Browsing by Subject "Língua inglesa"
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O aprendizado de vocabulário de língua inglesa no ensino fundamental : a internet como subsídio para a retenção lexical
| Posted on: 15 jul. 2008This study describes the results of an investigation on EFL vocabulary teaching and learning in a state school in Brazil. The participants were elementary school pupils (12 to 14 year-olds) learning English as a foreign ... -
Connected discourse and the phraseology of spoken english : a corpus study of affirmative responses
| Posted on: 31 ago. 2006The present study presents an investigation of affirmative responses in a corpus of spoken English as a mother tongue. The theoretical background consists of a discussion of issues in spoken English and connected spoken ... -
A construção de cadeias referenciais em redações de português (LM) e inglês (LE)
| Posted on: 05 jun. 2009The present work arises from questions and inquiries about the writing process of students at high school levels, mainly in respect to the argumentative text in foreign (English) and native (Portuguese) languages. Thus, ... -
O déficit no conhecimento lexical e a leitura em LE : um conflito para o aluno universitário
| Posted on: 28 fev. 2007In various educational contexts in Brazil, reading in English as a foreign language has been given a prominent position in recent years. Among the approaches to reading in English as a foreign or second language, the ... -
O diálogo colaborativo como facilitador da aprendizagem dos alunos de nível básico de inglês como língua estrangeira
| Posted on: 27 ago. 2009Researches in L2 acquisition have acknowledged the importance of collaborative dialogue in pairs as a facilitator for the learning of EFL by advanced students. However, there are few evidences whether these benefits would ... -
Estratégias de aprendizagem e materiais didáticos de língua estrangeira: elaboração, integração, ensino e percepção
| Posted on: 21 ago. 2009This study aims at achieving a better understanding of the teaching of language learning strategy in instructional materials in foreign language teaching, focusing on the process of integration of learning strategies in ... -
From collaborative writing to reading comprehension : a case study on focus on form through collaborative dialogue as a means to enhance reading comprehension in English
| Posted on: 26 mar. 2008Recent research in second language acquisition has acknowledged the importance of verbal interaction in the development of competence in the target language. Grounded in sociocultural theoretical framework (Vygostky, 1978) ... -
Investigating brazilian public sector EFL reading strategies for the blog genre
| Posted on: 28 fev. 2007The present research aims at investigating both the degree to which blogs are characterized as a socially recognized genre and the reading behaviour of a group of public school EFL learners when faced with those blogs. The ... -
Lexical patterns in the reading comprehension section of the TOEFL®Test : an investigation of the role of lexical cohesion in fixed-response EFL reading comprehension questions
| Posted on: 19 dez. 2006This thesis argues that lexical patterns may be observed connecting question stems and/or correct options to relevant portions of the related passages in fixed-response reading comprehension test items on the TOEFL® test. ... -
Pagando na mesma moeda : metáfora da contabilidade moral em textos medievais ingleses
| Posted on: 01 jan. 2013This dissertation is aimed at verifying the experiential motivation of metaphorical language in diachronic perspective. More specifically, we have tried to identify how specific socio-historical-cultural conditions may ... -
Patterns in four EFL university entrance exams : a genre-based approach
| Posted on: 18 dez. 2009Esta pesquisa visa a analisar testes de língua inglesa como língua estrangeira aplicados no ano de 2009 como integrantes do processo de admissão às seguintes instituições: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade ... -
Peer Scaffolding: interlanguage development through collaborative dialogue
| Posted on: 26 abr. 2006The objective of this research was to investigate whether intermediate- level, teenage Brazilian English language learners are able to engage in peer scaffolding whilst working in groups on collaborative tasks. In addition, ... -
The private speech of brazilian english as a foreign language learners in a context of social interaction
| Posted on: 20 fev. 2009Pesquisas recentes têm demonstrado que aprendizes inseridos em um contexto de interação social produzem Fala Privada (DiCamilla & Antón, 1998; DiCamilla & Antón, 2004). No entanto, argumenta-se que um enunciado proferido ... -
A relação entre crenças e a ansiedade de língua estrangeira : um estudo de caso
| Posted on: 10 out. 2008This dissertation aims at investigating the system of beliefs about language learning of two adult foreign language learners who perceive themselves as having difficulties in learning the foreign language, relating such ... -
A relação entre crenças e desenvolvimento de professores em um contexto comunicativo
| Posted on: 25 ago. 2009The present research, which has an ethnographic orientation, aims at investigating the relationship between teachers beliefs and their development as teachers of English as a Foreign Language in the context of an institution ... -
Subjetividade e discurso : um estudo da valoração na produção discursiva em língua estrangeira
| Posted on: 31 mar. 2008This research examines indeterminacy in foreign language(FL) discourse from the perspective of the linguistic resources of subjectivity in texts. In this context, indeterminacy is viewed as a gap in meaning in FL discourse ... -
O texto literário : aprofundamento de leituras e transformações na aula de língua inglesa
| Posted on: 18 fev. 2009The literary text is recognized as a value both in and out the Academy; and it is important to bear in mind that much of the literature which is read is translated. The need felt to insist on the literary quality of ...