9º B - SÃO LOURENÇO
Autor: Teacher Zeca | Publicado: 2011-08-06T15:39:00-03:00

Olá pessoal, esta tarefa vale nota do qualitativo e deverá ser postada até dia 19 de agosto de 2011.O endereço abaixo é para assistir a palestra "English Mania" de Jay Walker, copie cole na barra de endereços:http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.htmlVocê pode ver com subtitulos, a opção está logo abaixo em "subtitles avaiable in".O texto abaixo é a transcrição de tudo o que foi dito na palestra, servirá de suporte para responder as perguntas que estão logo após o texto.ENGLISH MANIALet´s talk about manias. Let´s start with Beatle mania: hysterical teenagers, crying, screaming, pandemoniun. Sports mania: deafening crowds all for of one idea, get the ball in the net. Ok, religious mania: there´s rapture, weeping, there´s vision.Manias can be good, manias can be alarming or manias can be deadly.The world has a new mania, a mania for learning English. Listen as Chinese students practice their English by screaming it:I WILL CHANGE MY LIFE (REPEAT)I DON´T WANT TO LET MY PARENTS DOWNI DON´T WANT  EVER LET MY COUNTRY DOWNMOST IMPORTANTLY. I DON´T WANT TO LET MYSELF DOWNHow many people are trying to learn English world wide?2 billion of them. In Latin America, in India, in South East Asia and most of all in China. If you are a Chinese student you start learning English in the 3rd grade, by law. That´s Why, this year, China will become the world´s largest English speaking country.Why English? In a single world: Opportunity.Opportunity for a better life, a job, to be able to pay for school or put better food on the table.Imagine a student taking a giant test for 3 full days, her score of this one test literally determines her future. She studies 12 hours a day for 3 years to prepare. 25% of her grade is based on English. It´s called the Gaokao and 80 million high school Chinese students have already taken this grueling test. The intensity to learn English is unimaginable unless you witness it:PERFECTI WANNA SPEAK PERFECT ENGLISHI WANT TO CHANGE MY LIFESo English mania is good or bad? Is English a Tsunami washing away other languages?Not likely. English is the world´s second language, your native language is your life but with English you can become part of a wider conversation, a global conversation about global problems, like climate change or poverty or hunger or disease.The world has other universal languages: Mathematic is the language of Science. Music is the language of emotions; and now English is becoming the language of solving problems, not because America is pushing it but because the world is pulling it. So English mania is a turning point like harnessing of electricity in our cities or the fall of Berlin wall.English represents hope for a better future, a future where the world has a common language to solve its common problems.1) Quais são as 03 manias citadas no começo do texto?2) O que é o GAOKAO? Temos algo parecido no Brasil?3) “Um futuro melhor com a lingua Inglesa usada para solucionar problemas dos paises europeus.”Esta tradução é verdadeira ou falsa? Justifique.4) Extraia do texto o trecho que Jay Walker fala que a China se tornará este ano o país em que mais se falará Inglês.5) Você concorda com o exposto por Jay Walker? Produza um texto de no minimo 03 linhas com sua opinião.SEE YOUXOXO