Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2016

Consider the following statement: “the teaching of a foreign language […] tends to place ‘non-natives’ locally involved in the process of teaching/learning in a subordinate position when confronted with the authority attributed to the ‘natives’ in what is considered ‘their own language’” (our translation) (Jordão, 2013, p. 280).

Here, the writer is attributing this view to

It is currently assumed that the teaching/learning of English as a Foreign Language in Brazilian public schools has not been successful (Jordão, 2013, p. 286-287). Read the statements below and mark them as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).

( ) Teachers’ lack of qualification may contribute to this perception.

( ) This is because local cultures and discursive practices are disregarded.

( ) To solve this problem, basic rules of grammar and vocabulary should be taught.

The statements are, respectively:

In a classroom situation in which the student asks the teacher if British or American pronunciation should be preferred, the most adequate answer the teacher should give, from a postcolonial orientation, is:

The statement that best addresses a poststructuralist view of teaching English as an International Language in Brazilian public schools is:

The following exercise, posted on the Internet, asks students to listen, repeat the words and memorize them.

This exercise illustrates