The Effect of Learning Strategies Instruction on the Oral Production Development of English Undergraduate Students from the Federal University of Pará: A Case Study

Authors

  • Kelly C. M. Gaignoux Faculdades Integradas Brasil Amazônia, Belém, Brasil
  • Walkyria Magno e Silva Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil

Keywords:

EFL, instruction, learning strategies, oral production

Abstract

This study aims at investigating how learning strategies instruction may enhance the development of oral production. Instruments used to conduct this case study were field notes, questionnaires, interviews and class audio recordings. Seven female third level undergraduate students of the Curso de Letras of the Federal University of Pará were the subjects of this study. Since the oral production is the main concern of most foreign language learners, this investigation aims at contributing to a better understanding of this issue by suggesting that the explicit learning strategies teaching may conduct to more satisfactory outcomes. Results showed that there were changes in the learning strategies repertoire used by participants.

Author Biographies

Kelly C. M. Gaignoux, Faculdades Integradas Brasil Amazônia, Belém, Brasil

Kelly Cristina Marques Gaignoux holds an M.A. in Linguistics from the Federal University of Pará, in Belém, Brazil. She is an English professor at the Faculdades Integradas Brasil Amazônia in Belém and also an English teacher for the state schools system, where she works with teenagers. She has developed a special interest for the teaching of oral skills.

Walkyria Magno e Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil

Walkyria Magno e Silva holds a Ph.D in Language Sciences from the University of Toulouse – Le Mirail, France, and an MA in Linguistics from UNICAMP, Brazil. Currently, she is a professor at the Graduate Program in Linguistics of the Federal University of Pará and an associate professor at the undergraduate level of the English Course at the same university, where she teaches Applied Linguistics and Methodology. She coordinates the research and teaching project called Ways to Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning and has developed a keen interest in learning styles and learning strategies.

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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2008)

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