Prefeitura de Esteio 2017 — Questão 48 · Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

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

In English, there are different ways of saying the 3rd person singular “s” ending in the present simple. In the verbs “shows” and “helps”, removed from text, the –s ending is pronounced, respectively