Text 2 Text 2a. Second Language Learning One of the

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Text 2a. Second Language Learning

One of the principles of all learning is that we make sense of new information and ideas by relating them to our previous knowledge. There are two main kinds of previous language knowledge which second language learners can use in order to make sense of the new language they encounter: the first is their knowledge of their mother tongue and the second is the knowledge they already possess about the second language itself.

LITTLEWOOD, W. Second Language Learning. In DAVIES, A. e ELDER, C. The Handbook of Applied Linguistics, pp.504/5, Blackwell Publishing, 2010.

Text 2b. National Curriculum Parameters

Every text is organized within a specific genre according to its communicative purposes, as part of the conditions of discourse production, which generate social uses that determine any and every text. Genres are, therefore, historically determined, and constitute relatively stable forms of utterances available in a culture. (National Curriculum Parameters, Brasil, 1988, p.21) (adaptado) Answer the two questions below considering also texts "Second Language Learning" and "National Curriculum Parameters", above.

When approaching foreign language texts 2a and 2b, the learner will most frequently use his/her previous knowledge of the mother tongue to account for any difficulties, which may include dealing with genres. About the use of previous knowledge and the study of genres in foreign language education, it is correct to say that:

A) The unexperienced learner will not use foreign language previous knowledge to deal with genres because they are difficult for beginners to understand and should be focused only in intermediate classes.

B) Genres used in the foreign language classroom may have their communicative purposes attenuated in order to function as a learning device.

C) Once the learner understands how each genre is organized he/she will be able to read any text related to them because they do not change.

D) The use of mother tongue knowledge to help the foreign language learning process has always been considered an advantageous possibility.

E) Some authors advocate that genres consist of the materialization of text types.

A B C D E

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