19.153, Diss: Psycholing: Ferreira: 'Radio Programs: An alternative source...'

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Date: 12-Jan-2008
From: Fernando Ferreira Junior < jr_fernando at hotmail.com >
Subject: Radio Programs: An alternative source to oral input in FLA

 

	
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Institution: State University of Campinas 
Program: Linguistics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2000 

Author: Fernando G. Ferreira Junior

Dissertation Title: Radio Programs: An alternative source to oral input in FLA 

Dissertation URL:  http://libdigi.unicamp.br/document/?code=vtls000212327

Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics


Dissertation Director(s):
Linda Gentry El-Dash

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation explores the importance and effectiveness of short wave
radio programs in the process of foreign language acquisition (FLA) for
those who have no access to other sources of oral input in the FL studied.
In addition to this lack of oral input, the low economic status of most
Brazilian FL students makes such programs a very cost-effective alternative
to oral input, i.e., an important aid to their FL development.

It is also shown here that regularly listening to such broadcasts (the
news, mainly) - which are a rich source of authentic and comprehensible
input - can truly help learners in the process of FLA. Such input, although
linguistically complex, is made comprehensible through the use of schemata,
or background knowledge, that learners possess. These issues are explored
from a connectionist perspective. 





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