Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:27:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 camila santos.pdf: 5757223 bytes, checksum: 5751db54cee5418f1946a79e6ff6feaa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-07-01 / This doctoral dissertation presents a qualitative investigation, the purpose of which is to propose a new type of Webquest, that will be related to language teaching, through an interactive authoring system ELO Cloud tool. The research proposes the development of an Interactive and Adaptive Webquest focused on the practice of english teaching and its implementation in a class with students from the sixth semester of a Language Course, for evaluation, both held under the perspective of the Activity Theory, Distributed Cognition and Task Based Teaching. Created in 1995 by a professor at San Diego State University, Bernie Dodge, the methodology Webquest is gaining its place in the educational field because its potential concerning to the use of information from the Web which makes the learning more significant and effective. The data were collected through interviews, observation, photography, documental analysis and questionnaire. The initial discussion of the data on the development of an Interactive and Adaptive Webquest indicated that the pre-task moment and the extension of the Webquest via modules can come to enhance language learning since these elements seem to expand the possibility of exposure to and use of the target language. Besides, the data showed that the Interactive and Adaptive Webquest raised the level of satisfaction of the students in performing the activity, providing more favorable conditions for learning from interactive activities. Furthermore, the results point to the expansion of a learning cycle during implementation in which students build knowledge through interactions with human and non-human resources / O presente estudo, de cunho qualitativo, tem como objetivo propor um novo modelo de Webquest voltada ao ensino de línguas por meio de um sistema interativo de autoria a ferramenta ELO Cloud. A pesquisa propõe o desenvolvimento de uma Webquest Interativa e Adaptativa voltada ao ensino de línguas e sua implementação em uma turma de Inglês do sexto semestre do Curso de Letras de uma universidade da cidade de Pelotas, para avaliação, sob a perspectiva da Teoria da Atividade, da Teoria da Cognição Distribuída e do Ensino Baseado em Tarefas. Criada em 1995 pelo professor da San Diego State University, Bernie Dodge, a metodologia Webquest vem ganhando seu espaço no âmbito educacional por aproveitar o conteúdo existente na Web de maneira significativa em prol de uma aprendizagem efetiva. Os dados para a pesquisa foram coletados mediante entrevista, observação participante, fotografia, análise documental e questionário. A discussão inicial dos dados referente ao desenvolvimento de uma Webquest Interativa e Adaptativa indicou que o momento Pré-tarefa, a importância de input e a ampliação da Webquest por meio de módulos podem vir a potencializar a aprendizagem de línguas, uma vez que esses elementos parecem ampliar as possibilidades de exposição e uso da língua-alvo. A triangulação de dados, a partir das análises realizadas, demonstrou que o modelo de Webquest Interativa e Adaptativa elevou o índice de satisfação dos alunos na execução da atividade, proporcionando condições mais favoráveis de aprendizagem a partir de atividades interativas. Além disso, os resultados apontam para a expansão de um ciclo de aprendizagem onde os alunos constroem conhecimento por meio das interações com recursos humanos e não humanos

À la lumière des connaissances théoriques actuelles, cette recherche-action est centrée sur un projet dans lequel les apprenants à l'Université Nationale –Palmira ont la possibilité d'améliorer leur interlangue en anglais. Notre hypothèse principale est la suivante : en adoptant l'approche par tâches, les activités d‘enseignement / apprentissage seraient plus efficaces dans le programme de formation en L2. En fait, l‘acquisition des connaissances pour l‘interaction langagière orale et la compréhension des textes scientifiques dans les cours de la L2 aidera ces apprenants à développer des compétences pour interagir dans des situations de la vie réelle, mais aussi à acquérir les "savoirs" et les techniques pour extraire les informations contenues dans les textes écrits scientifiques. Cette hypothèse a été validée par la réalisation d'une expérience d‘enseignement / apprentissage. D‘autres hypothèses secondaires ont cherché à obtenir des informations sur les besoins, attentes et attitudes aussi bien des apprenants que des enseignants de la formation institutionnelle en anglais. Nous souhaitons que cet apport permette à notre université de s‘engager dans un processus d‘innovations pédagogiques où les apprenants adoptent une posture plus responsable concernant l‘apprentissage d‘une L2. / In the light of current theoretical knowledge, this action-research focuses on a project in which learners at the National University –Palmira have the opportunity of improving their inter-language in English. Our main hypothesis is that by adopting the task-based approach, L2 learning would be more efficient. It is inferred based-learning activities will help them to develop ways of obtaining knowledge and strategies to interact in real-life situations, and techniques to extract information from scientific written texts. This hypothesis has been validated through the realization of teaching / learning practices. Some secondary hypotheses to establish learners‘ and teachers‘ needs, expectations, goals and attitudes of formal training in English were also verified in this action-research. We hope this contribution may lead our university to adopt pedagogical innovative practices in which learners feel more concerned and involved in acquiring a second language.

During the 1990's high expectations were put on telemedicine technology in health care organizations, which can be seen as a reflexion of the society's interest in IT. The use of tele-medicine is expected to improve the quality and decrease costs of health care services. However, if these expectations are to be attained the visions have to be translated into fields of application in local settings where the technology would be used. This could be seen as an infusion process, which means that the technology would incrementally be used in a comprehensive and integrated manner. In this thesis, four Swedish telemedicine projects are analyzed. The approach used is that of Actor network theory (ANT), which has enabled the development of a theory of the infusion process, implementation of IT-projects, and parts of ANT, e.g. the model of the translation process and the notion of inscription. By using the concept of translation, it is possible to see the infusion process as a process where the generic features of the technology (transmitting sound and pictures in real time) are translated into concrete activities in local settings. These fields of application are realized by the mobilization of different task-based networks, where the roles of the actors are defined by the task to be solved. An iterated mobilization of the network implies further that the network will become stabilized, which is a central dimension in the process of infusion. Another way to understand the process of infusion is to describe it as cycles of implementation, where one cycle symbolizes the implementation of a field of application, which is a result of the translation of the generic features of the technology. The inscriptions in the studied technology allow a high degree of flexibility of use and flexibility of action. The flexibility means that fields of application ought to be developed in interaction between actors in local settings, and supporting programs of action are to be identified, or developed, in order to integrate technology use into daily routines. The considerable numbers of failed of IT-project implementations can be explained by the fact that a traditional planning perspective has been used on technologies, which allow a high degree of flexibility of use and flexibility of action. However, by categorizing inscriptions in technological artifacts, it becomes possible to predict what kinds of implementation strategies are appropriate for different kinds of technologies. By viewing the implementation of open networking technologies as a process of translation, the infusion process will be facilitated and a comprehensive and integrated use of technology will be enabled. / digitalisering@umu

La simulation haute-fidélité des coeurs de réacteurs nucléaires nécessite une évaluation précise du flux neutronique dans le coeur du réacteur. Ce flux est modélisé par l’équation de Boltzmann ou équation du transport neutronique. Dans cette thèse, on s’intéresse à la résolution de cette équation par la méthode des ordonnées discrètes (SN) sur des géométries cartésiennes. Cette méthode fait intervenir un schéma d’itérations à source, incluant un algorithme de balayage sur le domaine spatial qui regroupe l’essentiel des calculs effectués. Compte tenu du très grand volume de calcul requis par la résolution de l’équation de Boltzmann, de nombreux travaux antérieurs ont été consacrés à l’utilisation du calcul parallèle pour la résolution de cette équation. Jusqu’ici, ces algorithmes de résolution parallèles de l’équation du transport neutronique ont été conçus en considérant la machine cible comme une collection de processeurs mono-coeurs indépendants, et ne tirent donc pas explicitement profit de la hiérarchie mémoire et du parallélisme multi-niveaux présents sur les super-calculateurs modernes. Ainsi, la première contribution de cette thèse concerne l’étude et la mise en oeuvre de l’algorithme de balayage sur les super-calculateurs massivement parallèles modernes. Notre approche combine à la fois la vectorisation par des techniques de la programmation générique en C++, et la programmation hybride par l’utilisation d’un support d’exécution à base de tâches: PaRSEC. Nous avons démontré l’intérêt de cette approche grâce à des modèles de performances théoriques, permettant également de prédire le partitionnement optimal. Par ailleurs, dans le cas de la simulation des milieux très diffusifs tels que le coeur d’un REP, la convergence du schéma d’itérations à source est très lente. Afin d’accélérer sa convergence, nous avons implémenté un nouvel algorithme (PDSA), adapté à notre implémentation hybride. La combinaison de ces techniques nous a permis de concevoir une version massivement parallèle du solveur SN Domino. Les performances de la partie Sweep du solveur atteignent 33.9% de la performance crête théorique d’un super-calculateur à 768 cores. De plus, un calcul critique d’un réacteur de type REP 900MW à 26 groupes d’énergie mettant en jeu 1012 DDLs a été résolu en 46 minutes sur 1536 coeurs. / High-fidelity nuclear reactor core simulations require a precise knowledge of the neutron flux inside the reactor core. This flux is modeled by the linear Boltzmann equation also called neutron transport equation. In this thesis, we focus on solving this equation using the discrete ordinates method (SN) on Cartesian mesh. This method involves a source iteration scheme including a sweep over the spatial mesh and gathering the vast majority of computations in the SN method. Due to the large amount of computations performed in the resolution of the Boltzmann equation, numerous research works were focused on the optimization of the time to solution by developing parallel algorithms for solving the transport equation. However, these algorithms were designed by considering a super-computer as a collection of independent cores, and therefore do not explicitly take into account the memory hierarchy and multi-level parallelism available inside modern super-computers. Therefore, we first proposed a strategy for designing an efficient parallel implementation of the sweep operation on modern architectures by combining the use of the SIMD paradigm thanks to C++ generic programming techniques and an emerging task-based runtime system: PaRSEC. We demonstrated the need for such an approach using theoretical performance models predicting optimal partitionings. Then we studied the challenge of converging the source iterations scheme in highly diffusive media such as the PWR cores. We have implemented and studied the convergence of a new acceleration scheme (PDSA) that naturally suits our Hybrid parallel implementation. The combination of all these techniques have enabled us to develop a massively parallel version of the SN Domino solver. It is capable of tackling the challenges posed by the neutron transport simulations and compares favorably with state-of-the-art solvers such as Denovo. The performance of the PaRSEC implementation of the sweep operation reaches 6.1 Tflop/s on 768 cores corresponding to 33.9% of the theoretical peak performance of this set of computational resources. For a typical 26-group PWR calculations involving 1.02×1012 DoFs, the time to solution required by the Domino solver is 46 min using 1536 cores.

A pesquisa aqui apresentada surgiu com o intuito de trazer para a sala de aula a realidade da língua italiana, proporcionando assim aos aprendizes brasileiros um meio para interagir através da comunicação, tanto oral como escrita. A preocupação que deu origem à reflexão proposta baseou-se em dois pontos fundamentais no âmbito do ensino/aprendizagem de língua estrangeira: o que ensinar e como ensinar. Para refletir sobre a primeira questão, foram problematizados os conceitos de material autêntico e de autenticidade, enquanto para a segunda foram tomados como referência os estudos relacionados ao ensino por tarefas. Com base nessas reflexões teóricas, foi realizado um curso experimental de italiano para principiantes, com uma duração de 45 horas, cujas unidades didáticas foram inteiramente elaboradas a partir de material autêntico e cujas atividades foram desenvolvidas tendo como apoio teórico o ensino por tarefas. Paralelamente ao citado curso experimental, aconteceu outro curso, também para principiantes e com a mesma duração, que pertencia aos cursos de extensão universitária da Universidade de São Paulo, para o qual foi utilizado o livro didático adotado. Os participantes dos dois cursos constituíram um grupo experimental e um grupo controle. O objetivo principal foi verificar, comparando os dois grupos, se a utilização de material didático e de atividades significativas produz diferenças não apenas no desempenho linguístico dos dois grupos, mas também em sua atitude em relação à aprendizagem da língua estrangeira. / This research appeared in order to bring to the classroom the \"reality\" of the Italian language, thereby providing to brazilian learners an instrument to interact through both oral and written communication. The concern that is part of the proposed reflection was based on two key points in the teaching/learning of foreign languages: what to teach and how to teach. For the first point, we started from the questioning of authentic material, authenticity and of the concept of task, and for the second one, we took as reference the studies about task based learning and teaching. Based on these theoretical reflections, it was designed an experimental italian course for beginners, with a duration of 45 hours, whose teaching units were created entirely starting from authentic materials and tasks. Together with this experimental course, an italian course level 1 was also realized. In this course the Italian language was studied with a teaching book. The participants of both courses constituted an experimental and a control group. The main objective was to investigate, comparing the two groups, if the utilization of teaching material and meaningful activities produces differences not only in the linguistic performance of the two groups, but also in their attitude related to the foreign language learning.

Um dos principais objetivos da pesquisa em aquisição da linguagem tem sido a compreensão da forma como os processos de aprendizado ou aquisição ocorrem, assim como a elaboração de alternativas metodológicas que consigam promover a comunicação autêntica em sala de aula, habilitando os aprendizes a participar das mais diversas situações comunicativas encontradas no cotidiano. Dentre os enfoques comunicativos, o ensino de línguas por tarefas tem sido fortemente aceito como sendo uma abordagem que permite o desenvolvimento de uma desejável habilidade comunicativa, através da prática autêntica e do foco nos significados, e que, concomitantemente, abre espaço para a ocorrência de momentos ou etapas durante a tarefa em que a atenção do aluno seja temporariamente dirigida a aspectos formais da língua-alvo, sem que haja uma inversão de prioridades no aprendizado, isto é, sem que o foco principal das tarefas seja preterido em relação ao foco excessivo em aspectos estruturais. A presente pesquisa investigou um projeto de elaboração de um guia de críticas de filmes. O projeto ocorreu em um curso livre de idiomas, no qual 22 alunos adultos de inglês como língua estrangeira foram divididos em três grupos e realizaram atividades que visavam a aumentar sua atenção sobre elementos relevantes ao gênero textual crítica de filme, assim como sobre aspectos gramaticais e lexicais, durante os encontros que ocorreram em meio à produção escrita de 3 críticas por cada participante. Os procedimentos adotados visaram a verificar de que maneira os aprendizes obtiveram ganhos de produção escrita no que se refere aos elementos de gênero e aos aspectos gramaticais. A análise dos dados obtidos demonstrou que as atividades de aumento de atenção e consciência trouxeram resultados bastante positivos. Além disso, o projeto demonstrou que os dois enfoques metodológicos tomados como base para os procedimentos adotados – o Ensino de Línguas por Tarefas e a proposta de Sequências Didáticas com gêneros textuais - são bastante compatíveis e que podem ser muito produtivos para aplicações futuras no ensino de língua estrangeira. / One of the main goals of the research in language acquisition has been to understand in which ways the learning or acquisition processes occur, and to propose methodological alternatives which are able to promote authentic communication in classroom, enabling learners to take part in a range of communicative situations found in daily life. Among the communicative approaches, the task based-language teaching has strongly been regarded as an option that permits both the development of desirable communicative skills, through authentic practice and a focus on meaning, and which also provides room for moments or steps during the task when the learner’s attention be temporarily focused on formal aspects of the target language, without any kind of inversion on the learning priorities, that is, keeping the main focus on the tasks, instead of an excessively strong focus on structural aspects. The present research investigated a project involving the production of a movie review guide book. The project took place in a free language course, where 22 adult participants, learners of English as a foreign language were split into three groups, and were assigned activities that intended to enhance their attention to both text genre-relevant elements and to grammar and lexical aspects during the meetings which happened in midst of the production of 3 reviews by each participant. The chosen procedures sought to investigate in which ways learners had gains in their writing production in relation to those elements and aspects. The data analysis shows that the attention and consciousness-raising activities brought about significantly positive results. In addition, the project has demonstrated that both methodological approaches used to design the task sequence adopted in the research – the task based-language teaching and the use of text genres in didactic sequences – are quite compatible and that they can be very productive in similar future applications in foreign language teaching.

A pesquisa aqui apresentada surgiu com o intuito de trazer para a sala de aula a realidade da língua italiana, proporcionando assim aos aprendizes brasileiros um meio para interagir através da comunicação, tanto oral como escrita. A preocupação que deu origem à reflexão proposta baseou-se em dois pontos fundamentais no âmbito do ensino/aprendizagem de língua estrangeira: o que ensinar e como ensinar. Para refletir sobre a primeira questão, foram problematizados os conceitos de material autêntico e de autenticidade, enquanto para a segunda foram tomados como referência os estudos relacionados ao ensino por tarefas. Com base nessas reflexões teóricas, foi realizado um curso experimental de italiano para principiantes, com uma duração de 45 horas, cujas unidades didáticas foram inteiramente elaboradas a partir de material autêntico e cujas atividades foram desenvolvidas tendo como apoio teórico o ensino por tarefas. Paralelamente ao citado curso experimental, aconteceu outro curso, também para principiantes e com a mesma duração, que pertencia aos cursos de extensão universitária da Universidade de São Paulo, para o qual foi utilizado o livro didático adotado. Os participantes dos dois cursos constituíram um grupo experimental e um grupo controle. O objetivo principal foi verificar, comparando os dois grupos, se a utilização de material didático e de atividades significativas produz diferenças não apenas no desempenho linguístico dos dois grupos, mas também em sua atitude em relação à aprendizagem da língua estrangeira. / This research appeared in order to bring to the classroom the \"reality\" of the Italian language, thereby providing to brazilian learners an instrument to interact through both oral and written communication. The concern that is part of the proposed reflection was based on two key points in the teaching/learning of foreign languages: what to teach and how to teach. For the first point, we started from the questioning of authentic material, authenticity and of the concept of task, and for the second one, we took as reference the studies about task based learning and teaching. Based on these theoretical reflections, it was designed an experimental italian course for beginners, with a duration of 45 hours, whose teaching units were created entirely starting from authentic materials and tasks. Together with this experimental course, an italian course level 1 was also realized. In this course the Italian language was studied with a teaching book. The participants of both courses constituted an experimental and a control group. The main objective was to investigate, comparing the two groups, if the utilization of teaching material and meaningful activities produces differences not only in the linguistic performance of the two groups, but also in their attitude related to the foreign language learning.

Ce projet de recherche doctorale vise à explorer une intégration réfléchie des TICE, en particulier le tableau numérique interactif (TNI) et la tablette tactile, pour l’enseignement-apprentissage de l’anglais langue étrangère dans le paradigme de l’approche actionnelle, recommandée par le ministère de l’Éducation nationale. Notre étude prend appui sur une recherche compréhensive,instituée en tant que projet pilote, suivie d’une recherche-action collaborative. Dans le cadre de cette seconde recherche, quatre expérimentations ont été menées avec quatre professeurs exerçant dans des classes d’anglais : deux à l’école élémentaire (CE2 et CM1-CM2), une au collège (3ème) et une au lycée (Terminale). Cette étude cherche à comprendre comment certains outils interactifs peuvent apporter une plus-value en classe de langue aujourd’hui et s’ils sont compatibles avec une approche actionnelle de l’enseignement de l’anglais. Cette synergie entre approche et outils semble s’opérer et permettre de renforcer chez les apprenants l’engagement cognitif dans des tâches plus authentiques,la collaboration entre pairs, l’autonomie et la motivation. Les enseignants ainsi impliqués dans un processus de recherche-action collaborative s’initient à la recherche, conscientisent leurs compétences technopédagogiques et adoptent une posture réflexive sur leurs propres pratiques d’enseignement, dans un objectif de développement professionnel. / This doctoral research explores the integration of classroom technologies, particularly the interactivewhiteboard (IWB) and the tablet, in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom in task-basedteaching practice, in accordance with Ministry of Education guidelines. Following a pilot studytaking a global approach to classroom research, the main study examines empirical data collected inaction research projects involving four teachers in two primary school classes (8-9 year-olds and 9-11 year-olds) and two secondary classes (14-15 year-olds and 17-18 year-olds). The goal of the studyis to understand the pedagogical affordances of interactive tools for EFL teaching, to consider theircompatibility with task-based teaching and to determine what added value they may contribute tolanguage teaching and learning. Findings suggest a synergetic relationship between interactivetechnologies and task-based language teaching which improves learners’ cognitive engagement inactivities, fosters social and collaborative learning, and also promotes independent learning, taskauthenticity and L2 motivation. Benefits to the participating teachers include an introduction tocollaborative action research, the consolidation of their technopedagogical skills, and the adoption ofa reflective posture towards their own teaching practices, all of which hold promise for continuingprofessional development.

Um dos principais objetivos da pesquisa em aquisição da linguagem tem sido a compreensão da forma como os processos de aprendizado ou aquisição ocorrem, assim como a elaboração de alternativas metodológicas que consigam promover a comunicação autêntica em sala de aula, habilitando os aprendizes a participar das mais diversas situações comunicativas encontradas no cotidiano. Dentre os enfoques comunicativos, o ensino de línguas por tarefas tem sido fortemente aceito como sendo uma abordagem que permite o desenvolvimento de uma desejável habilidade comunicativa, através da prática autêntica e do foco nos significados, e que, concomitantemente, abre espaço para a ocorrência de momentos ou etapas durante a tarefa em que a atenção do aluno seja temporariamente dirigida a aspectos formais da língua-alvo, sem que haja uma inversão de prioridades no aprendizado, isto é, sem que o foco principal das tarefas seja preterido em relação ao foco excessivo em aspectos estruturais. A presente pesquisa investigou um projeto de elaboração de um guia de críticas de filmes. O projeto ocorreu em um curso livre de idiomas, no qual 22 alunos adultos de inglês como língua estrangeira foram divididos em três grupos e realizaram atividades que visavam a aumentar sua atenção sobre elementos relevantes ao gênero textual crítica de filme, assim como sobre aspectos gramaticais e lexicais, durante os encontros que ocorreram em meio à produção escrita de 3 críticas por cada participante. Os procedimentos adotados visaram a verificar de que maneira os aprendizes obtiveram ganhos de produção escrita no que se refere aos elementos de gênero e aos aspectos gramaticais. A análise dos dados obtidos demonstrou que as atividades de aumento de atenção e consciência trouxeram resultados bastante positivos. Além disso, o projeto demonstrou que os dois enfoques metodológicos tomados como base para os procedimentos adotados – o Ensino de Línguas por Tarefas e a proposta de Sequências Didáticas com gêneros textuais - são bastante compatíveis e que podem ser muito produtivos para aplicações futuras no ensino de língua estrangeira. / One of the main goals of the research in language acquisition has been to understand in which ways the learning or acquisition processes occur, and to propose methodological alternatives which are able to promote authentic communication in classroom, enabling learners to take part in a range of communicative situations found in daily life. Among the communicative approaches, the task based-language teaching has strongly been regarded as an option that permits both the development of desirable communicative skills, through authentic practice and a focus on meaning, and which also provides room for moments or steps during the task when the learner’s attention be temporarily focused on formal aspects of the target language, without any kind of inversion on the learning priorities, that is, keeping the main focus on the tasks, instead of an excessively strong focus on structural aspects. The present research investigated a project involving the production of a movie review guide book. The project took place in a free language course, where 22 adult participants, learners of English as a foreign language were split into three groups, and were assigned activities that intended to enhance their attention to both text genre-relevant elements and to grammar and lexical aspects during the meetings which happened in midst of the production of 3 reviews by each participant. The chosen procedures sought to investigate in which ways learners had gains in their writing production in relation to those elements and aspects. The data analysis shows that the attention and consciousness-raising activities brought about significantly positive results. In addition, the project has demonstrated that both methodological approaches used to design the task sequence adopted in the research – the task based-language teaching and the use of text genres in didactic sequences – are quite compatible and that they can be very productive in similar future applications in foreign language teaching.

Um dos principais objetivos da pesquisa em aquisição da linguagem tem sido a compreensão da forma como os processos de aprendizado ou aquisição ocorrem, assim como a elaboração de alternativas metodológicas que consigam promover a comunicação autêntica em sala de aula, habilitando os aprendizes a participar das mais diversas situações comunicativas encontradas no cotidiano. Dentre os enfoques comunicativos, o ensino de línguas por tarefas tem sido fortemente aceito como sendo uma abordagem que permite o desenvolvimento de uma desejável habilidade comunicativa, através da prática autêntica e do foco nos significados, e que, concomitantemente, abre espaço para a ocorrência de momentos ou etapas durante a tarefa em que a atenção do aluno seja temporariamente dirigida a aspectos formais da língua-alvo, sem que haja uma inversão de prioridades no aprendizado, isto é, sem que o foco principal das tarefas seja preterido em relação ao foco excessivo em aspectos estruturais. A presente pesquisa investigou um projeto de elaboração de um guia de críticas de filmes. O projeto ocorreu em um curso livre de idiomas, no qual 22 alunos adultos de inglês como língua estrangeira foram divididos em três grupos e realizaram atividades que visavam a aumentar sua atenção sobre elementos relevantes ao gênero textual crítica de filme, assim como sobre aspectos gramaticais e lexicais, durante os encontros que ocorreram em meio à produção escrita de 3 críticas por cada participante. Os procedimentos adotados visaram a verificar de que maneira os aprendizes obtiveram ganhos de produção escrita no que se refere aos elementos de gênero e aos aspectos gramaticais. A análise dos dados obtidos demonstrou que as atividades de aumento de atenção e consciência trouxeram resultados bastante positivos. Além disso, o projeto demonstrou que os dois enfoques metodológicos tomados como base para os procedimentos adotados – o Ensino de Línguas por Tarefas e a proposta de Sequências Didáticas com gêneros textuais - são bastante compatíveis e que podem ser muito produtivos para aplicações futuras no ensino de língua estrangeira. / One of the main goals of the research in language acquisition has been to understand in which ways the learning or acquisition processes occur, and to propose methodological alternatives which are able to promote authentic communication in classroom, enabling learners to take part in a range of communicative situations found in daily life. Among the communicative approaches, the task based-language teaching has strongly been regarded as an option that permits both the development of desirable communicative skills, through authentic practice and a focus on meaning, and which also provides room for moments or steps during the task when the learner’s attention be temporarily focused on formal aspects of the target language, without any kind of inversion on the learning priorities, that is, keeping the main focus on the tasks, instead of an excessively strong focus on structural aspects. The present research investigated a project involving the production of a movie review guide book. The project took place in a free language course, where 22 adult participants, learners of English as a foreign language were split into three groups, and were assigned activities that intended to enhance their attention to both text genre-relevant elements and to grammar and lexical aspects during the meetings which happened in midst of the production of 3 reviews by each participant. The chosen procedures sought to investigate in which ways learners had gains in their writing production in relation to those elements and aspects. The data analysis shows that the attention and consciousness-raising activities brought about significantly positive results. In addition, the project has demonstrated that both methodological approaches used to design the task sequence adopted in the research – the task based-language teaching and the use of text genres in didactic sequences – are quite compatible and that they can be very productive in similar future applications in foreign language teaching.