In the present study we investigated a corollary of the multicompetence hypothesis as a description of language representation in bilingualism. According to this hypothesis, bilingualism entails a state of linguistic knowledge that does not correspond either to L1 or L2 norms. Previous studies examining online language processing of sentences in Portuguese that simulated argument structures constructions of English have shown a departure from the restrictions of the L1 grammar (Portuguese), which supports the multicompetence hypothesis. he purpose of this study was to explore whether such departure from the L1 would be observed in a psycholinguistic task that taps bilinguals' intentional attention focus on the form of linguistic expressions in their L1, therefore depicting L1 metalinguistic awareness. he results reveal that the bilingualism efects detected during real time sentence processing do not extend to metalinguistic awareness, therefore suggesting that such efects are evanescent, and most likely implicit in nature.
Este trabalho é o resultado de uma investigação empírica acerca da força de associação do termo access com internet entre um corpus de textos escritos formal e um informal. Usamos como medida de associação a Multual Information(I = Log2 O/E).). Como resultado, verificamos uma saliência quando o access é colocado com internet (5,13 e 31,19, respectivamente). Esta saliência apontou uma força de associação de 4,8 (formal) e 7,2 (informal).
his study explores the recalibration and adequacy of a measure of vocabulary size – the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) – as a predictor of Brazilian Portuguese-English speakers’ ability to access grammatical representations through their non-dominant language. Such endeavor concerns a specific part of the test (composed majorly by cognates) which has been blurring the results when participants are natives in Latin-derived languages, such as Brazilian Portuguese. A new test (nVLT) was designed, with a novel version of this problematic part (level 4) present in the older test that, now, avoids the proliferation of cognates. Both versions were applied to a number of Brazilian participants and the results were correlated with another proficiency measure, taken from an acceptability judgment task designed according to the model reported in Souza et al (2015). When the low-proficiency participants took the VLT, there were a decreasing pattern in their scores from the first level of the exam all the way to level 3 (because each level is harder than the preceding). But, when they got to level 4, which is “harder” than level 3, their scores increased surprisingly, and then decreased again in level 5. When they performed the nVLT, which has a level 4 recalibrated (without latin cognates), the decreasing pattern was maintained evenly through the whole test. These results from nVLT show an internal coherence of the test due to the recalibration.
RESUMO: Neste trabalho, objetivamos analisar as implicações docentes e discentes no processo de ensino-aprendizagem de língua inglesa. Para tal, avaliamos a utilização, por parte dos professores dessa língua, de materiais em vídeo, músicas, entre outras mídias advindas dessas novas TIC, tanto em escolas públicas quanto particulares, considerando a percepção dos professores e alunos. Como procedimento de investigação, aplicamos um questionário a professores e alunos de seis escolas da região do Barreiro, em Belo Horizonte – MG (Brasil). Com base nas respostas obtidas, verificamos um baixo índice de aproveitamento das potencialidades das novas TIC, em especial nas escolas públicas, mas também nas escolas particulares.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: novas TIC; ensino-aprendizagem de língua inglesa; materiais autênticos. ABSTRACT:In this paper we aimed at analyzing the implications concerning teachers and students in the English teaching-learning process. To do so, we assessed the English teachers’ use of video materials, music, among other media provided by the new ICT, both in public and private schools, relying on teachers’ and students’ perceptions. As investigation procedure, we applied a multiple-item questionnaire to teachers and students from six schools in the neighborhood of Barreiro, in Belo Horizonte – Minas Gerais (Brazil). Through the answers, we verified a low rate of exploration of the potentialities provided by the new ICT, especially in public schools, but also in the private ones.KEYWORDS: new ICT; English language teaching-learning; authentic materials.
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