A IMPORTÂNCIA DO FEEDBACK E DAS CRENÇAS DE AUTOEFICÁCIA DO ALUNO NA AQUISIÇÃO DE LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA

The use of feedback as a pedagogical tool in the acquisition of a foreign language has been studied with growing interest in recent years. Much has been written about the use of feedback in educational environments, as well as the reasons why feedback is an effective tool in promoting student’s autonomy and linguistic development. This article seeks to contribute to clarify how the proper use of the teacher’s feedback and the student's self-efficacy beliefs are crucial to the development of a foreign language acquisition. However, there is still a major necessity to establish the relation between receiving proper and consistent feedback and student’s selfefficacy beliefs. This is a significant gap, since both the teacher’s point of view and the student’s self-efficacy beliefs will decisively influence the effective use of this pedagogical tool.