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Ideais e realidade: uma aula reservada para crianças autistas bilíngües = Ideals and reality: a self-contained class for bilingual autistic children
Este estudo qualitativo abordou as experiências de crianças bilíngües, selecionadas com desordem do espectro autista em uma sala de aula de Educação Infantil Especial Bilíngüe. Os dados incluíram observação ao vivo, gravações em vídeo e entrevistas com os funcionários e pais. Apesar da dedicação dos professores, dos funcionários e da família, os desafios incluíram limitações lingüísticas de clínicos gerais, uso inconsistente de espanhol e/ou inglês, falta de compreensão dos pais sobre a natureza do autismo e demanda irreal de funcionários. O ambiente da barulhenta sala de aula, às vezes refletia aprendizagem, que freqüentemente significava transtorno. A preparação profissional de professores também era inadequad
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When the native is also a non-native: “retrodicting” the complexity of language teacher cognition
Abstract: The impact of native (NS) and non-native speaker (NNS) identities
on second or foreign language teachers’ cognition and practices in the classroom
has mainly been investigated in ESL/EFL contexts. Using complexity
theory as a framework, this case study attempts to fill the gap in the literature
by presenting a foreign language teacher in the United States who teaches
French as a NS and German as a NNS teacher at the college level. Specifically,
the study explores the interface between NS/NNS identities, teacher cognition,
practice, and professional identity. The retrodictive qualitative analysis
of semi-structured interviews and classroom observations reveals that the participant
teacher’s NS French and NNS German identities influenced her
teacher cognition, specifically in beliefs about teaching grammar. In addition,
previous language learning experiences affect current decision-making processes
in teaching. In terms of teaching practice, the dual NS French and NNS
German identity affects teaching practice in the formal areas of language, target
culture knowledge and awareness, teaching style, and perceptions about
language varieties. Professional identity is construed here as being the mediator
of target second language (L2) cultures in the classroom. The implications
of teacher cognition as a complex system for L2 teaching and teacher education
are discussed