Questões de Concurso Público IF-MS 2019 para Professor - Português e Inglês

Hutchinson and Waters (1991) point out that English for Specific Purposes (ESP) emerged from three common reasons. One of them is related to the changes in the aim of linguistics, considering the variation from one language situation of use to another. Besides that, the expansion of technology and commerce after World War II, especially in the United States, explains why English became a necessity.

Mark the alternative that is related to the third reason why ESP became popular worldwide:

Literary texts can be used in classrooms as important sources for language learning. However, literature should not be presented only in order to highlight grammar structures or vocabulary, since literary texts, as social constructions, besides motivating students can also provide them with cultural knowledge and the experience of otherness. Literature through universal themes can develop empathy, creative thinking and sensitivity.

When introducing literary literacy as the appropriation of the text in its social use, Cosson (2012) develops a basic didactic sequence to approach literature in the classroom. Mark the alternative that corresponds to the steps of this didactic sequence in the order presented by the author.

After going through several classifications proposed by learning strategies and personal observations, Menezes (2004) identified specific strategies used to learn vocabulary. These strategies are organized in four groups: metacognitive, cognitive, social and communication. Considering the author’s understanding, read the examples of strategies used by some students and mark the alternative that corresponds to a cognitive strategy.

Kumaravadivelu (2001) points out that what is known as method has not been enough to fulfill language learning needs. Methods have been used as a set of practices designed by specialists in order to make language acquisition happen. However, according to Kumaravadivelu, studies have shown that the use of these sets of practices may have the opposite effect, since they do not seem to consider students’ context, which prevents learning from being meaningful. For the author, a postmethod pedagogy has emerged from studies that focus on teachers’ beliefs, reasoning and cognition. This postmethod condition is, therefore, a three-dimensional system consisting of three parameters.

Read the examples of practices below and mark the alternative that respectively corresponds to the three parameters that form the postmethod pedagogy system as described by Kumaravadivelu:

I. Teachers are able to theorize from their own practice, developing knowledge and skills.

II. Teachers identify problems, find solutions and go through a cycle of observation, reflection and action.

III. Teachers consider experiences brought to the classroom and provide an environment where linguistic and social needs are considered.