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Prática do Ensino de Língua Inglesa III – Exercícios 
Exercício 1 – Aula 1. 
1 – There are reading techniques which help learners in this process 
of language aquisition. 
Which one is associated with reading rapidly in order to get a 
general overview of the material ? 
R = Skimming. 
2 – Students work in groups to make five questions about 
vocabulary from the previous unit. Then, they exchange questions 
with another group and try to answer the questions. This is an 
example of: 
R = Communicative Language Teaching 
3 – Fill in the blanks with the missing words. Choose the appropriate 
ones. 
 
_________________ was born out of the need to go back to the 
fundamental reason for language, why we want to learn a second or 
third language by means of using cooperacy, drilling, meaning and 
that is to be able to communicate. 
R = The Communicative Approach 
4 – The following may be characteristics of people who want to learn 
a foreign language, mainly English, for specific purposes. 
Choose one is inapropriate ? 
R = Learning how to drive a car. 
5 – Read the following and choose the one that is appropriate. 
R = There is a difference between approach and method. An 
approach is a way of dealing with something or somebody. A 
method is the process used or the steps taken to deal with an issue 
or a person. 
6 – Which techniques should we teach our students as far as 
reading is concerned? 
R = Skimming and scanning. 
7 – What are Scanning and Skimming associated with ? 
R = The study of reading. 
8 – What are the terms prediction, scanning, and 
skimming associated with ? 
R = The teaching / studying the reading ability of a language. 
 
Exercício 2 – Aula 1. 
1 – Theoretical positions and beliefs about the nature of language, 
the nature of language learning, and the applicability of both to 
pedagogical settings. Can be related to as ________. 
R = Approach 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 2. 
1 – In the teaching of a foreign language, it is common for the 
teacher to use strategies or techniques. 
Read the following: 
´´ This strategy is often used in reading lessons. The teacher may 
be doing a read aloud with the students and having the students talk 
about what is happening in the story. After discussing what is 
happening the teacher would then have the students "turn and talk" 
about what they think is going to happen next. The teacher will then 
continue reading and the students will determine if their option came 
true or not. During the read aloud, the students may modify or 
change their option using clues in the text to justify. 
´´ https://spedellreadingstrategies.weebly.com ) 
Which strategy or technique is being used? 
R = Prediction. 
2 – There are different reading strategies to help 
learners of English. They are of great help in the process . All of 
them present certain characteristics. 
Which one is associated with: ´´ the reader´s use of his/ her 
previous knowledge to make an informed guess about what they 
think will happen next in the text they are reading.´´ ? 
R = Prediction. 
3 – What is one of the most common mistakes students make in 
reading ? 
R = They try to understand each and every word they read. 
4 – Which of the following reading strategies would you use to 
decide which book you want to check out from the library? 
R = scanning 
5 – Which of the following turned out to become very popular in the 
1960s e 1970s ? 
R = The Communicative approach. 
6 – Here are some simple and effective ways to help learners 
improve their reading ability 
Which of the following is not appropriate. 
R = Read the sentences one by one, grasping the meaning of every 
single Word. 
7 – Which of the following reading strategies would you use to figure 
out what time your favorite program is on television from the TV 
guide? 
R = scanning 
8 – Which of the reading strategies has as its main focus: 
´´ It involves quick but focused reading of a text in order to locate 
specific information.´´ 
R = Scanning. 
 
Exercício 2 – Aula 2. 
1 – Which of the following reading strategies would you use to 
decide which book would be adequate to help you in your Ancient 
History paper ? 
R = Scanning. 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 3. 
1 – Teaching the writing process must become the teacher ' 
s primary goal. The following are suggestions about how to reach 
this goal. Choose the one which is inappropriate. 
R = Tell students they must write a composition a week about a 
given topic. 
2 – Which of the following is an appropriate suggestion for teachers 
as far as the writing ability is concerned? 
R = You should try to become process-oriented rather than product-
oriented. 
3 – Teaching the writing process may not always be an easy task. 
Which of the following may contribute to its success? 
R = Teachers must establish an environment to stimulate students 
to think. 
4 – Which sort of mistakes teachers should avoid making when 
correcting the students ' writings ? 
R = To pay attention to what students wrote and correct every 
single mistake with a red pen. 
5 – Imagine you need the details of a cook recipe. Which of the 
following ought to be used? 
R = Scanning. 
6 – Which are the steps in writing when you are a foreign language 
student ? 
R = Pre-writing, first draft, revision, editing and publishing. 
7 – As we all know, there are different abilities in a language and 
students usually have difficulty in writing texts.How could we as 
teachers help them in this process ? 
R = By making them aware of the topics to be developed in each of 
the paragraphs and what each of these should cover. 
8 – Which is the right order of the steps which should be used to be 
able to write a composition appropriately? 
R = Pre- writing, first draft, revision, editing and publishing. 
 
Exercício 2 – Aula 3. 
1 – Choose the alternatives that CORRECTLY fill the blanks: 
_______ is used in all forms of writing to create a vivid impression of 
a person, place, object or event. 
R = Description 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 4. 
1 – Which of the following topics learners usually have more 
difficulty in dealing with? 
R = Text genres and text types. 
2 – Which has become the predominant language of international 
academic publication, regardless of the mother language of the 
authors ? 
R = English. 
3 – The following chacteristic is typical of a type of text. 
- entertain or elicit an emotional response by using language to 
create mental images 
Which one are we talking about? 
R = Literary texts. 
4 – Which of the following is the main character, or hero, in a story? 
R = Protagonist 
5 – Why must we be able to identify and differentiate the many text 
types and genres in English ? 
R = Because of the amount of Literature which is published in 
English every year. 
6 – Classifying texts is not an easy task since there is a lot involved. 
Choose the classification which is not adequate in this group. 
R = Personal or long. 
7 – The following alternative below can be associated with a 
narrative text , EXCEPT FOR: 
R = an adventure 
8 – Which of the following elements of a narrative text refers to when 
and where the story takes place? 
R = Setting 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 5. 
1 – Learners are going to listen to a presentation about a journey 
through Africa. They predict what vocabulary they might hear, and 
also what kind of emotions the speaker might have felt. They listen 
to confirm their ideas.¿ (https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article) 
The example above is related to 
R = Prediction 
2 – Language teaching ... 
R = should focus mainly on the types of communication students will 
need in the foreign language. 
3 – In the last forty to fifty years, most of the books which are used 
to teach English at schools and private English courses come with a 
teacher ´s edition, a kind of manual which intends to provide the 
guide lines forthe use of a given book. 
What do well-known scholars think about it? 
R = That good English teachers should make their own language 
theories of how EFL and ESL acquisition occur in their classes so 
they do not necessarily need to follow all the instructions they find in 
these manuals. 
4 – What do students learn in class to help support the writing 
production to be developed? 
Choose the option which does not belong to the group ? 
R = Attitudes. 
5 – Proficiency tests were created in order to avoid confusion and 
misrepresentation of an individual´s linguistic capabilities. 
Can we say for sure that they are 100% trustworthy ? 
R = No, it should be noted that they are by no means concrete. 
6 – Choose the item which DOES NOT fit in the comment. 
Students are encouraged to use the language independently 
through text types, with activities intended to count numbers. 
R = count numbers 
7 – What garantees half of any successful class? 
Choose the inappropriate answer. 
R = Dealing with topics which are mainly of the teacher ´s interest. 
8 – Choose the alternative that CORRECTLY complets the 
statement below: 
As far as language learning is concerned, __________. 
R = Teachers need to be always open to new ideas that can 
facilitate the whole classroom language learning. 
 
Exercício 2 – Aula 5. 
1 – During the classroom teaching process in class, a teacher 
should: 
R = do what is most appropriate for the group of students he/she is 
teaching. 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 6. 
1 – The inductive approach 
R = involves getting learners to discover rules and how they are 
applied by looking at examples. 
2 – In this method, the teacher is a facilitator who creates a 
classroom climate conducive to language learning and provides 
opportunities for students to use and practice the language. Which 
method is this? 
R = Communicative Language Teaching (CLTA) 
3 – In order to organize written ideas: 
R = students should focus on the audience, genre, purpose and 
tone of the text. 
4 – What do teachers do in the attempt to reach all the students in a 
class ? 
R = Teachers need to use a variety of strategies in their attempt to 
reach all students in the most effective manner. 
5 – Deduction is an argument in which the conclusion is said to 
follow necessarily from the premise. 
Which of the following is not associated with deduction? 
R = New ideas are welcomed in the conclusion. 
6 – How is deductive approach also known ? 
R = Deductive approach is also reffered to as rule-driven or top-
down approaches. 
7 – How would you define inductive approach? 
R = An inductive approach to teaching language starts with 
examples and asks learners to find rules. 
8 – Which characteristics involve the inductive method ? 
R = Inductive method has been said to be better suited for more 
advanced learners as it activates schematta, involves students, and 
prepares them for autonomy. 
 
Exercício 2 – Aula 6. 
1 – Observe the following example and choose the correct approach 
which was used in the situation below: 
´´ A teacher writes on the board a few examples of simple present 
and simple past sentences. The teacher then asks the students 
what differences they notice in the sentences. The students discuss 
the differences and maybe even try converting some simple 
sentences from present to past on their own. Finally, the teacher 
explains the rule for converting sentences from past to present.´´ 
(tefl.com.mx) 
R = Deductive approach. 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 7. 
1 – Implicit learning aims at: 
R = acquiring language with less mental effort during the learning 
process than explicit learning. 
2 – What is implicity in learning ? 
R = Implicit learning is a goal oriented and non-verbal type of 
instruction which is associated with acquiring unconcious 
knowledge. 
3 – Learners are given opportunities to use the target language 
within a real-life communicative context and the language used is 
not totally predictable. What method is being referred here? 
R = Communicative Language Teaching (CLTA) 
4 – What kind of knowledge presents the following characteristics? 
It is acquired relatively directly from the environment and requires 
substantially less mental effort during the learning process. 
R = implicit 
5 – Complete the following idea: 
Explicit knowledge 
R = plays a major role in the ability to communicate to others than it 
was once known. 
6 – Fill in the blanks with the missing words. 
Explicit learning is .......... lenient towards .......... because people 
typically try to form simple .............. that explain a 
particular .............. 
R = less - error - hypotheses - phenomenon. 
7 – Many researchers have adopted as their definition of implicit 
learning 
R = the capacity to learn without awareness of the products of 
learning. 
8 – The following are characteristics of explicitness in teaching, 
EXCEPT FOR:. 
R = Explicit teaching begins very student-centered with little teacher 
responsibility 
 
Exercício 2 – Aula 7. 
1 – Choose a characteristic of explicit teaching . 
R = Explicit teaching is very teacher-centered. 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 8. 
1 – How is the English teaching and learning seen all over our 
country? 
The following are appropriate answers, EXCEPT FOR: 
R = Recent solutions to the problem of teaching English in our 
schools have brought positive results. 
2 – Learning a foreign language in Brazilian schools 
R = facilitates oral and written interaction. In a globalized world, the 
job market requires a competent command of the English language. 
3 – Brazilian foreign Language teachers 
R = should take advantage of the benefits computer editing 
programs offer. 
4 – Why do Brazilian adults study English? 
R = Because mastering the English language helps Brazilians to 
advance in their careers 
5 – What can be said about foreign language teaching in Brazilian 
public schools ? 
R = It has undergone very timid transformational initiatives in the 
past decades. 
6 – How is English teaching and learning regarded in our country ? 
R = It is considered insufficient in our regular schools (most public, 
but some private too). 
7 – One of the factors that supports the study of English from an 
ESP (English for specific purposes) perspective in Brazilian schools 
is the fact that 
R = ESP bases its approach in developing students ´ specific 
knowledge of the language . 
8 – How do most Brazilians learn English? 
R = Most people go to private English schools. 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 9. 
1 – Complete the blank with the APPROPIATE alternative: 
This method places emphasis on the social nature of learning. 
Learning is not an individual private activity but a social one that 
depends upon interaction with others. The previous statement has to 
do with _____. 
R = Communicative Language Teaching (CLTA) 
2 – The empiricist (behaviorist, environmentalist) perspective claims 
that _____. 
R = it is the learner¿s experience that is solely responsible for 
language learning and is more important than any specific innate 
capacity. 
3 – What does the empiricist perspective claim ? 
R = The empiricist (behaviorist, environmentalist) perspective claims 
that it is the learner¿s experience that is solely responsible for 
language learning and is more important than any specific innate 
capacity. 
4 – What did the American applied linguist Edward M. Anthony 
propose ? 
R = According to him, approach is the level of theories, method is 
the plan of language teaching consistent with these theories, and 
techniques are the procedures to implement the method. 
5 – We ought to clear out the concepts of approach and method 
R = so as to clarify doubts learners or even teachers may have 
about them. 
6 – Which of the following are true and which are false ? 
Teachers are always encouraged to develop their own techniques. 
An approachis usually understood as the body of linguistic, 
psychological and pedagogical theories which inspire the teaching 
practice. 
A method is a procedural plan for presenting and teaching the 
language. 
the communicative approach has been influential in foreign 
language teaching. 
R = All of them are TRUE. 
7 – Since the 1970's, the communicative approach has been 
influential in foreign language teaching. The main objective is to 
have students become competent i.e., able to use the language 
appropriate to a social context. 
Choose the item which is not a characteristic of the communicative 
approach? 
R = A characteristic of this approach is the fact that we don't need to 
use authentic materials. 
8 – Communicative approach makes use of ... 
R = authentic materials. 
 
Exercício 2 – Aula 9. 
1 – Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words: 
environment - things - learning - nature - procedures - process
es 
Techniques, which are also called ..............., are at the 
implementation phase of teaching by .............. , what means they 
are the ´´ ..............´´ that do take place in the classroom during 
the ............... of language teaching or ................ All activities that 
take place in a classroom .................. are considered as techniques. 
R = Techniques, which are also called procedures, are at the 
implementation phase of teaching by nature, what means they are 
the ´´things´´ that do take place in the classroom during the 
processes of language teaching or learning. All activities that take 
place in a classroom environment are considered as techniques. 
 
Exercício 1 – Aula 10. 
1 – Complete the blank with the APPROPIATE alternative: 
_________ is an English teaching method that dates back to the late 
nineteenth and early twentieth century. 
R = Grammar - Translation 
2 – Who is responsible for the teaching/learning of English in our 
country? 
R = Private English schools. 
3 – Both the evaluation and development of textbooks and class 
materials constitute a relatively young phenomenon in the field of 
second/ foreign language teaching/ acquisition. 
In practical terms, what does this phenomenon include? Choose the 
inappropriate item. 
R = the price.