Development of oral comprehension in Portuguese as a Second Language using semi-authentic materials

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1519-5392.2021v21n3Esp.p198

Keywords:

Oral comprehension, Didactic materials, Portuguese as a Second Language

Abstract

Oral comprehension plays a crucial role in the development of the communicative competence of a foreign language. It is also considered to be the most difficult skill to learn due to its intrinsic nature. When it comes to the teaching and learning of oral comprehension in the classroom, the didactic materials are an indispensable element in carrying out activities. In this sense, using action research methodology, a project was developed with A1.2 level students, within the scope of the pedagogical internship of the Masters in Portuguese as Second Language/Foreign Language, of the Faculty of Arts of University of Porto, with the main objective of developing the oral comprehension of learners of Portuguese as a Second Language, through the creation of semi-authentic resources. After analysing the results, we can conclude that: i.) the application of the class model centred on oral comprehension - pre-activity, activity and postactivity - contributes not only to the success of the activity of oral comprehension, but also promotes the development of other competences, especially linguistic competence in the areas of oral expression and interaction; ii.) the audio and audiovisual materials created during the pedagogical intervention constitute an asset for the enrichment of didactic materials for the learners of Portuguese as a Second Language.

Author Biography

Yanping Tang, Universidade do Porto

Master in Portuguese as a Second Language/Foreign Language of the Universidade do Porto.

References

BUCK, Gary. Assessing listening. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. BROWN, Gillian. Listening to spoken english. 2 nd ed. Harlow: Longman Group UK Ltd, 1990.

FERREIRA, Daniel André Marques. Prática das subcompetências orais para o desenvolvimento da competência comunicativa em situações da vida quotidiana: estudo de caso na Universidade de Valência. 2019. Dissertação (Mestrado em Português Língua Segunda/Língua Estrangeira) - Universidade do Porto, Porto, 2019.

FIELD, John. Listening in the language classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

GILMORE, Alex. Authentic materials and authenticity in foreign language learning. Language Teaching, Cambridge, v. 40, n. 2, p. 97-118, 2007.

GOH, Christine. Metacognitive instruction for second language listening development: theory, practice and research implications. RELC Journal, Singapore, v. 39, n. 2, p. 188213, 2008.

RICHARDS, Jack C. Teaching listening and speaking: from theory to practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

LEIRIA, Isabel. Português língua segunda e língua estrangeira: investigação e ensino. Idiomático - Revista Digital de Didáctica de PLNM, [s. l.], n. 3, p. 1-11, 2004. MISHAN, Freda. Designing authenticity into language learning materials. Bristol and Portland: Intellect Books, 2005.

NATION, I. S. P.; NEWTON, Jonathan M. Teaching ESL/EFL listening and speaking. New York: Routledge, 2009.

NUNAN, David. Approaches to teaching listening in the language classroom. In: KOREA TESOL CONFERENCE, 1997, Kyoung-ju. Proceedings [...].: Korea TESOL, 1997. p. 1-10.

NUNAN, David. Listening in language learning. Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice, Cambridge, p. 238-241, 2002.

ROST, Michael. Listening tasks and language acquisition. In: JALT CONFERENCE, 2002, Tóquio. Proceedings [...].Tóquio: The Japan Association for Language Teaching, v. 25, p. 18-28, 2002.

ROST, Michael. Teaching and researching listening. 2 nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2011.

UR, Penny. Teaching listening comprehension. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

VANDERGRIFT, Larry. Listening to learn or learning to listen?. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Cambridge, v. 24, p. 3-25, 2004.

VANDERGRIFT, Larry. Recent developments in second and foreign language listening comprehension research. Language Teaching, Cambridge, v. 40, n. 3, p. 191-210, 2007.

Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

TANG, Yanping. Development of oral comprehension in Portuguese as a Second Language using semi-authentic materials. Entretextos, Londrina, v. 21, n. 3Esp., p. 198–217, 2021. DOI: 10.5433/1519-5392.2021v21n3Esp.p198. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/entretextos/article/view/44607. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.