A intrínseca relação entre atitude e crença: um estudo qualitativo com alguns estudantes universitários brasileiros de Inglês

Flávius Almeida Dos Anjos

doi:10.29051/el.v6i2.13721

Authors

Flávius Almeida Dos Anjos Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Santo Amaro da Purificação – BA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-7693

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v6i2.13721

Keywords:

Belief, Attitude, Learner, English language.

Abstract

This paper is about some Brazilian undergraduate students’ attitudes and beliefs. Thus, it presents some data of a qualitative study, whose objective was to verify the existence of a relationship between ‘attitude’ and ‘belief’. The data emerged from a questionnaire applied with 91 undergraduate students, from a Brazilian university, who studied English compulsorily. To support the study, some categories of analysis were elaborated: 1. Attitudes hold or integrate beliefs and 2. Beliefs emerge as a justification of an attitude. The data analysis pointed the existence of an intrinsic relationship between attitude and belief. The relevance of this study lies in the need to understand this issue even more, since as far as one is concerned, until now, only few researches have proposed to reflect on this relationship as well as the understanding of this relationship can contribute to the improvement of the teaching/learning of English.

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Author Biography

Flávius Almeida Dos Anjos, Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Santo Amaro da Purificação – BA

English Language Adjunct Professor. Doctorate in Language and Culture (UFBA).

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