Questões de Inglês — SEEC-RN 2011

How does the hummingbird compare with other flying animals?

The word in parentheses describes the idea conveyed by the words in boldface type in:

In Text I, the excerpt “I’ve been teaching for a long time” (lines 90-91) is in the direct speech. Its right transformation into indirect speech is in

How can the experiment be best summarized?

In Text I, in the sentence “We are supported by several very professional professional associations.” (lines 26-28) the words in boldface type function respectively as

In Text I, the present simple is used in the excerpt “when a teacher comes up after a presentation and says...” (lines 89-90) to convey

A hummingbird is

The experimenters say that lab smells like pizza because

What does Michael Swan say that can help in the development of procedural knowledge?

In Text I, But (line 91) can be correctly replaced by

In Text I, what anchors the use of the present perfect in “good materials have led professional developments.”? (lines 11- 12)

What does Michael Swan mean by “students need to be fluent in reasonably good English, not in a highly deviant interlanguage.” (lines 45-47)?

The pair “country – nationality” is NOT right in

How can the three greatest professional satisfactions pointed by Michael Swan be summarized?

Consider some fragments extracted from Text I, the words in parentheses describe the same idea expressed by the words and expressions, in boldface type in:

In Text I, the definition in parentheses describes the idea conveyed by the modal in boldface type in

How does the bird conserve energy?

Consider some adverbs extracted from Text I. The first one is less intense than the second, in

In Text I, the expression that corresponds to the one in boldface type in “The buzz-words from the research front [...]” (line 20) is

According to the Brazilian PCN (Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais), specifically in the annex named QECRL (Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as Línguas), 2001 adopted in Brazil, there is a methodological warning about the real need of establishing an effective and balanced relationship between grammar and vocabulary on one side and usage and practice on the other. In Swan’s interview, it becomes clear that he would agree with this methodological warning about foreign language teaching. Swan shows that when he

According to Catherine Walter, the role of technology in foreign language learning

Swan is so fascinated with working with language because

The expression in parentheses provides an instance of the words in boldface type in:

The two occurrences of the word one in the excerpt “One would be the pleasure of putting people in touch with one another:” (lines 82-83) respectively mean

According to Text II, it’s difficult to follow the hummingbird because it

The definition in parentheses describes the idea conveyed by the word in boldface type in:

The hyphen in “long-established” (line 26) is used in Text I to connect the elements of

The words in parentheses describe the same idea expressed by the words, extracted from Text II, in boldface type in:

In Text I, the demonstrative pronoun this in “This gives today’s teachers a great start [...] (line 9) refers to the fact that

In Text I, Swan did NOT cite the following practice as an example:

The use of the gerund in “[...] the fascination of working [...]” (lines 98-99) and “[...] that comes from building [...]” (line 104) can be explained due to the fact that

What does the fragment “the nectar-loving hummingbird” (line 2) qualify?

Concerning the study of the bird’s flight, what are the scientists’ objectives with the computer analysis?

According to the General Guidelines to the teaching of foreign languages in Brazil, it is essential to emphasize the development of capacities that facilitate a successful learning of formal contents. In this respect, the only aspect that Swan does NOT list as a progress in today’s English teaching approaches is the