Efeito do ensino de estratégias de compreensão oral na autonomia de alunos

Abstract

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.