As regards language teaching methods, judge the following items.

In Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), the target language is a vehicle for classroom communication, not just the object of study. That is one of the reasons why the use of the mother tongue should be handled sensibly and carefully.

João: I prefer the Harry Potter films. The books are boring, don?t you agree?

Joana: No, I think the films are ...... the books.

Judge the following items.

In “The strong belief that he was unbeatable was Hugh’s first defeat”, the underlined passage has an appositive function.

Having in mind the established rules for the formation of comparative forms, judge the following items.

The two brothers Peter and Paul are very good-looking, but Peter is the most handsome one.

Decide about the correctness of the following items concerning singular and plural forms.

The plural forms of hypothesis, thesis, and crisis are respectively hypotheses, theses, and crises.

Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.

“Although Grant did not have any money” requires another clause introducing an expected result, such as he didn’t go to the movies.

Having in mind the established rules for the formation of comparative forms, judge the following items.

The worse thing that could possibly happen to me is to lose my job.

Decide about the correctness of the following items concerning singular and plural forms.

The singular and plural form of the following words is the same: series, species, means.

In regard to error treatment and language teaching methods, decide about the correctness of the items below.

In the Grammar-Translation method, errors are seen as a natural, indispensable part of the learning process. The teacher uses students’ errors as a basis for deciding where further work is necessary. Self and peer correction are fostered as well.

Judge the following items.

A disjunct is found in “Donna won’t cooperate, which makes things more difficult”.

_____________________________? Yes, I did.

In regard to error treatment and language teaching methods, decide about the correctness of the items below.

In the Silent Way, errors are to be avoided at all costs through the teacher’s awareness of where the students will have difficulty and restriction of what they are taught to say.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

Considering that John asked: “How can I apply?”, in reported speech, this sentence would become: John asked how he can apply.

According to the established rules of phonetics and phonology of the English language, judge the items below.

The sound of the letter a in ago and in about is unstressed and it is called a schwa.

A partir del texto, juzgue los ítems siguientes.

Los elementos “de” y “sin”, ambos en la línea 56, son clasificables como adverbios.

Lea las declaraciones sobre el ?fenómeno? ?voseo?.

I. El voseo es un fenómeno linguístico dentro de la lengua española en que se emplea el pronombre ?vos? junto a ciertas conjugaciones verbales particulares para dirigirse al interlocutor en lugar de emplear el pronombre ?tú? en situaciones de familiaridad.

II. El estudio sistemático del fenómeno del voseo en América es muy nuevo aún.

III. El fenómeno del voseo es utilizado solamente en el Presente de Indicativo y en el Imperativo Presente.

En relación al uso del ?voseo? se puede afirmar que:

Un nom composé peut s’écrire en un seul mot (comme gendarme issu de gens d’armes), il forme alors son pluriel comme les noms ordinaires. Les noms composés peuvent également être divisés en plusieurs mots ; le trait d’union sépare alors généralement les mots (mais pas toujours comme dans compte rendu, pomme de terre etc.). Ces derniers forment leur pluriel selon la catégorie grammaticale de leurs composants.

À propos du sujet du text, jugez les items suivants.

En français le trait d’union sépare toujours les noms composés.