O papel da atitude cultural de alunos brasileiros imersos em cursos de inglês como segunda língua nos Estados Unidos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

There are many Brazilian student cultural exchange programs that promote immersion courses abroad. However, there is little information available on the importance of the cultural attitude of students learning a second language, immersed in a second culture. The purpose of this study was to see if second language (L2) students with positive cultural attitudes towards the target culture would develop a higher language proficiency (during the same period of time) than students with negative attitudes based on stereotypes of the second culture. The experiment consisted of two stages evaluating the development of ten English as a second language (ESL) students, at a basic level of language proficiency. The first stage took place before the immersion courses tests measuring the level of language proficiency and cultural attitude of each participant. After their three or four month programs in the immersion courses in the United States, the second stage was implemented again, tests measuring language proficiency and cultural attitude to see if there was any change in the participants performance regarding level in English language proficiency. The results indicated that the students with more positive cultural attitudes achieved higher levels of language proficiency than those with more negative cultural attitudes. Based on these results, it is suggested that cultural attitude may have a positive or negative effect on a second language learners level of achievement in second language proficiency.

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linguistica aplicada cursos de imersão inglês como segunda língua. atitude cultural second language (l2) segunda língua (l2) cultural attitude immersion courses english a second language (esl)

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