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Orientador: Maria Helena Vieira Abrahão / Banca: John Robert Schmitz / Banca: Ana Mariza Benedeti / Resumo: Esta investigação insere-se na área de ensino e aprendizagem de inglês como língua estrangeira, mediada pelo uso da internet. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, de cunho etnográfico e tem por foco a motivação. Esta foi investigada em dois momentos: na fase de diagnóstico, em que aulas de língua inglesa foram observadas e na fase de intervenção, em que os alunos do mesmo contexto foram preparados e atuaram no laboratório de informática em chat com outros jovens, na língua-alvo. Na análise dos dados, na fase de diagnóstico, verificamos a baixa motivação da professora participante e também dos alunos observados, ocorrida provavelmente devido ao predomínio de procedimentos metodológicos tradicionais. Percebemos também, a desmotivação da maioria dos alunos observados pelos tipos de atividades propostas e desenvolvidas pela professora participante. Na fase de intervenção pedagógica, verificamos uma alta motivação na maioria dos alunos devido às atividades desenvolvidas pela professora pesquisadora, que enfatizavam a língua inglesa em uso para propósitos comunicativos. Neste momento da pesquisa foi realizado um estudo panorâmico da motivação dos alunos. Os dados coletados nesta fase foram insuficientes (pouco representativos), e então, optamos pela realização de um estudo de caso. Como resultados das interações, verificamos momentos de alta e baixa motivação. Momentos de alta motivação ocorreram quando os alunos participantes conseguiram interagir bem na língua inglesa e encontraram condições favoráveis da internet (speedy). Momentos de baixa motivação ocorreram quando os alunos encontraram dificuldades de compreensão da mensagem enviada na língua inglesa, e condições desfavoráveis da internet (ig). / Abstract: This investigation is inserted within the area of teaching and learning English as a foreign language, mediated by the use of internet. It's a qualitative research of ethnographic nature which has as focus motivation. Motivation in a seventh grade of a public school was investigated in two moments: in a diagnosis phase, an English class was observed and in an intervention phase, the students of this same context were prepared and performed in the computer laboratory in chat with other young speakers of the English language. In the analysis of the data from the intervention phase, we could verify low motivation of the participating teacher and of the observed students which probably occurred due to the teacherþs traditional approach. We also realized that the students' desmotivation was caused by the kinds of activities proposed and developed in the classroom. In the intervention phase, we could verify high motivation of the great majority of the observed students due to the activities developed by the researcher teacher, that emphasized the English language in use for communicative purposes. In this moment of research, we fulfilled a panoramic study of students' motivation. The collection of data in this phase was incomplete, we opted to develop a case study. As results of the interactions, we could verify moments of high motivation and low motivation. Moments of high motivation were observed when the participating students demonstrated the wish of having more classes, communicated well in English and met favorable conditions of internet (speedy). Moments of low motivation occurred when the students found difficulties of comprehension of the message sent in English and unfavorable conditions of internet (ig). / Mestre

本研究主要的目的在了解英文學習困難個案在英文學習中的困雞與問題、探討在英文學習輔導中可行的輔導策略，以及了解英文學習困難個案在輔導後的自我評估。本研究以十二位自認有英文學習困難的某二專畢生為研究對象，進行多種的輔導策略之個別性諮商，並以每次輔導的記錄進行質的分析。 本研究的研究結果發現：英文學習困難個案在輔導初始階段的主要困難與問題為英文學習焦慮、缺乏英文學習動機、缺乏學習方法、對學習英文有錯誤的觀念、對目前及未來生活感到茫然、關注的需求。而輔導員所採用的輔導策略為支持性的輔導策略、提高英文學習動機的輔導策略、增進英文學習策略的輔導策略及澄清個案學習英文的錯誤觀念。至於英文學習困難個案在輔導後的自我評估為對英文較不害怕、了解學習英文的方法、體會到自己的問題、澄清學習英文的錯誤觀念、肯定及清楚自己的定位及得到關注。 最後，本研究依研究結果對未來研究方向、英文科學習輔導及英文老師教學方面提出討論和建議。

This study was conducted to examine the attitudes and motivational intensity of 10th grade vocational high school students and to explore whether there is any significant difference between Anatolian high school and high school sections of vocational high schools and whether there is any significant gender difference in terms of attitudes toward learning English, attitudes toward the Anglo-Saxon culture and motivational intensity. Learners from three vocational high schools in Boz&uuml / y&uuml / k, Bilecik participated in the study. According to quantitative data analysis results, a significant difference was found between Anatolian high school and high school sections of vocational high schools in terms of attitudes and motivational intensity. Students at high school sections were observed to have more positive attitudes and more motivational intensity than students at Anatolian high school sections do. Furthermore, a statistically significant difference was found between female and V male students. Female students tend to have more positive attitudes and more motivational intensity than male students do. Related to the level of the participants&rsquo / attitudes and motivational intensity, quantitative data analysis results indicate that vocational high school students&rsquo / attitudes toward learning English, attitudes toward the Anglo-Saxon culture and motivational intensity are above the average level. Qualitative data analysis of the open-ended responses confirm the participants&rsquo / almost positive attitudes toward learning English / however, it also points out that almost half of the participants were found to have negative attitudes toward expending personal effort to learn the Anglo-Saxon culture and over half of their openended responses did not show any sign of motivational intensity.

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Based on this major purpose, we seek to answer the following research questions: (a) what distinguishes the learning profile of the gamers and non-gamers; (b) if MMORPGs can, through a hybrid and systematic approach, assist the development of proficiency of the additional language and (c) what the think-aloud protocols show about the learning mediated by the MMORPG Allods Online. Following an experimental method (NUNAN, 1997), 16 students of the curricular component Reading and Writing Practices in English Language have comprised the control group and 17 students of the same class formed the experimental group and were submitted to a pre and post-test adapted from the Key English Test (KET) by the Cambridge University (2008). The tests were conducted before and after a period of 5 weeks of 3 hours of practice with Allods Online a week (experimental group), and classes of the curricular component (both groups). A quantitative analysis of the questionnaires about the exposure to English profiles of the participants, a quantitative analysis of the tests scores and a qualitative analysis of the thinkaloud protocols collected during the experiment were conducted based on the theories of (a) motivation (GARDNER, 1985, WILLIAMS & BURDEN, 1997, BROWN, 2007, HERCULANO-HOUZEL, 2005); (b) active learning (GASS, 1997, GEE, 2008, MATTAR, 2010); (c) interaction and collaborative learning (KRASHEN, 1991, GASS, 1997, VYGOTSKY, 1978); (d) situated learning (DAMASIO, 1994; 1999; 2003, BROWN, 2007, GEE, 2003) and (e), tangential learning (PORTNOW, 2008; MATTAR, 2010). The results indicate that the participants of the experimental group (gamers) seem to be more engaged in tangential English learning activities, such as playing games, listening to music in English, communicating with foreigners and reading in English. We also deduced that the period of experiment possibly generated positive results on the gamers proficiency scores, mainly in the parts related to orthographic development, reading and comprehension, writing with focus on content and orthographic accuracy. Lastly, the think-aloud protocols presented evidences that the gamers have engaged in active English language learning, they have interacted in English with other players, and learned linguistic aspects through the experience with the MMORPG Allods Online / Os Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) s?o jogos de interpreta??o de personagem que, atrav?s da Internet, podem integrar milhares de jogadores interagindo ao mesmo tempo em pelo menos um mundo virtual. Desta forma, esses jogos podem proporcionar, al?m de divers?o, um maior conv?vio com a l?ngua inglesa e a oportunidade de aprimorar a profici?ncia lingu?stica dentro de um contexto real. Por isso, o que se prop?e neste estudo ? um maior conhecimento sobre a aprendizagem de l?ngua adicional mediada por MMORPGs para que os professores saibam como, se relevante, apresentar, utilizar ou incentivar essa pr?tica junto a seus alunos. Com base neste objetivo principal, procuramos responder as seguintes perguntas de perquisa: (a) o que distingue o perfil de exposi??o ? l?ngua inglesa dos gamers e non-gamers; (b) se os MMORPGs podem, por meio de uma pr?tica h?brida e sistem?tica, auxiliar no desenvolvimento da profici?ncia na l?ngua adicional e (c) o que os protocolos think-aloud evidenciam acerca da aprendizagem mediada pelo MMORPG Allods Online. Seguindo o m?todo experimental (NUNAN, 1997), 16 alunos do componente curricular Pr?ticas de Leitura e Produ??o Escrita em L?ngua Inglesa fizeram parte do grupo controle e 17 alunos da mesma turma compuseram o grupo experimental e foram submetidos a um pr? e p?s-teste adaptados do Key English Test (KET) da Universidade de Cambridge (2008). Os testes foram administrados antes e depois de um per?odo de 5 semanas com 3 horas por semana de experimento com o game Allods Online (grupo experimental), e de aulas do componente curricular (ambos os grupos). Uma an?lise quantitativa dos question?rios sobre os perfis de exposi??o ? l?ngua inglesa dos participantes, uma an?lise quantitativa das notas dos testes e uma an?lise qualitativa de protocolos thinkaloud coletados durante o experimento foram feitas com base nas teorias de (a) motiva??o (GARDNER, 1985, WILLIAMS & BURDEN, 1997, BROWN, 2007, HERCULANOHOUZEL, 2005); (b) aprendizagem ativa (GASS, 1997, GEE, 2008, MATTAR, 2010); (c) intera??o e aprendizagem colaborativa (KRASHEN, 1991, GASS, 1997, VYGOTSKY, 1978); (d) aprendizagem situada (DAMASIO, 1994; 1999; 2003, BROWN, 2007, GEE, 2003) e (e), aprendizagem tangencial (PORTNOW, 2008 E MATTAR, 2010). Os resultados indicam que os participantes do grupo experimental (gamers) parecem ser mais engajados em atividades tangenciais de aprendizagem de l?ngua inglesa, como jogar games, ouvir m?sica em ingl?s, comunicar-se com estrangeiros e ler em ingl?s. Tamb?m conclu?mos que o per?odo de experimento pode ter gerado resultados positivos nas notas dos testes dos gamers, principalmente nas partes relacionadas (a) ao desenvolvimento ortogr?fico, leitura e interpreta??o; (b) ? escrita com foco no conte?do e (c) ? acur?cia ortogr?fica. Por fim, os protocolos think-aloud apresentam evid?ncias de que os gamers engajaram-se na aprendizagem ativa de l?ngua inglesa, interagiram em ingl?s com outros jogadores e aprenderam aspectos lingu?sticos atrav?s da experi?ncia com o MMORPG Allods Online

This research is part of the Applied Linguistics studies in the subarea of Foreign Languages Teaching and Learning. English lessons were taught to graduate Engineering students in two laboratories at a public university. It is a qualitative study inserted in the interpretive perspective according to Bogdan and Biklen (1998) and it is configured as a case study. The topic analyzed in this study is my teaching practice during the course called English without borders aiming at understanding the reflection of my conception of language, approach and teaching and how these concepts were established in relation to students learning process. The course was developed with six students from Lab A and four students from Lab B. I taught the classes and carried out this investigation as a teacher and researcher. The data collected and analyzed were students reflexive diaries, self-assessment tests and interviews as well as teacher s field notes, diaries and self-assessment tests. The main references that anchor this work are based on the theoretical notions of approach and method, according to Richards and Rogers (1986), Anthony (1963), Brown (2000), Almeida filho (1993), Leffa (1988), Paiva and Borges, (2011), language teaching and learning concepts according to structural, traditional, cognitive approaches based on Castro (1998) and Silveira (1999), language teaching and learning concepts in the communicative approach based on Hymes (1972), Widdowson (1978), Littlewood (1991), Richards and Rogers (1985), Messias and Norte (2011) and Dalacorte (1998) as well as theoretical discussions on the continuing education of teachers based on studies of Almeida Filho (1993), Geraldi (1996), Gimenez (2005), Celani (1997) and Silva (2001). When I planned my course I did not seek a theoretical support to base my teaching practice. I considered myself affiliated to the communicative approach and believed, intuitively, that my practice would have only the features of this approach. The final reflections suggest that my teaching was presented, along the course, naively considering externalizations with structural, cognitive, communicative and traditional approach characteristics. The results confirmed that during my teaching practice, there was a mix between the communicative and the structuralist approach. However, these choices were made unconsciously as I worked intuitively which did not permit a redesigning in the model of practice and review my teaching practice along the course. Therefore, the continuing education of teachers could take advantage of my experience by showing that the teacher who knows why he or she teaches in a certain way, can be more critically aware and contribute to a more effective learning. / Esta pesquisa insere-se nos estudos da Linguística Aplicada, subárea de ensino e aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras. Foram analisadas aulas de inglês ministradas a alunos pós-graduandos em Engenharia em dois laboratórios de pesquisa em uma universidade pública. O trabalho proposto está inserido em uma perspectiva qualitativa de cunho interpretativista de acordo com Bogdan e Biklen (1998) e configura-se como um estudo de caso. O foco deste estudo é analisar a minha prática docente no curso denominado English without borders objetivando compreender o reflexo da minha concepção de língua, abordagem e ensino no processo de ensino e aprendizagem dos discentes. Participaram do curso seis alunos do laboratório A e quatro alunos do laboratório B, ministrado pela professora/pesquisadora. Como instrumentos de pesquisa foram analisados os diários reflexivos, as autoavaliações, as entrevistas com os discentes bem como as notas de campo, os diários e a autoavaliações da professora. As principais referências que ancoram este trabalho estão baseadas nos pressupostos teóricos de abordagem e método, de acordo com Richards e Rogers (1986), Anthony (1963), Brown (2000), Almeida filho (1993), Leffa (1988), Paiva e Borges, (2011); as concepções de ensino, aprendizagem e língua nas abordagens estrutural, tradicional, cognitivista de acordo com Castro (1998) e Silveira (1999) e na abordagem comunicativa por Hymes (1972), Widdowson (1978), Littlewood (1991), Richards e Rogers (1985), Messias e Norte (2011) e Dalacorte (1998) e as discussões teóricas sobre a formação continuada de professores com base nos estudos de Almeida filho (1993), Geraldi (1996), Gimenez (2005), Celani (1997) e Silva (2001). Ao fazer o planejamento do curso, não busquei um suporte teórico que embasasse minha prática docente. Me auto-intitulava filiada a abordagem comunicativa e acreditava, por intuição, que minha prática apresentava unicamente as características desta abordagem. As reflexões finais sugerem que a atividade docente apresentou-se, ao longo do curso, pouco reflexiva e, em certa medida, ingênua, além de exteriorizar-se com características da abordagem estrutural, cognitiva, tradicional e comunicativa. Os resultados confirmaram que durante minha prática docente, houve uma mescla entre a abordagem comunicativa e a estruturalista. No entanto, essas escolhas foram feitas de maneira inconsciente e trabalhadas de maneira intuitiva o que não me permitiu, ao longo, do curso redesenhar o modelo da prática e rever minha prática docente. Para tanto, a formação continuada do docente pode contribuir para que o professor conheça mais o porquê trabalha de determinada maneira, e, assim, de maneira mais crítica e consciente, contribuir para uma aprendizagem mais efetiva. / Mestre em Estudos Linguísticos

abstract: With Common Core State Standards (CCSS), all students are held to the same high expectations, including students learning English and other learners who may have academic difficulties. Many students learning English have trouble writing and need effective writing strategies to meet the demands the standards present. Ten fourth and fifth grade students learning English (6 girls and 4 boys), whose home language was Spanish, participated in a multiple baseline design across three small groups of participants with multiple probes during baseline. In this study, self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) for opinion writing using students’ own ideas was evaluated. Students who participated in this study demonstrated an increase in: the number of persuasive elements (e.g. premise, reasons, elaborations, and conclusion) included in their essays, overall essay quality, and the number of linking words used when writing opinion essays using their own ideas. Additionally, students’ knowledge of the writing process and opinion-writing genre improved. Students found the instruction to be socially acceptable. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Learning, Literacies and Technologies 2018

It is widely discussed about the role of electronic games in the players’ lives in today's society. We know that they are playful instruments present in the family environment, however, we question if they contribute to the players’ knowledge and learning. Therefore, this work aims to investigate knowledge that players are acquiring while playing. The target audience for analysis is high school students players from a private school in Aracaju. We have identified that the analyzed players claim to learn English vocabulary while they play, although this is not their goal, which facilitate playing games and the reading of texts written in English language. In this question, we enter into other perspectives of learning in games that exceed the learning of the English language, as the educational question. In order to provide a foundation for researching, our theoretical contribution considers the discussions about learning and literacy in games (GEE, 2007a, 2007b, 2005, 2004), education and schooling (ANDREOTTI; SOUZA, 2007) educational practices in games (SQUIRE, 2006) and learning to learn (WIRTH; PERKINS, 2008) for significant forms of learning, among other authors. The methodology is delimited in the studies about qualitative analysis (NEVES, 2006), while the data collection is limited to recorded interviews and written questionnaires. It is possible to perceive, in the context of those involved, learning about school contents issues and, at the same time, educational formations, such as overcoming mood problems, shyness, and ethical social awareness. / Muito se discute sobre o papel dos jogos eletrônicos na vida de jogadores na sociedade atual. Sabemos que são instrumentos lúdicos presentes no ambiente familiar, no entanto, questionamos se eles contribuem para o conhecimento e aprendizagem de jogadores. Por isso, este trabalho tem por objetivo investigar conhecimentos que os jogadores estão adquirindo ao jogar. O público-alvo para análise são jogadores-estudantes do ensino médio de uma escola privada de Aracaju. Identificamos que os jogadores analisados afirmam aprender vocabulários da língua inglesa enquanto jogam, ainda que este não seja seu objetivo, o que lhes facilita as jogadas e a leitura de textos escritos em língua inglesa. Nessa questão, adentramos em outras perspectivas de aprendizagem em jogos que ultrapassagem a aprendizagem da língua inglesa, como a questão educativa. Para dar alicerce à pesquisa, nosso aporte teórico considera as discussões sobre aprendizagem e letramento em jogos (GEE, 2007a, 2007b, 2005, 2004), educação e escolarização (ANDREOTTI; SOUZA, 2007), práticas educativas em jogos (SQUIRE, 2006) e aprendendo a aprender (WIRTH; PERKINS, 2008) para significativas formas de aprendizagem, dentre outros autores. A metodologia abordada está delimitada nos estudos em análise qualitativa (NEVES, 2006), enquanto que o levantamento de dados está circunscrito a entrevistas gravadas e questionários escritos. Podemos perceber, no contexto dos envolvidos, aprendizagens sobre questões de conteúdos escolares e, ao mesmo tempo, formações educativas, como a superação de problemas de humor, timidez, além de conscientização ética e social. / São Cristóvão, SE

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This paper examines three English teachers’ attitudes towards teaching pronunciation. The teachers involved are teachers at upper-secondary level in Sweden. The study is based on a qualitative method, since the research involves collecting data to understand opinions and experiences. The data in this study are collected through semi-structured interviews to analyze teachers’ attitudes. All of the three teachers agreed on their students having good pronunciation and mentioned different sounds as pronunciation difficulties that are problematic for their students. Furthermore, the three teachers expressed that they avoid correcting their students most of the time, however, when the teachers correct their students, they usually use a corrective method that can be interpreted as implicit feedback. Earlier research has shown that explicit feedback is the most effective method to use in a teaching environment to make it possible for students to improve their pronunciation.