This research project was conducted with social studies and English teachers and ESL students in mainstream classes at a secondary school in Richmond, B.C. over a seven-month period from September 1998 to March 1999. As an action researcher, I solved problems through team work and through following a cyclical process of 1. strategic planning, 2. action, 3. observation, evaluation and self-evaluation, and 4. critical and self-critical reflection on the cycle (McNiff, Lomax, & Whitehead, 1996). The findings included in this study are a definition of the ESL support role, effectiveness of the ESL support program, teacher collaboration, application of the ILC approach and the Knowledge Framework (Mohan, 1986), challenges and issues for content teachers and ESL students, and the dual role as support teacher and researcher. First, with regard to a definition of the ESL support role, ESL support teachers were viewed by myself and the administration as language development specialists who act as consultants, with a focus on co-teaching and individual instruction. Colleagues perceived the ESL support team as ESL trained teachers who must prove their effectiveness through action, rather than words, in content teachers' classrooms. ESL students viewed the ESL support teachers as a welcome support or unwelcome intruders. Second, with regard to the effectiveness of the ESL support program, the administration and I felt that the program provided exceptional support services to content teachers and ESL students. ESL students also felt that the ESL support program was very helpful. Colleagues, however, were initially skeptical of the program, but eventually valued the support. Third, collaboration increased over time as ESL support specialists worked in cooperative relationships with content teachers. Fourth, the ILC approach was selectively, and at times superficially, implemented in content courses. Also, the Knowledge Framework was the most successful teaching method for ESL support of content teachers and ESL students. Fifth, there were many challenges for content teachers, ESL learners, and ESL support specialists. One challenge was the lack of English spoken by our student population. Another concern was the appearance of passivity of ESL students. Also, assessment and evaluation of ESL students was very difficult for content teachers. Thus, content instructors needed to learn alternate assessment and evaluation strategies for their ESL learners. In addition, teachers wondered about their ESL students' comprehension and exam preparation. Lastly, tensions inevitably arose from the dual role as teacher and researcher.

This research project was conducted with social studies and English teachers and ESL students in mainstream classes at a secondary school in Richmond, B.C. over a seven-month period from September 1998 to March 1999. As an action researcher, I solved problems through team work and through following a cyclical process of 1. strategic planning, 2. action, 3. observation, evaluation and self-evaluation, and 4. critical and self-critical reflection on the cycle (McNiff, Lomax, & Whitehead, 1996). The findings included in this study are a definition of the ESL support role, effectiveness of the ESL support program, teacher collaboration, application of the ILC approach and the Knowledge Framework (Mohan, 1986), challenges and issues for content teachers and ESL students, and the dual role as support teacher and researcher. First, with regard to a definition of the ESL support role, ESL support teachers were viewed by myself and the administration as language development specialists who act as consultants, with a focus on co-teaching and individual instruction. Colleagues perceived the ESL support team as ESL trained teachers who must prove their effectiveness through action, rather than words, in content teachers' classrooms. ESL students viewed the ESL support teachers as a welcome support or unwelcome intruders. Second, with regard to the effectiveness of the ESL support program, the administration and I felt that the program provided exceptional support services to content teachers and ESL students. ESL students also felt that the ESL support program was very helpful. Colleagues, however, were initially skeptical of the program, but eventually valued the support. Third, collaboration increased over time as ESL support specialists worked in cooperative relationships with content teachers. Fourth, the ILC approach was selectively, and at times superficially, implemented in content courses. Also, the Knowledge Framework was the most successful teaching method for ESL support of content teachers and ESL students. Fifth, there were many challenges for content teachers, ESL learners, and ESL support specialists. One challenge was the lack of English spoken by our student population. Another concern was the appearance of passivity of ESL students. Also, assessment and evaluation of ESL students was very difficult for content teachers. Thus, content instructors needed to learn alternate assessment and evaluation strategies for their ESL learners. In addition, teachers wondered about their ESL students' comprehension and exam preparation. Lastly, tensions inevitably arose from the dual role as teacher and researcher. / Education, Faculty of / Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of / Graduate

Orientador: Marilda do Couto Cavalcanti / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T04:05:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bizon_AnaCeciliaCossi_D.pdf: 4408546 bytes, checksum: 431b54c735f9b3e48b07ff30d1e4aca9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: No âmbito universitário, são numerosos os intercâmbios de mobilidade, dada a exigência de internacionalização das instituições, imposta pelo novo cenário mundial. O Programa de Estudantes-Convênio de Graduação (PEC-G), mantido pelo Ministério das Relações Exteriores, atende países em desenvolvimento e é um dos intercâmbios que mais tem crescido, sendo os países africanos seus maiores beneficiários. Oferecendo gratuitamente vagas para cursos de graduação em universidades públicas e privadas no Brasil, o programa estipula um protocolo com regras bastante específicas, dentre as quais a exigência de o estudante custear seus estudos no país e a apresentação do Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros, o Celpe-Bras. Afiliando-se à Linguística Aplicada Indisciplinar (MOITA LOPES, 2006) em diálogo com posições epistemológicas dos estudos poscolonialistas (BHABHA, 2007/1998; SPIVAK, 2010), esta pesquisa visou investigar como quatro estudantes congoleses, ao longo de dois períodos do desenvolvimento do convênio (a preparação para o Celpe-Bras e quatro anos da graduação), narram o Celpe-Bras e o PEC-G, posicionando-se e sendo posicionados em relação a eles, e como performatizam narrativamente seus processos de des(re)territorialização. Para tanto, analiso um corpus formado por (i) interações em aulas ministradas e gravadas em áudio em 2008, no período de preparação para o Celpe-Bras; (ii) conversas informais realizadas com os estudantes logo após o exame, ainda em 2008, e entre 2010 e 2012, quando cursavam o segundo, o terceiro e o quarto anos de graduação; (iii) conversas informais com responsáveis pelo convênio na universidade e no Ministério das Relações Exteriores; (iv) diário retrospectivo da pesquisadora; (v) textos produzidos pelos estudantes; (vi) troca de e-mails com os estudantes entre 2009 e 2013. A análise, valendo-se dos conceitos de posicionamento (LANGENHOVE & HARRÉ, 1999), performatividade (BUTLER, 2010/1990) e des(re)territorializações (DELEUZE & GUATTARI, 2007/1980a, 2007/1980b, 2007/1980c; HAESBAERT, 2004), além de um quadro de pistas indexicalizadoras propostas por Wortham (2001) e complementadas com categorias construídas com base nos dados, indicou que os estudantes conceberam o exame Celpe-Bras como um importante instrumento de inserção nas relações sociais e acadêmicas, que contribui significativamente para a apropriação de espaços (LEFEBVRE, 1986/1974) e para a construção de multiterritorializações, e o PEC-G preponderantemente como um instrumento que controla e restringe essas apropriações, gerando, muitas vezes, a percepção de territorializações precárias (HAESBAERT, 2004) ou de vivências de situações marcadas por preconceitos, não pertencimento e exclusões. As narrativas apontam para a necessidade de se repensar o funcionamento do programa PEC-G em sua complexa conexão com as embaixadas do Brasil no exterior e com as universidades brasileiras anfitriãs / Abstract: Regarding university sphere, there are a great number of mobility exchange programs due to the increasing demand for the internationalization of institutions imposed by a new global scenario. The Student Program-Undergraduate Agreement known as PEC-G, which is supported by Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is aimed at serving developing countries, and it's been the one that increases the most among other exchange programs. Besides, African countries are known to be the most beneficiaries of PEC-G. The Program offers, under specific protocol, vacancies free of charge for Undergraduate Courses that can be taken at either public or private Brazilian universities. That protocol establishes, for instance, that students who apply for the program are expected to both afford their studies in the country and get their Celpe-Bras Certificate. This research study is affiliated with Interdisciplinary Applied Linguistics (MOITA LOPES, 2006) in dialogue with some epistemological positions from Postcolonial Studies (BHABHA, 2007/1998; SPIVAK, 2010). The aim of this study was to investigate, during the development of PEC-G along two terms (first, the period of preparation for taking Celpe-Bras Exam, and then four years of undergraduate studies), how four Congolese students narrated both Celpe-Bras and PECG experiences, positioning themselves and being positioned regarding both processes, and also how these four students performed their de(re)territorialization processes within the narratives created by themselves. Therefore, it was analyzed a corpus composed of (i) interactions occurred during given classes which were audio-recorded in 2008, while students were preparing themselves for Celpe-Bras; (ii) informal conversations with the four students which happened right after the exam, in 2008, and between 2010 and 2012, while they were taking second, third and fourth years at college as undergraduate students; (iii) informal conversations with those who were responsible for PEC-G Agreement both within the University and within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; (iv) researcher's retrospective diary; (v) texts produced by the four students; (vi) e-mails exchanged with them between 2009 and 2013. In order to perform analysis, a few theoretical concepts were taken into consideration, such as positioning (LANGENHOVE & HARRÉ, 1999), performativity (BUTLER, 2010/1990), de(re)territorialization (DELEUZE & GUATTARI, 2007/1980a, 2007/1980b, 2007/1980c; HAESBAERT, 2004), and the indexical cues chart proposed by Wortham (2001), which was expanded with other categories that came about supported by data analysis. The results of the analysis pointed out that the four students understand Celpe-Bras Exam as an important instrument that can help student inclusion into social and academic relations, and that it can significantly lead to appropriation of space (LEFEBVRE, 1986/1974) and to the construction of multiterritorialization. Concerning PEC-G, it is narrated as an instrument that mainly controls and inhibits appropriation of space, producing very often either the perception of precarious territorialization (HAESBAERT, 2004) or the experience of situations measured by prejudice, not belongingness and exclusion. The analysis of students' narratives also pointed out that it seems necessary to reconsider how PEC-G Program is run, how it works regarding its complex connection with both Brazilian embassies abroad and Brazilian host universities / Doutorado / Multiculturalismo, Plurilinguismo e Educação Bilingue / Doutora em Lingüística Aplicada

This study comprises an introduction and six chapters. The introduction presents a chronological synopsis of the development of Arabic language teaching up to now. Chapter One presents a broad framework for this study as well as the problem and associated questions whose resolution is being sought, namely treating shortcomings relating to the teaching of Arabic to non-Arabic speakers as regards reading. Chapter Two is a survey of the theoretical study that classifies the most psychological, pedagogic, cultural, linguistic and reading competence principles needing compliance in the compilation and simplification of texts. Chapter Three comprises texts that have been simplified by this researcher. Chapter Four analyses and appraises simplified texts by providing mechanisms used for that purpose. Chapter Five comprises a model lesson, based on the principles outlined above. Chapter Six reviews the most important findings in terms of the ideal time needed for realising the hypothesis of the research and provides other proposals and concluding comments. / Religious Studies and Arabic / M.A. (Arabic)

[pt] O desenvolvimento desta pesquisa visa aprofundar entendimentos sobre a produção, principalmente na modalidade oral, do inglês como língua estrangeira (ILE). Após perceber-me detentora de questões relacionadas às minhas identidades e à forma com que poderia ser percebida por demais indivíduos ao utilizar tal língua estrangeira, realizei uma entrevista-conversa semi-estruturada e informal com outras duas professoras de ILE. Através de uma abordagem qualitativa interpretativista dos dados obtidos, percebi que nós vivenciávamos tensões semelhantes. A análise do discurso gerado nas entrevistas-conversas teve como foco as crenças das professoras com relação ao papel da língua inglesa, como língua nativa e estrangeira, em contextos sociais contemporâneos e as questões de identidades pessoais e profissionais. Na segunda fase da análise dos dados, norteada pelos princípios da Prática Exploratória e da Prática Reflexiva, promovi outras entrevistas-conversas com as mesmas professoras, separadamente. Refletimos sobre nossas percepções e crenças expressas durante a primeira fase, além de tratarmos sobre nossos posicionamentos nesse novo momento. Ao analisar os dados das duas fases da pesquisa com o arcabouço teóricometodológico adotado, entendi a complexidade de nossas questões e a mutabilidade de nossas identidades e crenças de acordo com as experiências que vivenciamos e os contextos nos quais estamos inseridas. No entanto, algumas ideias ainda encontram-se profundamente enraizadas, resultando em tensões que nos levam a habitar um entre-lugar de posicionamentos. / [en] The development of the current research aims at searching for understandings about the production, especially in the oral modality, of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). After perceiving myself as having issues related to my social identities as well as to how I could be perceived by other individuals when using such foreign language, a semi-structured conversation-interview was arranged with two other participating EFL teachers. Through an interpretativist qualitative approach towards the generated data, it was possible to realize that the two participant teachers suffered from tensions similar to mine. The analysis of the discourse generated through the conversation-interviews focused on the teachers’ beliefs about the role of English, as a native and a foreign language, within contemporary social contexts and on personal professional identity issues. The second phase of this work, guided by the principles of Exploratory Practice and of Reflective Practice, led us to other conversation-interviews with the same participant teachers, separately. We reflected upon our perceptions and beliefs expressed during the first phase, besides dealing with our positioning at that moment. By connecting the insights obtained during the two research phases, I could understand the complexity of the issues raised and the changeability of our identities and beliefs according to the situations we experience and the contexts we are part of. However, some ideas are deeply ingrained in our minds, resulting in tensions that lead us to inhabit a middle-place of perspectives.

This study comprises an introduction and six chapters. The introduction presents a chronological synopsis of the development of Arabic language teaching up to now. Chapter One presents a broad framework for this study as well as the problem and associated questions whose resolution is being sought, namely treating shortcomings relating to the teaching of Arabic to non-Arabic speakers as regards reading. Chapter Two is a survey of the theoretical study that classifies the most psychological, pedagogic, cultural, linguistic and reading competence principles needing compliance in the compilation and simplification of texts. Chapter Three comprises texts that have been simplified by this researcher. Chapter Four analyses and appraises simplified texts by providing mechanisms used for that purpose. Chapter Five comprises a model lesson, based on the principles outlined above. Chapter Six reviews the most important findings in terms of the ideal time needed for realising the hypothesis of the research and provides other proposals and concluding comments. / Religious Studies and Arabic / M.A. (Arabic)