Prefeitura de Esteio 2017 — Questão 45 · Sinônimos | Synonymous

Instruction: Answer questions 41 to 50 based on the following text.

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Fake news: improved critical literacy skills are key to telling fact from fiction

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01---------Fake news is a buzzword of our time, but its impact can be significant. Not only can

02---it threaten our democracy, our confidence in governance, or our trust in journalism, but it has

03---also been reported to distort children’s view of the world.

04---In a digital world, we can no longer take everything we read, hear or see at face value –

05---no matter how reliable we believe the source. Children are increasingly likely to encounter fake

06---news; more young people than ever are using digital media as their main source of news, so

07---they must be equipped with the skills to tell fact from fiction.

08---While critical literacy skills are part of every stage of the national curriculum in England,

09---a new report from the National Literacy Trust shows that children are not retaining what they’ve

10---been taught. Some 20% of children aged between eight and 15 believe everything they read

11---online is true, and 35% of UK teachers say pupils have cited fake news or false information

12---found online as fact in their work.

12---Reading comprehension, a big part of the Key Stage 1 and 2 curriculums, is particularly

14---important for preparing children to become critically literate. It helps children accurately

15---understand and interpret information by making connections between what they read and what

16---they already know, working out what is important, and spotting the difference between fact and

17---fiction. Other curriculum areas help to build the foundation skills needed to develop strong

18---critical literacy skills, such as reading a wide range of texts for different purposes, learning

19---about inference, and identifying how language structures and presentation contribute to

20---meaning.

21---In addition to building on the skills learned in primary school, these skills feature even

22---more prominently in secondary school. At Key Stage 3, it is a requirement to teach pupils to

23---read critically and at Key Stage 4, pupils are taught to understand and evaluate texts by

24---seeking evidence to support a point of view, to distinguish between statements that are

25---supported by evidence and those that are not, and to identify bias and misuse of evidence.

26---Children need to be able to take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to real-life

27---situations. With fake news such a big threat to children’s lives, as well as being such a topical

28---issue, bringing it into the classroom will give teachers the opportunity to further develop their

29---pupils’ critical literacy skills, and give children an opportunity to discuss any news stories that

30---worry them in a safe environment.

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Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/oct/17/fake-news-improved-criticalliteracy-skills-teaching-young-people

The word “buzzword” (line 01) can be replaced, without changing the meaning in context, by is: