Reading strategies and challenges faced by biology major students in the Amazon region: the case of UFPA
This paper analyzes strategies and difficulties biology students face in the process of reading scientific articles in English. We employ conceptions about translation, reading, and foreign language teaching. Our method includes the application of a questionnaire and interviews in a biology class of...
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I10-R313-article-429502024-12-11T15:31:40Z Reading strategies and challenges faced by biology major students in the Amazon region: the case of UFPA Estratégias de leitura e desafios enfrentados por estudantes universitários de biologia na região amazônica: o caso da UFPA Nascimento dos Santos, Elton Jhon Alves Araujo, Gilberto Malta Acácio, Tainara Nascimento dos Santos, Elton Jhon Reading Strategies ; Education in Biology Learning English Language Estratégias de Leitura Educação em Biologia Aprendizagem Inglês This paper analyzes strategies and difficulties biology students face in the process of reading scientific articles in English. We employ conceptions about translation, reading, and foreign language teaching. Our method includes the application of a questionnaire and interviews in a biology class of the Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), content analysis, and practical reading of an article in the abovementioned area by the students, in relation to which we elaborate questions parameterized according to Barrett’s taxonomy. Results show that the idea of a “global” English exerts pressure so that it imposes itself (in a limiting way) within the university context, despite the lack of previous training. When students use machine translation as a reading strategy, for example, they do so from a problematic conception of language and translation. Este trabalho analisa estratégias adotadas e dificuldades enfrentadas por acadêmicos de biologia no processo de leitura de artigo científico em inglês. Empregamos concepções acerca de tradução, leitura e ensino de língua estrangeira. Nosso método inclui a aplicação de questionário e entrevista em uma turma de Biologia da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), análise de conteúdo, e prática de leitura de artigo da área pelos estudantes, em relação ao qual elaboramos questões parametrizadas conforme a taxonomia de Barrett. Resultados apontam que a ideia de um inglês “global” exerce pressão para que o idioma se imponha (de modo limitativo) em contexto universitário, a despeito da ausência de formação para tal. O uso da tradução automática pelos estudantes, enquanto estratégia de leitura, i.e., parte de uma concepção problemática sobre o que seja língua e tradução. Asociación de Docentes de Ciencias Biológicas de la Argentina 2024-07-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evluado por pares application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaadbia/article/view/42950 10.59524/2344-9225.v27.n2.42950 Journal of Biology Education; Vol. 27 No. 2 (2024): Revista de Educación en Biología Revista de Educación en Biología; Vol. 27 Núm. 2 (2024): Revista de Educación en Biología 2344-9225 0329-5192 10.59524/2344.9225.v27.n2 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaadbia/article/view/42950/46048 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaadbia/article/view/42950/46049 Derechos de autor 2024 Elton Jhon Nascimento dos Santos, Gilberto Alves Araujo, Tainara Malta Acácio https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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Reading Strategies ; Education in Biology Learning English Language Estratégias de Leitura Educação em Biologia Aprendizagem Inglês Nascimento dos Santos, Elton Jhon Alves Araujo, Gilberto Malta Acácio, Tainara Nascimento dos Santos, Elton Jhon Reading strategies and challenges faced by biology major students in the Amazon region: the case of UFPA |
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Reading Strategies ; Education in Biology Learning English Language Estratégias de Leitura Educação em Biologia Aprendizagem Inglês |
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Nascimento dos Santos, Elton Jhon Alves Araujo, Gilberto Malta Acácio, Tainara Nascimento dos Santos, Elton Jhon |
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Reading strategies and challenges faced by biology major students in the Amazon region: the case of UFPA |
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This paper analyzes strategies and difficulties biology students face in the process of reading scientific articles in English. We employ conceptions about translation, reading, and foreign language teaching. Our method includes the application of a questionnaire and interviews in a biology class of the Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), content analysis, and practical reading of an article in the abovementioned area by the students, in relation to which we elaborate questions parameterized according to Barrett’s taxonomy. Results show that the idea of a “global” English exerts pressure so that it imposes itself (in a limiting way) within the university context, despite the lack of previous training. When students use machine translation as a reading strategy, for example, they do so from a problematic conception of language and translation. |
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