O efeito da instrução explícita de sândis externos do inglês no desenvolvimento da percepção auditiva de aprendizes brasileiros

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of explicit teaching of external sandhis in English for Brazilian students of English as a foreign language. This study follows the perspective of teaching sandhis according to Explicit Instruction as well as of Perception Theories (ALVES, 2004; BYBEE, 2001; N. ELLIS, 2008; JOHNSON, 2004). A study was conducted with Brazilian learners of English, both beginners and intermediate, who were further divided into control and research groups  All learners were pre-tested in their listening abilities; the ones from the research groups received explicit instruction on external sandhis of English; and all learners were again tested on their listening abilities. The results show us that the explicit teaching of sandhis allowed students to have better listening performance.