Questões de Concurso

Genre analysis in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) involves understanding the communicative purposes, schematic structures, and linguistic features specific to discourse communities. Regarding the characteristics of the "Academic Abstract" genre, mark T for true and F for false:

(__) An academic abstract typically follows the IMRaD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) in a condensed form to provide a comprehensive overview of the study.
(__) The primary communicative purpose of an abstract is to persuade the reader to buy the product described in the text, using informal language and slang.
(__) Linguistic features of abstracts often include the use of the present perfect tense to refer to past research (Gap) and the simple past to describe the specific methods used in the current study.
(__) Abstracts are characterized by a high lexical density and nominalization, allowing for the packing of complex information into a limited word count.

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the correct sequence of the items above, from top to bottom:

English for Specific Purposes (ESP), or Instrumental English, focuses heavily on reading strategies. The strategy known as "Cognate Identification" helps students by:

Teaching English involves integrating the four skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing) and contextualizing grammar. Mark T (True) or F (False) for the statements below:
(__)Grammar should be taught as a tool for communication, focusing on how structures create meaning in texts, rather than as a set of isolated rules.
(__)Reading and listening are receptive skills, while speaking and writing are productive skills, and they should support each other in the learning process.
(__)Speaking skills should be delayed until the student has memorized all the grammar rules of the language perfectly.
(__)Writing activities should always focus on copying sentences from the board to ensure correct spelling, avoiding creative production.
Mark the alternative that shows the correct sequence, from top to bottom. 

As the questions “a” and “b”, in the fragment, indicate teaching procedures, it can suggest that:

In the perspective of translation as teaching method, “there are a series of advantages to using it for particular learning purposes. Despite longstanding criticisms regarding translation as a teaching method”:
(Cristina Becker Lopes Perna, Karina Veronica Molsing, Yadhurany dos Santos Ramos):