Ten years into a democratic South Africa, significant changes have been witnessed in economic, social, political and educational development. Changes in the education system have resulted in many of the learners being encouraged to attend English medium schools although this is not their L1. Hence, there has been an increase of learners learning to read in a language that is not their first language. The transition from their home language to the language of learning is often not easy and impacts on their academic proficiency as well as academic development. This study investigated English reading abilities and academic performance of Grade 8 L1 and L2 learners attending an Ex-Model C school. The SDRT – Brown Level was used to assess the level of reading and its impact on academic achievement was investigated. Results show that the SDRT was highly correlated with, and a significant predictor of academic performance with certain tests being stronger predictors than others for L1 and L2 learners. Implications of these findings for the education of L1 and L2 learners are discussed.

In support of educational equity, the White Paper 6 (Department of Education, 2001) states that every learner in South Africa has the right to pursue their learning potential to the best of their ability. The South African Schools Act of 1996 states that a school’s language policy may not exclude learners from different backgrounds. As a result, many English second language (L2) learners struggle to understand the learning material and perform poorly academically. Poor literacy and reading skills have been identified in the literature (for example Pretorius, 2005) as a significant cause for poor academic performance. In an endeavour to work within the Outcomes Based Education (OBE) system, teachers are increasingly seeking ways to improve group learning. These factors motivated the present study and a paired reading intervention was selected and administered to Grade 9 English second language learners. Volunteer participants consisted of an Experimental Group (n 53) and a Comparison Group (n 53). Each group was divided into strong (mentor) and weak (mentee) readers. Pre-tests and post-tests were conducted regarding the Experimental and Comparison Group’s scores on the Vocabulary and Comprehension subtests of the Stanford Reading Diagnostic Test (SDRT): Brown Level and the Academic Performance of both groups were recorded at pre and post-test phases. After an 11 week intervention programme a statistical analysis of the results was conducted. The overall means for the groups were analysed using t-tests to establish any significant differences between the pre-test and post-test results. An Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was also conducted to determine whether any significant differences existed between the Experimental and Comparison Group. A null hypothesis was supported. It would appear that the whole-hearted commitment and participation of all role-players is essential for the effective implementation of a peer reading intervention at a school.

Thesis advisor: Junona Moroianu / During the papillomavirus replication cycle, the L2 minor capsid protein enters the nucleus in the initial phase after uncoating of the incoming virions and in the productive phase when L2 together with L1 major capsid protein mediate the encapsidation of the newly replicated viral genome. L2 proteins of both high risk HPV16 L2 and low risk HPV11 L2 have two nuclear localization signals (NLSs): one at the N-terminus (nNLS) and one at the C terminus (cNLS). The purpose of these experiments is to determine the minimal mutations necessary to inhibit the function of the NLSs. In this study, subcellular localization of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) fusions with full length L2 and L2 mutants lacking either the cNLS (EGFP-L2ΔC), nNLS (EGFP-L2ΔN), or both NLSs (EGFP-L2ΔNΔC) was analyzed in HeLa cell transfection assays. Full length HPV16 L2 and HPV11 L2 proteins localize to the nucleus. For both HPV16 and 11 L2, each NLS could independently mediate nuclear import in vivo. EGFP fusions were also made with mutated nNLS (EGFP-L2ΔCSbN) or mutated cNLS (EGFP-L2ΔNSbC). Transfected HeLa cells were examined by fluorescence microscopy and quantitative studies were done. In both HPV16 and 11 L2 proteins, mutation of basic residues in either NLS inhibited its nuclear import ability. / Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2008. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Biology. / Discipline: College Honors Program.

Thesis advisor: Junona Moroianu / The L2 minor capsid protein of human papillomavirus is one of two structural proteins that comprise the icosahedral shell. Two potential, leucine-rich nuclear export signals (NESs) had been identified in the HPV16 L2 sequence, one in the n-terminus (51MGVFFGGLGI60) and one in the c-terminus (462LPYFFDSVSL471). DNA primers for mutant L2 proteins were designed to specifically target these two potential NES regions. Two primers had mutations in the n-terminal located NES (nNES), while the other two primers had mutations in the c-terminal NES (cNES). L2 nuclear retention mutants, RR297AA (“MS4”) and RTR313AAA (“MS5”), served as the templates for these NES mutations. Using mutagenesis, the desired secondary mutations were introduced into the mutant L2 genes in order to create four, distinct mutants: RR297AA + P463_ (“MS4 T1”), RR297AA + V469_ (“MS4 T2), RTR313AAA + P463_ (“MS5 T1”), and RTR313AAA + V469_ (“MS5 T2”). In contrast to the pancellular localization of the MS4 and MS5 L2 mutants, the “MS4 T1,” “MS4 T2,” “MS5 T1”, and “MS5 T2” mutants were all localized nuclearly. These results suggest that deletion of the cNES inhibits nuclear export of the HPV16 L2 minor capsid protein. / Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2011. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: College Honors Program. / Discipline: Biology Honors Program. / Discipline: Biology.

English education in Sweden tends to be viewed as a second language, rather than a foreign language. Therefore, it is generally expected that instruction is performed, and content is taught in English. However, previous research shows that English is generally not the sole language used, even in classrooms with explicit “English only” policies. The following essay has investigated how this translates into classroom practice through observations of classroom interactions between students and teachers, as well as between students and students. Three different teachers were observed at two upper secondary schools. Shorter interviews were also conducted with the teachers. The results showed large differences between observations, but some clear trends were observed nonetheless. Socializing and metalanguage were more prevalent than other code-switches among students, while floor-holding was very rare and in most observations, non-existent. All teachers claimed to use English as much as possible although they also recognized the utility of using Swedish as a tool in the classroom. The view that English should be used as the language of instruction to a great extent was additionally observed in teacher interviews. However, there were no categorical opinions arguing for “English only”. The teachers also largely concurred with the use of Swedish, or other first languages as a language of comparison. This was supported by observations in the classrooms and significant differences existed between teachers. An investigation with a larger cohort in this field could be fruitful for future researchers. The results of the study could be used to further examine strategies to find a balance in the classroom between English and Swedish. The differences between classrooms show that there is no clear consensus on the extent of Swedish use in the EFL classroom. In order to improve teaching it is important to know why students use code-switching and in what situations it might be helpful to them, such as in translation or grammatical rules. However, different classrooms may require different approaches, which highlight the importance of discussing these issues.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:26:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 cintia.pdf: 1119481 bytes, checksum: dd2b8acf570b93f4f689c061aaaf8b99 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-06 / The research in the area of second language acquisition presents a strong tendency to investigate the relationship between an L1 and an L2, leaving out the process of transfer which can occur when one is learning more than one foreign language. The present study aims at analyzing the transfer of grapho-phonic-phonologic patterns of an L2 into an L3 in a connectionist perspective. For that purpose, a case study was carried out with one male adult Brazilian Portuguese native speaker, who speaks French (L2) in an advanced level and is learning English (L3) in a pre- intermediate level. Therefore, the main goals of this research were: 1) to investigate whether the vowel assimilation in the L3 would happen towards the vocalic characteristics (F1, F2 and duration) of subject s L1 or L2; and 2) to assess whether the effects produced by the L2 orthography would cause L2-L3 grapho-phonic-phonologic transfer. The data relative to the first objective of this research was obtained via naming tasks performed in the three languages spoken by the subject, whose productions were analyzed acoustically with the aid of Praat (version 4.4.2.2). The results regarding the acoustic vowel analysis suggest the creation of hybrid categories between the L1 and L2, which were assimilated by the L3 vowels of the subject. As for the data concerning the second goal, obtained by a lexical access task in the participant s L2 and L3, the software E-Prime was used together with a Serial Response Box. For the lexical access task, apart from graphophonic- phonologic transference from the L2 (French) into the L3 (English), evidence of grapho-phonic-phonologic transference from the L3 into the L2 were also found. The results obtained are in consonance with a connectionist view of the processing of memory systems, which would work in a collaborative way, which would enable the interaction between previous knowledge from the L1 and the L2 (more consolidated), and the knowledge of a new L3 (less stabilized) / As pesquisas na área de língua estrangeira apresentam uma forte tendência em investigar a relação entre a L1 e a L2, deixando de lado a explicação dos processos de transferência que podem ocorrer quando da aprendizagem de mais de uma língua estrangeira. No presente estudo, tem-se por objetivo analisar a transferência de padrões grafo-fônicofonológicos da L2 para a L3, através de uma abordagem conexionista. Para tanto, um estudo de caso foi desenvolvido, contando com um sujeito adulto do sexo masculino falante nativo do português brasileiro, falante de francês como L2 em nível avançado e falante de inglês como L3 em nível pré-intermediário. A partir do objetivo geral estipulado acima, procurou-se investigar: se a assimilação vocálica durante a tarefa de recodificação leitora em L3 ocorreria em direção às características vocálicas (F1, F2 e duração) da L1 ou da L2 do sujeito; e se o efeito exercido pela ortografia da L2 suscitaria a transferência grafo-fônico-fonológica da L2 para a L3. Os dados coletados para verificar o primeiro objetivo desta pesquisa, obtidos através da gravação de tarefas de recodificação leitora nas três línguas faladas pelo sujeito, foram analisados acusticamente com o programa Praat (versão 4.4.2.2). Os resultados da análise acústica das vogais apontam para a criação de categorias híbridas entre a L1 e a L2 para as vogais da L3 do sujeito. Já para os dados relativos ao segundo objetivo, obtidos através da aplicação de uma tarefa de acesso lexical na L2 e na L3 do sujeito, fez-se uso do programa E-Prime em conjunto com uma Serial Response Box. Para o teste de acesso lexical, além de uma forte transferência grafo-fônico-fonológica da L2 (francês) para a L3 (inglês), foram encontrados também indícios de transferência grafo-fônico-fonológica da L3 sobre a L2. Os resultados alcançados estão em consonância com a visão conexionista a respeito do processamento dos sistemas de memória, que funcionariam de forma colaborativa, possibilitando a interação entre o conhecimento prévio da L1 e da L2 (mais consolidados) e o conhecimento novo da L3 (menos estabilizado)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:26:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ROBERTA QUINTANILHA AZEVEDO.pdf: 3875542 bytes, checksum: 97427c75cc2bd2a07cd39618a9f63d65 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-13 / This study aims to describe and analyze, according to the frameworks of Harmonic Grammar HG (LEGENDRE, MIYATA & SMOLENSKY, 1990; SMOLENSKY & LEGENDRE, 2006) and Stochastic Optimality Theory OT, (BOERSMA & HAYES, 2001), the production, by Colombian Learners of Brazilian Portuguese (BP), of stop segments in word-mid codas, liable for the production of epenthetical segments. This investigation was motivated by the possibility of occurrence of stop codas in the learners‟ L1, but not in the L2, as Brazilian Portuguese tends to avoid this syllabic structure. In order to build the corpus, an instrument composed of Portuguese and Spanish cognate words was proposed, so that vehicle phrases could be recorded in AUDACITY 1.3.5 (ANSI) software. Four Colombian students, who remained in Brazil for a period of six months, in an academic mobility program in the city of Pelotas-RS, were chosen to take part in the investigation. In the selection of the participants, extralinguistic factors such as sex, age and scholarity were homogenized. The data were submitted to an acoustic analysis using PRAAT (5.1.12), developed by Paul Boersma and David Weenick. We confirmed the hypothesis that even in cognate words, there is a different treatment to plosive in coda position in both analyzed languages, depending on the language system which is being used by the speaker. Such fact was collected, according to the Harmonic Grammar and Stochastic Optimality Theory, through a hierarchy of universal constraints / Este trabalho tem por objetivo descrever e analisar, à luz da Gramática Harmônica - HG, (LEGENDRE, MIYATA & SMOLENSKY, 1990; SMOLENSKY & LEGENDRE, 2006) e da Teoria da Otimidade Estocástica - OT (BOERSMA & HAYES, 2001), o emprego de segmentos plosivos em codas mediais de palavras, passíveis de motivação de epêntese por parte de aprendizes colombianos de Português Brasileiro (PB), falantes nativos de Espanhol. A realização da pesquisa foi motivada pela licença que a L1 dos informantes oferece para a presença de segmentos plosivos em final de sílaba em oposição à evitação de tal estrutura silábica por falantes do PB. Para a constituição do corpus, foi proposto um instrumento composto de palavras cognatas do Português e Espanhol para a leitura em frases veículo, gravadas no Programa AUDACITY 1.3.5 (ANSI). Foram escolhidos, para este trabalho, quatro estudantes colombianos que permaneceram no Brasil por um período médio de seis meses, em mobilidade acadêmica na cidade de Pelotas-RS, com o cuidado de serem homogeneizados fatores extralinguísticos, como sexo, idade e nível de escolaridade. Os dados foram submetidos a uma análise acústica com o uso do software PRAAT, desenvolvido por Paul Boersma e David Weenink (versão 5.1.12). Foi confirmada a hipótese de que, mesmo em palavras cognatas nas duas línguas analisadas, há diferente tratamento às plosivas em coda, dependendo do sistema linguístico que está sendo utilizado pelo falante de Espanhol aprendiz de PB. Tal fato foi captado, à luz da HG e da OT Estocástica, via hierarquia de restrições universais

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:27:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 lydia.pdf: 1389352 bytes, checksum: 7574db138a50e108b0bf1cefacefba92 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-06-27 / This study aims to investigate the role played by explicit instruction on L2 pragmatic acquisition. The main objective of the present study is to find out whether high-proficient students of English are able to recognize pragmatic violations and make appropriate requests in English. Besides that, this study investigates the role played by the student s attention in situations that require pragmatic production and perception. Seventeen English students, from Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), were divided into two groups according to their proficiency: experimental and control. In order to find out the role played by explicit instruction on L2 pragmatics, only the experimental group received special classes based on L2 pragmatics. To reach the objective of this work, two tests were applied in two different moments, called as preand post-test. The analysis, carried out through the comparison of students performances in both tests and different moments, indicates that the instruction enabled the development of perception on pragmatic violations. Moreover, it led the students to make more appropriate requests in the post-test. Thus, the explicit instruction on L2 pragmatics caused the student to draw their attention to the pragmatic aspect of the input as well as to the context that involves the communicative act / Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar o papel que a instrução de caráter explícito desempenha em relação à aquisição da pragmática da L2, nesta pesquisa, a língua inglesa. Investiga-se, portanto, se alunos proficientes, futuros professores de inglês como língua estrangeira, conseguem perceber inadequações pragmáticas e produzir pedidos em inglês como L2, e que papel a atenção ao insumo, ativada pela instrução explícita, pode desempenhar frente às situações de escolhas pragmáticas na percepção e na produção dos sujeitos da amostra. Dezessete alunos, estudantes de Letras Inglês da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL) tiveram sua produção pragmática analisada por dois avaliadores e realizaram um teste de percepção e julgamento acerca de enunciados que continham violações tanto de ordem pragmática quanto gramatical. Para analisar o efeito desempenhado pela instrução explícita, os dados foram coletados em duas etapas: uma anterior à instrução explícita, e consequentemente, uma posterior á instrução. Além disso, os sujeitos foram divididos em dois grupos, experimental e controle segundo o nível de proficiência lingüística. Com base no objetivo geral de verificar a influência da instrução explícita, o trabalho pedagógico acerca da pragmática da L2, especialmente sobre a realização de pedidos, foi realizado somente com o grupo experimental. Análise dos dados e comparação entre as duas etapas, demonstrou o efeito benéfico da instrução explícita tanto em relação à percepção de enunciados pragmaticamente inadequados quanto a produção de pedidos em língua inglesa. Assim, a instrução acerca da pragmática auxiliou os aprendizes a prestar atenção ao aspecto pragmático do insumo junto à análise do contexto que ambienta o ato comunicativo

Essa pesquisa foi desenvolvida no período de 2013 e 2014 por meio do Programa de Pós Graduação da Universidade Federal do Tocantins - PPGL-UFT e da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES através do projeto do Observatório da Educação - OBEDUC em desenvolvimento com a Escola Indígena 19 de Abril do povo Krahô da Aldeia Manoel Alves, localizada entre os municípios de Goiatins e Itacajá, na região noroeste do Estado do Tocantins. Nossa pesquisa objetivou identificar e refletir sobre as práticas educativas realizadas pela Escola Indígena 19 de Abril no processo de ensino e aprendizagem da Língua Portuguesa – L2, com o intuito de compreender de que forma as políticas públicas e linguísticas voltadas para os povos indígenas brasileiros refletem no contexto dos Krahô da referida aldeia. Fundamentamo-nos em leituras sobre Educação Escolar Indígena (ALBUQUERQUE, 2013; CAVALCANTI & MAHER, 2005; LUCIANO, 2006; D’ANGELIS, 2012), políticas públicas e políticas linguísticas (PALADINO & ALMEIDA, 2012; ALBUQUERQUE, 2011; GRUPIONI, 2006; OLIVEIRA, 2006; MONSERRAT, 2006; ALTENHOFEN, 2013; MAHER, 3013) voltadas para os grupos minoritários brasileiros (CAVALCANTI, 1999), especificamente as voltadas para os povos indígenas, em leituras sobre bilinguismo (GROSJEAN,1989; MAHER, 2007) e interculturalidade (CANDAU, 2012; LOPEZ, 2013; COLLET, 2006; FLEURI, 2001), mobilizamos também discussões acerca da transculturalidade (COX & ASSIS-PETERSON 2013; DAMAS, 2009) e transdisciplinaridade (D’AMBRÓSIO, 1997; NICOLESCU, 1999; SUANNO, 2014; ALBUQUERQUE, 2009). Nossa pesquisa é do tipo etnográfico com observação participante e vincula-se a abordagem qualitativa, utilizamos como técnicas para a obtenção dos dados a observação participante, o diário de campo e a entrevista semiestruturada. Para o seu desenvolvimento realizamos entrevistas com alunos e professores indígenas, participamos das atividades culturais do povo Krahô, das atividades realizadas na escola, do processo de elaboração de livros didáticos referentes ao projeto do OBEDUC e realizamos o Estágio docente com a disciplina Língua Portuguesa como Segunda Língua para as Escolas Indígenas nas turmas do 7º Ano do Ensino Fundamental ao 3º Ano do Ensino Médio da Escola Indígena 19 de Abril. A vivência com o povo Krahô e a análise do corpus gerado revelam a importância do protagonismo indígena na construção de seus próprios processos de ensino e da política linguística adotada pela comunidade com relação ao ensino de línguas na escola presente na aldeia. / This research was developed in the period from 2013 to 2014 through the post-Graduate Program of the Universidade Federal do Tocantins - UFT-PPGL and of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES through the project named Observatório da Educação - OBEDUC in developing with the indigenous School 19 de Abril of the Kraho people of the village Manoel Alves, located between the towns of Goiatins and Itacajá in the northwest of the state of Tocantins. Our research aimed to identify and reflect on educational practices undertaken by the Indigenous School19 de abril in the teaching and learning process of the Portuguese Language - L2 in order to understand how the public and language policies for the Brazilian indigenous peoples reflect Kraho in the context of the tribe Krahô of the refered village. We base ourselves in readings about Indigenous school Education (Albuquerque, 2013; Cavalcanti & MAHER, 2005; LUCIANO, 2006; D'ANGELIS 2012), public policy and language policies (PALADINO & ALMEIDA, 2012; ALBUQUERQUE, 2011; GRUPIONI, 2006; OLIVEIRA, 2006; MONSERRAT, 2006; ALTENHOFEN, 2013; MAHER, 2013) focused on the Brazilian minority groups (Cavalcanti, 1999), focused specifically on the indigenous peoples in readings about bilingualism (GROSJEAN 1989; MAHER, 2007) and interculturalism (CANDAU, 2012; LOPEZ, 2013; COLLET, 2006; FLEURI, 2001), we also mobilized discussions about transculturality (COX & ASSIS-PETERSON 2013; DAMAS, 2009) and transdisciplinarity (D'AMBROSIO, 1997; NICOLESCU, 1999; SUANNO 2014; ALBUQUERQUE, 2009). Our research is of the ethnographic type with participant observation and binds itself to the qualitative approach, as used as technique to obtain the data, the participant observation, field diary and the semistructured interview. For its development we conducted interviews with indigenous students and teachers, we participated of the cultural activities of the Kraho people of the activities carried out in school, of the process of preparation of the textbooks related to the OBEDUC and we accomplished the teaching Internship with the subject of Portuguese language as Second Language for the Indigenous Schools in the classes of the 7th year of elementary school to the 3rd year of high school in Indigenous School 19 de Abril. Living with the Kraho people and the analyzing of the corpus generated reveal the importance of the indigenous leadership in the construction of their own processes of teaching and of the language policy adopted by the community in relation to the language teaching at this school in the current village.