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3. Monografias de Especialização
4. Especialização em Língua Inglesa

Type:	Monografia (especialização)
Title:	It’s now or never – teaching adults
Other Titles:	É agora ou nunca - ensinar adultos
Authors:	Dulce Aparecida Dias
First Advisor:	Bárbara Malveira Orfano
Abstract:	I've always loved English, more than you can imagine! When I was a teen, I observed several classmates studying in private schools, but my parents didn’t have the financial means to pay for a course. As soon as I started working at age 16, I enrolled in a course to achieve my dream of speaking English. The years passed and due to the routine of the Faculty of Administration, job relocation, marriage, pregnancy, among other situations of daily life, I began and interrupted classes frequently. On the other hand, I have always thought of teaching English as a volunteer because it is something I have a passion for and it was when I made strategic planning for language learning involving private lessons, immersion courses in the United States, Canada and Malta. In 2017, at age 42, having been transferred to Vale in Mariana, I was fortunate to meet an English teacher who is a former CEI student that introduced me to the course, motivated me to take it and that's when I started this journey at UFMG, and I believe it can help me make my dream came true! Needless to say that learning as an adult can become a little more difficult for several reasons. While many are ashamed to express themselves by being shy, there is the difficulty of time since personal life and work require a lot of dedication. Another relevant factor is that there are currently many unemployed people who wish to invest on their professional development and English has become one of the core competencies. The main reason why I chose to call this book “It's now or never” is not only because a Second Language (L2) is an instrument of world understanding and social inclusion, but also because many adults come to me asking for classes to improve their curriculum, apply for a new job position, or try to get a job interview in English. They seem to have some issues to learn as adults, because they usually say: “I can’t learn at this age anymore”, “I'm too old to learn English”; “I procrastinate a lot”, “I’m so busy”, “I have no time to study English”. For these reasons, I agree that L2 can improve their critical thinking and guide them to personal and professional development. In addition, I have observed this need in the community in which I live so I could offer a volunteer work to share knowledge and contribute to English language learning as well as to help to improve the process of inclusion of people in society. The coursebook consists of two units, with different subjects and intended to adults at level B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), focusing on critical thinking. Both units are to be taught using the Communicative Approach, in which the teacher acts as a facilitator, allowing students to share their opinions. The activities have a communicative function, thinking about the interaction among adults with the use of authentic materials, aiming at the practice of all four skills involved in language learning: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The first unit is called "The body speaks." The goal is to get students to reflect on how we communicate in non-verbal ways. They can identify the different parts of the nonverbal details that reveal who we are and the impact of how we relate to others. It will also allow students to increase their vocabulary and raise awareness on how people sometimes feel and behave. The second one, called “We should all be feminists”, is a tribute to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian feminist and writer who has a TED talk titled with the same name. According to the author, there are many people who think that feminism means that women hate men, women can’t pink colors or put on lipstick. However, women can take care of themselves, be housewives, take care of their children and also be feminists. It is interesting to draw attention to a world without oppression, without fear, without abuse. A world with freedom for all! On the other hand, we need to include men in the talks to build a more equal and fairer society for women as well as for men. Thus, it is essential to talk about the subject to make it more natural in the search for equality, particularly genders equality. This material was designed for educational purposes and it has no commercial aspirations. It cannot be reproduced, partially or as a whole, without the expressed authorization of the author.
Subject:	Língua inglesa – Estudo e ensino
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	FALE - FACULDADE DE LETRAS
metadata.dc.publisher.program:	Curso de Especialização em Língua Inglesa
Rights:	Acesso Aberto
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/34347
Issue Date:	1-Aug-2019
Appears in Collections:	Especialização em Língua Inglesa

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