Applied Linguístics

were not proficient in English at all. The study was divided into two phases: in the first one the students’ knowledge and proficiency was checked through questionnaires previously elaborated; in the second, the material prepared for this study was applied. The data were collected between April and June 2005, by means of written interviews and questionnaires, audio recording, and a simulated reading proficiency test. Thus, based on the results obtained during this study, it was possible…

1980–2009. d Data for 1995–1997 are based on a linear regression of exports of foreign affiliates against inward FDI stock for the period 1982–1994. For 1998–2011, the share of exports of foreign affiliates in world export in 1998 (33.3 per cent) was applied to obtain values. e Data from IMF, World Economic Outlook, April 2012. Note: Not included in this table are the value of worldwide sales by foreign affiliates associated with their parent firms through non-equity relationships and of…

interviews and two classes - one in each school - were video recorded in order to mediate two sessions of discussions about the teachers own pedagogical practice through a guided self observation interview. Dialogic and conversational analyses were applied. The interaction process between the researcher and the participants resulted in four meaning maps. Results indicated that school inclusion may be built by a set of beliefs and values expressed by: a) the recognition of human…

Nationalismus und Bewusstseinsbildung in Brasilien, inbesondere bei Paulo Freire. Frankfurt am Main: R. Gerhardt, 1980, 382 p. PAL, Anasuya. Teaching english as a second/foreign language using Paulo Freire’s Probleam – posing approach. – A study in applied psychokunguistics. São Paulo, PUC. abr. 1989, 176 p. PAPALEO, Maria Tereza Souza. Pedagogia do oprimido: autoridade e dominação. Dissertação de mestrado em Filosofia. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas – Pontifícia Universidade…

already fallen into our hands." -- The Seventh Protocol. Jewish Question Breaks Into the Magazines Once upon a time an American faculty member of an American university went to Russia on business. He was expert in a very important department of applied science and a keen observer. He entered Russia with the average American's feeling about the treatment which the government of that people accorded the Jew. He lived there three years, came home for a year, and went back again for a…

a modern (Tarskian) version of the correspondence theory, and its best indicator is given by systematic enquiry using the methods of science. ‐ The concepts of truth and falsity are in principle applicable to all linguistic products of scientific enquiry, including observation reports, laws and theories. In particular, claims about the existence of theoretical entities have a truth value. ‐ Truth (together with some other epistemic…

no singular: Politics is a complicated business which most people detest. (Política é um negócio complicado o qual a maioria das pessoas detesta.) Acoustics (Acústica) Athletics (Atletismo) Electronics (Eletrônica) Genetics (Genética) Linguistics (Lingüística) Mathematics (Matemática) Physics (Física) Politics (Política) Statistics (Estatística) - No entanto, quando essas palavras são usadas com outros sentidos, o verbo poderá ir para o plural: What are your…

Ricoeur and Jean Ladrière. They all have in common the translator’s view being a mediator between two worlds and the translation not limiting to a simple transposition of words in different languages, but implying a communication indicated by linguistic signs connected to cultural polisystems. Interrelating literary analysis and cultural issues, involved in De Magistro, the study of a very unique world, becoming imperative its translation, appealing to intertextuality with the…

falscador processo de naturalização através da linguagem do que é social (experiências e ideologias), ou como diz White, a "transformation of conjectural statements which arc linguistically qualified into statements of "fact" formulated without linguistic qualification" (White, 1991:81). Por seu lado, o papel da Sociologia e da Antropologia parece ser restituir aos fenômenos biológicos sua verdadeira natureza social. Cobrar o que lhes pertence de direito e, libertando as coisas de sua…

color in various areas, this article aims to demonstrate the relevance of the study of color applied to the process that encompasses the generation of a product (from the product packaging, advertising to publicize the product). It aims to demonstrate the ability of color information through the analysis of stimuli, perception and syntax of the color, as well as through their use symbolic and linguistic transmission of messages and information, revealing the influence of…