Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de Textos (Understanding) — VUNESP 2025
InglêsInterpretação de Textos (Understanding)
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- vu217231
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- VUNESP
- Órgão
- UNESP
- Ano
- 2025
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- V - - Doc ( )
Read the three quotations; the first two, by English teachers from the Ivory Coast and Brazil; the third, by an Iraqi learner in a mixed-nationality reading class.
“It’s a very lively book, but the exercises are about unusual things for our country. We are a hot country and also have many Muslims. The exercises are about snow, ice, cold mornings, and making wine. I can tell you I can’t do making wine in my country!”
“Previous materials were not based on life in Brazil which is why I don’t think they worked very well …”
“Sir … what is opera?”
(David Jolly and Rod Bolitho. A framework for materials writing. In: Brian Tomlinson (ed). Material Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP. 1998/2001. Adaptado)
The quotations illustrate
- Athe overall inadequacy of textbooks to teach relevant cultural concepts.
- Bthe need for contextualization of cultural content in English teaching materials.
- Cthe urgency of adaptation of materials to particular students’ needs and wants.
- Dthe reaction of people from different backgrounds against mass-produced materials.
- Ethe claim for more individualized English teaching approaches.