Questões de Inglês - MACKENZIE 2014 | Gabarito e resoluções

(Mackenzie - 2014) LAUGHING ALL THE WAY Understanding jokes is part of the process of native language acquisition, and jokes are part of the charm that belongs to any language. Learning to understand jokes in a new language is both a cause, and a consequence, of language proficiency (Cook 2000). The most obvious benefit of understanding jokes is that it can help students feel more comfortable in their new language. A shared moment of humor lowers the affective filter, that invisible barrier that makes learners feel awkward and uncomfortable. A low affective filter is one of the cornerstones of successfully learning a new language (Krashen 1982). If a class can laugh together, they are likely to learn better together, too. Jokes based on wordplay have additional benefits because they build metalinguistic awareness, or conscious awareness of the forms of language, and this, ___( I )___, helps in learning more language (Ely and McCabe 1994; Zipke 2008; Lems 2011). In particular, metalinguistic awareness boots reading comprehension and encourages higher-order thinking. ___( II )___ native speakers need to access a great deal of linguistic information and background knowledge to get a joke (Aarons 2012). At the same time, jokes that are based on wordplay in another language can be really hard to understand because they need to be processed very quickly. In a social setting where everyone is standing around chatting, understanding a joke that comes up may seem like a high-stakes test. Not understanding a joke in this situation can make someone feel like an outsider and create a sense of isolation. ___( III )___, an important part of learning a new language is learning to enjoy its jokes. Puns: A special form of joke Puns are a special form of humor based on double meanings. Puns are sometimes nicknamed the lowest form of humor and often greeted with groans, but in fact, the language knowledge needed to understand a pun is very sophisticated (Pollack 2011).___( IV )__ they require processing the sound and meaning of words twice, puns demand considerable language agility. __( V )__ humor based on sight gags, funny facial expressions, or amusing visual arrangements, the humor of pun is based on language play. ENGLISH TEACHING FORUM VOLUME 51 NUMBER 1 2013 The text states that

(Mackenzie - 2014) Which sentence is grammatically correct about the picture above?

(Mackenzie 2014) LONDON IN YOUR POCKET Smartphone applications are transforming the tourism experience. The latest development is called Streetmuseum, or the museum in your pocket. It can be downloaded __( I )__ any Iphone or Android tablet and it enables you to explore the streets of London, both past and present. Streetmuseum unites 200 images __( II )__ the Museum of London collection with actual locations __( III )__ the capital. It uses the smartphones geo-tagging facility: as you walk the streets of London, satellite technology will give the phones geoposition. The phone will produce an image of that place in the past and you can compare this with what you see there today. So far the app has been downloaded by __( IV )__ 150,000 people around the world. SKYLINE The collection shows how much the London skyline has changed __(V)__ recent decades. Until 1962 St Pauls Cathedral (which was completed in 1710 and is 110 metres high) was Londons tallest building. Today that honour goes to One Canada Square, the Canary Wharf Tower in the Docklands. It is 230 metres high, but it will soon be overtaken __( VI )__ the 87-storey tower Shard London Bridge, which will be 310 metres high. Designed by architect Renzo Piano, it should be completed in May. The prepositions that properly fill in blanks I, II, III, IV, V and VI, in the text, are

(MACKENZIE - 2014) Which sentence is grammatically correct about the picture above?