Analyze the sentences below about Modern Foreign Languages, under LDB Law. 1. Foreign Languages at the average school are almost entirely based on the study of grammatical formulae; the memorization of rules and a priority focus on written language. 2. Foreign Languages are now part of a field of knowledge, and no longer an isolated course in the curriculum. 3. The school-based teaching of Foreign Languages is responsible to enable students to understand and produce correct sentences in a foreign language, and to allow learners to develop speaking competence as the main objective of the process of learning. 4. The teaching of a foreign language provides real communication and allows students to have access to several types of information while contributing to their overall development as citizens. Choose the alternative which contains the correct affirmatives:

Read the paragraph below about Methods of Language Teaching. “This is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge. It is also a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.” The paragraph above is a definition of which Method of Learning Teaching?

Read the following paragraph about English learning in Brazil according to the Statutory and the National Curricular Guidelines. “The Statutory and National Curricular Guidelines make the teaching of a foreign language at elementary and high school __________. However, teachers and experts acknowledge that English teaching - both public and private - is unable to provide students with a __________ level of English. They identify similar reasons to those that cause other problems in basic education: the lack of language teaching equipment and __________ classrooms.” Mark the alternative that contains the correct missing words in the paragraph.

Reading is an ability that has great importance in learning, and this is due to the fact that reading is definitely part of our daily activity, but, most importantly, reading is one of the skills that students have to learn both in English as a foreign language and in their native language. In order to read with comprehension, developing readers must be able to read with some proficiency and then receive explicit instruction in reading comprehension strategies. Choose the alternative that contains Reading Comprehension Strategies.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the text? 1. Mr. Kam has a master degree in physics at the Hong Kong University. 2. One of Mr. Kam’s pronged approach is the use of multimedia teaching materials during lectures. 3. Popular astronomy magazines are used by Mr. Kam’s students to encourage them to build-up their self confidence. 4. Undergraduate students can take assistantships by teaching at secondary school. 5. The most important motivation, that makes undergraduates to learn, is when they find out they have to guide other students. Choose the alternative which contains the correct affirmatives.

Which alternative presents the correct prepositions that are missing in the first paragraph of the text.

Choose the alternative that contains the correct plural form of the word in bold in “A CUHK alumnus, he is grateful for the chance to teach at the university after earning his doctoral degree there”.

Study these sentences and decide if they are true (T) or false (F), according to structure and grammar use. ( ) The negative form of the following sentence “Second, he arranges internships for undergraduates.” is “Second, he doesn’t arranges internships for undergraduates.” ( ) The words “first” and “second” (2nd paragraph of the text) are linking words. ( ) The phrasal verb “to help out” (5th paragraph of the text) means “to give one’s services to make it easier for someone to do something.” ( ) The word “extremely” in: “ …as a university student was extremely high and he could meet them only during lectures… ” can be replaced by “very” without changing its meaning. ( ) The word “should” (4th paragraph of the text) is an example of a modal verb. Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.

Considering the text, analyze the sentences below and the underlined words. “Second, he arranges internships for undergraduates. These can take the form of learning assistantships at the university or teaching assistantships at secondary schools, and also there’s always the odd science project at the Space Museum.” Choose the alternative that has the correct meaning of “Internship”.

Study the underlined words in the following paragraph from the text: “First, undergraduates become even more motivated to learn when they find out they have to guide other students. Second, physics students are, unlike arts students, not at their best when called upon to express themselves. Acting as assistants allows them to practice their skills and build up their self-confidence.” Choose the correct alternative.

The word purpose in the sentence “Such responsibilities serve two greater purposes.”, is closest in meaning to:

Choose the alternative that contains the correct indirect form (indirect speech) of the sentence “I enjoyed some subjects more than others. I’ve preferred science subjects.”.