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O aconselhamento linguageiro como forma de intervenção e formação docente
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-06-24) NONATO, Rejane Santos; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
This research aims at finding ways to improve the in-service training of English teachers from countryside public schools of Pará State. In order to do so, I use the language advising (LA) which is a form of language support that through conversations, aims at promoting selfdirected learning (GARDNER; MILLER, 1999; MOZZON-McPHERSON, 2007; RILEY, 1997; VIEIRA, 2007). I base myself on Vygotsky (1984) studies, which discuss human development and knowledge construction; Benson (2001), which deals with the process of autonomization, and Mozzon-McPherson (2001), which is about language advising. The research methodology belongs to the qualitative research method since it is an action research. The sequence of procedures was nested in the project coordinated by Magno e Silva (2013), in which firstly, the advisee’s personal experience of learning the FL was analyzed and an area of personal preoccupation was identified; then it was planned proactively targeting the area of personal preoccupation, the third step was to exert a monitored intervention, and finally, as a last step, it was done the evaluation and the replanning. To carry out this research it was used as instruments of data collection learning narratives, needs analysis questionnaire, reports of advising sessions. Subsequently, the data obtained through these instruments were organized and analyzed in the light of the theory raised. The results indicated that the LA can help in the formation of teachers in practice favoring the development of autonomy of these professionals, once the advising period allowed teachers reflect on their language knowledge, their beliefs, difficulties and strategies to overcome these difficulties, leading these teachers to perform actions in search of their linguistic and professional development.
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O aconselhamento linguageiro na autonomização de aprendentes surdos no processo apropriação da Língua Portuguesa sob a ótica da complexidade
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-08-15) CRUZ, Eder Barbosa; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
Language advising (LA) is a modality of accompanying language learners, which aims at leading them to a reflection on their own learning in order to make them more autonomous. Mynard (2012) presents a model for LA based on three interconnected axes: dialogue, tools and context. Magno e Silva, Sá e Matos and Rabelo (2015) sought in the theoretical contribution of the Complexity Paradigm the subsidies to show that LA in the model of Mynard (2012) benefits from an approach with the Complex Adaptive Systems Theory (MORIN, 2010, LARSEN-FREEMAN and CAMERON 2008). This dissertation follows the framework of the expansion of this model of LA to meet deaf learners of Portuguese language and who communicate through a language modulated in the visual-spatial context. Thus, our purpose is to investigate LA as an autonomy nurturing of deaf students in the Portuguese acquisition process. To this end, we carried out this case study with seventh year deaf learners of a public school in Belém, Pará. For the data collection, advising sessions with deaf Portuguese learners were filmed. The results showed that the Dialogue, Tools and Context Model for LA (MYNARD, 2012), in its understanding as a complex adaptive system (MAGNO E SILVA; SÁ AND MATOS; RABELO, 2015), if rethought, considering the specificities of Deaf learners and their sign language, can favor the practice of advising with these learners, foster their autonomy and improve their learning of Portuguese.
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Aconselhamento linguageiro, motivação e autonomia: um estudo de caso em escrita acadêmica em inglês
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-09-04) MARTINS, Marja Ferreira; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
The difficulty reported by my classmates to write their final papers and the recent studies about language counseling started by me at the time prompted me to promote a research where I could verify the impact of counseling techniques in the students’ learning process of English as FL with difficulties in academic writing. Making connections with other areas such as autonomy and motivation, which had already been the focus of my attention. I decided to conduct a research aiming to verify how the language counseling can work as a scaffold to the autonomy of undergraduate students in English as a foreign language focusing on the academic writing skills improvement and, at the same time, to analyze the impact of this experience on their motivational process. For this, I search to verify, through a case study, how is the relationship between counselor and advised develops and describe, using multiple data collection resources (facebook chat, recording and transcription of chat sessions related to their writing problems and a final interview) to a better performance in academic writing. The results obtained through analysis of the collected material allowed me to observe that actually there is a considerable impact of language counseling techniques described by Kelly (1996), Stickler (2001) and Mynard (2012) both in autonomy and in student’s motivation process toward to the development their his writing skills for academic purposes.
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Aprendizagem de Língua Inglesa mediada por sítios: uma atividade promovida em um centro de autoacesso
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-01-30) BORGES, Kleiton de Sousa; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
The Applied Linguistics (AL) studies in the area of teaching and learning languages have been conducted in an interdisciplinary way. One of the themes of these studies is the research on autonomy in language learning in order to understand how this process is instigated in learners from diverse learning situations. New technologies, as Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are tools that can stimulate the development of this autonomy. These tools are present in educational institutions and in the daily life of teachers and students, enabling learning of a foreign language (FL) in an effective way (LEFFA, 2006; OLIVEIRA, 2012; ANDRADE, 2014; ARAÚJO, 2017). ICT is also used in self-access centers (SAC) in order to foster the autonomous studies of language learners in these spaces (GARDNER; MILLER, 1999; BARRS, 2010; MAGNO E SILVA, 2014; MYNARD, 2016). This work aimed to understand in what ways the activities mediated by computers, through sites, could influence the English language learning of students who attend and participate in activities at Base de Apoio à Aprendizagem Autônoma (BA3), a self-access center located at the Faculdade de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas (FALEM) of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). A case study was conducted employing a quanti-qualitative approach with observation and application of on-line questionnaires. The results showed that English language learning sites influenced positively the development of participants' autonomy, since they began to use these sites on their own to practice by listening, reading and speaking English. It was also found that the good layout and the types of activities of these sites were important items which led learners to use them.
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Autonomia na aula de português da 3ª etapa da educação de jovens e adultos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2010-10-13) GUEDES, Mariza Andrade; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
This research investigated the attitudes of a Portuguese as a native language public school teacher and of her students in a 3rd level EJA class. I searched indications of autonomous behaviors on the part of the teacher and on the part of the pupils as well. I wanted to verify in what measure the teacher transferred responsibility to the learners and how this process occurred. Theor etical basis for this study are found in the work on autonomy of Benson (2001), Dam (2003), Dickinson (1994), Melo (2007), Magno e Silva (2008), and the official documents as the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (1998). Results show a meager worry on the part of the teacher in transferring responsibilities which could eventually lead students to an autonomization process. This study opens the possibility of rethinking classroom practices as a way in which the exercise of autonomy could be possible.
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Autorreflexão para uma consciência do clima relacional em sala de aula: estudo de caso com professores de Língua estrangeira
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-02-18) LÓPEZ, Catalina Henao; CARRERA, Carlos Cernanda; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2845269847553868; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2845269847553868
This work aims to investigate teacher self-reflection as a way to raise awareness among foreign language teachers about the influence of social-emotional climate on learning. To this end, an instrument called the Self-Reflection Guide for Foreign Language Teachers was elaborated and given to participating teachers. Reading the guide led them to reflect on their own practice. The theoretical foundations of the research are based on studies of self-reflection in teaching, such as those conducted by Dewey (1933), Carr and Kemmis (1986), Zwozdiak-Myers (2011, 2018), among others, as well as in studies on relationship climate as a facilitator of learning (ABREU; MASETTO, 1985; ROGERS, 1996; ARNOLD, 2005). The objective of the research was to understand the influence of self-reflection on the teacher's consciousness about relationship climate, raised by the guide. The research method used was the case study, used to analyze and interpret the phenomenon studied within its real context. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire with the answers of which it was possible to understand the reflective behavior of the participating teachers and to identify the effect of the guide on their perceptions and practices. Finally, it was observed that the use of the guide led teachers to rethink their behavior and actions in the classroom in order to potentialize the abilities of their students. In the end, it is pointed out the importance of continuing to provide reflective practices to foreign language teachers as a strategy to foster continued education and improve teacher quality.
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Buscando significações na aprendizagem de inglês no ensino médio: uma experiência de fomento de autonomia
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2009-04-24) NATIVIDADE, Elda Carla Barata; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
It presents the results of a research in the field of Language Teaching and Learning which aimed at developing students autonomy regarding their appropriation of English as a foreign language in a country school. The study was developed as an imposing need to make English learning meaningful and motivating to students in this school. Motivation was seen as an important element in the construction of this knowledge. The study relied on previous research by Brown e Jacob (apud WILLIAN et al, 2004) e Harmer (2001), and on motivation; and Holec (apud PAIVA, 2005), Dickinson (1994), Little (1991), Benson (2001), and Paiva (2007) on autonomy in foreign languages learning. Methodological guidelines were borrowed from Hadley (2004) and Viana (2007) and especially on how to conduct data collection, organization, and analysis in an action - research format. This study was conducted by he teacher-researcher, based on data collected by the author in her High School freshman class with twenty eight students enrolled in the evening class of a public school in São Francisco do Pará. The data analysis proved that a meaningful learning must have students‟ daily life as a starting point to any activity. It also proved that situations which demand students using the language in real contexts makes learning more meaningful to them at the same time that it fosters autonomy. The activity conducted for this study, called Posters‟ show, aimed at developing quality behavior in students towards learning because, taking autonomy as a background, students‟ daily life, their life experiences, and their responsibility towards the learning situation are far more important elements to experience than mastering grammar rules or even covering the complete content of each academic year. Results showed that positive outcomes because a change occurred in students perceptions on learning, evidencing that it is possible to enhance autonomous attitudes when proper guidance is given to students.
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Centros de autoacesso, identidade docente e profissionalidade
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2021-05-31) BARRETO, Mariana Maués; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
Self-Access Centers (SACs) are places designed to foster autonomy in the course of learning an additional language. There is a SAC at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). It is called Autonomous Learning Support Base (ALSB), and it is open to the general public. Visitors are aided by undergraduate students who work voluntarily. Currently, ALSB is institutionally understood as a room where visitors find support for autonomous language learning. SACs are research fields, as demonstrated in studies developed in them. However, there is still room for enriching the experience of attending a SAC while obtaining a teaching degree in an additional language. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to investigate how a space dedicated to autonomous language learning itself can dynamically affect present and former volunteers in their development towards professional teaching and their constant building of a teaching identity. According to Murray (2018), the main features of SACs are the constant process of transformation and the dynamic relationship between socially constructed beings and this particular context. The path one takes in life is inherent to their formation; thus, the individuals who experience SACs bear a chance to establish and modify their distinctive teaching identities. The concept of Professional Teaching emerges amid enquiries concerning the construction of identities and what being a teacher embodies. It expresses “the qualities of teachers' professional practice in agreement with the demands of the educational work” (CONTRERAS, 2002, p. 74). Such qualities of professional teaching are related to the values teachers want to develop and the purposes they want to achieve. Therefore, the substance of these qualities is not fixed. Contrariwise, it is adaptable to the context and the specific situations in the reality of each teacher. The present research presents a narrative approach to qualitative enquiry with holistic analytical movements, and it comprises two methodological steps. During four months, we collected narratives from three teachers in training and four graduated teachers to analyze how they make sense of their teaching identity. Afterwards, we conducted a roundtable discussion with teachers who are currently active to elucidate doubts and introduce the complementary queries. Since the identities are constantly constructed, reformulated and influenced directly or indirectly by the spaces in which the teachers are part of, the results obtained through the mentioned instruments showed the multidimensional character of the teaching identity construction. We also identified the training potential of SACs and the different impacts caused by the center on the participants’ professional teaching and identity. They were influenced in terms of experience with space management, activity planning, daily contact with the center itself, and with other language learners.
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Contribuições do paradigma da complexidade no desenvolvimento de estratégias motivacionais empregadas no aconselhamento linguageiro
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-02-27) MATOS, Maria Clara Vianna Sá e; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
Recent studies see motivation for learning an additional language as a complex system. This way, nothing is examined in isolation; connections among system components are valued as they become conglomerates of factors that mutually influence each other; and, motivation is investigated through interwoven relations among agents, elements and phenomena, as well as patterns of behavior and transformations. The overall goal of this study is to offer insights to become better equipped to deal with motivation under such perspective in language learning advising circunstances. Our specific objectives involve mapping motivation in action during a language advising trajectory in order to observe the influence of contextual factors on the osci-lation of the motivational process; verifying the implementation motivational strategies that follow these perceptions; as well as identifying patterns of behavior and transformations that are linked to their practice. Our theoretical framework is based on Borgatti (2008), Mariotti (2010), Osorio (2013), Capra and Luisi (2015) who clarify complex system principles; Larsen-Freeman and Cameron (2008) who foster the understanding of complex systems for applied linguists; Dörnyei and Ushioda (2011) who approach motivation as a dynamic and complex phenomenon; Mozzon-Mcpherson (2001), Carson and Mynard (2012), and Kato and Mynard (2012) who present language learning advising as support for students to learn a new language through dialogue, reflection and action in more effective and autonomous manners. We carried out a longitudinal qualitative research, employing empirical, descriptive and interpretative mo-ves. As for a qualitative research method, we chose a mixed approach of action research (THI-OLLENT, 2011) and case study (YIN, 2016). In this setting, results indicate that dealing with motivation involves exploring interpersonal relationships and experiences that favour language learning and their dynamic, patterned and connected aspects. Besides this, in our study moti-vational strategies were coconstructed and fostered collaborative network to protect motivation. The observed transformations embraced language learning advising encounters and other acti-vities experimented by the language advisor and the advisee.
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Diálogo no aconselhamento em aprendizagem de inglês: interação, reflexão e autonomia
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-07-12) RIBEIRO, Juliana Araújo; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
In the last decades, advising in language learning (ALL) has emerged as an approach which aims at promoting learners’ autonomy (KELLY, 1996; MOZZON-MCPHERSON; VISMANS, 2001; CARSON; MYNARD, 2012; MAGNO E SILVA, 2012, 2016; KATO; MYNARD, 2015). In the Language Teaching Undergraduate course at the Federal University of Pará, some students enter with low proficiency and they need to develop both teaching and language skills. Anxiety, low self-esteem and demotivation are some of the affective states these learners go through. To help them an advising service was established. This research investigated how the dialogue in ALL happens and how effective it can be to promote learner’s autonomy for three advisees at that college. They all started the course with low proficiency in English. Virtual and face to face sessions were analyzed and questionnaires were applied to advisees and advisers. Besides, I aimed at verifying the interactional patterns and how reflection is enhanced by the advisers. The theoretical background is based on ALL studies, on Vygotsky’s (1991) sociocultural perspective, on works of Dewey (1910), Boyd and Fales (1983) and Schön (2000) about reflection. The results indicate that in ALL there’s a less hierarchical relationship as they work collaboratively towards a goal, negotiating activities, themes to be discussed, place and time for meeting. I also identified some strategies used by the adviser to promote reflection, with a non-directive attitude. Besides that, there was a prevalence of the first language use during the sessions with beginners and the target language was used as an opportunity to practice it by the more proficient learners. Finally, we believe that listening to ALL conversations means a greater understanding of the possibilities for teaching practices in which learners have their voices heard and valued.
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O efeito da instrução de estratégias de aprendizagem no desenvolvimento da produção oral de alunos de inglês da Universidade Federal do Pará: um estudo de caso
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2006-08-18) GAIGNOUX, Kelly Cristina Marques; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
It investigates the effect of the learning strategy instruction to the development of the speaking skill with a group from third level learners of English from Curso de Letras at the Federal University of Pará. This investigation aims at contributing to a better understanding of the issues involved in learning difficulties related to learners speaking performance in using a foreign language by suggesting that the explicit instruction of strategies can provide more effective learning. Hence, it offers teachers a new perspective from which to view these issues in the classroom. This study was carried out within the learning strategies framework which is based on cognitive theory of learning and development.
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Efeito do ensino de estratégias de compreensão oral na autonomia de alunos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-04-29) CASTRO, Tatiana da Silva; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
Listening comprehension is one of the skills in which learners have more difficulties in foreign language and only a few studies deal with how to enhance its learning. This research aims at investigating the teaching process of learning strategies and its effects on students‟ proficiency and autonomy concerning the listening comprehension. The theoretical basis of this study lies essentially on the contributions of: Oxford (1990), O‟Malley e Chamot (1990), Cohen (1998), Little (1991), Scharlé e Szabó (2000), Benson (2011), Magno e Silva (2012), Hedge (2000), Brown (2007) e Ur (2012) among others. The context where this experiment took place is Cursos Livres de Línguas Estrangeiras – CLLE at the Federal University of Pará. An action research was developed; the research instruments used were a questionnaire, classroom exercises sheets, and an interview. The analysis of data shows a meaningful improvement in the students listening performance along the proposed activities and also in the test completed in the end of the semester. I also observed the appropriation of some strategies taught along the semester and autonomy evidence in learners‟ changing attitudes concerning the incorporation of strategies taught and listening comprehension practice outside classroom.
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Emergência da identidade profissional na formação inicial de professores de inglês: um estudo sob o viés da teoria da complexidade
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2020-09-30) GAIGNOUX, Kelly Cristina Marques; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
The process of becoming a teacher of an additional language reveals different faces. In the contemporary world, it is a challenge to foster reflective and critical professionals who can question themselves as social and professional individuals, the ones that are always problematizing reality to take a stand politically, culturally, and economically in the contexts they work. Thus, this research proposes as a general objective to comprehend the development of the professional identity in English Language undergraduate students from the campus of the Federal University of Pará in Bragança (PA), during the last four academic semesters, from the perspective of Complexity Theory. To substantiate our discussion on the notions of subject and identity, we sought support in the studies of Bakhtin (2006 [1929]), Bauman (2005), Block (2007), Giddens (2002), Hall (2006), Moita Lopes (2002), and Resende (2009). In the field of professional identity, we concentrated on the writings of Tardif (2014 [2002]), Pimenta (2010), and Pimenta & Lima (2012). On the paradigms in teacher training and apprenticeship concepts, our discussion is underpinned by Ghedin (2006), Libâneo (2006), Pimenta (2006), and Pimenta & Lima (2006). In the scope of English teacher education, the researches of Burns (2017), Freeman (2002), Freeman, Orzulack & Morrissey (2009), Graves (2009), Gimenez & Furtoso (2008), Johnson (2009a; 2009b), Paiva (2003), Richards (2002), among others, led the discussion around teaching concepts, the knowledge base in second language teacher education, and the English Language program. The studies by Almeida Filho (2005 [1993]), Bandeira (2015), Basso (2001), Bricks (2019), Coelho (2019), Lima (2013), Sant'ana (2007; 2017), Santana (2005), Santana & Ortiz Alvarez (2015), and Souza & Souza (2013; 2015), regarding competencies, also underlay our reflections. As regards the beliefs, we are endorsed by Barcelos (2006a; 2007; 2011; 2015). Perceiving the initial teacher education as a complex adaptive system, we sustain our discussion in Bertalanffy's (2009 [1968]) General Systems Theory, in Larsen-Freeman and Cameron (2008) on Complex Adaptive Systems, and in Borges (2016), whose chaotic model of reflective development of the additional language teacher’s professionalism helped us understand the reorganization of the last two apprenticeship terms. We applied a qualitative approach from an ethnographic perspective, focusing on the participants' experiences. Case study and documentary research were our methodological procedures. The data were constituted from narratives, apprenticeship reports, lesson plans, and daily audio recorded by the nine participants of this research. The results showed that, in the learning-teaching system dynamics, beliefs emerge as their trajectory’s most influencing elements. In the interaction with other systems, such as apprenticeship, school, and teaching, these beliefs expand in the learning-teaching system. Different attractors are evident in the teaching system, especially in the construction of the methodology applied by the participants. Moreover, in the professional identity system, we notice attractors related to the construction of teachers’ knowledge and competences. The data also revealed that the traditional model of supervised apprenticeship, supported by the course pedagogical syllabus, is not ideal for the development of a professional identity that aims at the critical reflection. However, the interaction of the learning-teaching system with other systems favored the participants’ action and brought out possibilities of new paths and initial conditions.
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Emergência de comportamentos autônomos na aprendizagem da língua estrangeira a partir da interface da consciência linguageira e da motivação
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-05-27) BARROS, Silvia Helena Benchimol; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
This research explores the intersection of the studies of Language Awareness and the emergence of autonomous behaviors influenced by motivational factors in learners of English as a Foreign Language. Considering the relevance of explicit instruction of complex input and of Language Awareness, I observed that by using these principles, the teacher will foster the emergence of behaviors that lead learners to improve the control over their own learning. This way, the current study aims at verifying the correlation between language awareness, autonomy and motivation as an underpinning aspect. The theoretical basis of this study lies essentially on the contributions of: David Little (2010), Flavell (1976), Gillan Donmall (1991), Hawkings (2001), Peter Garret; Carl James (1991), Phil Benson (2001), Rutherford (1987), Van Lier (1991). Along with the bibliographical investigation, an action research has been carried out in order to understand the process of input comprehension by the adult learner, formulate hypothesis, and respect the enhanced classroom dynamic context for the final purpose of promoting improved learning. The observation and data collection took place at a sixth level English language classroom from the Foreign Language Courses at Federal University of Pará. The data from interviews, questionnaires, observations and Focus on Form activities have demonstrated that when a complex linguistic input was presented, both oral and written productions were hindered and there was less participation in conversational activities. I have also observed that the Focus on Form activities, explicitness, and reflections carried out by the employment of metalanguage have taken students closer to the solution of their problems and motivated them to search for different learning alternatives. The data have been crossed for analysis of the implications of Language Awareness on autonomous behaviors and motivation allowing reflections and meaningful insights for the solution of problems emerged in the unpredictable classroom context.
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Estilos e estratégias de aprendizagem do inglês: um estudo de caso no ensino fundamental
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2007-08-31) MONASSA, Sulenir Palmeira; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
This study aims at investigating the learning styles and strategies of a group of Elementary School students of a Belém public school. We also identified students goals and objectives in learning English. The principles of qualitative research were adopted to collect and analyze the data of this case study. The instruments used were questionnaires, self- verbal report protocols and field notes. Browns (1994) Felder and Solomans (1993) and Oxfords (2003) proposals provide rationale in order to classify learning styles. We also chose Oxfords theories (1990) to describe and classify learning strategies (2003). In order to make the foreign language learning (FLL) in public schools more effective, we describe two models of strategies based instruction which can be integrated into regular courses: Strategies-Based Instruction (SBI) by Cohen (1998) and Strategy Training Model by Oxford (1990). Results of this study describe the styles and strategies of a class of 8th graders of a Public School. We state that once these characteristics are identified, teacher and students can create learning situations which are more effective.
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Estratégias de aprendizagem e autonomia na produção oral dos alunos de licenciatura intensiva em inglês
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-08-27) BELÉM, Breno de Campos; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
The present work aims at investigating in which way the students of Letters majoring in English, of an intensive course at Universidade Federal do Pará – Altamira, apprehend autonomous practices, making use of learning strategies to improve oral performance. When they come back to the academy, after the periods without classes, the students say they feel unable to have an effective oral participation during classes. Thus, when coming back to the university, after the periods without classes, the students feel incapable of participating effectively in class orally exposing their ideas. This way, the purpose of this research is to give instructions to the learners, so that they can improve their oral skills practices through the use of learning strategies. The methodology in this research is action research with a qualitative approach. The data were collected by means of narratives, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. Eight out of 24 students participated of this research. They were at the second year of the course. The data were collected during July and August, 2011 and January and February, 2012. The results showed that the strategies instruction was relevant to students so that they could become more aware and more proficient of the oral practice during and after the period without classes. In addition, some students began to use other strategies autonomously than those already used before. They also started teaching strategies to other learners. Some students revealed they remained with the use of the same strategies that they had already used.
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A flutuação da motivação do aluno no processo de aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-09-15) DINIZ, André Monteiro; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
Introduction: The study of motivation and its role in the process of teaching and learning foreign languages has achieved an increasing relevance in the field of Applied Linguistics and in the specialized literature. Dörnyei‟s Process Model of L2 Motivation is one of the several theories based on interpretations of the motivational process and the variables that influence it. It divides the learning process into two dimensions: an actional sequence, composed of the preactional, actional and postactional phases, and the motivational influences that underlie and fuel the learner‟s behavioral process. Objectives: This study aims to identify the motivational influences on the actional phase of the individuals investigated, based on Dörnyei‟s Process Model of L2 Motivation; to examine the nature and the circumstances that determine the fluctuations observed in the subjects; and to point out the motivational strategies to maintain or regain enthusiasm to keep learning. Methodology: This research is longitudinal and predominantly qualitative. Eight undergraduate students from the English Bachelor‟s Degree of the Universidade Federal do Pará were investigated and data were collected from a narrative, three questionnaires and an interview, from March 2010 to June 2011. Results: Motivating and demotivating factors that influence the behavior of students and different fluctuation patterns during the actional phase of their learning process were observed. They all vary according to their personal characteristics, knowledge and use of management strategies on motivation and self-motivation. Conclusion: Dörnyei's Process Model of L2 Motivation (2011) proved to be very useful to support the data analysis in this research. Motivation is seen as a dynamic phenomenon, which may vary positively or negatively, depending on the beliefs and perceptions of each student and their ability to manage it. This variable feature can lead teachers to consider the influences that vary according to the learner him/herself, but also to the moment of the learning process he/she is at, as well as help them select strategies that promote motivation and prevent its ebb tide during the learning process.
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Fomento da autonomia na aprendizagem de inglês por meio do aconselhamento linguageiro: um estudo de caso sob a perspectiva ecológica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-02-16) RABELO, Jhonatan Allan de Andrade; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
This study aims at investigating the way in which language advising can contribute to the processes of autonomy development under the light of the Ecological Approach. In order to do so, I review the main concepts of those three theoretical groundings. The practices of language advising, which is a support offered to learners with the intent to foster their autonomy, are discussed from the lenses of the Ecological Approach – a new paradigm of postmodern Science which analyses its objects considering their complex character. (GIBSON, 1986; CUTTING, 1993; VAN LIER, 2004). It focuses on the investigation of the perceptions actors have of the elements in the environment, determining its affordances and constraints. The concepts presented by this approach might grant a new perspective to the study of autonomy and language advising. The research methodology which I use to guide this research is the Case Study. I describe the learning trajectory of an English learner. The instruments of data collection were the goals list, a document of the research group I belong; the recording of the advising sessions; the learning narrative and the learning journals written by the participant. The results show that the perception, interpretation and action over the affordances of the environment can be important parameters to autonomy fostering and assessment; and also that the language advisor may be a rich source of learning opportunities for language learners.
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Gêneros textuais acadêmicos e ensino da língua inglesa: um caminho para a motivação e a autonomia
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2008-12-19) RODRIGUES, Larissa Dantas; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
In the academic environment, when asked to write academic genres, the undergraduate students in general have difficulties related to their content and textual organization. Therefore, these reading and writing practices are in general inhibitors of motivation and autonomy. From this perspective, I developed an action research with students of the sixth semester of the English Letters Course at UFPA aiming to verify in which way the application of a pedagogical proposition composed of the appropriation, production and publication of academic genres can develop those undergraduate students’ motivation and autonomy. This research is based on the theories of motivation (DÖRNYEI, 2001; USHIODA, 1996), autonomy (BENSON, 2001; SCHARLE & SZABÓ, 2000), and textual genres in the socio-rhetorical perspective (SWALES, 1990; BAZERMAN, 2006). The results presented try to offer possibilities of a systematic teaching that prepares the undergraduate Letters student to a more motivating and autonomous text production. Moreover, after experiencing a meaningful application of genres, it is expected that those future teachers will deal more effectively with other genres in their classrooms.
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A influência do aconselhamento linguageiro na trajetória de uma aluna de letras - inglês
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-04-28) MORHY, Sádie Saady; SILVA, Walkyria Alydia Grahl Passos Magno e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6129530461830312
Learning foreign languages (FL) implies the interconnection of several factors that contribute directly or indirectly in the process. However, studies on learning resent the lack of a holistic view, which can provide a more complete understanding of the trajectory of the students. Advising is a form of learning support that consists of meetings between the counselor and the student, usually individually (REINDERS, 2008). The counselor works with the student as a facilitator, mentor, adviser, helper, support staff and consultant (MOZZON-MCPHERSON, 2001). This dissertation aims at advancing the study on language advising and its contribution in the process of learning a foreign language. The purpose is to observe how advising interferes in the formation of a student of Letters, English, at UFPA. Through predominantly a qualitative approach, this case study follows a single subject, a language student of English, for two academic years. Data were collected through participant observation - advising - and includes testimonials, stories, interviews and reports. The material collected was analyzed according to the precepts of Complexity Theory (CT), which according to Vasconcelos (2002) is presented as a new paradigm and goes beyond the Newtonian model. CT accounts for the stability of phenomena at the same time that it recognizes that they may be unstable; in addition, it takes into account the inter-subjectivity between phenomena. This leads to a better understanding of the processes of identity and motivational (trans)formation in learning a foreign language. Larsen-Freeman and Cameron (2008) consider that the CT content is seen as part of the system and not merely as its background. Data analyses showed us that advising contributed to the formation of the student; it could also perturb her learning trajectory and develop the student’s autonomy.