Questão 3260023

• Banca: Colégio Pedro II
• Órgão: Colégio Pedro II
• Ano: 2019
• Provas: Colégio Pedro II - 2019 - Colégio Pedro II - Professor - Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

TEXT 6

“Probably the best-known and most often cited dimension of the WE (World Englishes) paradigm is the model of concentric circles: the ‘norm-providing’ inner circle, where English is spoken as a native language (ENL), the ‘norm-developing’ outer circle, where it is a second language (ESL), and the ‘norm-dependent’ expanding circle, where it is a foreign language (EFL). Although only ‘tentatively labelled’ (Kachru, 1985, p.12) in earlier versions, it has been claimed more recently that ‘the circles model is valid in the senses of earlier historical and political contexts, the dynamic diachronic advance of English around the world, and the functions and standards to which its users relate English in its many current global incarnations’ (Kachru and Nelson, 1996, p. 78).”

PENNYCOOK, A. Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows. New York: Routledge, 2007, p. 21.

According to the text, it is possible to say that the “circles model” established by Kachru

• A. represents a standardization of the English language.
• B. helps to explain the historicity of the English language.
• C. establishes the current standards of the English language.
• D. contributes to the expansion of English as a foreign language.

Gabarito: B

Comentários

• b-

  Although only ‘tentatively labelled’ in earlier versions, it has been claimed more recently that ‘the circles model is valid in the senses of earlier historical and political contexts, the dynamic diachronic advance of English around the world, and the functions and standards to which its users relate English in its many current global incarnations’