Questão 1460845

Com relação ao ensino da pronúncia do inglês no contexto brasileiro, assinale a alternativa CORRETA sobre as afirmações a seguir:

I - Brazilian learners usually have difficulty reproducing the right pronunciation of English because there are many non-standard varieties of English around the globe.

II - Brazilian learners usually have difficulty reproducing the appropriate intonation patterns of spoken English because they use non-standard varieties of English in their everyday oral interactions.

III - Brazilian learners usually have difficulty reproducing the appropriate intonation patterns of spoken English because Brazilian Portuguese is a syllable-timed language, while English is stress-timed.

IV - In relation to the teaching of English as a lingua franca, good pronunciation means using the pronunciation of Standard English and sounding like a “native” speaker.

V - In relation to the teaching of English as a lingua franca, good pronunciation means speaking in a way that most listeners can understand without too much effort.

VI - The teacher must choose a variety of English – preferably American or British – to teach his students so that they can achieve an intermediate level of proficiency in that variety.