Enseigner l’espagnol comme langue étrangère (ELE) et utiliser la Littérature comme moyen didactique n’est pas une activité qui a été favorisée, ni dans l’aspect théorique comme pratique, dans les salles de classe, on l’a plutôt évitée. On a constaté que la plupart de temps on l’a réduit à un échantillon culturelle qui se situe à la fin des unités didactiques dans le manuelles d’ELE. Ces visions ont radicalement changé ces dernières années et des nombreux auteurs ont revendiqué son potentiel didactique et pédagogique. La présente mémoire s’inscrit dans la courante qui revendique l’utilisation du texte littéraire (TL) à cause du potentiel didactique qu’il renferme. On propose une série d’activités didactiques qui s’appuient dans le texte littéraire pour renforcer les compétences du discours au niveau de la description, la narration et la argumentation dans le cours d’espagnol langue étrangère (ELE) au niveau collégial et universitaire au Québec (Canada), en s’ appuyant sur les critères établis par le Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues, le Plan curricular de l’Institut Cervantès, et le Programme du Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec. Auparavant, on a fait un bref parcours sur les différentes méthodes et approches pédagogiques dans l’enseignement de l’espagnol (ELE) ainsi que plusieurs études et articles qui proposent l’utilisation du texte littéraire en ayant comme objectif d’améliorer les compétences linguistique et communicatives des étudiants. / Teaching Spanish as a Second Language (ELE) and using literature as a didactic tool has never been an educational activity which received much support, in theory or in practice, it has rather been avoided. Most often, it has been relegated to a “cultural” sample at the end of the units in the ELE manuals, as “extra” material which the teacher did not really know what to do with. In recent years, these views have changed radically and many authors have claimed their teaching and learning potential. This thesis follows this tendency and claims the use of literary texts (TL) for the didactic potential they carry. It proposes a series of didactic activities, supported by literary texts, to strengthen the skills of discourse at the descriptive, the narrative and the argumentative level in teaching ELE to college and university students in Quebec (Canada), taking into account the criteria set by Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the Plan curricular of the Instituto Cervantes and the Program of the Ministry of Education of Quebec. First, it offers a brief tour exposing the different currents and pedagogical approaches in the teaching of ELE and the various treaties and studies postulating the use of literary texts for this purpose. / Incursionar en la enseñanza del español para extranjeros (ELE) y utilizar la Literatura como herramienta didáctica no es una actividad docente que haya tenido siempre apoyo, tanto teórico como práctico, más bien se ha evitado. La mayoría de las veces se ha relegado a una muestra cultural al final de las unidades de los manuales de ELE, como un material extra con el que el docente no sabía bien qué hacer. Estas visiones han ido cambiando radicalmente en los últimos años, y numerosos autores han reivindicado su potencial didáctico y pedagógico. Esta memoria se inscribe en dicha corriente y reivindica el uso del texto literario (TL) por el potencial didáctico que conlleva. Se propone una serie de actividades didácticas, apoyadas en el texto literario, para fortalecer las competencias discursivas en el plano de la descripción, la narración y la argumentación en el ámbito de la enseñanza de ELE dirigidas a alumnos de nivel colegial y universitario de Quebec (Canadá), teniendo en cuenta los criterios establecidos por el Marco común europeo de referencia para las lenguas, el Plan curricular del Instituto Cervantes y el Programa del Ministerio de Educación de Quebec. Anteriormente, se hace un breve recorrido para exponer las diferentes corrientes y enfoques pedagógicos en la enseñanza de ELE y los diferentes tratados y estudios que postulan el uso del texto literario para este fin.

This Master's thesis is focused on selected factors in fluencing the learning of Czech language as a foreign language for speakers whose mother tongue is Spanish. It focuses on adult respondents aged between 25 and 40 years with a minimum level of B1. The theoretical partrepresents a brief overview of a second language learning approaches (SLA) and the relevant basic terminology.An overview of factors influencing the SLA follows and endsby own suggestion of categorizing factors for research purposes which this thesis deals with. Finally, communicative competences and selected levels of language levels A2, B1, B2 and C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages are introduced. The research part is realized by 5 semi- structured interviews through which the factors that play a significant role in the study of Czech as a foreign language are scrutinised from the point of view of the participants in the research. It is mainly about the evaluation of their own language/communication competencies, experience with teaching and about motivation to learn Czech. The uploaded and transcribed interviews are characterized by language analysis at the level of language levels. Keywords Czech as a foreign language, factors influencing SLA, interview, communicative competence,...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:25:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3778.pdf: 1641513 bytes, checksum: 9be27a10edbfd232570a0139e3c698db (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-27 / A lot have been said about the communicative approach of language as principles to a language teaching that involves the intercultural aspect of the language. The arrival of the communicative approach is related to the changes in language conception in the end of the 20 century. Language seems now to be understood as a complex communication web with meanings for social interaction. Based on Richard and Rogers (20010, by this conception, the communicative dimension of language is emphasized and grammatical aspects are taken to a second plan in the language classroom where the process seems to be so important as the result of the activities. In that view, the language classroom becomes a changing knowledge and interaction environment where cultural aspects of a society are parts of the development of the communicative competence. By the view of the communicative approach, know a language is not just learning the structure of a language but the others culture to solve problems in different communicative situations. For the learner, the approach of cultural subjects in the classroom is responsible to understand his culture face the others. How it s believed the approach that presents more positive results in developing efficient speakers, is worth investigate how the approach is applied in different learning contexts. For that, we are going to analyze portuguese classes for the students of Law from the University of Macau teached by a brazilian professor in his first year on that institution. In that specific context, we are going to investigate the development of a communicative class for the Chinese students and the possibilities of an intercultural approach. Identify the intercultural approach is possible when there is interaction in the classroom once the students have to exchange knowledge to solve language problems. According to this view this research is based on a material and its use in classroom by a brasilian teacher. The material, which designed based on brasilian movies is the base of this research. The results of the analyses, also based on a questionnaire and an interview showed that the communicative approach wasn t possible in the observed classes. The difficulty in using that kind of approach in the chinese context must be because of the cultural factor and/or the no adjustment of the method by the professor. That s why we have to consider the educational context to define and adjust our methods. / Muito tem-se discutido acerca da abordagem comunicativa como princípios para um ensino de línguas que dê conta do caráter interacional da língua. O advento dessa abordagem deve-se à alteração ocorrida na concepção e na formulação do conceito de língua nas últimas décadas do século XX. A língua passa a ser entendida como uma rede de comunicação de significados por meio da interação social. Com base no trabalho de Richard e Rogers (2001), sob essa concepção de língua, a sua dimensão comunicativa é mais enfatizada e aspectos como o gramatical levados a segundo plano em uma sala de aula de língua estrangeira, onde o processo passa a ser tão ou mais importante que o resultado das atividades. A sala de aula transforma-se em um ambiente de trocas de conhecimentos por meio da interação, onde os aspectos culturais da sociedade da língua alvo são parte integrante do desenvolvimento de uma competência comunicativa. Sob o olhar do paradigma comunicativo de línguas, aprender uma língua significa não só dominar a estrutura da língua, mas conhecer a cultura do outro para dar conta das diversas situações de comunicação em que se pode estar inserido. Para o aprendente, a abordagem de aspectos culturais em sala de aula passa a ser responsável pelo entendimento de sua cultura face à do outro. Como se acredita ser a abordagem que mais apresente resultados positivos na formação de falantes eficientes em língua estrangeira, ou seja, capazes de interagir na língua alvo em diversas situações, é preciso averiguar como ela se dá nos diferentes contextos de ensino. Para tanto, analisaremos as aulas de português língua estrangeira do curso de Direito da Universidade de Macau ministrada por um professor brasileiro em seu primeiro ano de trabalho na instituição. Nesse contexto específico de ensino, pretendemos, então, averiguar o desenvolvimento de uma aula comunicativa para os aprendentes macaenses e as possibilidades de uma abordagem intercultural. A identificação de um trabalho intercultural é possível à partir da interação em sala de aula promovida por uma abordagem comunicativa, sendo que os aprendentes devem compartilhar conhecimentos para a construção de conhecimentos necessários na resolução de algum problema da língua. Com isso, a interculturalidade proporciona ao aprendente o conhecimento de sua cultura contrastando-a com a cultura da sociedade da língua alvo. Para tanto, nossa pesquisa basear-se-á no material e sua abordagem na sala de aula por um professor brasileiro pesquisador da área de Português Língua Estrangeira. O material, que possui filmes brasileiros como recurso disparador das atividades e elaborado pelo professor das aulas analisadas, serviu de base para nossa análise. O resultado da análise das aulas, com base também no questionário e entrevista aplicados ao professor, mostrou que a abordagem comunicativa nas aulas analisadas não foi possível. Essa dificuldade de implementação desse tipo de abordagem no contexto de ensino chinês deve se dar por fatores culturais e/ou não adequação do método pelo professor. Desse modo, precisamos levar em conta o contexto de ensino na definição e adequação de nossos métodos.

5 ABSTRACT The present paper deals with the development of reading skills of adult learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in Czech language schools and its support provided by three different Chinese language course books. Even though there are various Chinese language course books available on the market, the attention these pay to reading comprehension and its development, is still rather limited. The present master thesis proposes classroom techniques which might be used to address this problem during CFL lessons. The first chapter presents findings and recommendations based on research into the development of foreign language reading skills in general, which are, in the second chapter, subsequently followed by a summary of research findings focusing specifically on teaching reading in CFL. The demands on course books raised by researchers in both fields are then applied to reading texts and accompanying exercises included in three pre-intermediate level CFL course books, New Practical Chinese Reader (Liu et al., 2002), Boya Chinese (Lǐ et al., 2005) and Discover China (Qi et al., 2010). The outcome of the the thesis consists of 21 designed lesson plans which propose solutions to some of the issues raised in the theoretical part of the thesis. The lesson plans indicate how course book texts...

This study is an attempt to determine the impact of teachers' attitudes on their classroom behaviour and therefore on their implementation of the Communicative Approach. A descriptive case study was conducted at six secondary schools in Harare, Zimbabwe (as ESL environment) to determine the effect of 38 O-level English teachers' attitudes on their classroom practice. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, including a questionnaire, an observation instrument and a semistructured interview were used to gauge teachers' attitudes, assessing the extent to which attitudes are reflected in their classroom behaviour, and eliciting teachers' verbalisation of how they conceive of their professional task. The findings show that the effective implementation of the Communicative Approach was critically dependent on teachers' positive attitudes towards this approach in the five categories covered by this study. / Linguistics / M.A. (Applied Linguistics)

The study of a foreign language can never be seen in isolation, but forms part of the social and cultural setting in which it functions. Therefore, teaching English to multicultural groups of adults in Qatar, cannot be done effectively and efficiently, without taking the influence of cultural diversities and values, as well as the requirements of the adult learner, into account. This research deals with how native English speaking lecturers at one specific language centre in Qatar acknowledge these cultural diversities and values and how they accommodate adult learners in the multicultural classroom environment, by means of a literature study and an empirical investigation. Qualitative data collection was done by open-ended questionnaires to lecturers and learners, focus group interviews with lecturers and learners, individual interviews with lecturers, classroom observations and keeping of field notes. Findings revealed that lecturers are aware of the cultural diversities and values of learners who come into the classroom from different nationalities, and accommodated these learners without bias. These differences however, did not necessarily influence their teaching styles and lecturers remained focussed on teaching English as effectively as possible. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Adult Education)

Cette recherche trouve sa justification dans l’esprit d’ouverture vers les langues dans les pays de l’Union européenne. Comme, depuis janvier 2007, la Roumanie est entrée dans cette grande famille, l’enseignement des langues y est devenu, plus que jamais, une priorité. Notre questionnement porte sur : - la place des langues romanes et de l’anglais dans l’enseignement roumain actuel ; - la manière dont les documents officiels actuels (programmes scolaires, curriculum national, manuels scolaires) du ministère de l’Éducation et de la Recherche de Roumanie intègrent le nouveau dispositif du Conseil de l’Europe, le Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues (CECR) ; - les manuels scolaires actuels pour les langues romanes (français, italien, espagnol) et l’anglais ; - les pratiques pédagogiques dans l’enseignement des différentes langues. Les façons d’apprendre et d’enseigner les langues à l’heure actuelle sont nombreuses, mais notre analyse reste dans le cadre théorique du CECR, dans l’objectif d’aider les enseignants, les élèves et les concepteurs de cours à coordonner leurs efforts pour augmenter la qualité de l’acte éducatif. Notre recherche ouvre la porte sur une réflexion plus approfondie concernant l’efficacité des méthodes utilisées aujourd’hui dans le domaine de l’enseignement des langues étrangères au lycée. La didactique moderne essaie de répondre aux demandes de la société, en proposant des stratégies multiples et adaptées pour former les élèves. L’expérience de la tradition associée à la capacité d’innovation sont les nouveaux repères de l’école pour une société multiculturelle. Si l’école roumaine veut s’inscrire dans la modernité, elle devra poursuivre le travail de fond engagé dans le respect et l’application du CECR, s’assurer que les professeurs y sont formés et leur donner les moyens d’intégrer cette modernité dans leurs pratiques scolaires / This research finds its justification in the spirit of the opening towards the modern foreign languages in the European Union. As, since January 2007, Romania has entered this big family, the teaching of modern foreign languages has become, more than ever, a priority. In this research we were interested in : - the place of the Romance languages and of the English language in the Romanian education system of today ; - the way in which the current official documents (school curricula, national curricula, school textbooks) of the Ministry of Education and Research of Romania integrates a new framework of the European Council, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) ; - the current school textbooks of the Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish) and of English ; - the pedagogical activity in the teaching of various foreign languages. Nowadays, the ways of learning and teaching are numerous, but our analysis followsthe theoretical framework of CEFR, with the purpose of helping teachers, students and the authors of courses coordinate their efforts to enhance the quality of the teaching process. Our research opens the way for a deeper reflection as to the efficiency of the methods used today in the field of teaching foreign languages in high school. The modern Didactics tries to answer the requests of the society, proposing multiple strategies and adapted to form the students. The experience of the tradition associated with the capacity of innovation sets the new landmarks of school for a multicultural society. If the Romanian educational system wants to keep pace with the modernity, will have to continue the steps already made observing and applying the CEFR rules, to secure that the teachers are formed and are given the means to integrate this modernity in the actual teaching and practice in schools

The aim of this thesis is to analyze, from general didactic perspective, specifics of French language teaching of adolescent as well as adult students at the beginner level. More specifically, socalled FLE teaching within informal educational environment of a particular language school in Prague is examined. In order to do so, this thesis is divided into two sections. In the first theoretical section, the compilation method is employed, resulting in detailed analysis of selected didactic themes related to the defined aim of the thesis. The second, supporting section consists of specially compiled survey analysis, which focuses on themes covered at the first theoretical part. It is worth noting that perspectives of students are captured as a result of the survey analysis. The major contribution of this thesis is a comprehensive theoretical and practical view on not yet separately compiled methodology of teaching of French language of beginning, predominantly adult students, in the context of Czech informal educational environment.

Es una tesis analítico-descriptiva, con finalidad diagnóstica, en la que se describe el enfoque didáctico que debe aplicarse en la enseñanza de la lengua inglesa, según las directrices curriculares: el enfoque comunicativo. Se describe la metodología empleada para la investigación: observación en el aula. Por otro lado, se describe y analiza un corpus de actividades recopilado a partir de la observación de clases de inglés, presentando los datos en tablas en aras de mayor objetividad y para facilitar su sistematización, y también en formato descriptivo. Finalmente, tras la descripción y el análisis de los datos, se presentan las conclusiones, en las cuales se comprueba que la metodología empleada no es la comunicativa. Además, se ponen de manifiesto aspectos de la realidad del aula que contribuyen a explicar por qué no se aplica esa metodología y por qué el aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera no es tan fructífero como cabría esperar. / This is an analytico-descriptive thesis, written for diagnosis purposes, which investigates the relationship between the curricular guidelines for the teaching of English at the secondary level in the Spanish education system (communicative approach) and the actual application of those guidelines in real language classrooms. The methodology used for the the investigation is the so-called classroom observation. Also, a corpus of 1º Bachillerato English language lessons is described and analyzed, in two main formats: in tables (for the sake of objectivity and to facilitate data systematization) and in written analysis (descriptions). Next, conclusions are drawn where it clearly shows that the methodology employed in those lessons is not communicative. Finally, aspects of the day-to-day in language classrooms come out that contribute to explain why the communicative methodology is not used in the lessons observed and why foreign language learning in our country is not as fruitful as it would be desirable.

The phenomenon of the decline in numbers in traditionally Afrikaans “sister churches” - in the midst of the complex South African society of the first decade of the 21st century - was researched in the light of the command that Jesus himself gave to his church (Math 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8). The Great Commission directed the aim of the research to evaluate this phenomenon hermeneutically and empirically in order to develop a reformed strategy in a practical theological way. The grounding of the investigation was the communicative action theory, which simultaneously integrates with a basic theoretical model developed from a combination of basic theoretical models as suggested by Dingemans, Heitink en Zerfass. To reinforce the exegetical/hermeneutical perspective of the basic theory, a historical study was conducted regarding the growth and decline of power basises since the Jesus movement until now. The interaction between perspectives was subsequently extended by metatheoretical perspectives, based on the research regarding the influence of schools of thought, as well as the influence of circumstances in the country, which determine the “sister church” praxis of the 21st century. The traditionally Afrikaans “sister churches” as a problematic ecclesiastical community of practice was further examined as part of the empirical perspective. On this basis an attempt was made to gauge the thinking of the “sister churches” in the intricate and problematic ecclesiastical praxis. The gauging was executed by means of a random test in one of the “sister churches”, namely the Reformed Church of South Africa (GKSA). It was found that this problematic church praxis is directed by strong institutional thinking. An adjusted practice theory, as well as a supporting practical theoretical model, were formulated in order to realise a reformed strategy for church growth as opposed to the decline in numbers. Considering the above mentioned interactive perspectives, the conclusion was reached that the praxis in the “sister churches” at the beginning of the 21st century, functions in an ecclesiastically imbalanced way. The imbalance lies in the fact that Christ-centred thinking, and thus also Christ-centred ecclesiology (as balancing thinking and balancing ecclesiology), does not manifest in “sister church” thinking. The unbalanced thinking as an all-encompassing factor in the church praxis, confirms and promotes the tendency of the decline in numbers. The proposed strategic perspective as the adjusted practice theory is thus a contribution to formulating an obedient, covenant-centred and reformed answer to declining numbers. This adjusted strategy can bring about the wonder of revival and growth in the “sister churches” by means of the basic theoretical truth elements, which were pointed out in this research. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.