Compreensão textual e Aquisição de Vocabulário

Para trabalhar o texto abaixo, o ideal seria a leitura simultânea em sala de aula junto aos alunos. Pode parecer um texto complexo à primeira vista e por esse motivo desemaranha-lo junto aos alunos carrega muitas oportunidades para trabalhar vocabulário, cognatos, habilidades de leitura e compreensão textual (como demonstramos com os exercícios que seguem o texto) ao mesmo tempo em que apresenta a temática de forma direta e clara. 

Human Settlements

Cities are places where humans get together to develop not only culture but also, social and economic needs. Access to education, transport, water and sanitation are some examples of things to consider when thinking about sustainable urban development.

By 2050 it is expected that 2/3 of the world population will be living in urban areas.

Some recent movements show the importance of sustainable development from an urban aspect. We can find results from this movements in the 2030 Agenda, on Goal 11, named “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". There are more sixteen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and they will all englobe sustainable issues from different perspectives.

The discussion about sustainable human settlements development was discussed by the Commission on Sustainable Development. These include:

1) providing adequate house/protection for everyone;
2) improving human settlements management;
3) promoting sustainable land-use planning;
4) promoting environmental infrastructure: water, sanitation and solid waste management;
5) promoting sustainable energy and transport systems in human settlements; 
6) promoting sustainable construction industry activities.

QUESTIONS:

1.  Esse primeiro exercício utiliza o skimming como estratégia de leitura do texto, e está em português, há duas possibilidades de trabalha-lo: os alunos podem responde-lo sozinhos antes da leitura compartilhada em sala ou durante essa leitura.

2. What are human settlements? 

a) Important urban areas.

b) Places where people can develop their culture, social and economic needs together.

c) Places where people don’t have access to education, transport and water sanitation.

(Com a ajuda de toda a classe, discuta o tema do texto até que a resposta seja encontrada por todos. Nesta tarefa, o aluno irá verificar todas as afirmações do texto para procurar a alternativa que melhor se adapta à palavra “assentamentos”. Esta palavra não é um termo fácil de explicar, portanto, com as estratégias de leitura, a turma irá deduzir o significado desta palavra somente após a compreensão do texto.)

3. According to the text, what can we consider when thinking about sustainable development? 

a) access to education, computers and transport.

b) access to transport, education and free wifi.

c) access to transport, education and water sanitation.

(Este é um exercício de Scanning. Instrua os alunos a lerem as palavras das alternativas e procurá-las no texto.)

4. Study the sentences below. Then check the sentences that are incorrect and correct them. 

( ) There are eleven Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

( ) By 2050 it is expected that 2/3 of the world population will be living in rural areas.

( ) Cities are places where humans get together to develop not only culture but also, social and economic needs.

(F) There are eleven Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

There are seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

(F) By 2050 it is expected that 2/3 of the world population will be living in rural areas.

By 2050 it is expected that 2/3 of the world population will be living in urban areas.

(T) Cities are places where humans get together to develop not only culture but also, social and economic needs.

(Instrua os alunos a comparar as frases do exercício com suas correspondentes no texto, no caso de divergências, auxilie-os a reescrevê-las da forma correta)

5. 

(Neste exercício o aluno vai trabalhar o vocabulário extraído do texto)