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AnAlternative guidelene for the teaching of english as a foreign language in secundary schools in Belo Horizonte.

It is well known fact the teaching of english as a foreign language in secondary shools has not been effective. among other thinga, current teaching sets out to develop the four linguistic skills. Howeverm students reveal a poor command of the language in whatever skill considered, which breeds poor motivation and lack of interest. Therefore, the ultimate aim of this thesis is to provide suggestions for the improvement of EFLT in secondary schools in Belo Horizonte. So as to reach this aim, we first discuss some theoretical issues such as language concepts, the development of linguistic skills versus communicative abilities, cognitive principles and motivational factors as well as methodological trends. This theoretical discussion is relevant for the next two steps-first, the evaluation of the curret teaching situation in Belo Horizonte, and secondly, the proposal further reveal that the communicative approach to language teaching together eith Ausubel's theory of meaningful verbal learning can make the process more meaningful, useful, and transferable. As a result, students are likely to be more motivated and interested. A final claim is that the whole teaching/learning process could be better contextualized by having reading as a pivotal activitym which is made apparent in the illustrative study module that closes this thesis.

Nome do Autor: SOUZA, Luiz Otávio C. Gonçalves
Nome do Orientador: Else Ribeiro Pires Vieira
Instituição: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Ano Publicação: 1987
Curso: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras
Grau do Trabalho: Dissertação de Mestrado Acadêmico
Área: Letras
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SOUZA, Luiz Otávio C.Gonçalves. AnAlternative guidelene for the teaching of english as a foreign language in secundary schools in Belo Horizonte. Belo Horizonte: PG em Letras, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 1987. 169p. (Dissertação de Mestrado).