The game “Autonomous Me” as a reflection tool for learning foreign languages

Authors

  • Walkyria Passos Magno e Silva Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Fernanda Souza e Silva Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/rhla.v18i1.25025

Keywords:

autonomy, learning process awareness, foreign languages learning

Abstract

Being autonomous is fundamental for competence development in a foreign language. It is impossible to learn another language without continuous actions that go way beyond the ones commanded by a teacher. However, metacognitively organizing the autonomization process has always been a challenge to most students. Tassinari (2015) proposes a model that aims at helping students in this process. This text, besides discussing the individual basis of the autonomization process, transforms Tassinari’s model into a game to be collectively played. It shows how this was done and the results of an experimental round played by a group of freshmen with different levels of command of the language. Results show that there was a higher level of awareness among students concerning on one hand what really means learning a language and on the other which are the dimensions that need to be activated in order to achieve successful learning.

Author Biography

  • Fernanda Souza e Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)

    Mestre em Letras/Linguística (2014) e graduada em Letras - Francês pela Universidade Federal do Pará. Atualmente cursa Letras - Português na mesma universidade onde também é doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras (nota 5 da CAPES). Tem experiência com ensino de francês e de português como língua estrangeira. Interessa-se por autorregulação e autonomia na aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras.

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2019-06-01

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