Com a crescente demanda por certificações como pré-requisito para o acesso aos cursos de pós-graduação para profissionais de diferentes áreas, a habilidade de leitura tornou-se um campo de grandes possibilidades para a pesquisa de ensino-aprendizagem para fins específicos. O objetivo desta pesquisa é fazer um levantamento das estruturas léxico-gramaticais que possam impedir a fluência da leitura dos diferentes gêneros relacionados à área médica. A partir daí, oferecer ao professor maiores subsídios na preparação e na organização do conteúdo programático em cursos de leitura instrumental, além de possibilitar a elaboração de atividades que possam auxiliá-lo nessa tarefa. Para tanto, foi compilado um corpus de estudo composto por três subcorpora: um acadêmico (NEJM) e dois de divulgação na área de saúde (Health News e WebMD), a partir de textos disponíveis na internet. A compilação do corpus foi feita de forma manual e automática, esta com a ajuda da ferramenta BootCat. A análise do corpus foi feita de forma semiautomática por meio do AntConc 3.3 w 2012. A metodologia baseada em corpus permitiu que o levantamento de alguns padrões léxico-gramaticais recorrentes fosse feito de uma forma adequada e eficiente, além de ter demonstrado ser possível a elaboração de um corpus individualizado, não muito laborioso, que possa atender às necessidades dos aprendizes de leitura com necessidades específicas. Diferenças significativas foram encontradas na comparação dos três subcorpora. Confirmando estudos anteriores, como, por exemplo, o de Biber (1998), a forte presença da voz passiva nos textos acadêmicos demonstrou ser uma característica importante para a organização de um conteúdo programático, bem como a forte presença dos verbos regulares. A ordem dos adjetivos nesse tipo de gênero foi outro tópico levantado. Nos textos de divulgação, a presença de características da linguagem falada, como a omissão do that nas orações substantivas e a sequência to be likely, apresentou um forte indício da dificuldade encontrada pelos aprendizes brasileiros de inglês na leitura desse tipo de gênero textual. / Given the growing number of certification in the academic area in English, reading has become of utmost importance for professionals in different areas. Brazilian professionals in the area of health are required to get a proficiency certificate to be accepted in the post graduate programme of an important university in São Paulo. Having that in mind, the aim of this study is to analyse the lexico-grammatical structures and items that can hinder reading comprehension of texts in the medical area. Results may aid teachers in getting more subsidies for the preparation and organisation of their reading syllabi in a course for specific purposes. To be able to accomplish that task we have compiled a corpus which is composed of three subcorpora: one with research articles from the New England Journal of Medicine online version and the two other ones with articles also published on the internet (Health News and WebMD). The compilation was both manual and automatic using the Bootcat. The corpus analysis was initially performed with the help of Wordsmith Tools 5.0 and continued with the AntConC 3.3.w 2012. The use of Corpus Linguistics has allowed the researcher to observe more effectively some of the lexico-grammatical patterns which were typical and recurrent in the analised genres. Besides, this study has demonstrated that it is possible to build a specialized corpus without much effort so as to help teachers and students alike. Significant differences were found as a result of the comparison of the three subcorpora. This study has confirmed the massive presence of the passive voice in academic texts (Biber, 1998). In the information genre, it has revealed its proximity to the spoken variety, which might be the cause for the difficulty encountered by most Brazilian students when reading this kind of articles.

Esta tese parte do exame de convencionalidades terminológicas e de colocações especializadas em um corpus de artigos científicos em inglês da área de Ciência da Computação com cerca de 400 mil palavras/tokens. Em seguida, investiga os desdobramentos pedagógicos desses elementos em um contexto de ensino de Inglês Instrumental em cursos técnicos e tecnológicos da área de Informática/Computação da Rede Federal de Educação Profissional do Brasil. O levantamento e análise de padrões léxico-terminológicos do corpus foi realizado com apoio computacional e de acordo com os aportes da Linguística de Corpus e da Teoria Comunicativa da Terminologia. Uma vez verificados a relevância terminológica e o potencial pedagógico das ocorrências de terminologias e de colocações no corpus reunido, são feitas propostas de apoio terminológico-pedagógico para o ensino de leitura de artigos científicos em inglês, o que inclui a proposta de desenho básico de um aplicativo educacional para acesso em smartphones e tablets. A pesquisa também levanta as necessidades terminológicas e pedagógicas dos alunos envolvidos no contexto educacional sob estudo, evidenciando diferenças entre os estudantes de cursos técnicos e de cursos tecnológicos. Por fim, o trabalho conclui ser possível e produtivo levar dados de descrição terminológica e de descrição de padrões de um corpus para um cenário didático-pedagógico de Inglês Instrumental na Educação Profissional, desde que isso seja balizado por uma série de aportes teóricos, dos estudos de Terminologia aos estudos sobre o Ensino de línguas estrangeiras. / This thesis sets off on examining terminological conventionalities and specialized collocations in a research article corpus in English in the Computer Science area containing around 400 thousand words/tokens. Then, we investigate the pedagogical ramifications of these elements in a context of English for Specific Purposes courses in the area of Informatics/Computer Science in the Federal Institutions of Professional Education in Brazil. The survey and analysis of lexical-terminological patterns from the corpus was performed with computational support, and according to Corpus Linguistics as well as Communicative Theory of Terminology framework. Once we verified the terminological relevance and pedagogical potential of the terminological occurrences and collocations in the corpus compiled, we proposed terminological-pedagogical aid for English research article reading, which includes a proposal of basic design of an educational app for smartphones and tablets access. This research also examines terminological and pedagogical needs involved in this educational context, highlighting differences between students in technical courses and technological courses. Overall, this investigation has found possible and productive to take terminological description data as well as pattern descriptions from a corpus to a didactic-pedagogical scenario of ESP in Professional Education, once this is settled by a range of theoretical considerations from Terminology studies to Foreign Language Teaching studies.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertacao Lidia N de A Carvalhaes.pdf: 4772156 bytes, checksum: 864af8872bad073bb894be333343d911 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-10 / This thesis aims to analyze and understand how the collaboration of pairs of students can cooperate to textual comprehension in English, interpreting the reading strategies and communication used by them to mediate the interaction, in an approach of English for Specific Purposes. The research, based on Vygotsky‟s sociocultural theory and his collaborators, aims to demonstrate that, by working together, participants have the opportunity to interact and can assist each other in understanding the text, allowing the cognitive development that, according to the author, occurs primarily in the interpsychological plan and then is internalized. The ten participants are Técnico em Informática students of Instituto Federal Goiano, Rio Verde Campus, and the discipline of Inglês Técnico is part of this course curriculum. This is a qualitative investigation of three reading tasks in which participants revise together the comprehension of exercises and reconstruct the solution for the proposed questions. At the end of each collaborative task, semi-structured interviews were conducted with students in order to obtain their perceptions of the work developed in pairs. The dialogues produced during the participants‟ interactions were recorded in audio and later transcribed and analyzed. Based on the results, we observed that the students made use of strategies and sociocognitive activities to mediate the interaction. These attitudes underlie the cognitive process, allowing the development of greater autonomy in carrying out the task, and assist in its successful completion, as pointed by Donato and Brooks (1994) and Guerrero and Villamil (1996). We also observed that participants felt more interested and stimulated to perform tasks involving content closer to their academic and professional reality, supporting the principles of English for Specific Purposes that recommend combining the knowledge of the specific area with the target language to suit students‟ needs and also the needs of their education (CELANI, 2009; HUTCHINSON; WATERS, 1987). We can therefore say that, through interaction, learners experienced concrete situations of linguistic practice, realizing that they can learn from each other and becoming aware of their active role in the learning process, which favors the acquisition of FL/L2. Thus, collaboration in learning to read in English, in an English for Specific Purposes approach, constitutes a very fruitful and interesting strategy, because this knowledge is co-constructed, acquired and shared, making it legitimate, highlighting the importance of the social component to teaching and learning, not just of a FL/L2, but also as an essential condition for human cognitive development (VYGOTSKY, 1998). / Esta dissertação tem por objetivo analisar e compreender como a colaboração em pares de alunos pode cooperar para a compreensão textual em língua inglesa, interpretando as estratégias de leitura e a comunicação utilizadas por eles para mediar a interação, numa abordagem de inglês para fins específicos. A pesquisa, fundamentada na teoria sociocultural de Vygotsky e de seus colaboradores, pretende demonstrar que, ao trabalharem em conjunto, os participantes têm a oportunidade de interagir e podem auxiliar uns aos outros no entendimento do texto, possibilitando o desenvolvimento cognitivo que, segundo este autor, ocorre primeiramente no plano interpsicológico e depois se internaliza. Os dez participantes deste estudo são alunos do curso Técnico em Informática do Instituto Federal Goiano, Câmpus Rio Verde, e a disciplina de Inglês Técnico faz parte da matriz curricular deste curso. Trata-se de uma investigação qualitativa em que os participantes revisam juntos a compreensão de textos e reconstroem a solução das questões propostas durante três tarefas de leitura. Ao final de cada tarefa colaborativa, entrevistas semiestruturadas foram realizadas com os alunos na intenção de conhecer as suas percepções sobre o trabalho desenvolvido em duplas. Os diálogos produzidos durante as interações dos participantes foram gravados em áudio e posteriormente transcritos e analisados. Com base nos resultados obtidos, pudemos observar que os alunos fizeram uso de atividades sociocognitivas e de estratégias para mediar a interação, atitudes que dão base ao processo cognitivo, permitindo o desenvolvimento de maior autonomia na realização da tarefa, e ajudam no seu cumprimento bem-sucedido, conforme apontam Brooks e Donato (1994) e Villamil e Guerrero (1996). Observamos também que os participantes sentiram-se mais interessados e estimulados a realizar as tarefas que envolveram conteúdos mais próximos da realidade acadêmica e profissional deles, corroborando os princípios da abordagem instrumental que recomendam aliar os conhecimentos da área específica com a língua-alvo para atender às necessidades dos alunos e de sua formação (CELANI, 2009; HUTCHINSON; WATERS, 1987). Podemos dizer, portanto, que, por meio da interação, os aprendizes vivenciaram situações concretas de prática linguística, percebendo que podem aprender uns com os outros e tomando ciência de seu papel ativo no processo de aprendizagem, o que favorece a aquisição da LE/L2. Dessa forma, a colaboração na aprendizagem de leitura em inglês, numa abordagem instrumental, constituise numa estratégia profícua e bastante interessante, pois esse conhecimento é co-construído, partilhado e adquirido, o que o torna legítimo, destacando a importância do social para o ensino e para a aprendizagem, não só de uma LE/L2, mas também como condição essencial para o desenvolvimento cognitivo do ser humano (VYGOTSKY, 1998).

As a result of the development in foreign trade in Vietnam, there is a growing need for trained business executives and business people. A good command of spoken English is one of the most important qualifications of a foreign trade executive who needs English as a means of communicating with English speaking people in various business activities. At present, the responsibility for training students of commerce mainly rests with Hanoi Foreign Trade College. English language teaching in general, and the teaching of speaking skills in particular still leave much,to be desired. The students' oral proficiency is far from satisfactory. The purpose of this report is to explore the two main problematic areas in teaching speaking skills to students of commerce in Vietnam: syllabus design and teaching methods. The report consists of four chapters. Chapter one looks at some major theoretical problems and practical issues in English for Specific Purposes teaching. Chapter two provides an analysis of the teaching and learning situations at Hanoi Foreign Trade College and problems in teaching oral skills. Chapter three is mainly concerned with designing a communicative syllabus for the teaching of speaking skills to students of commerce. Chapter four deals with the theoretical assumptions and processes involved in oral communication and discusses some classroom methods and techniques in the light of the current communicative approach. This report should be regarded as an exploratory attempt in adopting the communicative approach to teaching oral skills to students of commerce in Vietnam.

The increasing number of economic and cultural aid programmes for Vietnam to reconstruct its war-torn economy in recent years from the United Nations Development Programme and other international and governmental organizations has created a great demand for English language teaching and learning in Vietnam. The language problems that face Vietnamese scientists and technicians working in these aid programmes have been a major concern of many educational institutions in Vietnam and a reason for the author of this Study Report to take up this study. Chapter one of this study covers major stages of development of the teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and various factors that influence the teaching of ESP. Chapter two discusses some current issues in the teaching of ESP in Vietnam with special reference to course organization, syllabus and material design at the Hanoi Foreign Language College. It also points out some misunderstanding and misconception in the teaching of English to Vietnamese scientists and technicians. Chapter three looks at major language problems that Vietnamese students meet when they go to study at different colleges or universities in English speaking countries. A close investigation will be carried out over a number of Vietnamese veterinary doctors studying at the university of Queensland in Australia. Chapter four is concerned with the selection of suitable syllabus models for ESP/EAP courses at HFLC and also attempts to work out appropriate syllabuses for EAP courses for Vietnamese students going to study overseas. The final chapter suggests some further considerations for organizing ESP/EAP courses at HFLC especially for material production, ESP teacher training and ESP testing. It is hoped that this Study Report will give language teachers in the ESP Department at the Hanoi Foreign Languages College a clearer picture of what ESP is all about and provide some guidelines for successful organization of teaching ESP and EAP to Vietnamese students.

Thesis (Ph.D. (English))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

The purpose of this study was to examine the English language needs of Tour Guidance students of Faculty of Applied Sciences at BaSkent University by referring to the perceptions of students, English instructors and curriculum coordinators and to see whether there was a relationship between students&amp / #8217 / attitude towards English language and their self ratings of learning and target needs. The data collection instruments used for the study were the attitude scale and student needs assessment questionnaire administered to forty-five students, ESP Identification Form administered to two curriculum coordinators and English Instructor Questionnaire administered to both of the curriculum coordinators and the three English instructors. The descriptive analysis of the data revealed that there were both similarities and differences among the perceptions of students, English instructors and curriculum coordinators with respect to the learning needs and target needs of students. Paired-Samples T Test results indicated need for most of the skills referring to learning and target needs. The relationship between students&amp / #8217 / attitude towards English language and their self ratings of learning and target needs came up to be of different values for the seven subdimensions of attitude. On the basis of the results of the study, it is suggested that speaking, listening and specialist vocabulary be emphasised more in order to fulfill the ESP needs of Tour Guidance students. Applying skill based syllabus as primary and situational and content approaches to syllabus design as subordinate is suggested to be effective as well. Using instructional materials appealing to the subdimensions of attitude is another suggestion presented.

Teaching through specifically designed and produced learning materials is a widely used and accepted way of teaching in higher education both nationally and internationally. Although this kind of teaching is used mainly in the field of distance education, it has become increasingly popular at traditional universities in face-to-face methods of education. Developing language-learning materials that meets the needs of English for Specific Purposes learners is a process that requires meticulous planning as English for Specific Purposes courses are aimed at meeting the career needs of the learners. An empirical study was conducted to determine the perceptions and concerns of learners using the ENGL 122 study guide at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus). The results of the study indicated that the learners were positive that the study guide enhanced their learning process, but various concerns were also raised by the learners. This study also aimed to create a framework for the writing of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) study guides. In order to achieve this, a literature study was done to provide information about the relevant theories and principles that apply to ESP study guide development. The literature study also included aspects that need to be taken into consideration when designing or planning the development of an ESP study guide. / Thesis (Ph.D. (English))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Teaching through specifically designed and produced learning materials is a widely used and accepted way of teaching in higher education both nationally and internationally. Although this kind of teaching is used mainly in the field of distance education, it has become increasingly popular at traditional universities in face-to-face methods of education. Developing language-learning materials that meets the needs of English for Specific Purposes learners is a process that requires meticulous planning as English for Specific Purposes courses are aimed at meeting the career needs of the learners. An empirical study was conducted to determine the perceptions and concerns of learners using the ENGL 122 study guide at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus). The results of the study indicated that the learners were positive that the study guide enhanced their learning process, but various concerns were also raised by the learners. This study also aimed to create a framework for the writing of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) study guides. In order to achieve this, a literature study was done to provide information about the relevant theories and principles that apply to ESP study guide development. The literature study also included aspects that need to be taken into consideration when designing or planning the development of an ESP study guide. / Thesis (Ph.D. (English))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Submitted by JESSICA LAIRA DE ARAUJO ESGOTI ULIANA (jessica.esgoti@etec.sp.gov.br) on 2018-04-03T21:43:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 uliana_jlae_me_sjrp.pdf: 2692798 bytes, checksum: 3b4391555da0676780bf487ef8ab09c2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Elza Mitiko Sato null (elzasato@ibilce.unesp.br) on 2018-04-04T13:43:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 uliana_jlae_me_sjrp.pdf: 2692798 bytes, checksum: 3b4391555da0676780bf487ef8ab09c2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-04T13:43:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 uliana_jlae_me_sjrp.pdf: 2692798 bytes, checksum: 3b4391555da0676780bf487ef8ab09c2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-05 / Esta é uma investigação qualitativo-interpretativista de cunho etnográfico que visou analisar como se configura o processo de ensino-aprendizagem em aulas do componente de Inglês Instrumental no curso Técnico em Açúcar e Álcool, oferecido por uma instituição técnica pública do estado de São Paulo. O estudo foi realizado por meio de pesquisas bibliográficas, autobiografia da professora e entrevista, questionário aos alunos, observação, anotações em diário, gravação em vídeo, transcrição e análise das aulas, assim como sessão de visionamento com a professora participante e análise do plano de curso, sendo os dados interpretados à luz da perspectiva sociocultural (VYGOTSKY, 1989; JOHNSON, 2009; LANTOLF; POEHNER, 2014; van COMPERNOLLE, 2015). O objetivo principal da pesquisa foi compreender melhor o processo de ensinoaprendizagem, buscando contribuir para que a professora e demais professores possam repensar ou reafirmar seus papéis em sala de aula. O presente trabalho teve como pergunta e subperguntas de pesquisa: 1.Como se configura a (co)construção de conhecimentos em aulas de Inglês Instrumental no curso Técnico em Açúcar e Álcool sob a perspectiva sociocultural?, 1.1.Que elementos são levados em conta pela professora para essa (co)construção?, 1.2.Como se constrói a interação professor x aluno em sala de aula?, 1.3.Como se configura a negociação de significados na interação professor x aluno e aluno x aluno?, 1.3.1.Que papéis desempenha o professor?, 1.3.2.Que papéis desempenham os alunos?. Por meio da análise dos dados obtidos pode-se afirmar que as interações da professora favorecem a construção do conhecimento dos alunos, apresentando a coconstrução entre ambos, mas não é possível afirmar que essa coconstrução seja frequente. / This is a qualitative interpretative research of an ethnographic nature that aimed at investigating how the teaching-learning process is configured in ESP (English for Specific Purposes) classes of the Sugar and Alcohol Technical Course offered by a public technical institution of the state of São Paulo. The study was carried out by bibliographical research, the teacher's autobiography and interview, questionnaire to the students, observation, notes, video recordings, transcription and analysis of the classes, as well as a viewing session with the teacher and the course plan analysis, being the data interpreted in the light of the sociocultural perspective (VYGOTSKY, 1989; JOHNSON, 2009; LANTOLF; POEHNER, 2014; van COMPERNOLLE, 2015). The main objective of the research was to better understand the teaching-learning process, seeking to contribute so that the participating teacher and others can rethink or reaffirm their roles in the classroom. The present work had as question and sub-questions of research: 1.How is the (co)construction of knowledge configured in ESP classes of Sugar and Alcohol Technical Course from a sociocultural perspective?, 1.1.What elements are taken into account by the teacher for this (co)construction?, 1.2.How is the student-teacher interaction constructed in the classroom?, 1.3.How is the negotiation of meanings configured in the teacher-student and studentstudent interaction?, 1.3.1. What roles does the teacher play?, 1.3.2.What roles do students play?. Based on the analysis of the obtained data, it can be affirmed that the teacher’s interactions contribute to the construction of the students’ knowledge, presenting the co-construction between both, but it is not possible to state that this co-construction is frequent.