Researchers have explored second language (L2) teachers' knowledge focusing not only on their prior language learning experience, previous L2 teacher education, and teaching practices, but also on specific curricular areas, such as teaching L2 grammar, teaching L2 reading, and teaching L2 writing. This line of research has contributed to L2 teacher education, particularly how to develop an effective knowledge base for teacher candidates. This dissertation was conducted to investigate English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' knowledge of vocabulary instruction. Specifically, employing three qualitative techniques for data collection (i.e., interviews, classroom observations, and stimulated recall), the study examined seven Chinese EFL university teachers'knowledge of vocabulary instruction from four dimensions: their beliefs about vocabulary learning, their understandings about vocabulary teaching, the relationship between their knowledge of vocabulary instruction and vocabulary teaching practices, and the sources of their knowledge about vocabulary instruction. The findings of the study indicate that Chinese EFL teachers have well-developed content knowledge of EFL vocabulary. They also have well-established belief systems about how to learn and teach vocabulary. Moreover, their beliefs about vocabulary teaching tend to be consistent with their vocabulary teaching practices though some inconsistencies have been identified as well. It was also found that Chinese EFL teachers¡¯ knowledge of vocabulary instruction is derived from a variety of sources, of which formal EFL education and teaching practices are considered as the two most influential. EFL teachers' individual differences were also identified to impact their beliefs about vocabulary instruction. This dissertation has at least three potential contributions. As one of the first attempts to investigate teacher knowledge of vocabulary instruction in the field of L2 teacher education, this research expands studies on L2 teachers' knowledge base. It also provides information about L2 teachers' knowledge in one less studied context, i.e., Chinese EFL vocabulary teaching. Finally, the use of observations, interviews, and stimulated recall to collect data in this study serves as an impetus for enriching techniques to examine Chinese EFL teacher knowledge.

Since English has risen as the dominant language in the world, the demand for English language teachers has grown rapidly especially in the last three decades. Hence, English language teacher education has become an important concern in the Turkish national education system, which has forced the governments to implement a series of reforms. One of these was the Foreign Language Education (FLE) curriculum designed by the Higher Education Council (HEC), forwarded to all FLE departments in Turkish universities to be carried out starting from 1998-99. This curriculum was also used for pre-service English language teacher education in the Department of Foreign Language Education at Middle East Technical University (METU). However, a large scale evaluation study was not conducted on the effectiveness of the program or the competence of its graduates. This study primarily aimed at reaching the FLE graduates from 2002 to 2006 to investigate to what extent they perceive themselves competent as EFL teachers and to what extent they find the FLE program components successful in helping them gain these competencies. Besides, it also intended to reach the employers of FLE graduates to explore how competent these graduates are viewed and how successful METU FLE program is considered in serving its graduates gain teacher competencies. For this aim quantitative and qualitative data were collected through two graduate questionnaires, and graduate and elite employer interviews. The findings of the first graduate questionnaire revealed that the FLE graduates perceived themselves competent in most of HEC&rsquo / s competence areas, while the open-ended questionnaire items and interview data demonstrated a need for improvement for competencies of language knowledge, spoken use of English, classroom management, assessment and instruction. It was also seen in these two types of data that graduates&rsquo / perception of their strengths and weaknesses in HEC&rsquo / s foreign language teacher competencies and their need for developing other competencies depend on the level they teach, the type of school they work at and the length of experience they have. Similarly, some of the employers, according to the institution where they have elite positions, indicated a high level of satisfaction with the FLE graduates&rsquo / competence in language and subject knowledge, inclass and out-of class competencies, while some of them emphasized a need for improvement in competencies of language knowledge and use, and putting theory into practice. In addition, although the program was reported to have a strong and positive role on the development of professional competencies in the teacher candidates, it was also stated that the five components and some courses of the program need revisions in terms of their content, methodology of instruction and assessment. Moreover, the need for communication among the components of the program was also expressed, as the graduates mention unnecessary overlaps among some courses. In the light of these findings, some suggestions are made towards program improvement.

The emergence of online learning environments and advances in web-based technologies enable teachers to interact and exchange ideas and experiences in online communities. However, these rapid technological advances also cause such online communities to disband quickly, before they have the opportunity to evolve into a community of practice, in which a group of teachers build a shared history, a shared repertoire of resources and activities, and mutually engage in collaborative professional development, over time. Moreover, rapid advances in technology necessitate on-going collaboration among teachers so that they develop meaningful technology integration practice. While such collaborations have taken place in face-to-face settings, how this might be achieved through participation in an online teacher community of practice has been under-researched. Therefore, the present study examines one long-standing, globally-distributed, online community of practice created by English language teachers, called "Webheads in Action", whose shared domain of interest centers on exploring the pedagogical uses of web-based technologies in English language teaching. The study employs netnography, or online ethnography, in which the researcher collects data through participant observation, interviews, and archiving, all of which is conducted completely online. The aim of this study was to understand the broader culture of learning, collaboration, and mentoring in this online language teacher community by exploring and analyzing its shared repertoire of resources, and activities; ways members engage in the collective development of this technology integration practice; and the role of participation in such an online community of practice on developing language teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge when designing instruction. The data for this study comes from various sources of data collected through online participant observation in this community's activities over a year, reflective observational fieldnotes, online interviews, and archived data. Throughout my online fieldwork, I participated in this online community's activities both synchronously and asynchronously. At the same time, I took reflective observational fieldnotes of my participation and observations during these activities, as well as community's spaces and email communications. As for archival data, I archived the email communication that occurred during my time in the field, as well as screenshots of the community spaces and platforms. I conducted in-depth interviews with four key people in this community in order to better understand the organization and background of this community and its activities, and interviewed five individual members in order to learn about their stories with and as Webheads. Through qualitative data analysis procedures, namely coding, categorizing and finding themes, the study provides a rich and thick description as well as an analysis of this community and its culture in the light of my experiences and observations, as well as the experiences of others. The study reveals insights as to the culture of teacher learning in an online community of practice and the mediation of technological pedagogical content knowledge in online communities of practice. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are also presented, as well as an in-depth discussion of how ethnographic fieldwork practices are adapted in netnography with online communities of practice.

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Submitted by Viviane Lima da Cunha (viviane@biblioteca.ufpb.br) on 2017-08-01T13:18:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2756242 bytes, checksum: 2fa3a42dd8e7847e411a0884dba28cb3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-01T13:18:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2756242 bytes, checksum: 2fa3a42dd8e7847e411a0884dba28cb3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-22 / Situated in the field of Applied Linguistics, the present study is about language regarding teachers‟ work during the Letters-English undergraduate program at UFPB - in special, in the PIBID program - focusing on the emotions and resources for acting through language. The main objective is to give visibility to emotions experienced in the context of teacher education and work, as well as to its recursiveness in language, by means of investigating representations of emotions and resources for acting in undergraduate voices. As a way to trigger this language in dialogue, the following tools from the Clinic of Activity are used: simple self-confrontation (SSC) and cross self-confrontation (CSC). The texts were generated in two SSC sessions with two novice teachers, one with each research collaborator, and one CSC session with both collaborators, in 2015-6. These texts are analyzed in the light of Socio-discursive Interactionism (BRONCKART, 2008, 2012), focusing on thematic content and modalizations, so that to comprehend the lines that weave emotions and interweave resources for acting on verbalization about teachers‟ education and work. For this, other relevant concepts involve emotion (SPINOZA, 1955, VYGOTSKY, 2004, GOLEMAN, 2007; CRAMPTON; LEWIS,2016), reconfiguration (BRONCKART, 2008), objective, subjective and social worlds (HABERMAS, 2010), empathy (BAKHTIN, 2010), discursive genre and style (BAKHTIN, 1997) and professional genre and style (CLOT, 2007, 2010). The analysis is developed in order to discuss the following research questions: which themes emerge in language about teachers´ work? How are emotions and resources for acting thematized and intertwined in graduating teachers´ voices? In which way are resources for acting woven from emotions and vice-versa? On answering these questions, threads of the objective, social and subjective worlds are unraveled through modalizations present in teacher discourse. Based on this analysis, remarks about teacher education are woven, in terms of inclusion in the professional genre and the development of style, of situations that mobilize the emotions of graduating teachers, of the reconfiguration of emotions and acting, as well as the fabric of resources for acting, amongst others, emphasizing the emotional dimension of teachers. Lastly, considerations based on the discussion of data are presented, as the necessity of emotional education at schools and at universities, as well the relevance of work groups, of reconfiguration processes and of psychological support in teachers‟ courses. / No campo da Linguística Aplicada, o presente estudo trata da linguagem sobre o trabalho docente em formação inicial, em especial, durante o PIBID na Licenciatura em Letras Inglês, UFPB, atentando para as emoções e para os recursos para o agir por meio da linguagem. O objetivo central é dar visibilidade às emoções vividas na formação e no trabalho docente e a sua recursividade na linguagem, por meio da análise das representações das emoções e dos recursos para o agir na voz de professores licenciandos. Para suscitar essas vozes em diálogo, são utilizadas ferramentas da Clínica da Atividade, corrente da Psicologia do Trabalho, a saber: autoconfrontação simples (ACS) e autoconfrontação cruzada (ACC). Os textos foram gerados em 2015-16, em duas sessões de ACS, uma com cada um dos dois professores colaboradores, licenciandos do referido curso de Letras Inglês, membros do PIBID atrelado ao curso, bem como em uma sessão de ACC, com os mesmos colaboradores. Esses textos são analisados à luz do Interacionismo Sociodiscursivo (BRONCKART, 2008, 2012), com enfoque no conteúdo temático e nas modalizações, a fim de percorrer os fios que tecem as emoções e entretecem recursos para o agir no dizer sobre a formação e o trabalho docente. Para isso, são considerados conceitos como emoção (SPINOZA, 1955, VYGOTSKY, 2004, GOLEMAN, 2007; CRAMPTON; LEWIS, 2016), reconfiguração (BRONCKART, 2008), mundos objetivo, subjetivo e social (HABERMAS, 2010), empatia (BAKHTIN, 2010), gênero e estilo do discurso (BAKHTIN, 1997) e gênero profissional (CLOT, 2007, 2010). Destarte, a análise é desenvolvida com o propósito de discutir as seguintes questões de pesquisa: quais temas emergem na linguagem sobre o trabalho docente? Como as emoções e os recursos para o agir são tematizados e entrelaçados na voz dos professores licenciandos? De que forma são tecidos recursos para o agir a partir das emoções e vice-versa? Ao responder a essas perguntas, são percorridos fios dos mundos objetivo, social e subjetivo nas modalizações presentes no dizer dos professores. A partir dessa análise, são tecidas considerações sobre a formação inicial, quanto à inserção no gênero profissional e o desenvolvimento do estilo, sobre situações que mobilizam as emoções dos licenciandos, a reconfiguração de emoções e do agir, a tessitura de recursos para o agir, entre outras, enfatizando a dimensão emocional dos professores. Concluindo, seguem ponderações fundamentadas na discussão dos dados, como a necessidade de educação das emoções na escola e na universidade, a relevância da formação de coletivos de trabalho, dos processos de reconfiguração e do apoio psicológico nas licenciaturas.

Submitted by Kátia Marques Da Silva (azeretolum@outlook.com) on 2018-04-23T23:48:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese - Katia Marques.pdf: 4561081 bytes, checksum: df3b1f8ff238748716a20d44b5315c27 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Elza Mitiko Sato null (elzasato@ibilce.unesp.br) on 2018-04-24T15:54:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_km_dr_sjrp.pdf: 4561081 bytes, checksum: df3b1f8ff238748716a20d44b5315c27 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-24T15:54:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_km_dr_sjrp.pdf: 4561081 bytes, checksum: df3b1f8ff238748716a20d44b5315c27 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-09 / Esta pesquisa, um estudo de caso etnográfico, teve por objetivo investigar, segundo os princípios da perspectiva sociocultural de formação de professores de línguas, apoiada na psicologia sócio-histórica de Vygotsky (1978, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1981, 1992, 1990) e em Johnson e Golombek (2016, 2013, 2011, 2011a, 2011b, 2002, 2003), Johnson (2015, 2009) e Golombek (2011, 2015), a relação da ensinagem de uma professora formadora de Metodologia de Ensino de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês com a ensinagem de um aluno-professor de um Curso de Letras nas aulas de Metodologia e no Estágio Supervisionado. Para atingir esse objetivo principal, foram investigadas as possíveis ocorrências de (co)construção de conceitos nas atividades teórico-práticas desenvolvidas. Os dados foram gerados a partir de diários, desenho pictórico, gravações em áudio, entrevistas, questionários e documentos (planos de aula) produzidos pelo participante da pesquisa. A análise dos dados, com base em conceitos advindos da perspectiva sociocultural, permitiu identificar e selecionar, no curso desses diferentes momentos de observações teórico-práticas, a construção, a coconstrução e a reconstrução de conceitos cotidianos e científicos nas ações do aluno-professor de língua inglesa em formação e a relação destes com a ensinagem da professora formadora. Estes conceitos, chamados de acadêmicos e cotidianos (JOHNSON; GOLOMBEK, 2016), são necessários para o desenvolvimento dialógico do professor em formação inicial, por serem parte de um processo único de construção do conhecimento (VYGOTSKY, 1978). / This study research, an ethnographic case study, aims at investigating the relation of the teaching of a teacher educator of the subject course Metodologia de Ensino de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês to the teaching of a student-teacher in the classes of methodology and practicum of a Curso de Letras of a federal university of the interior of the state of Minas Gerais, based on the principles of a sociocultural perspective of second language teacher education, supported by Vygotsky (1978, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1981, 1992, 1990), and by Johnson and Golombek (2016, 2013, 2011, 2011a, 2011b, 2002, 2003), Johnson (2015, 2009) and Golombek (2011, 2015). Therefore, theoretical-practical activities developed during the second semester of 2014 and the first semester of 2015 were observed and monitored. The data were collected from diaries, drawings, audio recordings, interviews, questionnaires, and also from documents (lesson plans) produced by the participant of this research. The analysis of the data, oriented by the concepts of a sociocultural perspective, contributed to the identification and selection in different moments of theoretical-practical observations, the construction, coconstruction, and reconstruction of academic and everyday concepts in the action of the student-teacher in preservice education in relation to the teaching of the teacher educator. These concepts, named academic and everyday concepts (JOHNSON; GOLOMBEK, 2016), are necessary to the student-teacher’s dialogical development, as they are part of a unique process of construction of knowledge (VYGOTSKY, 1978).

Orientador: Mariângela Braga Norte / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo verificar se o estudo autônomo é desenvolvido e como isso se realiza pelos estudantes de Espanhol como Língua Estrangeira, num curso que visa a formação de professores. A possibilidade desta pesquisa surgiu a partir de algumas inquietações relacionadas ao processo de ensino-aprendizagem de línguas estrageiras. Tal tipo de investigação foi possível através de leituras acerca da Pesquisa Heurística, que proporciona o auto-conhecimento do pesquisador e as implicações de suas características pessoais com o objeto investigado, conforme ensina Moustakas (1990). Utilizo, também, nesta pesquisa, a metodologia qualitativa. Os dados coletados estão a cargo de observações da sala de aula, respostas a questionários específicos e entrevistas áudio-gravadas. Todos estes dados convergem para uma análise interpretativista, com as intervenções necessárias para modificar certas situações, quando necessário. Este é o modelo indicado pela pesquisa-ação, pontuada por Thiollent (2003)... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract:The purpose of this research is to investigate whether students enrolled in a University Spanish Language and Literature Teacher Education Course engage themselves in self-study activities and, in positive case, how and in what extent they do it. The inicial adea for this work was raised in answer to my concern about foreign language learning and teaching questions and processes. The development of the investigation is related to Heuristic survey which brings the possibility of including the researcher's personal history as part of the study, as pointed out of Moustaka's (1990). The metodology is grounded on a qualitative approach. Data were gathered through classroom observation, questionaries and audio-recorded interviews, on an action-research basis (THIOLLENT, 2003)... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Viviane Pires Viana Silvestre - 2016 (2).pdf: 3443803 bytes, checksum: 454bc848c9c19b34204954dc74b079c3 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-07 / In this study, I focus on a teacher education experience lived through a Pibid/Letras/English subproject carried out from August 2012 to February 2014, in partnership with a full-time public school located within the state of Goiás. The main objective of this study is to investigate the potential for critical and collaborative language teacher education favored by the context of Pibid (Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência [Institutional Scholarship Program for Initiation to Teaching]). Therefore, this study is guided by the broad scope of Critical Applied Linguistics, with emphasis on postmodern assumptions, combined with decolonial studies. Besides, this is a qualitative research-based inquiry, and it is also characterized as a critical and collaborative education-research for its hybrid peculiarity of research and teacher education taking place simultaneously. In addition to the first chapter focused on methodological aspects, the paper is organized into three other chapters composed of theories stemming both from the literature of the area and the empirical material of the study, focusing on: critical issues, collaboration, and Pibid, respectively. Thus, in the second chapter, I focus on the problematizing practices experienced in this research, sharing concerns about some of the contemporary demands of language teacher education and discussing the teachers’ meaning making of critical teacher education, regarding the following features: self-reflexivity, critical perception, theoretical studies on critical perspectives of language education, problematizing language, and identity engagement. In the third chapter, I emphasize the collaborative practices experienced in this study, under a decolonial perspective, highlighting three central aspects: spaces of speech, flattened hierarchy and teacher agency. In the fourth chapter, I discuss the teachers’ perceptions of Pibid, underlining the initiation and motivation to teaching, research engagement, developments in basic education, and shifts in school-university relationship; I also problematize the role of Pibid towards the challenges of the teaching profession nowadays, especially within the local context of this study. In these discussions, I emphasize both the expanded perspectives and the tensions experienced throughout the process. At the same time, I consider the reinventions of critical and collaborative perspectives of language teacher education and the expansions in the understanding of Pibid that were (not) made possible through this local practice. / Neste estudo, focalizo uma experiência de formação docente vivenciada por meio de um subprojeto Pibid/Letras/Inglês, desenvolvido no período de agosto de 2012 a fevereiro de 2014, em parceria com uma escola pública de tempo integral, situada no interior do estado de Goiás. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é investigar o potencial de formação crítica e colaborativa de professores/as de línguas possibilitada pelo contexto do Pibid (Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência). Para tanto, este estudo está orientado pelo amplo escopo da Linguística Aplicada Crítica, com ênfase em pressupostos pós-modernos, articulando-o com estudos de(s)coloniais. Em uma perspectiva ampliada, esta investigação encontra aporte metodológico na abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa e, de modo particular por sua peculiaridade híbrida de investigação e formação docente ocorrendo simultaneamente – é caracterizado como sendo uma pesquisa-formação de viés colaborativo e crítico. Além do capítulo primeiro com foco em aspectos metodológicos, a tese está organizada em três outros capítulos compostos por teorizações advindas tanto da literatura da área como do material empírico do estudo, com foco em crítica, colaboração e Pibid, respectivamente. Assim, no capítulo segundo, focalizo as práticas problematizadoras vivenciadas nesta pesquisa-formação, compartilhando inquietações a respeito de algumas demandas da formação de professores/as de línguas na contemporaneidade e discutindo possíveis sentidos construídos pelo grupo de professores/as acerca da formação crítica docente, com ênfase nos seguintes aspectos: autoquestionamento, percepção crítica, estudos teóricos sobre perspectivas críticas de educação linguística, problematizações sobre língua e engajamento identitário. No terceiro capítulo, enfoco as práticas colaborativas vivenciadas neste estudo, sob uma ótica de(s)colonial, destacando três aspectos que se mostraram fulcrais: espaços de fala, hierarquia horizontal e agência docente. No quarto capítulo, discuto os sentidos construídos pelo grupo docente acerca do Pibid – com destaque para a iniciação e o incentivo à docência, o engajamento com pesquisas, os desdobramentos na educação básica e os deslocamentos na relação escola-universidade – e, por fim, problematizo o papel do Pibid frente aos desafios da profissão docente na atualidade, em especial no cenário local deste estudo. Nessas discussões, ressalto tanto as perspectivas expandidas como as tensões vividas em todo o processo, indicando as reinvenções de perspectivas críticas e colaborativas no contexto local de formação de professores/as de línguas no âmbito do Pibid e ampliando a compreensão sobre o programa por meio dessa experiência localizada.

Este trabalho é fruto de uma pesquisa-ação colaborativa desenvolvida em uma instituição de ensino superior a qual buscou ressignificar a prática pedagógica de disciplinas do currículo universitário de professores de língua inglesa de forma a contemplar as demandas postas pelas sociedades contemporâneas. Para tanto, utilizou-se das contribuições de teorias pós-modernas, com ênfase para preceitos do pós-estruturalismo, articulando-as com estudos mais específicos sobre linguagem, texto e significação ao considerar também as discussões dos multiletramentos. Após uma breve fase de observação, a pesquisa aos poucos elegeu determinados aspectos deste aporte teórico no caso, o entendimento de letramento crítico como postura filosófica pautado numa crítica problematizadora o que culminou no nascimento da ideia de atitude curricular nas brechas do curso de formação de professores de línguas, sinalizando, com isso, a necessidade de mudança ou agência diante da prática curricular. Sob essa orientação, foram planejados diversos ciclos de ação ao longo da pesquisa, os quais tentaram ressignificar aquela ação pedagógica de maneira que o ensino da língua inglesa contemplasse um propósito educacional crítico. A introdução deste trabalho apresenta as justificativas da investigação, os objetivos, as escolhas metodológicas, o contexto investigado e breves observações sobre a fundamentação teórica. A tese organiza-se em três capítulos. No primeiro, analiso algumas concepções e práticas preliminares do contexto de pesquisa sob a ótica de questões atuais, voltadas para alguns pressupostos da pós-modernidade e os novos papeis do inglês nos atuais processos globais. No segundo capítulo, delimito o lócus de enunciação ao tratar das diversas linhas de pesquisa que perpassam os letramentos, priorizando notadamente a noção de letramento crítico e culminando na ideia de atitude curricular, conceito-chave desta proposta. Por fim, o terceiro capítulo apresenta a práxis dessa atitude nas brechas do currículo universitário, momento em que também compartilho alguns acertos e desacertos. / This collaborative action-research developed at a Higher Education institution aimed at ressignifying the pedagogical practices within the English teacher education programs so that they would better respond to the social demands in contemporary societies. In order to do so, post-modern theories were taken as an important framework with emphasis on post-structuralist concepts, which were then related to more specific studies on language, text and meaning as brought by multiliteracies studies. After a brief observation period, I soon opted for certain elements of the theoretical framework that is to say the notion of critical literacy as philosophical orientation based on critique which culminated in the core idea of curricular attitude in those gaps encountered in language teacher education programs. The term curricular attitude has been coined in this work in order to signal the necessary teacher agency towards curriculum practices. Under such notion, several action cycles were planned aimed at ressignifying pedagogical actions in a way that the teaching of English language would also comprise critical educational purposes. The introduction of this work presents its justification, objectives, methodological issues, the investigated context as well as brief remarks on its theoretical framework. The thesis is organized into three chapters. The first chapter analyses preliminary concepts and practices in the light of important contemporary questions, such as post-modern assumptions and the new roles of English in globalizing processes. The second chapter elicits the different approaches to understanding literacies, emphasizing critical literacy and its relation to the proposed core concept of curricular attitude. The last chapter then presents the praxis of such curricular attitude in the gaps we encounter in the investigated language teacher curriculum, besides critically reflecting on the successes and failures throughout the process.

Orientador: Matilde Virginia Ricardi Scaramucci / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T09:01:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pellison_JaneteAntonia_M.pdf: 896382 bytes, checksum: d6c0119241da16c4ff682672eb64e973 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: O objetivo desta dissertação é investigar as percepções de alunos e professores de um curso de Letras de uma universidade particular em relação à avaliação de rendimento de Inglês LE, e as implicações que essas percepções têm sobre a atividade pedagógica. A partir dos resultados obtidos cremos ser possível contribuir para uma melhoria na formação do futuro professor de Inglês LE. A presente pesquisa, de natureza interpretativista, utilizou os seguintes instrumentos para a coleta de registros: entrevistas e questionários semi-estruturados com duas professoras de Inglês; entrevistas e questionários semi-estruturados com alunos de 3º, 5º e 8º períodos, com o intuito de observar se há mudanças nas percepções dos alunos ao longo do curso; e observações de aulas com anotações de campo. A fundamentação teórica inclui Almeida Filho (1998), Clark (2000), Luckesi (1996), Rolim (1998), Scaramucci (2000), Perrenoud (1999), Hughes (1990), Shohamy (1995), Barcelos (1995), Silva (2005), entre outros. A análise dos dados mostrou-nos vários aspectos importantes, dentre eles: a) há muitas convergências entre as percepções das professoras e dos alunos; b) embora as professoras de Inglês LE e os alunos do curso pesquisado tenham incorporado em seu dizer acadêmico uma percepção da avaliação como algo processual, contínuo e formativo, a prática de sala de aula mostrou que o que realmente é praticado é uma avaliação somativa baseada no produto; e c) os alunos têm pouco ou quase nenhum contato com o tema avaliação durante a graduação, o que nos indica que nesse tocante o referido curso não propicia um conhecimento teórico que permita com que os alunos passem da competência implícita à competência aplicada. Os resultados da pesquisa nos levam a crer que muito ainda precisa ser discutido sobre essa questão nas aulas de Lingüística Aplicada, nas aulas de Prática de Ensino, bem como em todas as outras disciplinas, a fim de que esses futuros professores possam dominar todas as fases do processo de ensino-aprendizagem, inclusive a avaliação / Abstract: The objective of this research is to investigate the perceptions that students and teachers of a Portuguese-English Teacher's Training Program of a private university have about achievement assessment of English as a foreign language, and the implications that these perceptions have on the pedagogical practice. With the results in hands, we believe it is possible to offer an improvement in the training of the future English teachers. This research, of an interpretive nature, used the following tools to collect data: semi-structured questionnaires and interviews with two teachers of English; semi-structured questionnaires and interviews with students of the 3rd, 5th and 8th terms in order to observe if there are changes in the students' perceptions along the course; and class observations with fieldnotes. The theoretical framework includes studies by Almeida Filho (1998), Clark (2000), Luckesi (1996), Rolim (1998), Scaramucci (2000), Perrenoud (1999), Hughes (1990), Shohamy (1995), Barcelos (1995), Silva (2005), amongst others. The data analysis revealed some important aspects, such as: a) there are many convergencies between the perceptions of teachers and students; b) although the English teachers and the students of this teachers' education program have incorporated in their discourse a perception of evaluation as a continuous and formative process, the pedagogical practice showed that what really happens during the course is a series of evaluations of product; and c) the students have barely no contact with the conception of evaluation during the course, what might be taken as an indication that the course does not provide the students with the theoretical basis that they need in order to move on from implicit competence to applied competence. The results of this research make us believe that this topic must be discussed in the classes of Applied Linguistics and Didatics, as well as other subjects so that our pre-service teachers can be exposed to all phases of the learning process, including evaluation / Mestrado / Lingua Estrangeira / Mestre em Linguística Aplicada