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The objective of the study was to estimate the effects of generation of work hours by level of qualification considering the Brazil-China trade and to identify the sectors that suffered the greatest impact. The results showed that in the period 1995-2009 the relations between countries with the tendency of Brazil to export primary products to China and to acquire products with higher added value and technology. The consequence of this phenomenon is that the 2009 positive trade balance of US $ 4.7 billion for Brazil resulted in a negative balance of work generation in 520 million hours, mainly of average qualification. The sectors of Brazil that exports to China generated more work in 2009 were Agropecuaria (1778 million hours) and Mineral Extraction (644 million hours). In China we have the Electric and optical products sectors (1474 million working hours generated by exports to Brazil), Textile (561 million hours) and Machines (249 million hours). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past thirty years, the concept of foreign language anxiety (FLA) has received attention from Applied Linguistics researchers and theorists due to its relevance in the domain of foreign language teaching, learning and use. FLA has been considered the affective variable which most negatively influences foreign language learning. It is best described as a sort of situation specific anxiety, inextricably related to the learner's feeling of apprehension and tension when using or learning the foreign language. Nevertheless, most studies focus either on FLA theory or quantitative data, which shows the necessity of more qualitative and interventional research. This article aimed to contribute to the FLA theoretical background from a transdisciplinary stance and share quantitative and qualitative intervention studies conducted in Brazil in the past twenty years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]