Questão 66421

A teacher is planning a lesson on the use of passive voice in English. Instead of simply presenting the rule and having students complete drills, she decides to use authentic texts from a newspaper and a scientific report. She asks her students to identify the passive voice constructions and to discuss why the authors chose to use them instead of the active voice. In the newspaper article, the passive voice is used to avoid attributing blame for a negative event (e.g., “The building was destroyed”). In the scientific report, the passive voice is used to create a tone of objectivity, focusing on the process rather than the agent (e.g., “The experiment was conducted under controlled conditions”). This pedagogical choice reflects an understanding of the **pragmatic-discursive, phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical-grammatical aspects** of language. It demonstrates a belief that grammar should not be taught in isolation, but always in a meaningful context, where students can understand how grammatical choices serve specific communicative purposes. The teacher is helping students to move from a purely formal understanding of grammar to a functional and critical one, preparing them to be more effective and conscious communicators in different social contexts.

Considering the case presented, analyze the following statements:

I. The teacher's approach is aligned with a functionalist view of language, which sees grammar as a set of resources for making meaning, rather than a set of abstract rules to be followed.

II. The use of authentic texts in the classroom, such as a newspaper and a scientific report, is an effective strategy to teach the different uses of the passive voice in different genres.

III. The teacher's approach allows students to understand that the choice between active and passive voice is always a matter of grammatical correctness, and never of pragmatic or discursive choice.

IV. The teacher's practice is an example of an integrated approach, where the morphosyntactic aspect (passive voice) is taught in conjunction with the pragmatic-discursive aspect (communicative purpose) and the genre aspect (newspaper vs. scientific report).