Research tendencies in teaching and learning English as a foreign language in Brazil

Authors

  • Dirce Charara Monteiro

Keywords:

research tendencies, Applied Linguistics, English.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to point the main research tendencies in teaching and learning English as a foreign language in the main postgraduate courses in this area, in Brazil, in the period 2005-2010. The adopted methodology for the data collection included the inventory of theses and dissertations, which are included in the sites of the universities with research lines in Applied Linguistics and were produced in the mentioned period. The most productive categories were the ones related to teacher formation, translation, language and technology and studies about teachers and students’ beliefs.

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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Monteiro, D. C. (2016). Research tendencies in teaching and learning English as a foreign language in Brazil. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 41(2), 495–508. Retrieved from https://revistas.gel.org.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/1175

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Section

Linguística Aplicada ao Ensino de Línguas