Questões de Concursos Promoção do QM 2022

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Language learning styles and strategies are among the main factors that help determine how – and how well – our students learn a second or foreign language. The term L2 is used in this text to refer to either a second or a foreign language, following the tradition in our field.

Learning styles are the general approaches – global or analytic, auditory or visual – that students use in acquiring a new language or in learning any other subject. These styles are “the overall patterns that give general direction to learning behavior” (Cornett 1983, p. 9). Of great relevance is this statement: “Learning style is the biologically and developmentally imposed set of characteristics that make the same teaching method wonderful for some and terrible for others” (Dunn and Griggs 1988, p. 3).

Learning strategies are defined as “specific actions, behaviors, steps, or techniques – such as seeking out conversation partners, or giving oneself encouragement to tackle a difficult language task – used by students to enhance their own learning” (Scarcella and Oxford 1992, p. 63). When the learner consciously chooses strategies that fit his or her learning style and the L2 task at hand, these strategies become a useful tool-kit for active, conscious, and purposeful self-regulation of learning. Learning strategies can be classified into six types: cognitive, metacognitive, memoryrelated, compensatory, affective, and social.

(M. Celce-Murcia, 2001. Adaptado)

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CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is an approach which is neither language learning nor subject learning, but an amalgam of both and is linked to the processes of convergence – the fusion of elements which may have been previously fragmented, such as subjects in the curriculum. This is where CLIL is groundbreaking.

To give a parallel example common in recent times, we can take studies on the environment. A seminal publication on the subject in the 1960s later led to a need to educate young people in schools so as to both inform and, perhaps more crucially, influence behavior. Topics relating to the environment could already be found in chemistry, economics, geography, physics, and even psychology. Yet, as climate change became increasingly worrying, education responded with the introduction of a new subject: “Environmental studies”.

In order to structure this new subject, teachers of different disciplines would have needed to climb out of their respective mindsets grounded in physics, chemistry, geography, psychology and so on, to explore ways of building an integrated curriculum, and to develop alternative methodologies by which to implement it. Climate change is a global and local phenomenon, so the increasing availability in some countries of information and communication technologies during the 1990s provided tools by which to make some of these methodologies operational.

If we return to languages and CLIL, we have a similar situation. The late 1990s meant that educational insight was firmly set on achieving a high degree of language awareness. Appropriate methodologies were to be used to attain the best possible results in a way which accommodated diverse learning styles.

(D. Coyle, P. Hood, D. Marsh. CLIL: content language integrated learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2010.)

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Procrastinar es el hábito de posponer las actividades importantes para dedicar el tiempo a tareas más entretenidas, pero menos relevantes. Hasta no hace muchos años, procrastinación era una palabra que no conocía casi nadie fuera del ámbito de la psicología y otras disciplinas dedicadas a estudiar el comportamiento humano. En los últimos años, sin embargo, se ha difundido a gran velocidad. Tal vez porque la vida moderna, tan cargada de distracciones y estímulos nuevos, nos hace cada vez más procrastinadores.

Es necesario tener en cuenta que, según diversos estudios, el 20% de los adultos se autoperciben como procrastinadores crónicos, porcentaje que aumenta hasta el 50% en la población estudiantil. A tal punto que muchos trabajos aluden al llamado “síndrome del estudiante”: la tendencia a comenzar las tareas lo más tarde posible, tras desperdiciar mucho tiempo en el comienzo del plazo asignado, y llegar a la fecha límite sometido a elevados niveles de estrés.

Si bien no es un trastorno, los niveles elevados de procrastinación se asocian con problemas más importantes, como un aumento en el estrés y la ansiedad, bajo rendimiento escolar y laboral y el empeoramiento de algunas enfermedades. Así lo explica, por ejemplo, un artículo publicado en 2013 por investigadores canadienses. De acuerdo con los autores de este trabajo, además, las causas no hay que buscarlas tanto en la pereza o en la mala gestión del tiempo. Al contrario, su origen radica en problemas para la regulación de las emociones. “La procrastinación tiene mucho que ver con la reparación del estado de ánimo en el corto plazo”, explica el texto. Por ello, se trata de un proceso irracional, dado que la prioridad de sentirse bien en el momento presente se impone por sobre las consecuencias negativas que – la propia persona lo sabe – deberá asumir su yo futuro.

Científicos alemanes, en 2018, descubrieron que el origen de la procrastinación podría hallarse en unas conexiones cerebrales débiles. Tras escanear los cerebros de 264 personas a las que también encuestaron acerca de sus hábitos dilatorios, llegaron a la conclusión de que los procrastinadores tienen más grande la amígdala, una estructura cerebral que procesa las emociones y controla la motivación. Según este trabajo, estas personas tienen mayores dificultades para eludir las emociones y distracciones, y debido a eso posponen su actividad. Todo lo cual viene a corroborar la idea de que no se trata de desgana ni de desorden en el manejo del tiempo: la clave de la procrastinación se halla en el control de las emociones.

(https://www.eldiario.es)

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William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616), who was an English playwright, poet and actor, is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and one of the most famous in the history of humanity. He was very fond of creating words, of which Arch-villain is an example. He also created words by attaching prefixes or suffixes to existing phrases. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare popped ‘un’ in front of ‘comfortable’ to create a word that’s now used every day by people around the world.

(https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore. Adaptado)

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A language ecosystem describes a holistic environment that encourages and extends the learning and application of language beyond the classroom. While an ecosystem is a simple concept, there are a few things to keep in mind. Here are quick tips to get you started.

The concept of exploring is at the center of attention here for good reason. Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to find and gather resources that are potential candidates for your language ecosystem. It is not unlike going shopping for furniture, in that you want to find items that will match your personal preference and lifestyle in a natural way. As you search for items to “add” to your ecosystem, you will want to consider how well they function in your life or home.

You might be wondering how one begins a search to find resources. I primarily use search engines, social media, streaming video, and music to look for resources that might work. I am not the only one, however, who has learned to keep an eye out for resources. Since inviting many of my own friends to learn a language with me, many people now send me links to things I might like.

Speaking of people, one of the most essential strategies in forming a language ecosystem is finding the right people to join you on your journey. I call this “forming a language learning network.” While fluent speakers are an excellent resource, I also find that fellow language learners, people who are learning the language just like me, are more patient conversation partners. Finally, I often find that people who share my same interests (say, French cooking, for example), can be excellent companions for listening and speaking practice.

(Shane Dixon. The Language Learner Guidebook: Powerful Tools to Help You Conquer Any Language. Edição do Kindle. Adaptado)