“Fasten your seat belts”: Investigating learners’ perceptions regarding the implementation of tasks in an English online course

Authors

  • Juliane Regina Trevisol Universidade do Estado da Bahia
  • Leonardo da Silva Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Raquel Carolina Ferraz D'Ely Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2175-294x.2019.241326

Abstract

Considering the growth of distance education, this qualitative study investigated learners’ perceptions of the implementation of traveling-themed tasks (ELLIS, 2003) in a virtual course of English as a foreign language.  The course was offered to university staff members for a semester. Four participants took part in it. Instruments were a consent form, two questionnaires, and a Skype interview. Results suggest learners perceived the course as motivating, noticing their task engagement from the perspective of “l’education integrale” (LONG, 2015) and “learning by doing”. Furthermore, learning was related to cultural aspects noticed, interesting sites, and the connection with previous traveling experiences.


Author Biographies

Juliane Regina Trevisol, Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Ciencias Humanas da UNEB - Campus IV.  Doutora em Estudos Linguísticos pela PPGI/UFSC. Professora do curso de Licenciatura em Letras Lingua Inglesa e Literaturas.

Leonardo da Silva, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina

Professor do Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC), Campus de Itajaí.  Doutor em Lingua Inglesa - Estudos Linguisticos pela UFSC.

Raquel Carolina Ferraz D'Ely, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), atuando nos cursos de graduação e pós graduação em Letras-Inglês e Letras - Secretariado Executivo em Inglês, junto ao Departamento de Língua e Literaturas Estrangeiras (DLLE). Doutora em Inglês e Linguística Aplicada (2006) pela UFSC.

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2019-12-31

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Trevisol, J. R., da Silva, L., & Ferraz D'Ely, R. C. (2019). “Fasten your seat belts”: Investigating learners’ perceptions regarding the implementation of tasks in an English online course. Revista Investigações, 32(2), 228–254. https://doi.org/10.51359/2175-294x.2019.241326

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Vol. 32 No. 2 (2019): Revista Investigações - Linguística

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Artigo - Linguística (seção livre)

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