Questão 48 · Língua Inglesa: Vocabulário
Texto associado à questão
Text 9A2CCC
Many English as a foreign language (EFL) students fail to be effective readers because they lack knowledge of vocabulary and appropriate reading strategies. We believe that teaching proper reading strategies can help EFL learners overcome their reading problems, especially when the instruction begins in elementary school. One effective strategy is concept mapping, which is the use of visual tools to help readers understand material by transferring the written content into concrete images. Through concept-mapping activities, learners connect previously learned and newly learned ideas onto a visual representation, or “map.” Research shows that concept maps have positive effects on children’s language skills; for example, Liu et al. (2011) describe how concept mapping “prompts learners to reflect to construct meaning based on their observations and knowledge”, thereby helping “students develop and apply the knowledge about storytelling”.
Concept mapping helps students understand the framework of the subject being taught; clarifies the relationships and connections among all instructional content; reinforces knowledge retention; and enhances an instructor’s teaching objectives. Therefore, when it comes to teaching EFL reading, it is crucial for a teacher to act as facilitator to help learners create meaning on their own by connecting previous knowledge and experience with newly formed knowledge and experience.
Adeline Teo, Yun F. Shaw, Jimmy Chen and Derek Wang. Using concept mapping to teach young EFL learners reading skills.
Internet: <https://americanenglish.state.gov> (adapted).
In text 9A2CCC, the verb enhance (R.20) is synonymous with
- A) hold up.
- B) elucidate.
- C) summarize.
- D) make clear.
- E) improve.
Marque a alternativa correta:
Gabarito: E
Gabarito definitivo divulgado pela banca Cebraspe (PREF/SAOLUIS 2017).
Comentário
Gabarito: E.
O verbo enhance significa melhorar, aumentar ou valorizar a qualidade de algo. No texto, o trecho é: “Concept mapping helps students understand the framework… reinforces knowledge retention; and enhances an instructor’s teaching objectives”. Ou seja, o mapeamento conceitual melhora os objetivos de ensino do professor, o que corresponde a improve.
- A) hold up: significa sustentar, atrasar ou assaltar; não é sinônimo de enhance.
- B) elucidate: significa esclarecer, explicar; sentido ligado à compreensão, não ao aprimoramento.
- C) summarize: significa resumir; não se relaciona ao contexto.
- D) make clear: significa tornar claro; é tentador, mas não traduz o sentido de valorizar ou aprimorar.
Dica: em itens de vocabulário contextual, substitua a palavra pelo candidato no trecho e verifique se o sentido se mantém.
Fundamentos: Texto-base, R.20: “enhances an instructor’s teaching objectives” · Vocabulário contextual: sinonímia de enhance = improve
Comentário gerado pela Cravei IA a partir do enunciado e do gabarito definitivo divulgado pela banca, e conferido por uma verificação automática. A IA pode errar: o gabarito oficial sempre prevalece.
Fonte: prova Cebraspe PREF/SAOLUIS 2017 (Professor Nível Superior/PNS – A – Especialidade: Língua Inglesa), questão 48, com o gabarito definitivo da banca. Comentário: Equipe Cravei · como fazemos e revisamos.