Mapeando a esperança: um levantamento das experiências no processo de aprendizagem de língua inglesa

Abstract

Hope is the creative ability to represent positive visions of the future, which influences human development. Drawing from investigations in Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences, Miccoli observes the teaching and learning process as a complex set of experiences in which one transforms and is transformed through interaction and by specific situations (1996; 1997; 2000; 2001a; 2001b; 2006; 2007a; 2007b; 2007c; 2007d). Within this framework, this study aimed to identify hope in experiences lived inside and outside of classrooms, through the mapping of 50 learning narratives of Language Arts students from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The findings of the triangulation of (qualitative, quantitative and phenomenological) data analyses revealed that learners experiences are oriented toward expectations and dreams that compel them to action starting point for the discussion of affect-related factors that can promote empowerment for learning a second language.