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)

<p>The main aim of this paper was to find out if and how teachers in upper secondary school use oral feedback when they correct their students' oral mistakes. I also wanted to find out which approach the teachers find most useful and if they use different approaches depending on the error made by the student.</p><p>I have found that the majority of the teachers find oral feedback as an important tool to help students achieve a higher proficiency in a second and foreign language. My results also show that feedback is most often used when the student makes errors regarding content and pronunciation. Most of my respondents are aware of the necessity of applying different feedback approaches to different errors made by the students. My investigation shows that teachers chose to give feedback on different occasions, both directly, but more commonly, indirectly, to a single student or later on to a full class. Most teachers also prefer a mix of feedback approaches depending on the specific student and situation.</p><p>My intention with this study has also been to determine what factors influence the students' uptake. My respondents have, among several factors, stressed the importance of comfortable learning situations, students' personal interest and size of group.</p>

「真實性」是外語教學在內容設計及呈現上一項不可忽視的原則。它強調：教科書的編寫，要有意識地為學習者展現出語言在實際運用中的意義和功能。而除了文本(text)之外，有越來越多的教育者也強調「真實性的教學活動(authentic tasks/activities)」在教學過程中的重要性。本篇論文主要在探討是否現行國中英語教科書中的活動設計符合「真實性」的原則。此研究以Littlewood(2004)提出的教學活動分類作為架構，觀察台灣現行使用率最高的五套國中英語教科書中的教學活動分屬何種類型，分析及探究其中有哪些活動是符合「以真實溝通為目的」的原則，同時比較真實性教學活動分布在這五版教科書中的情況。 分析結果顯示，絕大多數的活動設計，是以學習語言形式為主要目的，極少數的活動有機會讓學習者運用語言、傳達訊息。此外，有些教科書中，甚至完全缺少以真實溝通為目的的教學活動。也就是說，透過現行的教科書，學生只是從事句型文法的練習，極少實際利用學到的語言進行溝通。顯然這些開放後由民間出版社編輯的英語教科書，就教學活動真實性的問題，尚有很大的改善空間。 / Authenticity has been regarded as one of the essential principles in EFL/ESL teaching. It is emphasized that the content of the textbooks can realistically reflect the genuine meaning and function of the language used in real-life situations. Aside from the authenticity of text itself, more and more teachers and educators recognize the value of using authentic activities for teaching and learning purposes. The thesis aims to examine whether and how the language learning activities in our EFL textbooks pertain to authenticity. We explore what authentic learning activities in these textbooks are, and how they are different as found in different textbooks. By following a rating scale developed on the basis of Littlewood’s (2004) five activity types (non-communicative learning, pre-communicative language practice, communicative language practice, structured communication and authentic communication), we evaluate and compare the language learning activities provided in five sets of English textbooks frequently used in Taiwan in terms of their task authenticity. The result of our analysis reveals that most language learning activities in the five commonly used sets of English textbooks are designed mainly for the practice of the linguistic forms. Few of the activities provide learners with the chance of exposure to real communication situations and applying their language skills in authentic ways. Even some of the textbook series don’t contain any authentic learning activities at all. It is clear that textbook writing in Taiwan still focuses on linguistic forms – a situation that has lasted for decades and more changes in textbook writing are needed in order to move forward to genuine communication.

The diploma thesis deals with an innovative method CLIL, which combines the teaching of subject matter with the teaching of a foreign language. The aim of the work is to use action research to verify the possibilities of applying CLIL in first class of chosen state primary school. The action research is a suitable tool to implement a new approach and contributes to improvement of the quality of teaching. The research is focused on the verification of different supporting strategies to create a set of functional scaffolding techniques, which help first graders to overcome the language barriers and achieve the learning objectives. The core of this thesis consists of detailed lesson plans and reflections, in which the used activities and scaffolding are analysed in terms of efficiency. The final part of the thesis includes several recommendations for practice from the perspective of the possibilities and boundaries of using CLIL method in Czech state schools. The research confirmed that the language level of pupils is not a necessary condition of teaching through CLIL and therefore it is possible to use CLIL from first class of primary school. Keywords: foreign language teaching, Content and Language Integrated Learning, action research, foreign language across the curriculum, innovative method.

(in English): The thesis describes how has translation been used in foreign language teaching, which is closely associated with the attitude towards the use of a first language during a second language lesson. In particular, it focuses on translation exercises that use interpreting as the main objective, and pre-translation exercises that use individual skills needed during the interpreting process. The aim of the present work is to demonstrate that these methods can be useful in different types and levels of courses (interpreting as a method) and it does not have to be limited on the education of future interpreters (interpreting as the main objective). The practical part outlines the current situation in some institution in Prague which specialize in adult teaching.

The specific learning disabilities with the primary focus on dyslexia as one of the special educational need are characterised in the thesis. The theoretical part provides thorough clarification of the individual disabilities as well as the enumeration and explanation of the re- educational approaches towards the specific learning difficulties aimed at the process of teaching English as a foreign language. The qualitative research conducted on the second stage of the basic school constitutes the empirical part of the thesis. The major aim of tracing the needs of the learners with dyslexia was achieved by combining the results of the analysis of the textbooks and the self-created worksheets, observations from the lessons and the interviews with the participants. The main research question, discussing the degree of appropriateness and suitability of the created material in opposition to the regularly used textbooks, was answered in favour of the designed worksheets. Moreover, the thesis provides well-structured and comprehensive summary of the recommendations to enhance the learning process of the learners with dyslexia. Key words Dyslexia, foreign language teaching, lower secondary level, re-education, special educational needs, specific learning disabilities

Orientador: João Antonio Telles / Banca: Douglas Altamiro Consolo / Banca: Nelson Viana / Resumo: Nesta pesquisa objetivou-se estudar a formação inicial do professor de LE no contexto de laboratório de teletandem. Foca-se em quatro aspectos na graduação do professor de línguas: a orientação, a mediação, a reflexão e a aprendizagem em teletandem. Nesta pesquisa discute-se, através de um recurso tecnológico, o módulo Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro, a orientação, a mediação e a reflexão pelos alunos-professores de uma universidade estadual paulista, inseridos em um laboratório de teletandem. Neste laboratório, os alunos do curso de Letras, denominados aqui de alunos-orientadores, ministram sessões de orientação teórica e tecnológica para os alunos ingressantes no projeto Teletandem Brasil: língua estrangeira para todos, isto é, aqueles que ainda não iniciaram o seu processo de aprendizagem de língua estrangeira em teletandem. Assim, a pesquisa em questão constitui-se basicamente em três etapas: i) observação das sessões de orientação presenciais ministradas pelos alunos-orientadores no laboratório de teletandem; ii) leitura, reflexão e análise do diário-reflexivo dos alunos-orientadores acerca destas sessões de orientação teórica e iii) realização das sessões de mediação online com os alunos-orientadores pelo módulo Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro. O interesse no desenvolvimento da pesquisa surgiu pelas necessidades e inquietações na minha experiência como aluna do curso de Letras, isto é, como professora de língua estrangeira em formação inicial carente de maior orientação e reflexão da natureza que este novo contexto de ensino e aprendizagem de línguas em tandem permite oferecer. Desta forma, objetivou-se, especificamente investigar quais os possíveis impactos da experiência de orientação, dada pelo aluno de Letras, futuro professor de LE, no... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research study aimed at investigating the foreign language teacher‟s pre-service education in a teletandem‟s laboratory context. Specifically, it focuses on four aspects in the foreign language teacher‟s pre-service education: counseling, mediation, reflection and learning in teletandem. This study discusses, through a new technological resource, the Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro, the counseling, mediation and the reflection by the pre-service students from a state university in São Paulo state, inside a teletandem laboratory. In this laboratory, the undergraduate foreigner teachers, called at this study of counselor-students, provide theoretical and technological counseling sessions to the freshman students in the thematic project named Teletandem Brasil: língua estrangeira para todos, in other words, for those students who have not started their foreign language learning in teletandem process yet. Therefore, this research is basically constituted by three stages: i) observation of the face to face counseling sessions given by the counselor-students in the laboratory; ii) reading, reflection and analysis of the reflective diaries of the counselor-students about these face to face counseling sessions and iii) realization of the online mediation sessions with the counselor-students through the Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro. The interest to achieve this research arose by the needs and concerns within my experience as an undergraduate foreign language teacher, in other words, as a teacher in a pre-service education lacking more counseling and reflection of the nature that this new context of teaching and learning languages in-tandem can provide. Thus, the study aimed to investigate what are the possible impacts of the counseling sessions‟ experience, given by the... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

A conversação é fonte de grande parte de nossa noção de ordem social e, além disso, apresenta sua própria ordem e manifesta um senso próprio de estrutura. Ao interagirem através da conversação, as pessoas recorrem a procedimentos regulares através dos quais tornam explícitas as marcas de planejamento de seu discurso e as estratégias de gestão dos turnos de conversação, das relações estabelecidas e da interação verbal em si. A língua, portanto, não pode ser considerada simplesmente um código de comunicação, mas sim um meio através do qual atuam sujeitos que manifestam suas ideias sobre o mundo real e sobre seu próprio mundo interior, expressam seus papéis sociais e sua personalidade em um determinado contexto e, ainda, por mecanismos metalinguísticos, estabelecem relações de coesão e coerência nos seus próprios textos através dos vínculos que a linguagem verbal estabelece com ela mesma. Nesse processo, os marcadores discursivos (MD) exercem papel de extrema importância porque possibilitam e fazem funcionar mecanismos de atuação e manifestação dos sujeitos da enunciação. Entretanto, uma análise atenta dos materiais utilizados para o ensino de Português- Língua Estrangeira (PLE) no Brasil revelará que as situações de conversação a que são expostos os alunos pouco se utilizam desses elementos e processos típicos da interação verbal e acabam por prender-se à sintaxe do português culto escrito. Como resultado ao contrário de materiais didáticos de outros idiomas como o inglês, o espanhol e o francês, por exemplo os materiais de PLE incorrem na falha de não equiparem os estrangeiros com ferramentas tais que os possibilitem interagir com falantes de português em situações reais de conversação. Tendo como arcabouço teórico a Análise da Conversação, este trabalho apresenta a importância da presença dos processos da conversação no ensino de língua estrangeira e propõe quatro níveis de exploração dos MD com vistas a construir nos estrangeiros aprendizes de português uma real competência comunicativa e sociocultural. / A great deal of our sense of social order stems from conversation, which in turn has its own order and works according to its own rules of structure. As they interact through conversation, people resort to regular procedures to produce explicit marks of discourse planning along with strategies for managing turn-taking, established relationships and oral interaction itself. Therefore, language should not be considered merely as a communication code, but rather a means through which subjects can play an active role while manifesting their ideas about the real world and their own inner world, and expressing their social roles and personality within a given framework. These subjects also engage in metalinguistic mechanisms to create cohesion and coherence relationships as oral language refers to itself in discourse. Discourse markers play a fundamental role in this process because they enable subjects to act and manifest their own selves while producing utterances. However, a close look at the materials currently used for teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PFL) will show that the conversation instances to which PFL students are exposed seldom use these elements and processes so typical of oral interaction. As opposed to other foreign language materials such as English, Spanish and French, PFL materials tend to insist on forms that reflect educated written Portuguese syntax. As a result, PFL material fail to provide foreigners with useful tools to interact with Portuguese speakers in real conversation. This paper highlights the importance of exploring conversation in foreign language teaching on the basis of Conversation Analysis theories. It also suggests four levels in which discourse markers can be explored in order to enable PFL students to build up effective communicative and sociocultural competence.

O objeto deste trabalho é estudar o emprego de textos literários e a forma como eles são aproveitados no ensino de Português-Língua Estrangeira (PLE). Para tanto, apoiamo-nos nos fundamentos teóricos da abordagem comunicativa, da leitura e da enunciação a fim de investigar os potenciais pedagógicos do texto literário na sala de aula e nos livros didáticos de PLE. Com base em uma pesquisa feita com estudantes estrangeiros, pudemos detectar suas expectativas quanto à utilização de textos da literatura brasileira nas aulas, bem como suas representações lingüísticas, aí incluída a apropriação de elementos culturais, confirmando a relevância da contribuição desses textos no ensino de PLE. E, a partir da análise do emprego de textos literários e exercícios de compreensão em quatro materiais didáticos, observamos também que tais livros não podem suprir todas as expectativas dos alunos em razão de sua própria natureza didática, descontextualizada da interação autor-texto-leitor original. Como resultado, pudemos confirmar que o bom aproveitamento dos textos literários no ensino de PLE não está simplesmente no seu emprego como um pretexto em sala de aula ou nos manuais, mas no tratamento dado a eles, tendo em vista o seu caráter literário. / The objective of this paper is to study the employment of the literary texts and how they are exploited in the teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PFL). For that purpose, we followed the theoretical line of the communicative approach of reading and utterance-act in order to inspect the pedagogical potential of the literary text in the classroom and in PFL\'s textbooks. In a survey involving foreign students, we were able to detect their expectations in relation to the application of texts of the Brazilian literature in the classes, as well as their linguistic representations, including the appropriation of cultural elements, confirming the relevant contribution of these texts in PFL\'s teaching. And, after analysing the employment of the literary texts and the exercises of comprehension in four types of textbooks, we observed that these books are not able to fill all the students\' expectations due to the own educational nature of these materials, decontextualized from the original authortext- reader interaction. As a result, we were able to confirm that the effective utilization of the literary texts in PFL\'s teaching does not merely depend on its employment as an excuse in the classroom or in the manuals, but on the treatment given to them, in view of their literary quality.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:23:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lucilene Santos Silva Fonseca.pdf: 22240332 bytes, checksum: 6b30013c834bbeef9ca840e368c140c9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The overall objective of this research is to investigate the agency of an undergraduate student of the Faculty of Language and Arts in Spanish language, along her work in the discipline Practice of Foreign Language Teaching (FL), permeated by the actions of the teacherresearcher in a university located in a city of the metropolitan area of São Paulo. We have perceived that many of these students, after completing graduation, start teaching classes in elementary and high schools without the practical experience of teaching a foreign language (LE). This problem motivated the following specific objectives with this focus: (1) identify language features that enable us to understand the agency of the participant; (2) identify how the proposals of the discipline enable the development of the agency of the participant; (3) analyze the type of agency revealed in the development of the participant. The theoretical and methodological choice in constructing contexts of comprehension, reflection and transformation, with respect to the teaching and learning of languages and the role of language in these contexts is endorsed by the Critical Collaboration Research (MAGALHÃES, 2010). This theoretical framework is based on the Theory of Socio- Historical-Cultural Activity (VYGOTSKI, 1934/1998, 1930/1999; LEONTIEV, 1978; ENGESTRÖM, 2001), focusing on the concepts of teaching and learning and development, mediation and Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) as a socio-cultural-historical space of coming to be, in which language organizes a collaborative-critical relationship between the participants. Data has been collected aiming to recover and understand the agency of the work done by the undergraduate student during the discipline Foreign Language Teaching Practice. First we selected thrirteen (13) texts done by the undergraduate student through her activities as a teacher in pre-service. This work is justified for collaborating with discussions about Faculty undergraduate courses with degree in Foreign Languages (FL) and the agency's role in the development of the discipline Teaching Practice of FL. This work integrates CNPq, Contradiction and Collaboration Research, led by PHD. Professor Maria Cecilia Magalhães Camargo of the da PUC-SP University which aims to investigate ways of questioning, presenting, countering arguments that constitute activities of school context, with emphasis on teacher training, such as reproductive and/or creative productions of meaning for proposing a research framework and organization of these activities in more creative perspectives. Therefore, this research can contribute to benefit educational entities that seek to improve the pre-service teacher training and students of Language and Arts and Literature / O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é investigar a agência de uma graduanda de Letras, Licenciatura em Língua Estrangeira Espanhola (LEE), ao longo do trabalho realizado na disciplina Prática de Ensino de Língua Estrangeira (LE), permeada pelas ações da professorapesquisadora, em uma faculdade localizada em uma cidade da Grande São Paulo. Observamos que muitos alunos de contextos como esse, após a conclusão da graduação, passam a ministrar aulas em escolas de Ensino Fundamental e Médio sem a experiência prática do ensino da Língua Estrangeira (LE). Essa problemática motivou o foco para os objetivos específicos desta pesquisa: (1) verificar os tipos de agência que emergem dos dados; (2) verificar se e como as propostas trabalhadas na disciplina possibilitam a agência da participante. A escolha teórico-metodológica na construção de contextos de compreensão, de reflexão e de transformação, no que diz respeito ao ensino-aprendizagem de línguas e ao papel da linguagem nesses contextos está apoiada na Pesquisa Crítica de Colaboração (MAGALHÃES, 2010). Esse recorte teórico baseia-se na Teoria da Atividade Sócio- Histórico-Cultural (VYGOTSKI, 1934/1998, 1930/1999; LEONTIEV, 1978; ENGESTRÖM, 2001), com foco nos conceitos de ensino-aprendizagem e desenvolvimento, mediação e Zona de Desenvolvimento Proximal (ZPD) como espaço sócio-histórico-cultural de vir-a-ser, em que a linguagem organiza a relação colaborativo-crítica entre os participantes, a agência e a formação de professores. Os dados, coletados visam recuperar e compreender a agência da graduanda no trabalho desenvolvido na disciplina Prática de Ensino de Língua Estrangeira. Foram selecionados treze (13) textos gerados por meio das atividades de formação de uma professora em pré-serviço, realizadas na faculdade. Este trabalho justifica-se por colaborar com as discussões sobre o curso de graduação, licenciatura em línguas estrangeiras, o papel da agência no desenvolvimento da Prática de Ensino de LE. Este trabalho integra a pesquisa CNPq Colaboração e Contradição, coordenada pela professora Dra Maria Cecília Camargo Magalhães, da PUC-SP, que objetiva investigar as formas de questionar, apresentar, contrapor argumentos que constituem as atividades do contexto escolar, com ênfase, na formação de educadores, como produções reprodutivas e/ou criativas de significado para propor um quadro de investigação e de organização dessas atividades em perspectivas mais criativas. Dessa forma, a pesquisa pode contribuir para beneficiar entidades educacionais que buscam aprimorar a formação pré-serviço de professores de LE