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Read the text and answer the question.
About active learning
In Scotland, as in many countries throughout the world, active learning is seen as an appropriate way for children and young people to develop vital skills and knowledge and a positive attitude to learning.
Active learning is learning which engages and challenges children and young people’s thinking using real-life and imaginary situations. It takes full advantage of the opportunities for learning presented by:
All active learning opportunities can be supported when necessary through sensitive intervention to support or extend learning. All areas of the curriculum, at all stages, can be enriched and developed through an active approach.
Active learning has long been an established approach in early years settings, and when asked to reflect on what active learning might look like in early primary school, delegates to a Curriculum for Excellence conference for early years suggested:
'A true building on experiences in nursery. Hands-on independent play with appropriate skilled intervention/teaching.'
'Children learn by doing, thinking, exploring, through quality interaction, intervention and relationships, founded on children’s interests and abilities across a variety of contexts. All combining to building the four capacities for each child.'
'Environments that offer differential play and challenge, staff who are well informed and able to challenge learning, child-centred and building on previous experiences, fun absolutely essential, children planning and evaluating their learning.'
Active learning and the four capacities
Active learning can support learners' development of the four capacities in many ways. For example, they can develop as:
Disponível em: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningandteaching/approaches/activelearning/about/what.asp Accessed on 30-10-16
According to the text, it is correct to state that
Read the text and answer the question.
Technology-Enhanced Learning
Technology-enhanced learning is not a new concept. Educators have integrated technology into their instruction for as long as there have been classrooms. Whether it be through textbooks made possible through the invention of the printing press, an overhead projector, a film strip, or an online simulation, teachers have always looked toward technology to provide students with higher quality learning experiences.
However, innovations in content delivery, assessment methods, and adaptive learning are changing what it means to educate students in the 21st century. New technologies are enhancing our understanding of how students learn and providing instructors the ability to customize course materials and create personalized learning experiences tailored to students’ individual needs.
As technology and instructional methods evolve, so do students’ expectations for a technology-driven learning experience. Emerging online learning models encourage students to be more active participants in their own learning - allowing them to not just be content consumers, but content creators as well. As digital natives, students want to attend a university that effectively integrates the latest technologies and teaching methods into their education.
Every instructor can use technology to enhance their teaching in uniquely effective ways. Throughout the UT campus, innovative faculty are exploring new and interesting ways to integrate technology into their curriculum. Whether you want to put your course online, make better use of Canvas, flip your classroom or experiment with other forms of technology-enhanced active learning, we have chosen and organized these resources to help guide your thinking and begin the conversation.
Adapted text.
Disponível em https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/teaching/technology-enhanced-learning. Accessed on 30-10-16.
According to the text, it is possible to state that
A revolution in communication
When cell phones first became available in the 1980s, they were considered to be expensive playthings for business people. No one thought that they were going to change the world. People knew that the internet had the power to transform lives, but the expectation was that this would happen through the dissemination of personal computers. However, it is now predicted that by 2020, cell phones will have replaced laptops as the main point of access to the internet worldwide. So, why will more people be using cell phones than laptop computers in the future? One reason is that the price of even a fairly cheap laptop makes it inaccessible for a lot of people in developing countries. Computers rely on a regular power supply, which is a problem in many developing countries where outages are frequent, and internet connections unreliable. Cell phones, on the other hand, are cheap to buy (especially recycled ones), require little electricity for recharging, and have good access to the internet in most parts of the world via cell phone networks. It is therefore cell phones, rather than computers, which are revolutionizing life and communication in many developing countries.
How cell phones are transforming the developing world
NextDrop is an app which is now being used in rural parts of India. In many parts of the country, people rely on weekly or twice weekly deliveries of clean water. The problem is that villagers never know exactly when deliveries will take place, meaning that they waste time waiting by their village well for the water tanker to turn up. NextDrop is a simple app that sends automatic text messages to people notifying them when their next water delivery will be. It’s a simple idea which greatly improves people’s lives.
Transferring money between countries can be tricky, and this causes problems for the thousands of people who work abroad and need to send money to their families back home. A piece of software called Boom allows Mexicans who work in the US to send money back to family members in Mexico through their cell phones. Once the link is established and the software is installed on both phones, money can be transferred using a simple text message.
Cell phones are also bringing health benefits to developing countries. A project called TulaSalud in Guatemala uses cell phone technology to communicate with nurses in remote areas of the country, who are working to reduce the infant mortality rate. The software allows nurses access to their patients’ medical records wherever they are. The service provides free phone numbers that both nurses and patients can call to ask questions about health.
Maria Neander is a nurse who works on the TulaSalud project.
Before we had TulaSalud, patients’ medical records were only available........ the health center. When I went..........into the villages, I couldn’t take the records with me, so I didn’t know if a woman I was visiting had any health problems. Now I have all.........information I need.............my cell phone. It helps me monitor women during pregnancy, giving them a better chance of having a healthy baby. When I’m with a woman who is giving birth, I have phone numbers that I can use if there are any problems, so I can get help and advice about what to do. TulaSalud has definitely saved lives.
The word “dissemination” (1st paragraph) means:
A revolution in communication
When cell phones first became available in the 1980s, they were considered to be expensive playthings for business people. No one thought that they were going to change the world. People knew that the internet had the power to transform lives, but the expectation was that this would happen through the dissemination of personal computers. However, it is now predicted that by 2020, cell phones will have replaced laptops as the main point of access to the internet worldwide. So, why will more people be using cell phones than laptop computers in the future? One reason is that the price of even a fairly cheap laptop makes it inaccessible for a lot of people in developing countries. Computers rely on a regular power supply, which is a problem in many developing countries where outages are frequent, and internet connections unreliable. Cell phones, on the other hand, are cheap to buy (especially recycled ones), require little electricity for recharging, and have good access to the internet in most parts of the world via cell phone networks. It is therefore cell phones, rather than computers, which are revolutionizing life and communication in many developing countries.
How cell phones are transforming the developing world
NextDrop is an app which is now being used in rural parts of India. In many parts of the country, people rely on weekly or twice weekly deliveries of clean water. The problem is that villagers never know exactly when deliveries will take place, meaning that they waste time waiting by their village well for the water tanker to turn up. NextDrop is a simple app that sends automatic text messages to people notifying them when their next water delivery will be. It’s a simple idea which greatly improves people’s lives.
Transferring money between countries can be tricky, and this causes problems for the thousands of people who work abroad and need to send money to their families back home. A piece of software called Boom allows Mexicans who work in the US to send money back to family members in Mexico through their cell phones. Once the link is established and the software is installed on both phones, money can be transferred using a simple text message.
Cell phones are also bringing health benefits to developing countries. A project called TulaSalud in Guatemala uses cell phone technology to communicate with nurses in remote areas of the country, who are working to reduce the infant mortality rate. The software allows nurses access to their patients’ medical records wherever they are. The service provides free phone numbers that both nurses and patients can call to ask questions about health.
Maria Neander is a nurse who works on the TulaSalud project.
Before we had TulaSalud, patients’ medical records were only available........ the health center. When I went..........into the villages, I couldn’t take the records with me, so I didn’t know if a woman I was visiting had any health problems. Now I have all.........information I need.............my cell phone. It helps me monitor women during pregnancy, giving them a better chance of having a healthy baby. When I’m with a woman who is giving birth, I have phone numbers that I can use if there are any problems, so I can get help and advice about what to do. TulaSalud has definitely saved lives.
It’s correct to say, according to the article, that Mexicans who work in the US:
A revolution in communication
When cell phones first became available in the 1980s, they were considered to be expensive playthings for business people. No one thought that they were going to change the world. People knew that the internet had the power to transform lives, but the expectation was that this would happen through the dissemination of personal computers. However, it is now predicted that by 2020, cell phones will have replaced laptops as the main point of access to the internet worldwide. So, why will more people be using cell phones than laptop computers in the future? One reason is that the price of even a fairly cheap laptop makes it inaccessible for a lot of people in developing countries. Computers rely on a regular power supply, which is a problem in many developing countries where outages are frequent, and internet connections unreliable. Cell phones, on the other hand, are cheap to buy (especially recycled ones), require little electricity for recharging, and have good access to the internet in most parts of the world via cell phone networks. It is therefore cell phones, rather than computers, which are revolutionizing life and communication in many developing countries.
How cell phones are transforming the developing world
NextDrop is an app which is now being used in rural parts of India. In many parts of the country, people rely on weekly or twice weekly deliveries of clean water. The problem is that villagers never know exactly when deliveries will take place, meaning that they waste time waiting by their village well for the water tanker to turn up. NextDrop is a simple app that sends automatic text messages to people notifying them when their next water delivery will be. It’s a simple idea which greatly improves people’s lives.
Transferring money between countries can be tricky, and this causes problems for the thousands of people who work abroad and need to send money to their families back home. A piece of software called Boom allows Mexicans who work in the US to send money back to family members in Mexico through their cell phones. Once the link is established and the software is installed on both phones, money can be transferred using a simple text message.
Cell phones are also bringing health benefits to developing countries. A project called TulaSalud in Guatemala uses cell phone technology to communicate with nurses in remote areas of the country, who are working to reduce the infant mortality rate. The software allows nurses access to their patients’ medical records wherever they are. The service provides free phone numbers that both nurses and patients can call to ask questions about health.
Maria Neander is a nurse who works on the TulaSalud project.
Before we had TulaSalud, patients’ medical records were only available........ the health center. When I went..........into the villages, I couldn’t take the records with me, so I didn’t know if a woman I was visiting had any health problems. Now I have all.........information I need.............my cell phone. It helps me monitor women during pregnancy, giving them a better chance of having a healthy baby. When I’m with a woman who is giving birth, I have phone numbers that I can use if there are any problems, so I can get help and advice about what to do. TulaSalud has definitely saved lives.
According to the article, when cell phones first became available:
A dictionary is a very important tool for anyone who is learning a new language. With a good dictionary you can do the following:
I - Look up the meaning of an English word you see or hear and find the English translation of a word in your language
II - Check the spelling of a word and check the plural of a noun or past tense of a verb
III - Find out other grammatical information about a word and find the synonym or antonym of a word
IV - Look up the collocations of a word and check the part of speech of a word
V- Find out how to say a word and find out about the register of a word
VI - Find examples of the use of a word in natural language
“ … it should be a once-in-a-lifetime memory.” Essa afirmação de Curry remete:
I - “ I’m a big fan of Messi…”
II - “ I had a great time in Brazil during a week´s holiday with my family…”
III - “I’m definitely excited to be part of the Olympic team.”
IV –“I was very disappointed with NBA about not be selected for the olimpics before.”
Sobre as falas de Stephen Curry no texto é correto dizer que as corretas são:
The first time Stephen Curry came to Brazil was.
Assinale a única alternativa que não faz referência com as informações do texto.
De acordo com as informações no texto, Stephen Curry
Como em grande parte das línguas, também na LI algumas palavras podem apresentar-se com vários significados.
Estão corretas todas as construções abaixo, exceto:
As questões de números 52 a 55 verificam conhecimentos relativos à cultura e a escritores dos países de língua inglesa. Em cada uma delas, assinale a alternativa correta.
In one of his best known works, Ernest Hemingway focus on heroism, stoicism and ceremony. This simple novel is a beautiful allegory of human life. It talks about an old Cuban fisherman who catches a huge fish after a long patient fight. But sharks come and eat it down to the bones. He then returns with just a skeleton. When tourists laugh at him, he does not complain. The reader sees this as a sign of heroism. He showed courage in the fight and stoicism in defeat. The novel discussed here is called
As questões de números 31 a 35 referem-se ao texto a seguir.
Teaching Children Literacy Skills in a Second Language
by ANNE EDIGER
In recent years, there has been increased focus on the teaching of reading and other literacy skills to children, both in North America and abroad. Part of this may relate to the recognition that reading is probably the most important skill for second language (L2) learners in academic contexts, and part of it may come from an increase in the numbers of children worldwide who are learning English as a second or foreign language (hereafter ESL or EFL). It may also be a result of the recent implementation of standards in much of public education in the United States and Canada, a movement built upon the belief that basic literacy instruction should be a fundamental component of public education.
Another possible factor contributing to an increased focus on literacy instruction to children in EFL contexts may be the growing numbers of countries that are moving toward making English language instruction mandatory from a younger age. Given the portability of books and other reading materials (as well as the increasing availability of reading material over the Internet), reading is gradually being recognized as a valuable source of language input, particularly for students in learning environments (as in some EFL contexts) in which fluent speakers of English are generally not available to provide other kinds of language input.
Notions of literacy are expanding as well. Although many different definitions of literacy can be found in the literature on the subject, and reading still seems to be primary to most of them, the teaching of writing and oral skills is increasingly being integrated with reading instruction for both native English speakers (NES) and English language learners (ELLs). Many of the new standards, both for ELLs and NES children, also integrate expectations for the development of all four language skills — reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In fact, increasingly, the large-scale standardized tests ask students to bring together all of these skills, requiring students to demonstrate competence in synthesizing information from multiple sources, or bringing information they have heard or read into written.
(Marianne Celce-Murcia (ed.), Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. Adapted)
O segundo parágrafo destaca a importância da leitura no ensino de inglês em países em que o inglês não é a língua materna, devido ao fato de que nesses países
Considering the description below, choose the corresponding type of interpreting:
“The interpreter listens to a unit of the source language, often making notes, then delivers a translation of the content after the original speaker. This type is often used for meetings, seminars, speeches, presentations, and so on where the listeners all understand one of two languages. It does not require any special equipment. Often the interpreter will have a microphone and interpret the source language from off-stage; at other times the interpreter will be alongside the speaker.”
Examine the excerpt extracted from “Localization from the Perspective of Translation Studies” (p. 2-3) by Anthony Pym and choose the alternative which DOES NOT CONTAIN features of the localization discourse:
Within localization models, translation is reduced to just one small step in a larger process. Most theorists of translation, of the other hand, would want to see localization as just a part of translation. This has given rise to considerable debate and more than a little discontent (see ISG 2003). Localization models mostly recognize two kinds of processes: internationalisation (for the centralized preparation of products) and localization proper (for the adaptation of the product to locales). Translation Studies, on the other hand, has long worked with three spaces for processes: production of the source text, intervention of the translator, and reception of the target text (or translation). From that perspective, some things seem to be missing in the localizer’s view of the world.
The following fragment is part of a Cooperation Agreement set between a Brazilian university and a foreign university:
3.7 – RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HOSTING UNIVERSITIES
The host will agree to accept the prescribed number of exchange students, to enroll them as full time students of home university for the agreed upon period of study. The host university will assist students participating under the terms of this agreement, as far as possible, in finding suitable accommodation and will provide appropriate assistance in matters of health, language and local custom that may arise. The host university will appoint an individual who will provide advisory and other academic services to students participating in the exchange under the terms of this agreement.
With regards to the fragment above, please choose the CORRECT answer:
Sistemas de tradução automática disponíveis na internet apresentam-se como uma ferramenta alternativa de apoio ao tradutor. Todavia, traduções de alta qualidade exigem análise crítica e intervenção ativa, por parte do tradutor, sobre o texto apresentado pela ferramenta eletrônica. Abaixo, encontra-se o resumo em português de um artigo na área de Direito. Analise as duas versões apresentadas pelos tradutores automáticos Google e BabelFish e em seguida marque a alternativa INCORRETA.
O Direito não se desenvolve na exatidão de um cálculo matemático. É necessário o reconhecimento dos fatores históricos e axiológicos que permeiam a produção jurídica, sob o risco de se cair na escuridão do resumo do Direito à lei.
Tradução automática apresentada pelo Google Tradutor:
The law does not develop in the accuracy of a mathematical calculation. recognition of historical and value factors is necessary that permeate the legal production, at the risk of falling in the darkness of the summary of law to law.
Tradução automática apresentada pelo BabelFish:
The law develops in a mathematical calculation accuracy. It is necessary to the recognition of historical and axiológicos factors that permeate the legal production, under the risk of falling into the darkness of the summary of the law.
De acordo com os autores de Traduzir com autonomia, é importante identificar Uts, unidades de tradução, que seriam itens lexicais desconhecidos, estruturas sintáticas incompreensíveis e ambiguidades semânticas de difícil solução. Com base nessa informação, assinale a alternativa mais adequada para a tradução do título do artigo “Experiências de enfermeiras brasileiras profissionais no cuidado de pacientes com AIDS”:
Please, read the following text in order to answer questions 21 to 25.
Are scientists leaving the net?
The scientists who helped create the Internet may be leaving it for less crowded cyberspaces. Having been on the Internet longer than the rest of us, scientists use it differently.
Premier researchers use the Internet to test projects like real-time, 3D models of colliding galaxies or rampaging tornadoes. For tasks like that, the Internet is no longer fast enough or reliable enough. And some scientists are frustrated. For them, the information superhighway is full of bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Visionary engineers at the National Science Foundation, fortunately, have long foreseen such congestion. As an alternative, they created the very high-speed Backbone Network Service (VBNS). It links a handful of government and university labs at speed of 155,000,000 bits per second, or 10,000 times faster than a standard modem. By the year 2000, a new generation of equipment and another round of research could give scientists data pipes 12 times faster than that. Among other tricks, these new high bandwidth networks will allow scientists to manipulate huge computer files so unwieldy they are now shipped by four-wheeled means. “Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pick-up truck full of data”, jokes Daniel Sandin of the University of Illinois.
Sandin and his team in Chicago will use the VBNS to immerse goggled humans at different locations into the same type of jaw-dropping virtual reality simulation generated by a supercomputer. “You could not do that on the Internet,” says Thomas Defanti, Sandin’s colleague. “The Internet is so congested that for any kind of highbandwidth use, it is essentially rendered useless.”
“Simply adding lanes is not going to work,” adds Beth Gaston of the National Science Foundation. “Our role is to spur the technology forward” – Mark Uheling.
(Popular Science, September 1996, p.60)
The main purpose of the text is to:
Conheça nossos planos