Linguagens
Inglês
- Ensino da Língua Estrangeira Inglesa
- Prova de 2019
- Centro universitário FAG
- Dificuldade: Difícil
- Código da questão: 18412C67-E6
Text 2
Text 2a. Second Language Learning
One of the principles of all learning is that we make sense of new information and ideas by relating them to
our previous knowledge. There are two main kinds of previous language knowledge which second language learners
can use in order to make sense of the new language they encounter: the first is their knowledge of their mother
tongue and the second is the knowledge they already possess about the second language itself.
LITTLEWOOD, W. Second Language Learning. In DAVIES, A. e ELDER, C. The Handbook of Applied Linguistics,
pp.504/5, Blackwell Publishing, 2010.
Text 2b. National Curriculum Parameters
Every text is organized within a specific genre according to its communicative purposes, as part of the
conditions of discourse production, which generate social uses that determine any and every text. Genres are,
therefore, historically determined, and constitute relatively stable forms of utterances available in a culture.
(National Curriculum Parameters, Brasil, 1988, p.21) (adaptado)
Answer the two questions below considering also texts "Second Language Learning" and "National Curriculum
Parameters", above.
When approaching foreign language texts 2a and 2b, the learner will most frequently use his/her
previous knowledge of the mother tongue to account for any difficulties, which may include dealing
with genres. About the use of previous knowledge and the study of genres in foreign language
education, it is correct to say that:
