This descriptive study aimed at identifying tertiary Ecuadorian students' beliefs about learning a foreign language. The sample was composed of 200 (n=200) students enrolled in the first semester of Agriculture, Nursing, Pedagogy, and Psychopedagogy in a public university in the Los Rios province, Ecuador. Among the participants, 168 were female (84%), and 32 were male (16%). The mean age was 21.49, varying from 18 to 44 years old. The data was collected using the Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory questionnaire (BALLI), and it was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results demonstrated that participants reported strong beliefs in the categories of aptitude for learning the language, motivation and expectations, and learning and communication strategies. The results of this research will unblock a new field of studies to be conducted in the country. The authors recommend doing qualitative studies to deeply understand the reason for each one of the most salient beliefs.
O presente estado da arte apresenta um mapeamento das publicações sobre o ensino de Língua Inglesa no contexto equatoriano, publicados em periódicos nacionais e internacionais, considerando o recorte temporal de 2010 a 2020. Os resultados obtidos encontram 116 artigos e seis temáticas diferentes, entre elas: Ensino e Aprendizagem (70,69%), Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TICs) (17,24%), Políticas Linguísticas (6,03%), Afetividade na sala de aula (4,31%), Fonética e Fonologia (0,8%) e Pragmática (0,8%). Os autores apontam para o número de publicações incipientes no contexto da educação básica equatoriana indicando a necessidade de maiores investigações neste segmento de ensino com vistas a melhorias dos processos de ensino e aprendizagem da Língua Inglesa e da formação de professores da área.
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