O autodidatismo como ferramenta de aprendizagem da língua inglesa para alunos do curso de licenciatura em Letras Inglês da UESPI

Abstract

This work aims to discuss the use of autodidacticism as a tool for English learning students from UESPI’s English Arts Degree course. The main purpose of this work was to investigate whether the students from this institution make use of autodidacticism in their learning environment in order to learn the English language autonomously. To pursue this purpose, 21 students from the already mentioned course were interviewed. The chosen theoretical framework was built based on the studies of Bloomfield (1933), Chomsky (1995), Hollins (2018), Kohler (1924), Krashen (1982), Gass (2008), Oxford (1984), Solomon (2005), Vigotsky (1984), Yu & Watkins (2010) and other scholars. In order to collect data, a questionnaire containing objective and subjective questions about autodidacticism strategies was built and handed to the interviewees. These answers were collected and analyzed. Through data analysis it was revealed that autodidacticism accelerates the English learning process, as well as it stimulates students to seek for new information and knowledge. In addition to that, it was also revealed that every autodidact student must be motivated in order to achieve good results while learning the English language. In conclusion, this investigation points out the importance of autodidacticism as an alternative for encouraging students to become autonomous, as it also discusses studying strategies.