Os aprendizes de ingles geral e instrumental e suas atitudes face a gramatica / Learners of general english and english for specific purposes and their attitudes toward grammar

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

This research investigates the attitudes of the English language learners towards the learning of grammar. It is basic research focusing on an issue relevant to the challenges that have been faced in the area of language teaching. In an attempt to give priority to the true opinions of students, we conducted semistructured interviews with groups of university students learning English. These interviews revealed numerous different ideas about grammar, and these were used to design the questionnaire, which introduced these ideas in a Likert-type format. The subjects responding the questionnaire were students either of general English or English for Specific Purposes at a Public University in São Paulo State. Scores ranged from 1(the lowest) to 7 (the highest), in relation to agreement with the proposed statements. The results were then submitted to factor analysis and generated 30 independent factors. These were correlated to certain variables, i.e., gender, area of study (humanities, sciences or biology) and type of English course (general or specific purposes). By grouping the items of the questionnaire that are considered to be similar by the students, these factors showed what underlies the responses of the learners, and they were labeled, in relation to aspect of grammar involved. Finally, we have presented some reflections about the role of grammar in the hope that this will help teachers promote a more positive image of grammar in the class

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pesquisa quantitativa english language quantitative research english language estudantes - atitudes study and teaching grammar lingua inglesa - estudo e ensino lingua inglesa - gramatica students attitudes

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