UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ EXAM CODE

CENTRO DE HUMANIDADES
CASA DE CULTURA BRITÂNICA 2911241300
EXAME DE PROFICIÊNCIA LEITORA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA

PART 1: Based on the text below, choose the correct option for each question. Only one item is correct.
How AI is Shaping the Future of Education
(P1) Today’s workers are dealing with the reality that while AI might not necessarily come for their jobs,
workers with AI skills will certainly be replacing workers without AI skills. Given the future workforce needs
to be AI-ready, how is this going to impact education and learning? More importantly, how is the increasing
use and adoption of AI impacting today’s teachers and students?
(P2) The education ecosystem is already seeing profound and disruptive change with AI providing new tools
not only for educators and school administrators, but also for students who leverage AI tools to assist with
their work and also let them dive deeper into material they need to understand.
AI-Enabled Learning: Self-Directed, Self-Paced, and Self-Empowering
(P3) Aiming this hot topic, Sal Khan, known for his breakthrough Khan Academy and education leadership,
writes about how AI is going to revolutionize education in his new book “Brave New Words: How AI Will
Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)”. From Khan’s positive perspective, he foresees that
in the near future, AI will enable life-long learning by putting education access in the hands of anyone who
wants to learn any topic. Students and educators will both use AI assistants that can educate and inform them
on any topic at the required level of depth and explain in a way that is most easily understood for each
individual learner.
(P4) Furthering this idea, research firm Cognilytica writes about the concept of “Hyperpersonalized education”
that will provide the lifelong learning we need from the moment we first learn how to speak and read, to the
ongoing and continuous needs for education in our academic, work, and personal lives.
(P5) Indeed, we’re already seeing the impact on AI from a learning perspective as people use Large Language
Model (LLM) systems to answer questions and provide insights in a way that they used to do with web
searching. As web searches have become polluted with search optimized results, clickbait articles, and too-
long articles that most have no patience or attention to read, people are beginning to turn to AI-powered
systems to provide direct, relevant, and context and level-appropriate responses to very specific needs. With
this sort of power now in our hands, the current one-size-fits-all world of today’s educational systems, online
learning, videos, and online learning pales in comparison. For sure, the future of AI-enabled education is self-
paced, self-directed, deeply responsive, and hyper personal to each learner’s needs.
AI Challenges for Learning Institutions
(P6) Learning institutions from primary school through higher education and beyond are grappling with both
the opportunities of challenges with the expanding use of AI. When AI systems provide hyperpersonalized
education at the fingertips of students, educators will need to rethink how they are ensuring that students retain
material, learn critical life skills, and know how to apply those skills to a future in which AI is no doubt going
to disrupt the workplace.
(P7) As a very reactionary approach, learning institutions have currently attempted to restrict or ban the use of
AI on campuses and in learning environments. However, this is an effort doomed to failure. With AI
capabilities embedded on phones, devices, and in online and desktop applications of all sorts, even embedded
in emerging operating systems, no doubt any attempts to ban the use of AI will simply backfire.
(P8) Rather than trying to stymie skills that today’s students will need to learn in any case to survive in
tomorrow’s workforce, educators will need to embrace AI capabilities to create new forms of tailored
educational content, provide AI-enhanced capabilities to make sure students are deeply engaged with the
material and can apply that learning, as well as ensure that students are mastering critical AI skills that they
can use in the future. Just as educators learned to embrace the Internet and web to enhance learning, so too
will educators come to appreciate the necessary capabilities that AI brings to the table.
(Adapted from https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2024/05/28/how-ai-is-shaping-the-future-of-education/
1. Which alternative can be inferred from paragraph 01 (P1)?
a) That AI is coming to our workplace to meet workers.
b) That companies and freelancers are looking for people who know a lot about AI.
c) That employees who are better qualified will take over other people’s jobs.
d) That our modern society is passionate about AI and cannot live without it.
2. What can you infer from paragraph 02 (P2)?
a) That students might use AI not only for work and academic purposes.
b) That students and teachers might be using AI for personal purposes.
c) That schools can use AI, but students should not.
d) That both students and teachers are benefiting from the use of AI.
3. What does the word leverage in paragraph 02 (P2) mean?
a) Make great use of something
b) Increase someone’s level
c) Take an object away from a place
d) Stop using something
4. According to the highlighted excerpt from paragraph 03 (P3) which option is TRUE?
a) In the future, AI will give everyone a long life by improving education.
b) Knowledge will be available more accessibly and clearly to whoever wants that.
c) People will graduate faster and more easily because of the access to AI.
d) Educators and students will use AI to make a career.
5. What does the word them in paragraph 03 (P3) refer to?
a) AI assistants
b) Students and educators
c) The hands of anyone
d) Khan’s positive perspective
6. What does the word furthering in paragraph 04 (P4) mean?
a) More distant from
b) In the future
c) Developing
d) Beyond
7. According to the highlighted excerpt from paragraph 05 (P5), which option is TRUE?
a) AI learning tools have become as useful as internet browsing used to be.
b) People use AI to answer questions from their university assignments.
c) Nowadays, language teachers are using AI to improve their lessons.
d) Large Language Models are replacing the old generation of educators.
8. In paragraph 06 (P6), the author mentions all the following EXCEPT
a) educational institutions may have benefits from the expansion of AI.
b) teachers will have to reshape the way they make sure that students learn.
c) schools must adapt to AI’s impact on personalized learning experiences.
d) advanced technology will be used to give each individual new jobs.
9. According to paragraph 07 (P7) which option is TRUE?
a) AI tools are harmful to learning on campuses and in learning environments.
b) Universities are banning the use of AI because of the risk of fires on campuses.
c) Attempts to ban AI will fail due to its widespread integration.
d) AI tools are banned on phones, devices, and in online and desktop applications.
10. In paragraph 08 (P8) the author mentions all the following EXCEPT
a) Tailors’ skills are no longer useful because AI has more enhanced skills.
b) embracing AI is essential, just like educators once did with the Internet.
c) AI can help create tailored content to engage students effectively.
d) learning how to use AI will be pivotal for students’ success.
PART 2: Mark each of statements below as true (T) or false (F) according to the text.

1. (
) Workers with AI skills will replace those without AI skills in the future.
2. (
) AI is only providing new tools for educators and administrators, not students.
3. (
) Sal Khan believes AI will make lifelong learning accessible to everyone.
4. (
) “Hyperpersonalized education” only focuses on learning during academic years, not beyond.
5. (
) AI-powered systems are increasingly preferred over traditional web searches due to their
efficiency
6. ( ) Educators believe AI will pose no threat to the way teaching is currently done.
7. ( ) Attempts to ban AI usage in educational institutions are likely to succeed.
8. ( ) Educators should resist using AI to maintain traditional teaching methods.
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PART 1 PART 2
1–C 1–T
2–D 2–F
3–A 3–T
4–B 4–F
5–B 5–T
6–C 6–F
7–A 7–F
8–D 8–F
9–C
10 – A