Questão 1521634

Read the following fragment from Gontow’s article. “[...] Don’t take me wrong. I’m a fun-loving teacher. I like to have fun and I like my students to have fun. I’m not saying that the English class should be a boring place. I’m just saying that it doesn’t have to be fun all the time. Doing some boring things is OK and it’s part of any process -- not just language learning. My name is usually associated with fun, because I’m constantly giving workshops about using songs, videos and games in the classroom. I talk about role--play and people laugh and have fun in my sessions. However, my classes are not like that all the time. As I like to say, my classes are as boring as yours. Students have to do homework, they have to study grammar. There’s drilling, there’s a lot of repetition. I don’t play videos or sing songs every single class. [...]”.(GONTOW, 2016, p. 9).

GONTOW, Carlos. Do We Need to Have Fun All the Time?. BRAZ -- TESOL Newsletter, São Paulo, p. 7-9, mar. 2016.

Read the statements below based on Gontow’s article:

I- Asking the learners to do grammar exercises and drilling in the classroom are no longer considered as valuable learning procedures to apply in the classroom.

II- The author admits that despite the usage of songs, videos and games in the classroom is paramount to avoid boredom when teaching English, it is practically impossible for a teacher to put fun in every class.

III- Gontow has been criticized by his peers for overusing fun activities in his classes because such tasks rarely promote English learning.

IV- Gontow admits that learners have to regularly engage in traditional activities such as homework, the study of grammar rules and drilling.

Mark the correct alternative.