Questões de Concurso

Consider the following situation.

Two English teachers use the same section of the text towork with passive constructions. The first teacher asksstudents to locate forms such as "was first observed" and"was later confirmed", classify their verb structure, andtransform them into active sentences. The secondteacher also examines the grammatical form but asksstudents to compare the passive and active versions,identify changes in information focus, and discuss whypassive constructions occur frequently in descriptions ofexperiments and scientific discoveries.

Considering approaches to grammar teaching in thelanguage-learning process, mark the CORRECTalternative.

(a)

The second practice prioritizes textual interpretationover grammar teaching, since discussion ofinformation focus shifts attention away from theformal structure of the passive voice.

(b)

The first practice develops grammatical awarenessmore comprehensively because structuraltransformation enables students to infer the discoursefunctions of the passive voice.

(c)

The two practices differ mainly in the amount ofstudent interaction, as both establish the samerelation between grammatical structure andcommunicative purpose.

(d)

The first practice is associated with explicit grammarinstruction, whereas the second replacesgrammatical analysis with a genre-based readingactivity.

(e)

The second practice relates grammatical form todiscourse organization and genre, while preservingexplicit attention to the linguistic structure beingstudied.