The “Currículo Mínimo – Língua Estrangeira” (2012) aims at promotin...

The second and first paragraphs are linked by a notion of contrast, which is explicitly conveyed by the linking word "though” (2nd paragraph). The con...

Question address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)The use of authentic materials in ...

Consider the following sentence from a student’s essay. “The theme of this short story make us see the beauty in another vision.” (source: a real stud...

“Scaffolding” (Nuttall, 1996, p.36) is a process that “focus on enabling students to develop”. In “Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language”, Nut...

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In “Dimensões Comunicativas no Ensino de Línguas", Almeida Filho (2007) discusses the types of competence a language teacher should achieve. For the a...

According to the “Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais”, communicative competence is composed of the following three types of knowledge:

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Question address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)When choosing texts for the readin...

In “Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language”, Nuttall (1996, p. 39) presents some reading strategies. According to the author, some of them are ...