Questão 66811

A professor of Global PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊSes is designing a course for MA students in Applied Linguistics. The course aims to critically examine the geopolitical aspects of the spread and use of PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS worldwide. The professor wants to challenge two opposing but equally simplistic views often held by students: the 'celebratory' view, which sees PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS as a neutral tool for global communication and progress, and the 'pessimistic' view, which sees PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS as a monolithic 'killer language' that inevitably destroys linguistic diversity. The professor's approach is based on a more nuanced theoretical framework that views globalization and the role of PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS as complex and contradictory processes. A key reading for the course states: 'The global spread of PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it can function as a vehicle for linguistic imperialism and the homogenization of culture. On the other hand, it has been appropriated by speakers in the 'Outer' and 'Expanding' circles, who creatively reshape it to express their own cultural identities and to participate in global conversations on their own terms. The geopolitics of PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS is a site of both domination and resistance.' The professor wants to design a final assignment that requires students to engage with this complexity.

Analyze the following proposals for the final assignment:

I. Students must write an essay arguing either for or against the proposition 'PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS is a killer language,' forcing them into a binary, uncritical position.
II. Students must conduct a case study of the role of PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS in a specific country (e.g., India, Nigeria, or Brazil). The case study should analyze both the official language policies regarding PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS and the 'vernacular' uses of PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS in popular culture (e.g., in music, advertising, social media), discussing how the language is implicated in both processes of globalization and localization.
III. Students must create a presentation analyzing a specific global social movement (e.g., #BlackLivesMatter, Fridays for Future) and discuss the geopolitical role that PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS plays as the language of international solidarity and activism, while also considering the challenges of linguistic exclusion within these movements.

Which proposal(s) would effectively assess the students' critical understanding of the complex geopolitics of PORTUGUÊS-INGLÊS?