote teaching, driven by the pandemic. That said, it is possible to offer a teaching of the EL, in bilingual programs, in primary schools in Brazil today, even in elementary school, distance and quality, with priority to the development of all the language skills that an apprentice must activate, for significant and efficient foreign language learning.



(Adapted from: https://www.nucleodoconhecimento.com.br/education/interfaces-of-the-content. th Accessed on April 10 , 2022). 

According to these final remarks, it is RIGHTto say that:  

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Q4047851 Inglês

TEXTI



Pandemic Language Teaching: insights from Brazilian and international teachers on the pivot to emergency remote instruction

(Sevilla-Pavon, A.; Finardi, K. R.)



ABSTRACT



This article reflects on the experiences of language teachers from Brazil, Spain, France, Cyprus, Costa Rica and Taiwan during the pivot to emergency remote/online instruction during the 2020 pandemic. The research question motivating the study was what language teachers' perceptions regarding online teaching during the pandemic were. Data were analyzed qualitatively, contrasting data from a questionnaire shared in an asynchronous online form with data from focus group interviews carried out via videoconferencing. The analysis of the questionnaire data showed that the vast majority of respondents used different digital technologies to teach online, both synchronously and asynchronously, but felt unprepared to work in this modality, mostly because of lack of institutional support and training. The analysis of the focus group interviews suggested that most teachers expressed concerns as to the limitations of online teaching for interaction and exams. In addition, some teachers displayed negative attitudes towards online teaching due to the lack of preparation and institutional support. This was aggravated by political implications of migrating to online education that could result in precariousness of the teacher profession. The positive aspects highlighted were the possibility of developing more self-directed and autonomous learning, as well as experimenting with different technologies and approaches. Overall, the analysis of the data suggests that, after the pandemic and with due preparation and support, some of the digital technologies and approaches experimented with will be incorporated into pedagogical practices in blended approaches, which represent a real trend and possibility for language teaching in the post-pandemic context.


Keywords: Online Language Teaching and Learning; Covid-19 pandemic; teachers' perceptions; Education & Educational Research; Linguistics. th

(Available at: https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/pt/covidwho-1614384. Accessed on April 6 , 2022).



Answer question according to TEXTI.

Overall, the analysis of the data suggests that, after the pandemic and with due preparation and support…”. The word overall indicates:
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Q4047850 Inglês

TEXTI



Pandemic Language Teaching: insights from Brazilian and international teachers on the pivot to emergency remote instruction

(Sevilla-Pavon, A.; Finardi, K. R.)



ABSTRACT



This article reflects on the experiences of language teachers from Brazil, Spain, France, Cyprus, Costa Rica and Taiwan during the pivot to emergency remote/online instruction during the 2020 pandemic. The research question motivating the study was what language teachers' perceptions regarding online teaching during the pandemic were. Data were analyzed qualitatively, contrasting data from a questionnaire shared in an asynchronous online form with data from focus group interviews carried out via videoconferencing. The analysis of the questionnaire data showed that the vast majority of respondents used different digital technologies to teach online, both synchronously and asynchronously, but felt unprepared to work in this modality, mostly because of lack of institutional support and training. The analysis of the focus group interviews suggested that most teachers expressed concerns as to the limitations of online teaching for interaction and exams. In addition, some teachers displayed negative attitudes towards online teaching due to the lack of preparation and institutional support. This was aggravated by political implications of migrating to online education that could result in precariousness of the teacher profession. The positive aspects highlighted were the possibility of developing more self-directed and autonomous learning, as well as experimenting with different technologies and approaches. Overall, the analysis of the data suggests that, after the pandemic and with due preparation and support, some of the digital technologies and approaches experimented with will be incorporated into pedagogical practices in blended approaches, which represent a real trend and possibility for language teaching in the post-pandemic context.


Keywords: Online Language Teaching and Learning; Covid-19 pandemic; teachers' perceptions; Education & Educational Research; Linguistics. th

(Available at: https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/pt/covidwho-1614384. Accessed on April 6 , 2022).



Answer question according to TEXTI.

Concerning the use of different digital technologies, 
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Q4046844 Inglês
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Mark Zuckerberg admits he got it 'wrong' as Meta fires 11,000 Facebook and Instagram staff


(1º§)The company - which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - will see 13 per cent of its 87,000-person global workforce gone. Zuck, 38, described the painful move as "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history". "I know this is tough for everyone, and I'm especially sorry to those impacted," he told staff on Wednesday.

(2º§)Meta has been hit by soaring costs and a weaker advertising market, which it heavily relies on to ake money. The social network has also taken a massive gamble with Zuckerberg's metaverse dream, ploughing billions into the project.

(3º§)It's the first set of broad job cuts in Meta's 18-year history. Other tech giants are going through a similar squeeze, including Twitter which recently let go of around half its 7,500 workforce - as part of Elon Musk's $44billion takeover. Unlike most companies, Facebook was one of the few winners during Covid as the world depended on online platforms.

(4º§)But Zuckerberg admits he was wrong to significantly increase investments, believing Meta's surge during the pandemic would continue. "I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that," he said. "We've cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets, reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint.

(5º§)"We're restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. "But these measures alone won't bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so I've also made the hard decision to let people go." Most affected staff will be frozen out from Meta's top secret systems today, with the exception of their emails.


saaf/ ://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/20370977/facebook-meta-lay-off-11000-staff/
According to the text, Meta faced several problems, such as:
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Q4046842 Inglês
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Mark Zuckerberg admits he got it 'wrong' as Meta fires 11,000 Facebook and Instagram staff


(1º§)The company - which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - will see 13 per cent of its 87,000-person global workforce gone. Zuck, 38, described the painful move as "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history". "I know this is tough for everyone, and I'm especially sorry to those impacted," he told staff on Wednesday.

(2º§)Meta has been hit by soaring costs and a weaker advertising market, which it heavily relies on to ake money. The social network has also taken a massive gamble with Zuckerberg's metaverse dream, ploughing billions into the project.

(3º§)It's the first set of broad job cuts in Meta's 18-year history. Other tech giants are going through a similar squeeze, including Twitter which recently let go of around half its 7,500 workforce - as part of Elon Musk's $44billion takeover. Unlike most companies, Facebook was one of the few winners during Covid as the world depended on online platforms.

(4º§)But Zuckerberg admits he was wrong to significantly increase investments, believing Meta's surge during the pandemic would continue. "I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that," he said. "We've cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets, reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint.

(5º§)"We're restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. "But these measures alone won't bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so I've also made the hard decision to let people go." Most affected staff will be frozen out from Meta's top secret systems today, with the exception of their emails.


saaf/ ://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/20370977/facebook-meta-lay-off-11000-staff/
In which paragraph do we find information about the amount of investment made in the mestaverso?
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Q4046841 Inglês
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Mark Zuckerberg admits he got it 'wrong' as Meta fires 11,000 Facebook and Instagram staff


(1º§)The company - which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - will see 13 per cent of its 87,000-person global workforce gone. Zuck, 38, described the painful move as "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history". "I know this is tough for everyone, and I'm especially sorry to those impacted," he told staff on Wednesday.

(2º§)Meta has been hit by soaring costs and a weaker advertising market, which it heavily relies on to ake money. The social network has also taken a massive gamble with Zuckerberg's metaverse dream, ploughing billions into the project.

(3º§)It's the first set of broad job cuts in Meta's 18-year history. Other tech giants are going through a similar squeeze, including Twitter which recently let go of around half its 7,500 workforce - as part of Elon Musk's $44billion takeover. Unlike most companies, Facebook was one of the few winners during Covid as the world depended on online platforms.

(4º§)But Zuckerberg admits he was wrong to significantly increase investments, believing Meta's surge during the pandemic would continue. "I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that," he said. "We've cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets, reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint.

(5º§)"We're restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. "But these measures alone won't bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so I've also made the hard decision to let people go." Most affected staff will be frozen out from Meta's top secret systems today, with the exception of their emails.


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Mark Zuckerberg admits he got it 'wrong' as Meta fires 11,000 Facebook and Instagram staff


(1º§)The company - which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - will see 13 per cent of its 87,000-person global workforce gone. Zuck, 38, described the painful move as "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history". "I know this is tough for everyone, and I'm especially sorry to those impacted," he told staff on Wednesday.

(2º§)Meta has been hit by soaring costs and a weaker advertising market, which it heavily relies on to ake money. The social network has also taken a massive gamble with Zuckerberg's metaverse dream, ploughing billions into the project.

(3º§)It's the first set of broad job cuts in Meta's 18-year history. Other tech giants are going through a similar squeeze, including Twitter which recently let go of around half its 7,500 workforce - as part of Elon Musk's $44billion takeover. Unlike most companies, Facebook was one of the few winners during Covid as the world depended on online platforms.

(4º§)But Zuckerberg admits he was wrong to significantly increase investments, believing Meta's surge during the pandemic would continue. "I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that," he said. "We've cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets, reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint.

(5º§)"We're restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. "But these measures alone won't bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so I've also made the hard decision to let people go." Most affected staff will be frozen out from Meta's top secret systems today, with the exception of their emails.


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(1º§)Clothing of Ancient Romans were generally simple but that doesn't mean it didn't change through time, although slowly. Roman clothing consisted of toga, tunic and stola.


(2º§)The most commonly used material for their clothing was wool but they also used and produced linen and hemp. The production of these fibers was very similar. After the harvest the fibers were immersed in water and then aired. After that, fibers were pressed mechanically with a mallet and smoothed with large combs. Fibers were then spun and woven on looms.


(3º§)While wool, hemp and hemp were produced on the Roman territory, silk and cotton were imported from China and India. Because they were very expensive, they were reserved for higher classes. From exotic materials, Romans also used wild silk that is collected from the wild after the insect had eaten its way out; and sea silk that comes from the endemic "noble pen shell" that lives only in Mediterranean. Although we think that all roman clothes were white (because of the statues), Romans dyed theirs clothes in purple, indigo, red, yellow and other colors. Leather was used for protection against poor weather (from leather were made heavy coats for Roman soldiers), but its primary use was in footwear and belts. Animal skins were also worn by soldiers. Legionaries wore bearskins while Praetorians preferred feline skins.


(4º§)Toga was probably the most significant item in the ancient Roman wardrobe. It was made of wool and was designed under the influence of the Etruscans and their clothes. Basically the toga was a large blanket, draped over the body, leaving one arm free. Reason why the free citizens were required to wear togas was to differ from slaves who wore tunics. Togas were forbidden for foreigners and fro exiled Romans.


(5º§)Tunic is adopted from the Greeks and was worn by everybody citizens, slaves and non-Romans and by both genres. Wearer's status in Roman society was shown with color and decorations of the tunic. It was worn as a shirt or a gown or as undergarments.


(6º§)Stola was traditional clothing of Roman women made of linen, cotton or wool. It was reserved for women since 2nd century BC when the toga started to be clothing reserved for men. It was a long, pleated dress, worn over a tunic. It generally had no sleeves but there were versions with shorter and longer sleeves. Sleeveless version was fastened by clasps at the shoulders. It also had belts or two that held stola.


(7º§)From the late Republic to the end of the Western empire, clothing of Ancient Rome slowly changed. After the Diocletian's reforms, clothing worn by soldiers and non-military members of government became very decorated. Their tunics and cloaks were decorated with woven or embellished strips and circular roundels. Silk was used more than ever. Bureaucrats started using pieces of clothing that were before reserved only for military. People started wearing even the trousers which was before that considered as a sign of cultural decay because only barbarians wore trousers at that time.



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