GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION IN PORTUGUESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - A Study in the Context of Teletandem Interactions

Douglas Altamiro Consolo, Aline de Souza Brocco, Camila Mendes Custodio

2009

Abstract

This paper presents a study about the role of grammar in on-line interactions conducted in Portuguese and in English, between Brazilian and English-speaking interactants, with the aim of teaching Portuguese as a foreign language (PFL). The interactions occurred by means of chat and the MSN Messenger, and generated audio and video data for language analysis. Grammar is dealt with from two perspectives, an inductive and a deductive approach, so as to investigate the relevance of systematization of grammar rules in the process of learning PFL in teletandem interactions.

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Altamiro Consolo D., de Souza Brocco A. and Mendes Custodio C. (2009). GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION IN PORTUGUESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - A Study in the Context of Teletandem Interactions . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8111-82-1, pages 62-66. DOI: 10.5220/0001973000620066


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@conference{csedu09,
author={Douglas Altamiro Consolo and Aline de Souza Brocco and Camila Mendes Custodio},
title={GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION IN PORTUGUESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - A Study in the Context of Teletandem Interactions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2009},
pages={62-66},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001973000620066},
isbn={978-989-8111-82-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION IN PORTUGUESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - A Study in the Context of Teletandem Interactions
SN - 978-989-8111-82-1
AU - Altamiro Consolo D.
AU - de Souza Brocco A.
AU - Mendes Custodio C.
PY - 2009
SP - 62
EP - 66
DO - 10.5220/0001973000620066