Submitted by Fernando de Barros Hyppolito null (fbhyppolito@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-07-21T19:24:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final Dissertação julho 2017.pdf: 4381643 bytes, checksum: 69ee3f854438ad8f571cb258d5b59d2b (MD5) / Rejected by Luiz Galeffi (luizgaleffi@gmail.com), reason: Solicitamos que realize uma nova submissão seguindo a orientação abaixo: O arquivo submetido está sem a ficha catalográfica. A versão submetida por você é considerada a versão final da dissertação/tese, portanto não poderá ocorrer qualquer alteração em seu conteúdo após a aprovação. Corrija esta informação e realize uma nova submissão com o arquivo correto. Agradecemos a compreensão. on 2017-07-26T13:17:32Z (GMT) / Submitted by Fernando de Barros Hyppolito null (fbhyppolito@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-08-08T00:36:36Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Repositório Versão Final Dissertação julho 2017.pdf: 4523215 bytes, checksum: ee69428153fc60d302147650ed03a4c9 (MD5) Repositório Versão Final Dissertação julho 2017.pdf: 4523215 bytes, checksum: ee69428153fc60d302147650ed03a4c9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by LUIZA DE MENEZES ROMANETTO (luizamenezes@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-08-11T13:38:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 hyppolito_fb_me_arafcl.pdf: 4523215 bytes, checksum: ee69428153fc60d302147650ed03a4c9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-11T13:38:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 hyppolito_fb_me_arafcl.pdf: 4523215 bytes, checksum: ee69428153fc60d302147650ed03a4c9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-31 / Este trabalho objetivou investigar um curso de Inglês para Fins Específicos de um Centro de Ensino de Línguas de uma universidade pública do estado de São Paulo. O estudo visou detectar possíveis causas das dificuldades enfrentadas pelos seus participantes. O curso abordava as habilidades de leitura, interpretação e tradução de textos de diversas áreas, baseando-se nos cursos de graduação que a instituição oferece. A metodologia empregada foi conduzida pelo Estudo de Caso (NUNAN, 1992), Análise de Conteúdo (BAUER, 2007), juntamente com a pesquisa qualitativa (LARSEN-FREEMAN; LONG, 1991). A pesquisa foi realizada com base nos conceitos de Vieira-Abrahão (2006) e Bauer (2007), sendo conduzida na seguinte ordem: coleta de dados dos alunos participantes; organização e categorização dos dados coletados; análise qualitativa, para designar as causas mais comuns de dificuldades, assim como a indicação de alunos que apresentam problemas para realização de tais atividades. Apesar das análises apontarem o bom desempenho dos alunos no aproveitamento geral do curso, identificamos que a ausência dos participantes ao longo do curso, o baixo número de atividades extras executadas, as crenças dos alunos, a pouca dedicação ao estudo de determinados tópicos, e o uso da língua materna foram as causas de algumas dificuldades identificadas. Tecemos comentários sobre os encaminhamentos para futuros cursos, as lacunas identificadas nesta investigação, as possíveis contribuições para a área, bem como os encaminhamentos e temas que apareceram e que podem ser explorados em outros estudos. / This work aimed to investigate an English for Specific Purposes course of a Language Teaching Center of a public university in the state of Sao Paulo. The study intended to detect possible causes of difficulties faced by its participants. The course dealt with the skills of reading, interpreting and translating texts from several areas, based on the undergraduate courses offered by the institution. The methodology used in this investigation was done by the Case Study (NUNAN, 1992), Content Analysis (BAUER, 2007), along with qualitative research (LARSEN-FREEMAN; LONG, 1991). The research was performed based on the concepts of Vieira-Abrahão (2006) and Bauer (2007), being conducted in the following order: data collection of the participating students; organization and categorization of data collected; qualitative analysis, to designate the most common causes of difficulties, as well as the indication of students who presented problems to carry out such activities. Although the analyzes indicate the students' good performance in the general use of the course, we identified that the absence of the participants during the course, the low number of extra activities performed, the lack of the study of certain topics, and the usage of the mother tongue were the causes of some of the problems identified. In the end, we made comments about the referrals for future courses, the gaps identified in this research, the possible contributions to the area, as well as the referrals and themes that appeared and that can be explored in other studies.

Les commentaires sportifs télévisés en anglais n’ont jamais été envisagés selon les principes de l’analyse du discours, c’est-à-dire en mettant en rapport leurs propriétés formelles avec les conditions dans lesquelles ils sont produits et avec les enjeux sociaux, économiques et culturels qu’ils portent. En nous appuyant sur un corpus transcrit par nos soins, composé de cinq retransmissions sportives de forme et de contenu variés (rugby, football, athlétisme et catch), nous tentons de répondre à la question suivante : les commentaires sportifs télévisés en anglais constituent-ils un genre de discours spécialisé ? Leur nature spontanée, de même que la tension entre information et divertissement qui les traverse, semblent incompatibles avec la conception dominante de la spécialisation, qui fait la part belle à la terminologie et à la transmission de connaissances. L’examen du corpus témoigne pourtant d’une réflexion sur les besoins des téléspectateurs et sur la manière d’y répondre. Ainsi, les commentateurs s’appuient sur les images pour réduire la syntaxe à l’essentiel et mettre en relief la dimension cognitive des procès ; par ailleurs, ils cherchent à refléter au mieux les valeurs du sport commenté et à s’accommoder des contraintes qui pèsent sur eux. En définitive, l’étude des commentaires sportifs télévisés démontre le bien-fondé d’une approche graduée de la notion de spécialité qui, en reposant principalement sur la recherche d’efficacité, présente l’avantage de valoir autant pour les discours « manifestement spécialisés » (Petit : 2010) que pour les sciences humaines. / Live sports commentary in English has never been studied following the principles of discourse analysis, which consist in linking its formal properties with its context of production and social, cultural and economic implications. Using the corpus that I transcribed, composed of five sports broadcasts of diverse forms and contents (rugby, football, athletics and wrestling), I attempt to answer the following question: is live sports commentary a specialised genre? Its spontaneous nature and its constant tension between information and entertainment seem hard to reconcile with the prevailing conception of specialisation, which is based upon such notions as terminology and knowledge transfer. Yet, the corpus study shows evidence of a reflection on the viewers’ needs and on how to address them. Commentators tend to rely on the images to reduce syntax to the essence and to emphasise the cognitive dimension of the situations they describe. They also strive to reflect the values of the sports they commentate and to put up with the constraints they face.The study of live sports commentary substantiates a graded approach of specialisation which, by resting mainly upon the speaker’s search for efficiency, has the benefit of applying to discourses that are “evidently specialised” (Petit 2010) as well as to social sciences.

Orientador: Elza Taeko Doi / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T20:48:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_SandraMagalhaesde_M.pdf: 1272275 bytes, checksum: 64c7c04935a346d7349119148bcb6d7c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Este é um estudo etnográfico que analisa o inglês técnico (¿Inglês para Propósitos Específicos¿ ou IPE) a partir do ponto de vista de alunos de diferentes áreas: Computação, Meio Ambiente e Enfermagem. O objetivo principal é determinar as preferências e as necessidades de cada grupo no que se refere às quatro habilidades (ouvir, falar, ler e escrever). O pressuposto básico contesta a noção de que ensinar IPE deveria significar ensinar ¿leitura¿. Os dados foram coletados através de (1) questionário investigativo, centrado nas preferências dos alunos; (2) gravação de aula em áudio, na qual professora e alunos discutem as respostas ao questionário com o objetivo de negociar o conteúdo do curso; (3) questionário final, que avalia as respostas dos participantes, à luz de suas preferências. O embasamento teórico deste estudo inclui o trabalho de vários pesquisadores, com uma ênfase especial em AUGUSTO (1997) e CELANI (1988) sobre IPE; LEFFA (1999; 2001; 2003) e PAIVA (2005), sobre o papel do inglês como uma língua multinacional; NUNAN (1988; 1999; 2003) e TUDOR (1996) sobre a abordagem centrada no aluno. Os dados coletados mostram que a produção oral, que tende a ser menos focada no inglês técnico, é considerada a mais importante das habilidades pelos alunos de Enfermagem e de Computação. Segundo a opinião dos estudantes de Meio Ambiente, a produção oral vem em segundo lugar. Os resultados são consistentes com a concepção de linguagem dos participantes, isto é, aprender uma língua significa aprender a falar. Além disso, eles corroboram a noção amplamente difundida de que os possíveis candidatos a um emprego devem falar inglês fluentemente a fim de se tornarem competitivos no mercado de trabalho / Abstract: This is an etnographic study that analyzes technical English (¿English for Special Purposes¿ or ESP) from the point of view of students in different fields: Computer Science, Environmental Science and Nursing. The main goal is to determine the preferences and needs of each group as far as the four learning abilities (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are concerned. The basic assumption challenges the notion that teaching ESP should be synonymous with teaching ¿reading¿. The data have been collected by means of (1) an investigative questionnaire, which focuses on students¿ preferences; (2) in-class tape recording, in which teacher and students discuss the answers to the previous questionnaire with intent to negotiate course content material; (3) a final questionnaire, which assesses students¿ responses in light of their preferences. The theoretical underpinnings of this study include the work of a number of researchers, with a special emphasis on Augusto (1997) and Celani (1988), on ESP; Leffa (1999; 2001; 2003) and Paiva (2005), on the role of English as a multinational language; Nunan (1988; 1999; 2003) and Tudor (1996) on student-centered approach. The data show that speaking, which tends to take a back-seat in technical English, is considered the most important of the four abilities by the Nursing and Computer Science students. In the opinion of the Environmental Science students, it comes in second. The results are consistent with the subjects¿ conception of language, that is, learning a language means learning to speak. In addition, they corroborate the widespread notion that prospective candidates must know how to speak English fluently in order to be competitive in the job market / Mestrado / Lingua Estrangeira / Mestre em Linguística Aplicada

Orientador: Matilde Virginia Ricardi Scaramucci / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T17:15:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lucas_PatriciadeOliveira_M.pdf: 3746550 bytes, checksum: dc43570f17a02f5a6d10606a53716429 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Este estudo visa apresentar o percurso reflexivo de uma professora recém-graduada, em sua prática de ensino de leitura em inglês com propósitos específicos para funcionários de uma empresa de manutenção de aeronaves. O objetivo das aulas era ensinar esses funcionários a lerem manuais de manutenção, sem a necessidade de traduzi-los. O processo de reflexão sobre a prática da professora foi realizado a partir de seus relatórios, contendo as atividades desempenhadas e o material didático por ela utilizado. Para a fundamentação do trabalho, foram utilizados estudos sobre a reflexão na formação do professor: de Schön (1983; 1992), complementados por Smyth (1992), Zeichner & Liston (1996) e Vieira-Abrahão (2002). No percurso reflexivo da professora deste estudo, as questões pedagógicas propostas por Smyth (1992) foram fundamentais para a retomada de sua prática, mostrando quais eram as visões de leitura da professora e de que maneira esse percurso a ajudou a reformular algumas delas. / Abstract: The objective of this study is to present a period of reflection of a university graduate's teaching practice of reading in English having specific purposes, for workers from an aircraft maintenance company. The aim of the lessons was to teach these workers how to read maintenance manuals without having to translate them. The process of reflection concerning the teaching practice was done using reports, including activities which were carried out, and the teaching material used. Regarding the basis of the work, studies about reflection in teacher training from: Schön (1983; 1992), complemented by Smyth (1992), Zeichner & Liston (1996), and Vieira-Abrahão (2002) were used. In the teacher reflection process, in this study, educational questions proposed by Smyth (1992) were fundamental in getting back to the practice, showing the views of reading of the teacher and in which way this reflection helped her to reformulate some of these views. / Mestrado / Lingua Estrangeira / Mestre em Linguística Aplicada

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-04-19T15:19:05Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Claudney Maria de Oliveira e Silva - 2017.pdf: 4855923 bytes, checksum: 19c17cfda6c34e05dd005e8b046abd56 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-04-19T15:19:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Claudney Maria de Oliveira e Silva - 2017.pdf: 4855923 bytes, checksum: 19c17cfda6c34e05dd005e8b046abd56 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-19T15:19:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Claudney Maria de Oliveira e Silva - 2017.pdf: 4855923 bytes, checksum: 19c17cfda6c34e05dd005e8b046abd56 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-30 / This study focuses on the collaborative learning of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by ten deaf students who took Libras as a major at Universidade Federal de Goiás. It also aims to investigate if collaboration can help them learn this language and what strategies were taken by the teacher and the students to reach this goal. It also investigates the perceptions of the teacher about the learning of ESP by the deaf in an inclusive classroom and the perceptions of the deaf students about the collaborative learning process. It is a qualitative case study with ethnographic principles whose data were collected through video and audio recording, field notes, teacher's diary, teacher's explanatory notes and interviews and were analyzed according to the tenets of sociocultural theory and collaborative learning. Data analysis shows that some teaching strategies that are very effective for hearing students prove to be not so efficient for the deaf students and, likewise, effective strategies for deaf students are unnecessary for hearing students. The results also show that deaf students have very little interaction with hearing students since most listeners do not know libras. Among the deaf, however, the interaction was intense and provided them with strategies to overcome, in a collaborative way and through the use of scaffoldings, the difficulties they faced in the process of learning ESP. This study aims to raise reflections on the learning of ESP by deaf students, as well as to bring some orientations for future language teachers who may have to teach English in similar contexts. / Esta pesquisa tem como foco a aprendizagem colaborativa de inglês instrumental por dez alunos surdos do curso de Letras: Libras da Universidade Federal de Goiás, durante um semestre letivo de 2014. Busca também investigar se a colaboração pode favorecê-los na aprendizagem dessa língua e quais as estratégias utilizadas pela professora e pelos alunos para esse fim, além de registrar as percepções da professora sobre o processo de aprendizagem de língua inglesa pelo surdo em uma sala de aula inclusiva e as percepções dos alunos surdos sobre a aprendizagem colaborativa. Trata-se de um estudo de caso qualitativo com princípios etnográficos em que os dados foram coletados por meio de gravação em vídeo e áudio, notas de campo, diário da professora, notas explicativas da professora e entrevistas e foram analisados segundo os pressupostos da teoria sociocultural e da aprendizagem colaborativa. Os resultados apontam para o fato de que o ensino de inglês instrumental, numa perspectiva inclusiva em que, numa mesma turma, há alunos surdos e ouvintes, faz com que algumas estratégias de ensino que são muito eficientes para alunos ouvintes não se mostrem tão eficazes para alunos surdos e, da mesma forma, estratégias eficazes para alunos surdos se mostrem desnecessárias para alunos ouvintes. Os resultados também mostram que as oportunidades de interação dos alunos surdos com os alunos ouvintes são restritas, visto que a maioria dos ouvintes não sabe língua de sinais. Entre os surdos, porém, a interação foi intensa, propiciando o uso de estratégias para transpor, de forma colaborativa e por meio de andaimes, as dificuldades encontradas no processo de aprendizagem do inglês instrumental. Com este estudo, pretendo suscitar reflexões sobre a aprendizagem de Inglês Instrumental por alunos surdos, bem como trazer algumas orientações para futuros professores de línguas que venham a ter de ensinar inglês em contextos semelhantes.

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-05-18T11:07:06Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Claudney Maria de Oliveira e Silva - 2017.pdf: 5163296 bytes, checksum: 4eb388ffea0b247060ccc559b8999013 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-05-18T11:07:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Claudney Maria de Oliveira e Silva - 2017.pdf: 5163296 bytes, checksum: 4eb388ffea0b247060ccc559b8999013 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-18T11:07:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Claudney Maria de Oliveira e Silva - 2017.pdf: 5163296 bytes, checksum: 4eb388ffea0b247060ccc559b8999013 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-30 / This study focuses on the collaborative learning of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by ten deaf students who took Libras as a major at Universidade Federal de Goiás. It also aims to investigate if collaboration can help them learn this language and what strategies were taken by the teacher and the students to reach this goal. It also investigates the perceptions of the teacher about the learning of ESP by the deaf in an inclusive classroom and the perceptions of the deaf students about the collaborative learning process. It is a qualitative case study with ethnographic principles whose data were collected through video and audio recording, field notes, teacher's diary, teacher's explanatory notes and interviews and were analyzed according to the tenets of sociocultural theory and collaborative learning. Data analysis shows that some teaching strategies that are very effective for hearing students prove to be not so efficient for the deaf students and, likewise, effective strategies for deaf students are unnecessary for hearing students. The results also show that deaf students have very little interaction with hearing students since most listeners do not know libras. Among the deaf, however, the interaction was intense and provided them with strategies to overcome, in a collaborative way and through the use of scaffoldings, the difficulties they faced in the process of learning ESP. This study aims to raise reflections on the learning of ESP by deaf students, as well as to bring some orientations for future language teachers who may have to teach English in similar contexts. / Esta pesquisa tem como foco a aprendizagem colaborativa de inglês instrumental por dez alunos surdos do curso de Letras: Libras da Universidade Federal de Goiás, durante um semestre letivo de 2014. Busca também investigar se a colaboração pode favorecê-los na aprendizagem dessa língua e quais as estratégias utilizadas pela professora e pelos alunos para esse fim, além de registrar as percepções da professora sobre o processo de aprendizagem de língua inglesa pelo surdo em uma sala de aula inclusiva e as percepções dos alunos surdos sobre a aprendizagem colaborativa. Trata-se de um estudo de caso qualitativo com princípios etnográficos em que os dados foram coletados por meio de gravação em vídeo e áudio, notas de campo, diário da professora, notas explicativas da professora e entrevistas e foram analisados segundo os pressupostos da teoria sociocultural e da aprendizagem colaborativa. Os resultados apontam para o fato de que o ensino de inglês instrumental, numa perspectiva inclusiva em que, numa mesma turma, há alunos surdos e ouvintes, faz com que algumas estratégias de ensino que são muito eficientes para alunos ouvintes não se mostrem tão eficazes para alunos surdos e, da mesma forma, estratégias eficazes para alunos surdos se mostrem desnecessárias para alunos ouvintes. Os resultados também mostram que as oportunidades de interação dos alunos surdos com os alunos ouvintes são restritas, visto que a maioria dos ouvintes não sabe língua de sinais. Entre os surdos, porém, a interação foi intensa, propiciando o uso de estratégias para transpor, de forma colaborativa e por meio de andaimes, as dificuldades encontradas no processo de aprendizagem do inglês instrumental. Com este estudo, pretendo suscitar reflexões sobre a aprendizagem de Inglês Instrumental por alunos surdos, bem como trazer algumas orientações para futuros professores de línguas que venham a ter de ensinar inglês em contextos semelhantes.

Située dans une perspective d’anglais de spécialité et adoptant des outils d’analyse de discours, cette thèse vise à contribuer à la caractérisation du discours environnemental entendu comme un discours spécialisé. Résultat d’une conception changée de notre environnement, les mouvements de pensée, les pratiques et les discours qui se développent dans le but de sa protection, préservation ou régénération font partie du domaine spécialisé environnemental. Ce domaine émergent, ainsi que ses composants principaux, sont définis dans cette thèse.La première partie de notre thèse présente une vision globale du domaine et de son discours. Les concepts centraux de mouvement environnemental, d’environnementalisme, d’écologie et d’écologisme y sont analysés. Nous offrons ensuite une définition du concept de discours environnemental en partant du contenu des travaux faits par différents auteurs sur cet objet et en aboutissant à la prise en compte de ses spécificités grâce aux outils élaborés dans le cadre des études d’anglais de spécialité. La deuxième partie s’attache plus particulièrement aux discours et aux pratiques des organisations au Royaume-Uni. Dans ce contexte culturel particulier, nous présentons les principales organisations qui ont un rôle à jouer dans le domaine environnemental et décrivons leurs principaux discours de communication dans le domaine en nous interrogeant notamment sur les nouveaux genres de discours, les termes spécialisés et les pratiques discursives récurrentes. L’organisation interne du domaine est également considérée avec la présentation d’une typologie des organisations et des relations entretenues entre elles ainsi que du rôle et de la spécificité des experts dans le domaine. Cette étude est complétée dans une troisième partie par une analyse descriptive d’un genre de discours jouant un rôle prééminent dans le domaine : les rapports sur la responsabilité sociale des organisations. Après avoir présenté son contexte d’apparition et sa fonction principale, nous nous interrogeons sur la représentation des acteurs du domaine offerte par l’étude de ce genre puis sur les phénomènes de normalisation générique de ces rapports d’un point de vue diachronique. / With an English for Specific Purposes perspective and adopting the methodological tools of discourse analysis, this thesis explores the characteristics of environmental discourse considered as a specialized type of discourse. As a result of a change of conception of our environment, the trends of thinking, the practices and discourses that are developing, with the aim of contributing to the protection, preservation, or regeneration of the environment have become part of the specialized domain referred to as environmental. This emerging domain and its main components are defined in this thesis.The first part of the thesis presents a global vision of the domain and of its discourse. The central concepts of the environmental movement, environmentalism, ecology and ecologism are analyzed. A definition of the concept of environmental discourse is then offered, starting with the presentation of the content of various authors' work on the object and concluding with the identification of its specificities thanks to tools elaborated in the French school of English for Specific Purposes. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the discourses and practices of organisations in the UK. We present, within this specific cultural context, the main organisations that have a role to play in the environmental domain and describe their principal environmental communication discourses with a particular focus on new genres, specialized terms and recurrent discursive practices. The internal organisation of the domain is also considered with the presentation of a typology of organisations, of the relations they maintain as well as of the role and specificities of environmental experts.The study is completed in a third part by a descriptive analysis of a genre that plays a decisive role in the domain: reports on corporate social responsibility. After having presented the context in which this type of report emerged and its main function, we question the way these reports represent the main actors of the domain and the existence and influence of generic norms in a diachronic perspective.

Cette recherche consiste à étudier les réalités de l’anglais pour spécialistes d’autres disciplines dans l’enseignement supérieur tunisien ainsi que les enjeux qui en résultent. Ainsi, la situation d’enseignement/apprentissage de cette discipline est mise en évidence dans le contexte tunisien à travers les entretiens et les questionnaires réalisés sur le terrain. Ces enquêtes ont été menés en collaboration avec les acteurs locaux de cette discipline (doyens, enseignants, étudiants) des universités offrants différentes sortes de formation tels que la santé (médecine et pharmacie), science et technologie, droit et commerce. Ces institutions sont choisis dans différentes zones géographiques du pays pour être représentatifs le plus possible. Ce travail permet de mettre à jour et analyser, en mobilisant des méthodes d’enquête qualitative et quantitatives, un ensemble diversifié de données (notamment représentations des acteurs : responsables universitaires, enseignants de langue, étudiants). Cette recherche nous permet d’analyser également les enjeux pédagogiques et politiques de la formation en anglais et souligner l’importance de la formation des enseignants d’anglais du secteur LANSAD. Enfin, l’analyse de la situation d’enseignement/apprentissage de l’anglais pour spécialistes d’autres disciplines en Tunisie nous permet d’identifier les lacunes qui sont à améliorer. À cet égard, des recommandations sont formulées. / The present dissertation sheds light on the realities of English for specific purposes in the Tunisian higher education as well as the resulting stakes. Thus, the situation of ESP education is highlighted in the Tunisian context through interviews and questionnaires conducted in the field. The surveys were conducted with the collaboration of local deans, teachers and students of universities with different specialities such as health (medicine and pharmacy), science and technology, law and commerce. These institutions are selected from different geographical areas of the country to be as representative as possible. This work helps to update and analyze, by the means of methods of qualitative and quantitative survey, a diverse set of data (related essentially to deans, language teachers and students). The present dissertation allows us also to analyze the pedagogical and political stakes related to English language training and emphasize the importance of ESP teachers’training. Finally, the analysis of the situation of ESP education in Tunisia allows us to identify the obstacles that need to be overcome. In this respect, recommendations are made.

Cette thèse en anglais de spécialité s’inscrit dans le champ de l’étude des domaines spécialisés et de leurs discours en contexte anglophone. La recherche entreprise contribue à la caractérisation de l’anglais de l’alpinisme par l’étude du domaine spécialisé des guides de haute montagne états-uniens. Dans cet objectif, nous élaborons un modèle de caractérisation des domaines spécialisés et de leurs discours et nous le testons. La première partie présente notre cadre théorique et notre méthodologie de recherche. Elle s’ouvre par une réflexion épistémologique sur la posture du chercheur et sur son objet de recherche, avant de s’intéresser à l’approche du domaine spécialisé, puis au cadre méthodologique. La deuxième partie aborde la caractérisation du domaine spécialisé en contexte états-unien. Elle débute par une perspective historique sur l’alpinisme aux États-Unis. La communauté professionnelle des guides de haute montagne et les enjeux de leur pratique professionnelle font ensuite l’objet d’une analyse. La troisième partie propose une caractérisation des discours du domaine spécialisé de l’alpinisme. Nous identifions tout d’abord les outils mobilisables pour l’analyse des discours spécialisés, avant d’entreprendre une analyse terminologique de l’anglais de l’alpinisme et de tenter de dresser une typologie des genres du discours spécialisé écrit. / This dissertation focuses on English for Specific Purposes and, more particularly, on the study and characterization of specialized professional domains and their discourses in English-speaking countries. It is a contribution to the characterization of mountaineering English, via the study of the specialized domain of American mountain guides. To this end, a model for the characterization of specialized domains and their discourses was designed and tested. Part 1 presents the theoretical and methodological framework of this research. It begins with an epistemological reflection on the status of the researcher and his/her object, and then moves on to the description of the process by which specialized domains can be studied, based on a consideration on the methodological framework, and more particularly, on the nature and value of fieldwork. Part 2 focuses on the characterization of the specialized professional domain of mountain guiding and begins with a historical account of mountaineering in the US. It deals with the training and work of professional mountain guides and aims to identify and analyze the stakes for the profession today. Part 3 attempts to characterize the discourse of mountaineering and mountain guiding. Some features of this specialized discourse are discussed, from a terminological point of view, and finally, a typology of the different written genres of the specialized discourse is proposed.

Cette thèse porte sur la caractérisation du milieu des think tanks aux États-Unis à travers l’étude de leur discours et de leur culture professionnelle dans le cadre d’une recherche en anglais de spécialité. L’objectif est de démontrer que ce milieu hétérogène peut être envisagé comme un milieu spécialisé, caractérisé par un discours et une culture spécifiques qui répondent aux impératifs de son objectif d’influence. Dans une première partie, nous exposons les fondements épistémologiques de la thèse : nous présentons les défis soulevés par l’étude de cet objet du point de vue de la recherche en anglais de spécialité, et proposons une approche de sa spécialisation fondée sur sa raison d’être. Une définition opératoire est élaborée, et le cadre méthodologique de la thèse à la croisée de l’histoire institutionnelle et politique des États-Unis, de l’ethnographie, de l’analyse du discours et de la pragmatique est exposé. La deuxième partie porte sur les modalités notamment culturelles de la spécialisation ; nous montrons comment le milieu s’est structuré en réponse à un besoin d’expertise dans la société américaine, et s’organise autour de missions, pratiques, valeurs et genres communs. Une topographie de ces genres est proposée pour éclairer les modalités communicationnelles de la stratégie programmatique des think tanks. La troisième partie explore les modalités discursives de cette stratégie dans deux genres, les blogs et les policy briefs, pris individuellement, puis en vis-à-vis ; l’analyse des modules péritextuels, structurels et interpersonnels révèle un ensemble de choix argumentatifs qui reflètent les enjeux de captation et de crédibilité de l’intervention des experts. / This dissertation aims to characterize the milieu of think tanks in the United States through their discourse and professional culture from the French point of view of research on English for Specific Purposes. We contend that this heterogeneous milieu may nonetheless be considered a specialized milieu, as its discourse and its culture are shaped by its programmatic aim. Part 1 presents the epistemological foundations of our research: it sheds light on the theoretical challenges raised by the study of think tanks in the framework of English for Specific Purposes and offers an approach to specialization based on its raison d’être. We suggest a working definition for the milieu and explain the methodology for this study situated at the crossroads between US institutional and political history, ethnography, the French approach to discourse analysis, and pragmatics. Part 2 focuses on the cultural manifestations of think tanks’ programmatic aim; it shows how the milieu has crystallized in response to a need for expertise in US society and is characterized by similar aims, practices, values and genres. A topography of these genres is offered to cast light on the milieu’s discursive strategy. Part 3 explores the discursive manifestations of this strategy and concentrates on two genres, blog posts and policy briefs, which are studied first individually and then jointly. The analysis of peritextual, structural and interpersonal modules reveals the argumentative choices experts make to remain credible and attractive in the marketplace of ideas.