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Q2754393 Inglês

Instruction: Answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.


Klingon to Dothraki: Invented languages gain popularity


  1. The idea of invented languages is not new. People have been trying to create new tongues
  2. for a long time. One of the most famous examples is Esperanto, created by Ludwik Zamenhof
  3. in 1887 which he hoped would become __ globally spoken unifying language. The fact that it
  4. is based on 16 very simple rules and took words from languages already present makes it very
  5. easy to learn. This was a conscious decision by Zamenhof who hoped that if everyone spoke
  6. one language, there would be fewer wars and conflicts.
  7. So far, none of the existing constructed languages has achieved a large number of
  8. speakers. Klingon, the invented language of Star Trek has around 20-30 speakers. Na’vi, the
  9. language created for the movie “Avatar” has one fluent speaker, 10 intermediate speakers,
  10. and over forty novices. Dothraki, which was crafted specifically for __ series Game of Thrones,
  11. boasts seven intermediate speakers and around a hundred novices. For now, Garadálava has
  12. exactly one speaker: Fynn Schlemminger himself.
  13. However Esperanto is a notable exception: it’s estimated that the language has around
  14. some 1,000 native speakers, and many parents teach it to their children. TV series, movies,
  15. books, and especially the Internet have given invented languages a chance like never before.
  16. According to the BBC, Esperanto, which was created almost exactly 100 years ago, is currently
  17. experiencing a boost, mostly thanks to the language learning app Duolingo, and a highly
  18. engaged online community. Wikipedia is also available in this language.
  19. With the amount of time and effort it takes to learn a new language, it is rather unlikely
  20. that __ invented tongue will achieve world domination in the same way English has. But it is
  21. clear that there is rising interest in creating new languages. “Yes, there might be more of them
  22. in the future, or more people will try their hand at it,” said Carpenter.


Fonte: adaptado de http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/25/from-klingon-to-dothraki-is-inventing-your-own-language-that-hard-

Analyse the following statements:


I. ‘So far’ (l.07) could be replaced by Up to this time.

II. The expression ‘However’ (l.13) introduces a statement that contrast with what has been said.

III. ‘But’ (l.20) introduces an impossibility and could be replaced by Thus.


Which ones are INCORRECT?

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Q2754389 Inglês

Instruction: Answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.


Klingon to Dothraki: Invented languages gain popularity


  1. The idea of invented languages is not new. People have been trying to create new tongues
  2. for a long time. One of the most famous examples is Esperanto, created by Ludwik Zamenhof
  3. in 1887 which he hoped would become __ globally spoken unifying language. The fact that it
  4. is based on 16 very simple rules and took words from languages already present makes it very
  5. easy to learn. This was a conscious decision by Zamenhof who hoped that if everyone spoke
  6. one language, there would be fewer wars and conflicts.
  7. So far, none of the existing constructed languages has achieved a large number of
  8. speakers. Klingon, the invented language of Star Trek has around 20-30 speakers. Na’vi, the
  9. language created for the movie “Avatar” has one fluent speaker, 10 intermediate speakers,
  10. and over forty novices. Dothraki, which was crafted specifically for __ series Game of Thrones,
  11. boasts seven intermediate speakers and around a hundred novices. For now, Garadálava has
  12. exactly one speaker: Fynn Schlemminger himself.
  13. However Esperanto is a notable exception: it’s estimated that the language has around
  14. some 1,000 native speakers, and many parents teach it to their children. TV series, movies,
  15. books, and especially the Internet have given invented languages a chance like never before.
  16. According to the BBC, Esperanto, which was created almost exactly 100 years ago, is currently
  17. experiencing a boost, mostly thanks to the language learning app Duolingo, and a highly
  18. engaged online community. Wikipedia is also available in this language.
  19. With the amount of time and effort it takes to learn a new language, it is rather unlikely
  20. that __ invented tongue will achieve world domination in the same way English has. But it is
  21. clear that there is rising interest in creating new languages. “Yes, there might be more of them
  22. in the future, or more people will try their hand at it,” said Carpenter.


Fonte: adaptado de http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/25/from-klingon-to-dothraki-is-inventing-your-own-language-that-hard-

Consider the following statements:


I. ‘an’ correctly fills in the blank of line 03.

II. In order to correctly fill in the blank of line 10, it should be used ‘a’.

III. In line 20, the blank should be filled with ‘the’.


Which ones are INCORRECT?

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Q2754387 Inglês

Instruction: Answer questions 31 to 35 based on the following text.


German student invents own language


  1. Fynn Schlemminger _____ exactly what he wanted to do for his A-levels special project:
  2. create a language from scratch. And that’s exactly what he did. The invented language is
  3. called Garadálava, and, according to its creator, it is unique. “The premise of creating
  4. Garadálava was to make it unlike any spoken language. I came up with a phonology people
  5. usually interpret as harsh or pointed, featuring some guttural sounds and a very unmelodious
  6. tone,” he explained.
  7. All languages are, to a point, constructed because they went through corrections and
  8. reforms over time. However, there is one main difference according to a professor of linguistics
  9. at Wellesley College. Angela Carpenter, who has been teaching a course on invented languages
  10. since 2010, said the main difference is that “an invented language originates in someone's
  11. mind and is developed and expanded upon mostly by that person. A natural language ______
  12. within a speech community, usually from another language, dialect or creole, over a period of
  13. time.”
  14. When Schlemminger began working on Garadálava, he started with a sketch, an idea of
  15. how the language should sound and feel like.
  16. “You begin with the more superficial things, the shape of the language so to speak, some
  17. basic words, a sound inventory, sentence order. After that you simply go into more detail and
  18. mostly rotate between making up words and grammar rules, until you are done,” he said to
  19. Euronews. To him, the experience of creating a language was not unlike making a sculpture,
  20. creating a work of art.
  21. “Inventing a language is a very creative process that also requires knowledge of linguistic
  22. structures to make it a viable language. Having to create your own language really ______
  23. you to understand linguistic structure and the complex nature of language communication,”
  24. explained Carpenter.


Fonte: adaptado de http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/25/from-klingon-to-dothraki-is-inventing-your-own-language-that-hard-

Consider the following statements about the text:


I. Garadávala is a language widely spoken in Germany.

II. Opposed to invented languages, natural languages are not part of a construction.

III. In order to invent a language, one must be both creative and have a good understanding of language structure.


Which ones are in agreement with the text?

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Q2754383 Inglês

Instruction: Answer questions 31 to 35 based on the following text.


German student invents own language


  1. Fynn Schlemminger _____ exactly what he wanted to do for his A-levels special project:
  2. create a language from scratch. And that’s exactly what he did. The invented language is
  3. called Garadálava, and, according to its creator, it is unique. “The premise of creating
  4. Garadálava was to make it unlike any spoken language. I came up with a phonology people
  5. usually interpret as harsh or pointed, featuring some guttural sounds and a very unmelodious
  6. tone,” he explained.
  7. All languages are, to a point, constructed because they went through corrections and
  8. reforms over time. However, there is one main difference according to a professor of linguistics
  9. at Wellesley College. Angela Carpenter, who has been teaching a course on invented languages
  10. since 2010, said the main difference is that “an invented language originates in someone's
  11. mind and is developed and expanded upon mostly by that person. A natural language ______
  12. within a speech community, usually from another language, dialect or creole, over a period of
  13. time.”
  14. When Schlemminger began working on Garadálava, he started with a sketch, an idea of
  15. how the language should sound and feel like.
  16. “You begin with the more superficial things, the shape of the language so to speak, some
  17. basic words, a sound inventory, sentence order. After that you simply go into more detail and
  18. mostly rotate between making up words and grammar rules, until you are done,” he said to
  19. Euronews. To him, the experience of creating a language was not unlike making a sculpture,
  20. creating a work of art.
  21. “Inventing a language is a very creative process that also requires knowledge of linguistic
  22. structures to make it a viable language. Having to create your own language really ______
  23. you to understand linguistic structure and the complex nature of language communication,”
  24. explained Carpenter.


Fonte: adaptado de http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/25/from-klingon-to-dothraki-is-inventing-your-own-language-that-hard-

Consider sentences from the text; then analyse the following statements:


I. A possible synonym of ‘harsh’ (l. 05) is ‘rough’, considering the context of the sentence.

II. Considering the context, ‘who has been teaching’ (l.09) should be translated to ‘que têm ensinado’.

III. Although it has a gerund form, ‘having’ (l.22) is classified as an adjective.


Which ones are correct?

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Q2754381 Inglês

Instruction: Answer questions 31 to 35 based on the following text.


German student invents own language


  1. Fynn Schlemminger _____ exactly what he wanted to do for his A-levels special project:
  2. create a language from scratch. And that’s exactly what he did. The invented language is
  3. called Garadálava, and, according to its creator, it is unique. “The premise of creating
  4. Garadálava was to make it unlike any spoken language. I came up with a phonology people
  5. usually interpret as harsh or pointed, featuring some guttural sounds and a very unmelodious
  6. tone,” he explained.
  7. All languages are, to a point, constructed because they went through corrections and
  8. reforms over time. However, there is one main difference according to a professor of linguistics
  9. at Wellesley College. Angela Carpenter, who has been teaching a course on invented languages
  10. since 2010, said the main difference is that “an invented language originates in someone's
  11. mind and is developed and expanded upon mostly by that person. A natural language ______
  12. within a speech community, usually from another language, dialect or creole, over a period of
  13. time.”
  14. When Schlemminger began working on Garadálava, he started with a sketch, an idea of
  15. how the language should sound and feel like.
  16. “You begin with the more superficial things, the shape of the language so to speak, some
  17. basic words, a sound inventory, sentence order. After that you simply go into more detail and
  18. mostly rotate between making up words and grammar rules, until you are done,” he said to
  19. Euronews. To him, the experience of creating a language was not unlike making a sculpture,
  20. creating a work of art.
  21. “Inventing a language is a very creative process that also requires knowledge of linguistic
  22. structures to make it a viable language. Having to create your own language really ______
  23. you to understand linguistic structure and the complex nature of language communication,”
  24. explained Carpenter.


Fonte: adaptado de http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/25/from-klingon-to-dothraki-is-inventing-your-own-language-that-hard-

Consider the following statements.


I. The plural of the words ‘sketch’ (l.14) and ‘inventory’ (l.17) follow the same spelling rule.

II. To turn a singular sentence into plural, one has to both nouns and adjectives.

III. The main rule of verb agreement in the third person singular is to add –s, as it is the case in ‘go’ (l.17).


Which ones are INCORRECT?

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Q2752620 Inglês

Text for the questions from 38 to 50.

Sound Advice for Language Learners


1 A recent issue of a language learning magazine has

consulted a number of experts in the field of second

language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for

4 those considering a language course. Ask yourself some

basic questions, they suggest. Did you enjoy studying

languages at school, for example? Can you really afford the

7 time to learn a language?

First and foremost, you have to be realistic in your

goals. If you fail to set achievable aims you are likely to give

10 up. Besides, it is worth knowing that the most expensive

courses are not necessarily the best. You should also bear in

mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly

13 you forget it. Sue Miller, a French teacher, attempted to

teach herself German by enrolling on a crash course.

Already fluent in three languages, her chances of making

16 progress were high. Two years on she hardly remembers

anything. “I should have chosen a regular course in order to

have more time for practice and consolidation.”

19 Sue’s comment is certainly a good piece of advice.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.uk> (adapted).


In “a good piece of advice” (line 19), the expression “a piece of” is used to make the noun “advice” countable. With which word from the options below, “a piece of” can also be used?

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Q2752618 Inglês

Text for the questions from 38 to 50.

Sound Advice for Language Learners


1 A recent issue of a language learning magazine has

consulted a number of experts in the field of second

language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for

4 those considering a language course. Ask yourself some

basic questions, they suggest. Did you enjoy studying

languages at school, for example? Can you really afford the

7 time to learn a language?

First and foremost, you have to be realistic in your

goals. If you fail to set achievable aims you are likely to give

10 up. Besides, it is worth knowing that the most expensive

courses are not necessarily the best. You should also bear in

mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly

13 you forget it. Sue Miller, a French teacher, attempted to

teach herself German by enrolling on a crash course.

Already fluent in three languages, her chances of making

16 progress were high. Two years on she hardly remembers

anything. “I should have chosen a regular course in order to

have more time for practice and consolidation.”

19 Sue’s comment is certainly a good piece of advice.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.uk> (adapted).


Which statement about Sue Miller is correct according to paragraph 2?

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Q2752616 Inglês

Text for the questions from 38 to 50.

Sound Advice for Language Learners


1 A recent issue of a language learning magazine has

consulted a number of experts in the field of second

language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for

4 those considering a language course. Ask yourself some

basic questions, they suggest. Did you enjoy studying

languages at school, for example? Can you really afford the

7 time to learn a language?

First and foremost, you have to be realistic in your

goals. If you fail to set achievable aims you are likely to give

10 up. Besides, it is worth knowing that the most expensive

courses are not necessarily the best. You should also bear in

mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly

13 you forget it. Sue Miller, a French teacher, attempted to

teach herself German by enrolling on a crash course.

Already fluent in three languages, her chances of making

16 progress were high. Two years on she hardly remembers

anything. “I should have chosen a regular course in order to

have more time for practice and consolidation.”

19 Sue’s comment is certainly a good piece of advice.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.uk> (adapted).


“have to” in “you have to be realistic in your goals” (lines 8 and 9) is used to express

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Q2752614 Inglês

Text for the questions from 38 to 50.

Sound Advice for Language Learners


1 A recent issue of a language learning magazine has

consulted a number of experts in the field of second

language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for

4 those considering a language course. Ask yourself some

basic questions, they suggest. Did you enjoy studying

languages at school, for example? Can you really afford the

7 time to learn a language?

First and foremost, you have to be realistic in your

goals. If you fail to set achievable aims you are likely to give

10 up. Besides, it is worth knowing that the most expensive

courses are not necessarily the best. You should also bear in

mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly

13 you forget it. Sue Miller, a French teacher, attempted to

teach herself German by enrolling on a crash course.

Already fluent in three languages, her chances of making

16 progress were high. Two years on she hardly remembers

anything. “I should have chosen a regular course in order to

have more time for practice and consolidation.”

19 Sue’s comment is certainly a good piece of advice.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.uk> (adapted).


Which sentence is correct according to what is stated in “Besides, it is worth knowing that the most expensive courses are not necessarily the best. You should also bear in mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly you forget it.” (lines from 10 to 13)?

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Q2752613 Inglês

Text for the questions from 38 to 50.

Sound Advice for Language Learners


1 A recent issue of a language learning magazine has

consulted a number of experts in the field of second

language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for

4 those considering a language course. Ask yourself some

basic questions, they suggest. Did you enjoy studying

languages at school, for example? Can you really afford the

7 time to learn a language?

First and foremost, you have to be realistic in your

goals. If you fail to set achievable aims you are likely to give

10 up. Besides, it is worth knowing that the most expensive

courses are not necessarily the best. You should also bear in

mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly

13 you forget it. Sue Miller, a French teacher, attempted to

teach herself German by enrolling on a crash course.

Already fluent in three languages, her chances of making

16 progress were high. Two years on she hardly remembers

anything. “I should have chosen a regular course in order to

have more time for practice and consolidation.”

19 Sue’s comment is certainly a good piece of advice.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.uk> (adapted).


“you are likely to give up” (lines 9 and 10) means

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Q2752608 Inglês

Text for the questions from 28 to 37.

A Musical Genius


1 Beethoven is one of the most influential figures in

the history of classical music. His exceptional talent was

already evident when he was still a young man, trying to

4 survive a rather unorthodox upbringing. Indeed, his

eccentric father would often make him study music in the

middle of the night.

7 Soon, the young Beethoven's ability won him the

admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures.

However, just at the point when he was beginning to reap

10 the rewards of his early endeavors, he realized that he was

becoming deaf. Beethoven felt devastated as it was clear to

him that his increasing deafness was incurable. And yet, he

13 kept composing and his music displayed a striking change in

style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.co.uk> (adapted).

Identify the verb in which final “ed” is pronounced as in “devastated” (line 11).

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Q2752607 Inglês

Text for the questions from 28 to 37.

A Musical Genius


1 Beethoven is one of the most influential figures in

the history of classical music. His exceptional talent was

already evident when he was still a young man, trying to

4 survive a rather unorthodox upbringing. Indeed, his

eccentric father would often make him study music in the

middle of the night.

7 Soon, the young Beethoven's ability won him the

admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures.

However, just at the point when he was beginning to reap

10 the rewards of his early endeavors, he realized that he was

becoming deaf. Beethoven felt devastated as it was clear to

him that his increasing deafness was incurable. And yet, he

13 kept composing and his music displayed a striking change in

style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.co.uk> (adapted).

Which alternative is correct according to what is stated in paragraph 2?

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Q2752604 Inglês

Text for the questions from 28 to 37.

A Musical Genius


1 Beethoven is one of the most influential figures in

the history of classical music. His exceptional talent was

already evident when he was still a young man, trying to

4 survive a rather unorthodox upbringing. Indeed, his

eccentric father would often make him study music in the

middle of the night.

7 Soon, the young Beethoven's ability won him the

admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures.

However, just at the point when he was beginning to reap

10 the rewards of his early endeavors, he realized that he was

becoming deaf. Beethoven felt devastated as it was clear to

him that his increasing deafness was incurable. And yet, he

13 kept composing and his music displayed a striking change in

style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.co.uk> (adapted).

Choose the correct alternative to “However” (line 9).

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Q2752603 Inglês

Text for the questions from 28 to 37.

A Musical Genius


1 Beethoven is one of the most influential figures in

the history of classical music. His exceptional talent was

already evident when he was still a young man, trying to

4 survive a rather unorthodox upbringing. Indeed, his

eccentric father would often make him study music in the

middle of the night.

7 Soon, the young Beethoven's ability won him the

admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures.

However, just at the point when he was beginning to reap

10 the rewards of his early endeavors, he realized that he was

becoming deaf. Beethoven felt devastated as it was clear to

him that his increasing deafness was incurable. And yet, he

13 kept composing and his music displayed a striking change in

style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.co.uk> (adapted).

“unorthodox” (line 4) means

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Q2752602 Inglês

Text for the questions from 28 to 37.

A Musical Genius


1 Beethoven is one of the most influential figures in

the history of classical music. His exceptional talent was

already evident when he was still a young man, trying to

4 survive a rather unorthodox upbringing. Indeed, his

eccentric father would often make him study music in the

middle of the night.

7 Soon, the young Beethoven's ability won him the

admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures.

However, just at the point when he was beginning to reap

10 the rewards of his early endeavors, he realized that he was

becoming deaf. Beethoven felt devastated as it was clear to

him that his increasing deafness was incurable. And yet, he

13 kept composing and his music displayed a striking change in

style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.co.uk> (adapted).

In “his eccentric father would often make him study” (lines 4 and 5), “would” is used to

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Q2752601 Inglês

Text for the questions from 28 to 37.

A Musical Genius


1 Beethoven is one of the most influential figures in

the history of classical music. His exceptional talent was

already evident when he was still a young man, trying to

4 survive a rather unorthodox upbringing. Indeed, his

eccentric father would often make him study music in the

middle of the night.

7 Soon, the young Beethoven's ability won him the

admiration of the leading contemporary musical figures.

However, just at the point when he was beginning to reap

10 the rewards of his early endeavors, he realized that he was

becoming deaf. Beethoven felt devastated as it was clear to

him that his increasing deafness was incurable. And yet, he

13 kept composing and his music displayed a striking change in

style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger in scale.

Internet: <www.flo‐joe.co.uk> (adapted).

Identify the word that rhymes with “still” (line 3).

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Q2217859 Inglês
By reading this text we can conclude that 
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Q2055063 Inglês
This study explores the implementation of the multimodality theory for high school students of English as a Foreign Language in a Brazilian context. This implementation was based on a study conducted by Almeida (2011), in which she proposed a multimodality framework for teaching multimodal texts. By using the framework, Almeida tried to establish a bridge between a theory designed to analyze visual structures (e.g., Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006) and its adaptation to the educational context (e.g., Browett, 2007; Jewitt, 2008; Oliveira, 2006; Riesland, 2005).

(…)

In Brazil, the importance of implementing activities in the classroom that focus on literacy, multiliteracy, multimodality and hypertext is highlighted by the Ministerio da Educação Secretaria de Educação Básica’s (Ministry of Education District of Basic Education) Curricular Orientations for Secondary School-OCEMs (2006), an official curriculum document. This document guides the curriculum of all schools in Brazil and it includes suggestions about the teaching of multimodality. To achieve this goal, the grammar of visual design (Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006) is seen as an important starting point for the professional learning of teachers in visual literacy because it can help them understand how to read images and associate both kinds of text, visual and written.

(…)

Thus, we applied this approach in two classrooms where we could observe whether knowledge of multimodality theory affected the students’ reading of the texts. To this end, we prepared two activities focusing on the same multimodal text; the first activity was given to students before teaching them multimodality theory and the second one after instruction.

The picture used for Exercise 1 and 2 was the same. It was the picture of a man whose face looked like the face of a fish. The man was looking up and was wearing a blue shirt. At the bottom of the picture, centered in relation to the picture, and in capital letters was the following text: “STOP CLIMATE CHANGE BEFORE IT CHANGES YOU.” Below the text and centered in relation to the text, there was a panda picture with the WWF acronym below it followed by the text “for a living planet” in lowercase.

(…)

The students participated in the activities and had to point to us what aspects they had noticed in the text for the linguistic dimension (the colors, the size of the pictures, the way pictures were disposed in the text, their background, framing, degree of salience and eye contact, distance). For the socio-cultural dimension, they had to be able to answer wh- questions (who, why, where, when, which attitudes and values) and observe the emotions, situations, relations, symbols, power relations, characters and cultures involved in the picture. Finally, for the situational dimension, they had to analyze who created the picture, who it was targeted at, where it appeared, how much background knowledge was required to understand the picture, and its explicit and implicit ideological values.

(…)

Overall, we noticed that instruction on the theory helped students to understand better the context around them, mainly the socio-cultural context, and it helped students to improve their reading because the answers given before instruction on multimodality were very simple and did not point to a critical reading; they only focused on what was on the surface of the text like “the text tells about environment,”

“if man does not stop destroying the environment, he will die” or “the man will become a fish if he keeps on destroying the environment”. The answers given after those classes were more critical, the students used some concepts from the theory and were able to point to some aspects of the three dimensions, like who was in the picture, what the writer’s intention was; they also talked about the colors and the background of the picture pointing to the dark color, why the writer had used that image and not another one, they associated the man’s face to the words accompanying the visual.

(…)

The situational dimension seemed to be easier for students to understand and write about, mainly when it guided them to reflect about some aspect of production, circulation and consumption of the images. The socio-cultural context of images emphasized questions related to worldview, emotion, attitudes, values and power relationships and was easy for learners to understand. In contrast, students did not explore the linguistic aspect of the pictures; they did not mention colors, size, focus, background, or sharpness, perhaps because in everyday classes the students are not encouraged to talk about them.

(SOUZA, V.G. & ALMEIDA, D..Towards a Multimodal Critical Approach to the Teaching of EFL in Brazil. Published in Kamhi-Stein, L., Diaz-Maggioli, G., & de Oliveira, L. C. (Eds.) (2017). English language teaching in South America: Policy, preparation, and practices. Multilingual Matters).
According to this research, multimodality theory can help students 
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Q2055062 Inglês
This study explores the implementation of the multimodality theory for high school students of English as a Foreign Language in a Brazilian context. This implementation was based on a study conducted by Almeida (2011), in which she proposed a multimodality framework for teaching multimodal texts. By using the framework, Almeida tried to establish a bridge between a theory designed to analyze visual structures (e.g., Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006) and its adaptation to the educational context (e.g., Browett, 2007; Jewitt, 2008; Oliveira, 2006; Riesland, 2005).

(…)

In Brazil, the importance of implementing activities in the classroom that focus on literacy, multiliteracy, multimodality and hypertext is highlighted by the Ministerio da Educação Secretaria de Educação Básica’s (Ministry of Education District of Basic Education) Curricular Orientations for Secondary School-OCEMs (2006), an official curriculum document. This document guides the curriculum of all schools in Brazil and it includes suggestions about the teaching of multimodality. To achieve this goal, the grammar of visual design (Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006) is seen as an important starting point for the professional learning of teachers in visual literacy because it can help them understand how to read images and associate both kinds of text, visual and written.

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Thus, we applied this approach in two classrooms where we could observe whether knowledge of multimodality theory affected the students’ reading of the texts. To this end, we prepared two activities focusing on the same multimodal text; the first activity was given to students before teaching them multimodality theory and the second one after instruction.

The picture used for Exercise 1 and 2 was the same. It was the picture of a man whose face looked like the face of a fish. The man was looking up and was wearing a blue shirt. At the bottom of the picture, centered in relation to the picture, and in capital letters was the following text: “STOP CLIMATE CHANGE BEFORE IT CHANGES YOU.” Below the text and centered in relation to the text, there was a panda picture with the WWF acronym below it followed by the text “for a living planet” in lowercase.

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The students participated in the activities and had to point to us what aspects they had noticed in the text for the linguistic dimension (the colors, the size of the pictures, the way pictures were disposed in the text, their background, framing, degree of salience and eye contact, distance). For the socio-cultural dimension, they had to be able to answer wh- questions (who, why, where, when, which attitudes and values) and observe the emotions, situations, relations, symbols, power relations, characters and cultures involved in the picture. Finally, for the situational dimension, they had to analyze who created the picture, who it was targeted at, where it appeared, how much background knowledge was required to understand the picture, and its explicit and implicit ideological values.

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Overall, we noticed that instruction on the theory helped students to understand better the context around them, mainly the socio-cultural context, and it helped students to improve their reading because the answers given before instruction on multimodality were very simple and did not point to a critical reading; they only focused on what was on the surface of the text like “the text tells about environment,”

“if man does not stop destroying the environment, he will die” or “the man will become a fish if he keeps on destroying the environment”. The answers given after those classes were more critical, the students used some concepts from the theory and were able to point to some aspects of the three dimensions, like who was in the picture, what the writer’s intention was; they also talked about the colors and the background of the picture pointing to the dark color, why the writer had used that image and not another one, they associated the man’s face to the words accompanying the visual.

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The situational dimension seemed to be easier for students to understand and write about, mainly when it guided them to reflect about some aspect of production, circulation and consumption of the images. The socio-cultural context of images emphasized questions related to worldview, emotion, attitudes, values and power relationships and was easy for learners to understand. In contrast, students did not explore the linguistic aspect of the pictures; they did not mention colors, size, focus, background, or sharpness, perhaps because in everyday classes the students are not encouraged to talk about them.

(SOUZA, V.G. & ALMEIDA, D..Towards a Multimodal Critical Approach to the Teaching of EFL in Brazil. Published in Kamhi-Stein, L., Diaz-Maggioli, G., & de Oliveira, L. C. (Eds.) (2017). English language teaching in South America: Policy, preparation, and practices. Multilingual Matters).
According to the authors, it is important to develop this type of activity in the classroom because in Brazil 
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This study explores the implementation of the multimodality theory for high school students of English as a Foreign Language in a Brazilian context. This implementation was based on a study conducted by Almeida (2011), in which she proposed a multimodality framework for teaching multimodal texts. By using the framework, Almeida tried to establish a bridge between a theory designed to analyze visual structures (e.g., Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006) and its adaptation to the educational context (e.g., Browett, 2007; Jewitt, 2008; Oliveira, 2006; Riesland, 2005).

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In Brazil, the importance of implementing activities in the classroom that focus on literacy, multiliteracy, multimodality and hypertext is highlighted by the Ministerio da Educação Secretaria de Educação Básica’s (Ministry of Education District of Basic Education) Curricular Orientations for Secondary School-OCEMs (2006), an official curriculum document. This document guides the curriculum of all schools in Brazil and it includes suggestions about the teaching of multimodality. To achieve this goal, the grammar of visual design (Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006) is seen as an important starting point for the professional learning of teachers in visual literacy because it can help them understand how to read images and associate both kinds of text, visual and written.

(…)

Thus, we applied this approach in two classrooms where we could observe whether knowledge of multimodality theory affected the students’ reading of the texts. To this end, we prepared two activities focusing on the same multimodal text; the first activity was given to students before teaching them multimodality theory and the second one after instruction.

The picture used for Exercise 1 and 2 was the same. It was the picture of a man whose face looked like the face of a fish. The man was looking up and was wearing a blue shirt. At the bottom of the picture, centered in relation to the picture, and in capital letters was the following text: “STOP CLIMATE CHANGE BEFORE IT CHANGES YOU.” Below the text and centered in relation to the text, there was a panda picture with the WWF acronym below it followed by the text “for a living planet” in lowercase.

(…)

The students participated in the activities and had to point to us what aspects they had noticed in the text for the linguistic dimension (the colors, the size of the pictures, the way pictures were disposed in the text, their background, framing, degree of salience and eye contact, distance). For the socio-cultural dimension, they had to be able to answer wh- questions (who, why, where, when, which attitudes and values) and observe the emotions, situations, relations, symbols, power relations, characters and cultures involved in the picture. Finally, for the situational dimension, they had to analyze who created the picture, who it was targeted at, where it appeared, how much background knowledge was required to understand the picture, and its explicit and implicit ideological values.

(…)

Overall, we noticed that instruction on the theory helped students to understand better the context around them, mainly the socio-cultural context, and it helped students to improve their reading because the answers given before instruction on multimodality were very simple and did not point to a critical reading; they only focused on what was on the surface of the text like “the text tells about environment,”

“if man does not stop destroying the environment, he will die” or “the man will become a fish if he keeps on destroying the environment”. The answers given after those classes were more critical, the students used some concepts from the theory and were able to point to some aspects of the three dimensions, like who was in the picture, what the writer’s intention was; they also talked about the colors and the background of the picture pointing to the dark color, why the writer had used that image and not another one, they associated the man’s face to the words accompanying the visual.

(…)

The situational dimension seemed to be easier for students to understand and write about, mainly when it guided them to reflect about some aspect of production, circulation and consumption of the images. The socio-cultural context of images emphasized questions related to worldview, emotion, attitudes, values and power relationships and was easy for learners to understand. In contrast, students did not explore the linguistic aspect of the pictures; they did not mention colors, size, focus, background, or sharpness, perhaps because in everyday classes the students are not encouraged to talk about them.

(SOUZA, V.G. & ALMEIDA, D..Towards a Multimodal Critical Approach to the Teaching of EFL in Brazil. Published in Kamhi-Stein, L., Diaz-Maggioli, G., & de Oliveira, L. C. (Eds.) (2017). English language teaching in South America: Policy, preparation, and practices. Multilingual Matters).
According to the text, choose the correct affirmative.
The study had as an aim to know the students’ performance in: 
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Respostas
5781: C
5782: E
5783: C
5784: A
5785: E
5786: B
5787: E
5788: A
5789: C
5790: A
5791: C
5792: D
5793: A
5794: B
5795: E
5796: C
5797: C
5798: A
5799: A
5800: C