Questões de Concurso sobre Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

In the fragment from the first paragraph “It has taken many years to bring the language teaching profession around to realizing the importance of listening in second and foreign language learning”, the bolded words form a collocation. In English, collocations with the verbs ‘do’ and ‘make’ are particularly frequent. One correct instance of such collocation is found in the bolded words in alternative:

In standard English, the “th” can be pronounced voiceless /θ/, as in “thinking”, or voiced /ð/, as in “that”. Mark the alternative that shows only words with voiceless “th”.

A habilidade de leitura em língua inglesa pode ser aprimorada com o uso de estratégias específicas. Qual das alternativas abaixo NÃO corresponde a uma estratégia eficaz de leitura?

Com relação à competência sociocultural, um exemplo de uso adequado da língua inglesa está em

“Watch and listen to strangers on buses or in shops to gather ideas.”

Assinale a alternativa que transforma a recomendação direta citada em um pedido ou sugestão¬mais polida, sem alteração do seu sentido básico.

Identify the word with a different initial consonant sound:

Identify the word with a distinct initial sound:

The bolded parts in the extracts “we just have to do the best we can” (frame 2), and “| guess that makes sense” (frame 3) are examples of collocations — a combination of two or more words that often go together. Collocations with “make” and “do” are a difficulty Brazilian learners frequently face. The sentence with a correct collocation among the ones below is

Review the statements below about journalistic text genres and decide whether they are correct or not:

I. Giving a detailed analysis of the event is the function of a “headline”.

II. Without including the writer’s personal views, a “news report” should stick to the facts.

III. Being neutral and based purely on facts is the purpose of “opinion pieces”.

IV. To critically analyze news, it is essential to understand and recognize bias.

V. The opinions of the publication’s editorial team are represented by “editorials”.

Choose the option where the statements are correctly identified:

Mark the option that best completes the following sentence.

In phonics, the concept of __________ refers to a group of letters that represents a single phoneme, such as “sh” in “ship.”

An English teacher in Brazil notices that some students use informal expressions like "ain't" instead of "isn't/aren't" during oral activities. From the perspective of English as a lingua franca, the most appropriate approach would be to:

Qual das seguintes afirmativas descreve corretamente o conceito de "English as a lingua franca"?

The role of vocabulary in L2 Instruction has changed over time. There are 6 historical approaches to vocabulary learning, according to Celse-Murcia (2013), which are:

The plural morpheme in English has distinct allomorphs. Which word exemplifies the /ɪz/ allomorph?

Which word sounds differently?

We use the expression _____ to designate a type of theoretical construction defined by the ______ of its composition {lexical aspects, syntactic structures, verb tenses, logical relations}. In general, it encompasses around half a dozen categories known as: narration, argumentation, exposition, description, injunction. Select the alternative that correctly fills in the blank:

Read the following sentence: "In many modern cities, fast-food restaurants are ubiquitous."

Choose the option that best explains the meaning of the word ubiquitous as used in this sentence.

The ________ is a fascinating universe that invites us to explore the rich variety of forms of human communication. Each type of text has specific characteristics and functions, like pieces of a puzzle that fit together to bring the desired message to life. Choose the alternative that adequately fills in the blank:

In the sentence “In today’s increasingly interconnected world, speaking multiple languages improves employability, fosters respect for people from other cultures, and gives young people direct access to content that would otherwise be inaccessible”, the underlined word (“fosters”) ends with an “s” for the same reason as in:

Find the word with a distinct initial sound: