As redes sociais têm-se tornado muito populares. No caso específico do Brasil, essa popularidade se tornou notória após o advento do orkut. Essas redes constituem um importante espaço para a produção de textos a respeito de temas diversos. A navegação por esta rede social nos chamou a atenção para a vasta presença de comunidades cuja nomenclatura remetia a posições extremas, principalmente, as de amor e ódio por algo ou alguém. Com base nessa tendência, delimitamos o corpus a partir de duas comunidades com temas iguais e antagônicas quanto à nomenclatura. São elas: eu amo Inglês e eu ODEIO Inglês. Os enunciados coletados foram produzidos entre os dias 30/07/2006 e 28/11/2006. Por ser uma rede na qual está colocada a possibilidade do anonimato e/ou a criação de perfis de usuários fictícios (fakes), nossa hipótese foi a de que estas características poderiam causar certo efeito de liberdade no tocante aos modos de dizer nesse contexto. Apoiados nas teorias sobre o discurso, o sujeito e sua relação com a linguagem, bem como, na Semântica Histórica da Enunciação (Guimarães, 2002) e em estudiosos do ciberespaço, buscamos analisar os enunciados produzidos no interior dessas comunidades em busca de pistas a respeito do sujeito e dos modos de dizer inerentes a esta mídia, mais especificamente, os dizeres sobre a língua inglesa, seu processo de ensino-aprendizagem e da relação do sujeito que enuncia, tanto com a língua inglesa quanto com sua língua materna. A análise nos permitiu a observação de modos de dizer com forte tendência hiperbólica, tal qual a própria nomenclatura das comunidades analisadas. Foi ainda possível estabelecer considerações a respeito do sujeito desta rede, que parece se apresentar sob um caráter hedônico, bastante análogo ao sujeito do sujeito do consumo, ou seja, aquele que desconhece a falta, acredita tudo poder (CORACINI, 2006, p.149). Finalmente, pudemos estabelecer analogias entre o processo de ensino-aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira e o processo de construção de um avatar, as quais nos permitiram analisar tanto os investimentos identitários quanto formas de resistência ao discurso hegemônico sobre a língua inglesa e seu papel na sociedade contemporânea. / Social networks have become very popular. In the specific case of Brazil, this popularity has become more evident after the advent of orkut. Such networks constitute an important setting for textual production regarding diverse themes. Surfing through this social network has drawn our attention to the vast proliferation of communities whose nomenclature makes reference to extreme positioning, mainly the ones named love and hate for something or someone. Based on this tendency, we decided to delimit the corpus by choosing two communities of equal themes and antagonistic positioning, namely: I love English and I HATE English. The utterances that constitute the corpus were produced from 07/30/2006 to 11/28/2006. Due to the possibility of anonymity and/or the creation of fictitious user profiles (fakes) in the network, our hypothesis is that these features could cause a certain effect of freedom regarding the modes of uttering in this context. Relying on theories regarding discourse, and the relations between the subject and language, as well as in Historic Semantics of Enunciation (Guimarães, 2002) and on thinkers about cyberspace, we analyze the utterances produced in the context of those communities in search of clues concerning the subject and the modes of uttering inherent to this media, specifically, those utterances related to the English language, its process of teaching-learning and the relationship of the subject that utters with the English language, as well as with its mother tongue. The analysis has enabled us to observe modes of uttering with a strong hyperbolic tendency, following the pattern of the names given to the communities. It was also possible to establish considerations regarding the subject of this network, which seems to be of a hedonic character, considerably analogous to the subject of the market, that is, that one that is unaware of the lack, and believes to be almighty (CORACINI, 2006, p.149). Finally, we could identify analogies between the processes of teaching-learning a foreign language and the construction of an avatar, which allowed us to analyze not only the identity investments, but also the forms of resistance to the hegemonic discourses concerning the English language and its role in contemporary society.

Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo verificar como as masculinidades e feminilidades são mostradas, cronologicamente, nos manuais do FLE (Francês Língua Estrangeira), analisando sobretudo as visões sexistas da diferença dos sexos e as relações de gênero. Segundo Scott (1999), a visão sexista dominou durante séculos as análises que se propunham refletir sobre a problemática das diferenças sexuais. Na verdade, tratava-se de uma visão estática do que representava ser homem ou ser mulher nas sociedades ocidentais. Somente a partir da revolução sexual proposta pelo Movimento feminista anglo-americano dos anos 1960 que se começou a pensar em gênero como resultado sócio-cultural das diferenças dos corpos masculino e feminino, percebendo que a identidade de gênero é construída para além do corpo biológico e, além do mais, passível de variações no tempo e no espaço. Para a realização desta pesquisa, selecionamos alguns manuais representativos na história do FLE, mais especificamente seis manuais produzidos a partir de 1960, ano da publicação do manual VIF, que coincide com o início movimento feminista. Para tanto, foi feita uma análise descritiva das imagens e textos pertinentes à pesquisa. Nossa hipótese de partida era a de que encontraríamos dentro desses manuais muito mais visões sexistas do que variações das identidades de gênero. Acreditamos que esta pesquisa é promissora no domínio do Ensino de Línguas Estrangeiras, em especial do FLE, pois pode oferecer aos professores de LE outros elementos de análise e de crítica sobre o livro didático e, conseqüentemente, sobre suas práticas pedagógicas. / The object of this research was to check how male and female chracteristics are chronologically presented in the FFL (French as a Foreign Language) manuals, through the analysis of sexist views of the difference between genders and their relations. According to Scott (1999), for centuries the sexist point of view was predominant in the analyses of sexual differences. In fact, it was a stactic view of the representation of what was believed to be a man or a woman in the Western civilization. Just after the sexual revolution resulting from the American Liberation Movement of the 1960s did one start to reflect on gender as a result of social and cultural-based concepts between male and female bodies, and to notice that gender identity is built beyond the biological body, thus subjected to time and space variations. For the sake of this research , we selected some manuals which are benchmarks in the history of FFL, more specifically six manuals produced as of 1960, year of the publication of the VIF, which coincides with the start of the Liberation Movement. We proceeded to make a descriptive analysis of the images and texts which fit the research. We hypothesized finding many more sexist views in these manuals than variations of gender identities. We believe that this research is very promising in the Foreign Language Studies domain, specially in FFL, for it may offer FL teachers other elements of analysis and criticism of the textbook and, consequently, of its pedagogic practices.

Este estudo tem o objetivo de investigar a mobilização de capacidades de linguagem (SCHNEUWLY; DOLZ, 2010) presentes nas produções textuais de alunos que participaram de um processo de aprendizagem do ensino do gênero fait divers em Francês Língua Estrangeira (FLE), em um curso de extensão universitária. Além desse objetivo principal, visamos a verificar a influência da sequência didática e de sua aplicação, pelo professor, nas produções escritas dos alunos. Nosso principal aporte teórico é o do Interacionismo Sociodiscursivo (ISD) (BRONCKART, 2007 [1999], 2009) e dos estudos em didática das línguas a partir da noção de gênero textual (SCHNEUWLY; DOLZ, 2010; DOLZ; GAGNON; DECÂNDIO, 2010). O gênero fait divers tem uma importância atestada nas práticas sociais por sua presença frequente nos jornais cotidianos francófonos. No ensino do FLE, nas mais diversas metodologias de ensino, o fait divers é frequentemente utilizado, como uma maneira de exercitar alguns aspectos gramaticais. Porém, não encontramos, na literatura da área, um estudo sobre suas características e sobre seu potencial discursivo, o que nos parece incongruente com o fato de ele ser constantemente utilizado como modelo de ensino nos livros didáticos. Mesmo não conhecendo o gênero, o aluno de FLE tem, muitas vezes, de tomá-lo como exemplo para produzir textos, sobretudo no intuito de fazer uso de verbos no tempo passado. Para poder realizar nossa investigação, fizemos uma seleção de dez exemplares do gênero fait divers publicados em meios digitais, analisando-os de forma a constituir seu modelo didático. Em seguida, elaboramos uma sequência didática (SD) para seu ensino e analisamos os textos dos alunos com base nas capacidades de linguagem que desenvolveram, a saber: capacidades de ação, discursivas e linguístico-discursivas (SCHNEUWLY; DOLZ, 2010). Porém, ao lado da análise das produções dos alunos, procuramos investigar também o papel do professor como propositor das atividades da sequência didática e agente do processo de mediação do ensino, para melhor compreendermos as influências dessas atividades na mobilização de capacidades de linguagem dos alunos. Nas análises das produções textuais, verificamos que todas as capacidades sofreram mobilização, o que atesta a eficiência dos mecanismos de transposição didática utilizados em nosso estudo, e o que fortalece nossa hipótese de que o ensino por meio dos gêneros textuais pode promover um aprimoramento linguístico e discursivo de forma a contribuir para uma conscientização no uso da linguagem e um desenvolvimento dos mecanismos que a envolvem / This research aims at investigating the mobilization of language abilities (SCHNEUWLY; DOLZ, 2010) on texts produced by students who took part in a fait divers genre learning process, taught in French as a Foreign Language (FFL), and carried out in a college extra class course. Besides this main objective, we aim at checking how the didactic sequence and its use, led by the teacher, represent an influence upon the texts written by students. Our main theoretical basis comes from the Socio-discursive Interactionism (SDI) (BRONCKART, 2007 [1999], 2009), as well as from studies in the didactic of languages, based on the notion of textual genre (SCHNEUWLY; DOLZ, 2010; DOLZ; GAGNON; DECÂNDIO, 2010). The fait divers genre has a proven relevance in social practices due to its frequent presence on the everyday French-speaking newspapers. As for the environment of the FFL teaching, and taking into consideration many teaching methodologies, the fait divers is often used as a way of exercising some of the grammar aspects. However, literature upon this topic seems not to cover any study about its characteristics or its discursive potential, and this seems to be incongruent, since it is frequently used as a role model in didactic books. Even if one does not know about the genre, the FFL student frequently has to take it as an example in order to produce texts, mainly when it comes to produce materials which must present past tense forms of verbs. In order for us to proceed with the investigation, we made a selection of ten examples of the fait divers extracted from digital media, and then we analyzed them so to build its didactic model. Based on the examples, we made a didactic sequence as to serve as a basis for our teaching, and we analyzed the texts produced by the students, seeking to identify the language abilities developed by them, especially in what concerns ability for action, as well as discursive and linguistic-discursive abilities (SCHNEUWLY; DOLZ, 2010). Furthermore, besides analyzing the students production, we also sought to investigate the role of the teacher as a proposer of didactic sequence activities and as of an agent in the process of teaching mediation. In doing so, we intended to understand how such actions influenced on the mobilization of the language abilities of these students. As for the analysis of their textual production, we verified that all of their abilities were influenced and modified. This finding asserts the efficiency of the mechanisms of didactic transfer used in our study, as well as reassures our hypothesis that teaching through the use of textual genres can promote a linguistic and discursive enhancement, as to contribute to the increase of the awareness for the use of language and for the development of the mechanisms involved in this process

O Centro de Estudos de Línguas (CEL) é um projeto da Secretaria da Educação do governo do estado de São Paulo que oferece aos alunos da rede estadual e, em alguns casos da rede municipal, cursos gratuitos de línguas estrangeiras. Devido à evasão de alunos e ao baixo número de matrículas em alguns idiomas, a cada estágio as turmas ficam menores, exigindo a formação de salas multisseriadas para garantir ao estudante a continuação e a conclusão do curso. As classes multisseriadas dos CEL são compostas por discentes de várias idades e que possuem diferentes níveis de conhecimento da língua estrangeira. Nossa pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar as estratégias de ensino que os professores de língua italiana dos CEL utilizam para ensinar nas turmas multisseriadas. Fomos orientados pela hipótese de que os professores do CEL empregariam estratégias de ensino iguais ou parecidas às aplicadas pelos docentes que lecionam no ensino multisseriado da zona rural. Para a realização desta pesquisa, fizemos uma revisão sobre o funcionamento dos CEL, sobre as salas multisseriadas do campo e sobre as estratégias de ensino adotadas no contexto multisseriado e em aulas de línguas estrangeiras. Com o propósito de alcançar o nosso objetivo, adotamos a metodologia qualitativa e escolhemos o questionário on-line e a entrevista individual, semiestruturada como técnicas de coleta de dados. As participantes do estudo são professoras de italiano de grupos multisseriados de Centros de Estudos de Línguas da capital e da Grande São Paulo. Cruzamos os dados obtidos pelas duas técnicas e analisamos as três estratégias de ensino mais presentes no discurso das professoras. Comprovamos que as docentes usam estratégias que também podem ser verificadas na zona rural, ou seja, organização dos espaços físico e social, administração do tempo e emprego dos materiais didáticos. O espaço social é mais valorizado que o físico, o que conta é o aprimoramento da aprendizagem e a interação entre os estudantes de estágios diferentes. O tempo é administrado muitas vezes de forma inconsciente, mas está sempre presente na organização do atendimento dos diferentes estágios. O livro didático é essencial, todavia há um empenho em criar outras atividades empregando vários tipos de materiais. A análise nos mostrou que a maioria das professoras decidiu ensinar com os grupos organizados de maneira multisseriada. Na ausência de uma orientação pedagógica específica e do reconhecimento do Estado, as docentes, por meio da prática, criam a forma própria de lecionar, esforçam-se em adequar estratégias de ensino para cada turma. / The Language Study Center (LSC) is a governmental project of the Education Secretariat of the São Paulo State that offers for the students from state and, in some cases from the municipal, free courses in foreign languages. Due to the evasion students and low number of enrollments in some languages, each stage classes are smaller, requiring the formation of multigrade classrooms to ensure students the continuation and completion of the course. The multigrade classes of LSC are composed of students of different ages and have different levels of knowledge of a foreign language. Our research aims to analyze the use of instructional strategies to teach by the italian teachers in multigrade classes of LSC. We were guided by the assumption that LSC teachers employ teaching strategies in the same way or similar to those applied by the teachers who teach in multigrade teaching the countryside. For this research, we have made a review of the functioning of multigrade classrooms and the teaching strategies adopted for foreign language classes in multigrade context. In order to achieve our goal, we adopted a qualitative methodology choosing the online questionnaire and individual interviews, semi-structured as data collection techniques and well. Study participants are italian teachers of multigrade classes from São Paulo Language Study Centers. We crossed the data obtained by the two techniques and analyze the three instructional strategies more present in the discourse of teachers. We have proved that the teachers use strategies that can also be checked in the countryside, that is, related to physical and social space, time and materials. The social space is more valued than the physical, what counts is the improvement of learning and interaction among students of different stages. Time is administered often unconsciously, but is always present in the organization of care of the different stages. The textbook is essential, but there is a commitment to create other activities using various materials. The analysis has shown that most teachers decided to teach in organized groups multisseriate way. In the absence of a specific tutoring and state recognition, the teachers, through practice, create their own way of teaching, strive to adapt instructional strategies for each class.

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In Brazil, English is studied from first grade of elementary school. For some reason after eleven years of study, students in general have problems communicating orally and in writing. Swedish students, on the other hand, seem to be able to communicate quite proficiently in English, even though it is also considered to be foreign language learning. The purpose of this comparative study is to discover what differs in the Brazilian and Swedish learning and teaching that makes the Swedish results superior. The purpose was to compare English learning as a foreign language in Sweden and in Brazil, and questionnaires were distributed to teacher and students. Of the many possibilities raised as hypotheses for the effective English learning in Sweden, teacher’s educational background, working hours per week, number of students per teacher, were found to be more problematic in Brazil, according to the teachers’ questionnaire. When it comes to students, it appears that Brazilian students show a lack of commitment to their learning tasks and awareness of the importance of learning English. In addition, several social aspects have to be taken into account when judging the educational situation of a country, but the importance of a good education can never be overlooked.

English is, can be, and ought to be taught through various teaching modes for deeper learning to take place successfully. ‘Creative writing’ has shown to be, according to previous research and interviewed high school teachers, a successful tool for teaching English as a foreign language, just as it can help students reach requirements and course goals constituted by the National Agency for Education in Sweden. Furthermore, creative forms of the English language are shown to be largely what motivate high school students the most to learn English, and what interest them about the English language in general. Nevertheless, ‘creative writing’ is rarely practiced when teaching English as a foreign language at Swedish high schools. Together, these findings suggest that ‘creative writing’ should be used more frequently as a tool for teaching English in Sweden. A prerequisite for actualizing the suggestion is education of English teachers in how to teach it properly.

Le monde, depuis des millénaires, est bâti sur les fondations de sociétés bilingues. Or, ce « parler multiple » semble depuis toujours être source de conflit. Loin d’être considéré comme une richesse, le bilinguisme (ou plurilinguisme) semble plutôt représenter un problème auquel on tâcherait de trouver une solution. « La multiplicité » dit Louis-Jean Calvet (1999), « est chose mauvaise, on lui préfère de façon toute jacobine un bon gros Etat monolingue bien cerné dans ses frontières politiques et linguistiques ».La région caraïbe occupe une place tout à fait intéressante sur cette scène en perpétuel mouvement qu’est la mondialisation. Ces pays/îles doivent continuellement chercher l’équilibre entre appartenance locale, régionale et internationale, grand nombre d’entre eux luttant toujours aujourd’hui pour concilier leur statut d’anciennes colonies et le rythme rapide de la mondialisation. Cette thèse porte sur la place des langues vivantes dans les écoles du premier degré à la Martinique et à la Dominique et sur les enjeux d’un enseignement bilingue pour ces deux îles qui appartiennent à la fois à la Caraïbe et au monde. Nous proposons, dans un premier temps, une étude de la situation actuelle de l’enseignement des langues dans les deux îles : quelles sont les politiques linguistiques dans les deux contextes? Dans quelle mesure sont-elles mises en œuvre? L’enseignement des langues répond-il aux exigences des textes officiels ? Les politiques linguistiques sont-elles adaptées aux réalités sociolinguistiques de ces îles ? Dans un deuxième temps, nous interrogeons la possibilité d’un enseignement bilingue dès l’école préélémentaire dans les îles de la Martinique et de la Dominique et nous expérimentons des approches d’enseignement des langues en milieu institutionnel et en contexte périscolaire. Nous nous interrogeons sur des modes de fonctionnement différents : ne pourrait-on pas imaginer d’autres manières de faire ? Que pouvons-nous proposer comme solutions complémentaires et/ou alternatives à l’existant ?Enfin, dans un troisième temps, dans une perspective plus globale, nous posons la question de l’éducation bilingue, par une approche comparée, en analysant les faits éducatifs dans deux systèmes différents et en nous intéressant à la question de l’altérité. La compréhension de l’Autre peut-elle améliorer l’existant dans le cas de la Martinique et de la Dominique ? Nous revenons ainsi à la question de l’intérêt et des enjeux d’une comparaison de l’enseignement des langues dans ces deux systèmes, en prenant en compte les identités locales, régionales et internationales à travers des analyses historiques et sociolinguistiques. A la suite de cette analyse, nous faisons des propositions concrètes en faveur d’un enseignement bilingue intégré dans ces deux îles. Ces propositions concernent les domaines tels que la didactique, la planification en éducation et le curriculum bilingue, la formation des enseignants et la politique linguistique de la Caraïbe. Notre question centrale est la suivante : comment enseigner aujourd’hui pour mieux préparer les citoyens caribéens au monde de demain ? / The Caribbean region occupies an interesting space in the perpetually changing scene of globalisation. Caribbean countries or islands must continually seek to balance their sense of belonging to a local, regional and international community. This is sometimes a difficult task as any of them are still fighting to balance their evolution as old colonies with the fast pace of globalisation in a new world.This thesis focuses on language teaching at primary level in the islands of Martinique and Dominica. It examines the many issues surrounding language teaching and questions the role of bilingual education in the development of these two Caribbean islands as they evolve within the Caribbean and the world. Firstly, we propose a careful study of the current situation of language teaching in Martinique and Dominica. What are the language policies of these islands? How and to what extent are they implemented? Does language teaching truly reflect the objectives of official texts? Are the present language policies adapted to the sociolinguistic reality of each island?Secondly, we raise the question as to the possibility of the implementation of bilingual education at the pre-primary level in the islands of Martinique and Dominica. We examine the question through the experimenting of different language teaching methods within a school setting and as part of an extracurricular bilingual program. Can we envision alternative approaches to the present situation? What complementary or alternative solutions can we propose to improve on what already exists?Lastly, we look at the subject from an overall perspective and we address the question of bilingual education. We analyse how comparative education, the study of other education systems and the understanding of others play a major role in developing solutions to present day situations. This analysis takes into account issues relating to local, regional and international identities through a study of the historical and sociolinguistic context of the islands of Dominica and Martinique.Based on our analysis and on the literature, we put forward concrete proposals for holistic bilingual education on the islands of Martinique and Dominica. These proposals focus on areas such as language teaching pedagogy, education planning, the bilingual curriculum, teacher training, and language policy for the Caribbean. The main question underlying this thesis is: how do we teach today to better prepare Caribbean citizens for the world of tomorrow?

Nowadays knowing professional language is an essential part of professional success and career growth for university graduates majoring in non-philological studies. The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to further enhancement and efficiency of foreign language teaching at university level. Based on the theoretical background and confirmation of hypotheses, the paper describes and explains why it is appropriate to include, in addition to training of basic language skills (passive: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, active: speaking and writing) an extra fifth skill: translating into the mother tongue. Undoubtedly, the translating skill helps to improve receptive and productive skills necessary for working with academic text and to facilitate better use of information sources; at the same time, this skill is desirable in corporate practice and in academia. This paper deals with methods of foreign language teaching from both diachronic and synchronous perspectives, with emphasis on the application of translation. It analyses the role of translation in teaching using a specific example; it provides analysis of professional style and some features of professional text; it justifies the importance of translation into the mother tongue; it deals with selected problems of the theory, practice and didactics of translation. The research part is based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of students' translations. It confirms the hypotheses that students have difficulty in translating into the mother tongue and in using various sources of information, and that guidance on how to proceed in translating has a positive influence on them. The research part is followed by some suggestions for specific methodologies and exercises that may be used to integrate translating into professional language teaching at university level, namely for graduates majoring in non-philological studies. The suggestions are based on the author's research results; naturally, they are focused on eliminating possible inaccuracies and mistakes, and also on developing desirable skills.

The diploma thesis concentrates on characteristics of bilingual teaching at international school. The aim of this thesis is to find out, how is the bilingual teaching at international school organized, what are the specifics of the bilingual teaching, its advantages and disadvatages. The theoretical part of this thesis based on the literature review describes the terms bilingualism, bilingual teaching and international school. The practical part of this thesis is a case study, which describes the organization of bilingual teaching at two Prague international schools. As a method of research were the document analyses and interviews with teachers, who are teaching at bilingual programms in these schools. The outcome of this thesis is data analyses from documents and interviews and based of this analyses determines the recommendation of making bilingual teaching more effective. KEYWORDS bilingualism, foreign language teaching, education in foreign language, international school, bilingual teaching, cooperation between teachers