Associate the reading strategies with their respective descriptions.

1 - Skimming;

2 - Scanning;

3 - Critical Reading;

4 - Predictive Reading:

( ) It is a thoughtful and analytical reading strategy. It goes beyond understanding the literal meaning of the text and involves evaluating the author's arguments, questioning assumptions, and considering alternative perspectives.

( ) It involves making educated guesses about the content of a text based on headings, subheadings, and other organizational cues. Readers use their prior knowledge and the structure of the material to anticipate what information might come next.

( ) It is a reading strategy that involves searching for specific information within a text. Instead of reading the entire passage, the reader focuses on keywords, phrases, or numbers to quickly locate the relevant details.

( ) It is a rapid reading technique used to get an overview of the text. Readers quickly glance through the material to identify the main ideas, important points, and the overall structure of the text without reading every word.

The correct association is, respectively:

Read the following quote and select the correct alternative.

“Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.” ― Eric Idle

The word "pretend" can be correctly translated into Portuguese as:

“There were people who went to sleep last night,
poor and rich and white and black,
but they will never wake again.

And those dead folks would give anything at all
for just five minutes of this weather
or ten minutes of plowing.

So you watch yourself about complaining.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.”

— Maya Angelou

The passage uses the phrase "those dead folks" to refer to:
Total Physical Response (TPR) is a teaching methodology that focuses on learning through physical activities and body movements. It is based on the premise that associating physical actions with the learning of a foreign language facilitates understanding and retention of the content.
Which of the following activities are typical of the TPR methodology?

“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one. ”


― Goldie Hawn


According to the text, what does the "mud" represent in the process of human growth?

Consider the following statements about various language teaching methodologies:

I. The Audio-Lingual Method, influenced by behaviorist psychology, emphasizes habit formation through repetition and reinforcement.

II. The Natural Approach, developed by Krashen and Terrell, focuses on providing comprehensible input and reducing the affective filter.

III. Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) prioritizes meaningful communication through the completion of real-world tasks.

IV. The Lexical Approach argues that language consists of grammaticalized lexis, not lexicalized grammar.

V. The Silent Way, created by Caleb Gattegno, encourages learner autonomy and discovery learning.

Which of the following combinations best represents the methodologies that align with the principles of constructivism in language learning?

Observe the description of the reading strategy below and choose the correct alternative.

"This practice consists of observing the text only to detect the general subject, without worrying about the details. Therefore, we must pay attention to the layout of the text, understand the introductory and concluding paragraphs, and observe the non-verbal elements such as images, graphs, tables, etc."

Wuthering Heights


"I'll not change my mind, Heathcliff," I said, "and I won't marry you. I'll never be yours, and you shall never be mine."

He looked incredibly shocked at this unexpected declaration, and drew his breath in and out in short, hurried gasps. His face grew red and white, and he stared at me wildly.

"Why not?" he demanded at last, in a voice that sounded almost strangled. "Why won't you marry me?"

"Because I don't love you," I said simply.

He stared at me for a moment, then burst out laughing. "You don't love me?" he repeated. "You don't love me? Then why did you come here?"

"I came here because I was afraid of you," I said. "I thought you would hurt me if I didn't." He laughed again, but this time it was a different kind of laugh. It was a bitter, mocking laugh. "You were right to be afraid of me," he said. "I would have hurt you. I would have killed you."

He reached out and grabbed my arm, his fingers digging into my flesh. "But now I'm going to let you go," he said. "I'm going to let you go, and you'll never see me again."

He released my arm and stepped back, his eyes blazing with anger. "Go," he said. "Go, and never come back."

Emily Brontë

What is the main conflict in this excerpt?
In a professional setting, identify the phrase that most accurately conveys formality and linguistic appropriateness: