Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Psychology Department, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:19:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao - part 1.pdf: 3885349 bytes, checksum: f839d98a1f1a767fc8b4fd7eb94525ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-18 / This study aims to verify that so the blog is used in English class, identifying the types of interactions that occur during the construction and development of blogs and how they can contribute to the teaching and learning of English as LE / L2. This research was guided by two main theoretical axes: sociocultural theory, which addresses the importance of interaction for the development of learning and Information Technology and Communication, with emphasis on computer and Internet use in the classroom in LE/L2. Our research is qualitative and is configured as a case study. It was developed in a class of 16 students of Letrasde a public university in the state of Goiás, during the second half of 2008. The data discussed were obtained through a questionnaire, interviews, classroom observation with field notes, recording audio and video interactions, written reflection and students' blogs. Data analysis allowed us to identify moments of classroom interaction during which the students negotiated meaning, form and content, as well as offered and received scaffoldings. The virtual space was also used as a place of socio-emotional and cognitive development among participants. These results show the blog as a tool to motivate students and providing them with autonomy in learning LE/L2 / Este estudo tem por objetivos verificar que de modo o blog é usado na aula de inglês, identificando os tipos de interação que ocorrem durante a construção e o desenvolvimento de blogs e de que maneira eles podem contribuir para o processo de ensino e aprendizagem de inglês como LE/L2. Esta pesquisa foi norteada por dois eixos teóricos principais: teoria sociocultural, que trata da importância da interação para o desenvolvimento da aprendizagem; e as Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação, com ênfase para o computador e internet, usadas nas aulas de LE/L2. A nossa pesquisa é qualitativa e configura-se como um estudo de caso. Ela foi desenvolvida em uma turma de 16 alunos do curso de Letrasde uma universidade pública do estado de Goiás, durante o segundo semestre de 2008. Os dados discutidos foram obtidos por meio de questionário, entrevistas, observação de aulas com notas de campo, gravação em áudio e vídeo das interações, reflexão escrita e os blogs dos alunos. A análise dos dados nos permitiu identificar momentos de interação presencial, durante os quais os alunos negociaram significado, forma e conteúdo, bem como ofereceram e receberam scaffoldings. O espaço virtual também foi utilizado como lugar de desenvolvimento cognitivo e socioafetivo entre os participantes. Os resultados deste trabalho apontam o blog como uma ferramenta capaz de motivar os alunos e lhes propiciar autonomia para a aprendizagem de LE/L2.

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-06-12T11:55:56Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Valdilene Elisa da Silva - 2017.pdf: 1382807 bytes, checksum: 7c39f4504c9080ead560c362c60280d3 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-06-12T11:56:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Valdilene Elisa da Silva - 2017.pdf: 1382807 bytes, checksum: 7c39f4504c9080ead560c362c60280d3 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-12T11:56:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Valdilene Elisa da Silva - 2017.pdf: 1382807 bytes, checksum: 7c39f4504c9080ead560c362c60280d3 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-31 / The aim of this research is to attend the real demand of this indigenous Karajá to communicate with the people to visit the community and talk English, these people want to understand the main that the handcraft has in the indigenous culture. Hence, it’s necessary to ability the indigenous to use the language to tell about your linguistic and cultural reality. Moreover, to promote the documentation of the handcraft made for them, to write small texts about the community and the Aruanã city. Not only in this research but also in the dissertation the theoretical basis are the concepts of Walsh (2001), Pimentel da Silva (1994), (1995), (2001), (2009), (2015) Nunes (2009), Tubino (2005) and others. These authors contribute with the methodologies used in class, using indigenous experience and the conceptions these authors have about minority community in intercultural relation. This way, we develop in the course of English, methodologies of the context, cooperation, learning in communion, and complementarities. The priority is the dialogue between participants an researcher in class, in the community and/or online. It is noticeable with the development of the research, that the knowledge to communicate in English approximated indigenous and tourists in the commercial and cultural relations. Therefore, the indigenous demonstrate satisfaction, gratification when they talk about Karajá culture through their English vocabulary. / Este trabalho teve como objetivo geral atender às demandas dos indígenas Karajá de Buridina em aprender Inglês, a fim de se comunicarem com os turistas que visitam sua aldeia e que buscam compreender o valor cultural de cada peça de artesanato vendida. Para isso, torna-se necessário habilitar essas pessoas a usar o idioma, para poderem falar da sua realidade cultural e linguística, providenciarem a documentação em inglês das peças de artesanato produzidas por eles e ainda conseguir redigir pequenos textos com informações sobre a cultura da comunidade Karajá e da cidade de Aruanã. Tanto no desenvolvimento da pesquisa quanto da dissertação as bases teóricas a que recorremos foram os estudos de Walsh (2001), Pimentel da Silva (1994, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2015), Nunes (2009), Tubino (2005) e outros. Os autores citados contribuíram muito com a criação das metodologias, com princípios de vivência indígena e também com concepções adotadas sobre como trabalhar com comunidades minorizadas em relações de interculturalidade e em como atender algumas demandas. Adotamos para o desenvolvimento do curso uma metodologia da contextualização, da cooperação, da aprendizagem em comunhão e da complementaridade, priorizando o diálogo entre participantes e pesquisadora na sala de aula, tanto na aldeia como no modo online. Com o desenvolvimento do curso, é perceptível que os conhecimentos trabalhados para a comunicação em inglês trouxeram uma aproximação entre os indígenas e os turistas nas relações comerciais e culturais. Os indígenas demonstram contentamento em falar sobre a sua cultura por meio do seu vocabulário em Inglês, pois hoje começam a falar Inglês na comunicação com o turista.

The aim of this paper was to investigate what influences students’ motivation for learning English grammar. As I analyzed previous research I came up with these questions: What different kinds of strategies seem to be the most motivating for the students? What kind of motivation do learners have for grammar? Are learners positive or negative towards grammar, does their motivation come from within themselves or does it come from elements outside themselves? How important is it for learners that what they study is meaningful for them? How important is the teacher – student relationship for motivation? What do learners think of Task-based teaching? What are the best ways of learning? Through a questionnaire that was given to students of two classes at a Swedish upper secondary school, I wanted to see learner’ opinions about motivation and grammar. The questionnaire was given to 54 students and of these I could use 36. Generally students were positive towards grammar and thought that the teacher-student relationship was to some extent important for learning grammar. The biggest source of motivation was to have a good grade and it was clear that they learn grammar differently. It seemed to be important for them to know why you learn something. Students thought that “teacher talking” was a good way to learn grammar but not a good way to make grammar interesting and motivational.

This is a qualitative study, which aims at looking closer into how eight students look upon their own English perceiving skills. A qualitative interview method was used to interview eight students in upper secondary school. The participants were four girls and four boys. The result from the interviews have been presented under three different headings, which are as follows: Motivation, Classroom and Acquisition. A lot of studies have been done on the subject of language learning and it has resulted in many theories, and the ones that seemed relevant for this study have been brought up and connected to the answers the students gave. Most of the students felt motivated to learn English and the main reason was their future job plans. In the classroom, the participants thought that the teacher's behaviour and attitude towards the English subject was the most important factor to motivate them. The interview results showed that the student's thought that the best way to learn English was through media, foremost by speaking and writing with their friends on the computer. Those answers can be connected to something that the Russian psychologist Lev S. Vygotskij presents with the socio-cultural theory, were he promotes the idea that the best way to learn a new language is to interact with other people.

This diploma thesis deals with CLIL which stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning, to be more precise it deals with the integration of Mathematics and English for lower secondary pupils. To realize this method I have chosen the topics of congruent figures in the plane and reflective symmetry. The aim of my thesis was to check whether the chosen topics are suitable for CLIL lessons, whether CLIL method is not an obstacle for the activity of pupils in the lesson or if it does not create any problems with understanding of the subject matter in Mathematics. The theoretical part is focused on describing the CLIL method in general, then I summarize the preparation of the educational experiment and describe the project of the lessons in English and in Czech language. The last part is dedicated to the realization of the experiment with three different groups of pupils of the 6th grade of elementary school. The gained data have been processed on the basis of observation and analysis of the final individual work and the questionnaire. The results of observation and analysis confirm that it is possible to integrate the teaching of Mathematics and foreign language successfully. The thesis includes English and Czech worksheets together with methodology for the topics of congruent figures and...

Spanish is the second-largest speaking language in the United States, and while many government agencies have developed programs to help immigrants learn English, little is known about how program participants perceive the programs in terms of utility in transitioning to life in America or the usefulness of skills learned. Using Blalock's racial power-threat theory as the foundation, the purpose of this general qualitative study was to examine the perceptions of one such program in a mid-Atlantic city specifically oriented toward Spanish speaking immigrants. Data were collected from 15 adults, Spanish speaking program facilitators and a review of publicly available documentation related to the program. These data were inductively coded and subjected to a thematic analysis procedure. The primary theme of this study is that program participation is valuable and useful in cultural acclimation, but the programs are difficult to find within the local government structure. Generally speaking, it was determined that power-threat theory may explain the perceived lack of accessibility of the programs to some extent. Recommendations resulting from this study include advice to local government decision-makers about expanding outreach and staging of programs in order to increase participation, thereby supporting positive social change in better accommodating the needs of a diverse population of residents.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the difficulties newly arrived students encounter when they learn English, both from the perspective of students and of teachers, and how these difficulties materialise in the classroom. The study was carried out through interviews with teachers and newly arrived immigrant students on the language introductory program at an upper secondary school. Interviews were used to investigate teachers' and students' experiences and attitudes. The results show that the most significant difficulties the students encounter occur in connection with listening comprehension, and these appear when the students are tested in hearing comprehension. Important factors that influence students’ listening skills are, among other things, that the students learn two languages simultaneously, and also that they have not developed strategies for listening comprehension. It also emerged that both teachers and students use tools such as pictures in order to facilitate learning. Students also use Google to translate, to some extent. When examining both teachers' and students' responses, it was revealed that they have a negative attitude to learning Swedish and English simultaneously.  This is explained by the fact that they lose focus, and everything becomes confusing. In conclusion, the result shows that there are no advantages to having newly arrived students learn two languages at the same time. According to the participating teachers, the students must be well-grounded in the Swedish language before they start with English.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:26:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CAMILA.pdf: 3698356 bytes, checksum: 03803754e4d916936484625c94c8d14b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-29 / This research was developed in order to investigate, through the views of pupils and teachers involved, the impact of Webquest methodology in teaching English. This work reported the experience of implementing a Webquest in a 8th grade class of elementary school composed of thirty-two students in a private school in the city of Pelotas. For data collection were used three research instruments: questionnaire, classroom observations and interviews. The first was conducted in order to understand the profile of the class regarding to the use of technology, the second investigated collaboration and cooperation in Webquest activities and also the rule of the teacher when leading this kind of activity and, finally, the third instrument was used to verify the views of students and teachers involved in the use of Webquests on teaching and learning English. The questionnaire was applied and after, the validation was performed. This occurred in a 45- minute lesson, therefore, a short Webquest. After that, the interviews were conducted with students and teacher involved in the research. During the observations and the students answers in the interview, it was verified that the Webquest enriches teaching and learning of English, because the students were engaged and motivated with the proposed task. Concerning to pair work the characteristics of cooperative and collaborative learning were observed. With regard to the position of the teacher in the use of Webquests in the English class, she believes that Webquests can improve the work of teachers, because it includes the oriented internet use and challenge students through motivating tasks and issues related to reality / A presente pesquisa foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de investigar, por meio das opiniões dos alunos e professor envolvidos, o impacto da metodologia Webquest no ensino do Inglês. Neste trabalho relatou-se a experiência de aplicação de uma Webquest em uma turma de 8ª série do ensino fundamental composta por trinta e dois alunos, de uma escola particular da cidade de Pelotas. Para a coleta de dados, foram utilizados três instrumentos de pesquisa: questionário, observações de aula e entrevistas. O primeiro foi realizado com o intuito de traçar o perfil da turma no que diz respeito ao uso das tecnologias; o segundo buscou averiguar a questão da colaboração e cooperação em atividades Webquest, bem como entender melhor o papel do professor que conduz esse tipo de atividade; e, por fim, o terceiro instrumento foi utilizado com a intenção de averiguar a opinião de alunos e professor envolvidos sobre o uso de Webquests no ensino e aprendizagem de Inglês. Primeiramente, foi aplicado o questionário e, após, foi realizada a validação. Esta ocorreu em uma aula de 45 minutos, sendo, portanto, uma Webquest curta. Por fim, foram realizadas as entrevistas com os alunos participantes da pesquisa e com a professora da turma. Ao analisar as observações feitas durante a aplicação e as respostas dos alunos durante a entrevista, foi possível verificar que a metodologia Webquest enriquece o ensino e aprendizagem de inglês, uma vez que os alunos se engajaram e se motivaram com a tarefa proposta. Ademais, verificaram-se, nos trabalhos em duplas, características das aprendizagens cooperativa e colaborativa. No que diz respeito ao posicionamento da professora quanto à utilização de Webquests na aula de língua inglesa, essa acredita que Webquests podem potencializar o trabalho do professor, pois que engloba o uso orientado da internet e desafia os alunos por meio de tarefas motivadoras e de assuntos condizentes com a realidade