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Attitude, Preference, and Achievement of Reading in Students from Brazil Exploratory Study

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Vandall, Andrew W. – ProQuest LLC, 2022

This exploratory research study analyzed the relationships between attitude, preference, and achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in high school from Brazil. The study presented what relationships exist between attitude, preference and achievement in reading for both L1 Portuguese, and L2 English. The Middle and Secondary Reading…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension

Student Affective Reactions to Oral Language Tests.

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Scott, Mary Lee – Language Testing, 1986

Assessed native Brazilian students' affective reactions to different oral English-as-a-Foreign-Language achievement test formats. A multivariate analysis of variance based on the results of a factor analysis showed no significant difference among student reactions to the different test formats. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Critical Language Awareness in the Teaching of Portuguese.

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Leal, Maria Christina Diniz – Language Awareness, 1998

Reports a two-phase project aimed at developing critical language awareness through the teaching of Portuguese. During the first phase, 13-year-olds in a Brazilian state school evaluated their Portuguese lessons, and identified features they felt needed altering to develop critical awareness of language and social reality. Changes were proposed…

Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries

Negotiating for Meaning: Papers on Foreign Language Teaching and Testing. Proceedings of the Conference on Portuguese Language: Teaching and Testing (1st, Austin, Texas, March 3-4, 1989). A Special Edition of Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education.

Koike, Dale A., Ed.; Simoes, Antonio R. M., Ed. – 1989

Papers from a conference on language teaching and testing are grouped in four sections. The first contains a foreword by Dale A. Koike and Antonio R. M. Simoes. The second, on research in second/foreign language teaching, includes the following: "Second Language Learning and Evaluation: From Theory to Classroom Practice" (Sandra J.…

Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries