That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto
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Data de Publicação: | 1999 |
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Resumo: | The aim of this study is to discover if the general assumption that students "know" more English at the end of their degree course than they "knew" at the beginning, in fact, corresponds to a quantifiable truth. The students in question receive on average, 500 hours of direct English language instruction as well as many more hours of associated study of literature, linguistics and other subjects during their four years at the Faculty of Letters the University of Porto. The investigation employed a grammaticality questionnaire as its principal means of inquiry, the formulation and the results of which are discussed in general as well as statistical terms. |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of PortoLíngua inglesa - EnsinoThe aim of this study is to discover if the general assumption that students "know" more English at the end of their degree course than they "knew" at the beginning, in fact, corresponds to a quantifiable truth. The students in question receive on average, 500 hours of direct English language instruction as well as many more hours of associated study of literature, linguistics and other subjects during their four years at the Faculty of Letters the University of Porto. The investigation employed a grammaticality questionnaire as its principal means of inquiry, the formulation and the results of which are discussed in general as well as statistical terms.Porto : Universidade do Porto. Faculdade de Letras19991999-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10216/8817engHurst, Nicolasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-29T14:55:29Zoai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/8817Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:11:40.671298Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto Hurst, Nicolas Língua inglesa - Ensino |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto |
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That was then, this is now : formal knowledge attainment among students of English at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto |
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Hurst, Nicolas |
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Hurst, Nicolas |
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Língua inglesa - Ensino |
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The aim of this study is to discover if the general assumption that students "know" more English at the end of their degree course than they "knew" at the beginning, in fact, corresponds to a quantifiable truth. The students in question receive on average, 500 hours of direct English language instruction as well as many more hours of associated study of literature, linguistics and other subjects during their four years at the Faculty of Letters the University of Porto. The investigation employed a grammaticality questionnaire as its principal means of inquiry, the formulation and the results of which are discussed in general as well as statistical terms. |
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