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The text mentions that understanding a tool’s specific affordances involves recognizing “the constraints and possibilities of the modes available for meaning making and communication”. For a language teacher, a significant implication of focusing on a tool’s constraints in task design is

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D) seeking to overcome technological constraints through the integration of additional software or tools, thereby transforming those limitations into new possibilities for communication.

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A) selecting tools that impose specific limitations so that students follow the instructions and are prevented from deviating from the objectives established for the activity.

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B) regarding constraints as a matter primarily for technical support teams to address, since they may otherwise divert the teacher’s focus away from the main pedagogical aims of the task.

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C) understanding that constraints refer mainly to financial, technical, or administrative barriers that can hinder the full use of a technology, and which should be addressed by school management.

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E) acknowledging and intentionally planning the limitations of a tool, as these constraints will shape both the design of the communicative task and the resulting process of meaningmaking.

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