Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies 

About: Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies is an academic journal published by Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Reading (process) & Narrative. It has an ISSN identifier of 0101-4846. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 587 publications have been published receiving 6151 citations.

Social Linguistics and Literacies: Ideology in Discourses.

Abstract: Many people in "literate" societies, when asked to define literacy, almost always do so in terms of reading and writing abilities This narrow interpretation of literacy, an offspring of reductionist psychology, has reigned supreme in many academic and educational contexts for decades, greatly shaping literacy theories and classroom practices Within the past ten years, however, a large body of multidisciplinary research has begun to undermine the authority of this perspective by situating literacy in larger social practices

The content of the Form: narrative discourse and historical representation

Abstract: Although the chapters that appear in this book have been previously published separately in different places at different times, they have been revised by the author for their publication as a book and are all related to the problem of historical representation. By putting together essays on Droysen, Foucault, Jameson and Ricoeur, Hayden White hasmanaged to give an encompassing account of a problematic issue that has been one of the major concerns of historical studies as well as of many other areas of the human sciences: that of the importance of narrative representation in the description or explanation of the “object” of study of the human sciences. Although the authors mentioned deal with this subject in different ways, White finds in them common characteristics which confirm the point made by him that historical narratives are, from a semiological perspective, concerned with the production of meanings.

What is a Woman

Abstract: A primeira parte, principal interesse desta resenha – e que constitui, sem duvida, um livro per se (assim o considera a propria autora) –, compoese de dois ensaios: “What is a Woman? Sex, Gender, and the Body in Feminist Theory” e “‘I am a Woman’: The Personal and the Philosophical”. Aqui Moi discute as tendencias dominantes no pensamento feminista contemporâneo, optando pelo que chama “feminismo de liberdade”, que tem como base o trabalho filosofico e feminista de Simone de Beauvoir, em The Second Sex, dado que, segundo enfatiza a ensaista, a liberdade e a concepcao fundamental do feminismo de sua referencia francesa.

A new perspective on foreign language aptitude research: building and supporting a case for “working memory as language aptitude”

Abstract: The present paper proposes and argues a case for incorporating the working memory (WM) construct as a component of foreign language aptitude. As such, it first briefly reviews previous research on foreign language aptitude, which lays the ground for the proposal. Then, by drawing on recent research from both the fields of cognitive psychology and second language acquisition, the paper will summarize the key representative theoretical models, major claims and empirical evidence supporting the role of WM in different aspects of L2 learning, such as listening, reading, speaking, writing and interpreting, thus rendering the proposal a feasible blueprint for future research on foreign language aptitude.