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Consider a classroom where learners engage in "reflection and sharing," openly discussing their experiences and feelings related to language learning in a supportive group setting. Reflection and sharing is used as a technique within the Community Language Learning (CLL) method, which emphasizes creating a collaborative and emotionally safe learning community (Curran, 1976).

Adapted from: SHENASSA, Alex. Approach, Method, and Technique in Language Teaching (2024). Available at: https://www.atcbc.com/atc/approach-method-technique.html

Based on the pedagogical scenario described above, one can say that Community Language Learning is underpinned by

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Reports generally use the present tense to describe general truths and factual information. Passive voice is frequently employed to maintain objectivity, and technical vocabulary is preferred to convey precise information.

Adapted from: https://www.pdst.ie/primary/literacy/writing-report-genre

Considering the following sentence from a laboratory report:

"The laboratory staff measures the chemical concentrations in each solution."

One can say that the most grammatically correct and academically appropriate passive construction for a report is:

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In the past ten years of the project, we have implemented teletandem in three ways: institutionally, institutionally non-integrated, and institutionally integrated teletandem (Cavalari & Aranha, 2014). The three distinctions are important. First, because they situate the actions of the Teletandem Brasil Project. These actions differ from many private/business initiatives of online collaboration to learn foreign languages that are available on the internet (...). Basically, the Teletandem Brasil Project has always been institutional, that is, the practicing students were always enrolled in the courses of both universities.

Adapted from: TELLES, João A. “Learning foreign languages in teletandem: resources and strategies”. Available at: https://www.scielo.br/j/delta/a/yDgwtkLRKj5ftZ86ddKVggm/?format=html&lang=en.

Considering the excerpt above, teletandem can be understood as a language policy once

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Sony has invested millions of dollars in the development of Blu-Ray technology. The success of Blu-Ray is therefore vital for the company’s future.

Adapted from: ESTERAS, Santiago Remacha. Infotech: English for computer users (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 2008.

In the sentence above, the word “therefore” can be replaced, while maintaining the semantic value and preserving the logical relationship between the two clauses, by:

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In an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course, the reading component necessitates a careful balance between the development of specific reading skills and language proficiency. Several critical skills, as mentioned in T. Dudley-Evans and M. J. St John’s Developments in ESP: a Multidisciplinary Approach (1999) are essential to be learned or transferred into the new language.

Adapted from: YARKULOVNA, Saidova Surayyo. Developing reading skills and comprehension in English for Specific Purposes (2023). Available at: https://zienjournals.com/index.php/jpip/article/view/4215/3495

Regarding reading skills in the ESP context, it is correct to state that

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Despite Brazil’s linguistic plurality, the myth of monolingualism persists, delineating a “linguistic territory” conceived as uniform. Language policies have historically been slow to acknowledge the country’s multilingual and plurilingual realities, although instruments such as the National Inventory of Linguistic Diversity (2010) represent notable exceptions.

Adapted from: GUIMARÃES, Felipe Furtado; FINARDI, Kyria Rebeca; CASOTTI, Janayna Bertollo Cozer. Internationalization and language policies in Brazil: what is the relationship? (2019). Available at: https://www.scielo.br/j/rbla/a/7yRjFPFBGHnxFzfrhYWvcJd/?lang=en

In the context of internalization, multilingualism, as a linguistic policy, is most accurately conceptualized as:

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It appears to me to be useful to simplify the descriptive framework and make a two-part distinction: principles and procedures. The term, principles, may be operationally defined as a set of insights derived from theoretical and applied linguistics, cognitive psychology, information sciences, and other allied disciplines that provide theoretical bases for the study of language learning, language planning, and language teaching. The term thus includes not only the theoretical assumptions governing language learning and teaching but also those governing syllabus design, materials production, and evaluation measures. Similarly, procedures may be operationally defined as a set of teaching strategies adopted/adapted by the teacher in order to accomplish the stated and unstated, short- and long-term goals of language learning and teaching in the classroom. Thus, certain elements of Antony’s approach and method, and Richards and Rodgers’ approach and design can be subsumed under principles. Classroom events, activities, or techniques can be covered under procedures. The terms principles and procedures are not new; they are implicit in the literature and are being used widely, though not uniformly or consistently.

Adapted from: KUMARAVADIVELU, B. Understanding language teaching: from method to postmethod. New Jersey/London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2006.

According to the text, throughout the history of language teaching, the concepts of Approach, Method, and Technique have been defined in different ways by different scholars. Even Kumaravadivelu proposes his own two-part framework. Considering these perspectives and the hierarchical relationship among Approach, Method, and Technique, one can conclude that:

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You are teaching an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) class for first-year Brazilian Radiology students at a federal institution. The students need to read and comprehend technical articles about imaging techniques, patient care protocols and radiology equipment manuals. Most students are native Portuguese speakers with varying levels of English proficiency. Some struggle with understanding complex technical terms, others with interpreting text structures and summarizing procedures in English. You, as a teacher, aim to design reading tasks to improve their knowledge in the radiology field.

Considering approaches to ESP course design (Hutchinson & Waters (1987); Dudley-Evans & St. John (1998); Fortanet-Gomez & Raisanen (2008), your reading tasks must

He set up his home-based takeaway, named Africana Chops, in 2022, after being incessantly asked by his St Lucian friends for Nigerian fare. The takeaway is now thriving, Dr Ogbu tells the BBC, and not just because his island customers think the food is tasty. 'They know that we all have the same ancestral origin. So most of the time, they want to get in touch with that,' Dr Ogbu explains. People across the Caribbean have been expressing African pride through cultural means, such as food, clothing and travel, while governments and institutions from both sides of the Atlantic have been meeting to forge economic ties.

Adapted from: CHIBELUSHI, Wedaeli; HANDY, Gemma. New wave of African pride rises in the Caribbean (2025). Available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxyw4w440vo

Based on the analysis of the underlined terms, it can be said that: