“Fasten your seat belts”: Investigating learners’ perceptions regarding the implementation of tasks in an English online course

Trevisol, Juliane Regina ^[1] ; da Silva, Leonardo ^[3] ; Ferraz D'Ely, Raquel Carolina ^[2]
1. [1] Universidade do Estado da Bahia
  
  Universidade do Estado da Bahia
  
  Brasil
2. [2] Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  
  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  
  Brasil
3. [3] Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina
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Localización: Revista Investigações, ISSN-e 2175-294X, ISSN 0104-1320, Vol. 32, Nº. 2, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Revista Investigações - Linguística), págs. 228-254
Idioma: portugués
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- Considering the growth of distance education, this qualitative study investigated learners’ perceptions of the implementation of traveling-themed tasks (ELLIS, 2003) in a virtual course of English as a foreign language. The course was offered to university staff members for a semester. Four participants took part in it. Instruments were a consent form, two questionnaires, and a Skype interview. Results suggest learners perceived the course as motivating, noticing their task engagement from the perspective of “l’education integrale” (LONG, 2015) and “learning by doing”. Furthermore, learning was related to cultural aspects noticed, interesting sites, and the connection with previous traveling experiences.