Avaliando as razões que levam ao aprendizado de uma segunda língua: os olhares do aluno e do professor

Abstract

Education is a continuous process that occurs throughout the human development (from birth to death). Any socio-educative process takes interactionist way through symbolic and linguistic mediation. Thus, adult education (also known as andragogy) is integral and necessary to the process of human development, exercising transformative role in the life of the individual and the social space that subject occupies. The inclusion of this study in this line of investigation is because it fully evaluate issues that belong to the field of andragogy. Globalization makes us interact with different media. They are sources of information, social networks, virtual games among many other options that force us to be in constant contact with a foreign language. Also, knowing a second language has become almost compulsory to achieve a good position in the labor market. For this reason, it is increasing the demand for language courses and, over the years, we see more and more educational institutions targeted to that audience with different methodologies. In order to better understand the functioning of the brain and language acquisition, several researches are performed in multidisciplinary areas, such as Linguistics and Psychology, trying to find answers not only about the process of acquisition of the mother tongue, but also on the acquisition of a second language. We are often faced with various approaches and studies on language acquisition and, consequently, of second language acquisition. But regardless of the approach chosen, the motivation may be essential in the teaching / learning language process. It's also expected to discuss how valid the various concepts of "fluency" and "proficiency" in a certain language are, taking into account the real needs of the learner. Finally, it is assumed that this work will bring practical contributions in which they can strategize action on the teaching / learning of English as a 2nd language. The objective of this study is to raise reflections on motivation as a necessary condition to learn English as a second language by analyzing qualitatively through semi-structured interviews according to the phenomenological method, the profile of particular courses of English as a second language, its teachers and students, analyzing their view of the teaching / learning process in a specialized course and which characteristics surround that environment.