Com quantas línguas se faz um país? Concepções e práticas de ensino em uma sala de aula na educação bilíngue / With how many languages is a contry made? Conceptions and practices of instruction in a bilingual education classroom

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This research investigates the conceptions and theories underlying didactic practices proposed by teachers in a first year Elementary Education class at a bilingual school. This work stems from a deconstruction of the monolinguism myth in Brazil, pointing to the linguistic and cultural plurality which constitutes Brazilian society in spite of the policies on linguistic standardization. Defines the concepts of bilingualism, bilingual education and bilingual school, basing itself on the multidimensional definitions proposed by Hamers, Blanc, Mackey, Valdés and Figueroa, which take into consideration not only proficiency in the two languages, but the use of these languages in situations of communication, and bilingualism seen as a work-in-progress and not a finished product. The bilingual contexts present in Brazil are enumerated in indigenous bilingual schools, LIBRAS-Portuguese schools for the deaf, schools on the borders of MERCOSUL countries, international schools and bilingual schools of prestige, presenting some historical and social aspects relative to the presence of each of these contexts in society, above all the awareness of the rights of the third generation, such as linguistic rights. The research adopts an ethnographic research methodology, analyzing at a micro-sociological level a specific context a classroom of a first year Elementary School Education group at a prestigious bilingual school, gathering data through observations and interviews. Analyzes the didactic practices proposed by teachers found in the field of work and the underlying theories; identifying a program of immersion based on the theory of the natural acquisition of languages proposed by Krashen (natural approach), which considers an unconscious acquisition of language, similar to mother language, valuing the affective, playful and communicative aspects of the language. Finds an ambiguity in the practice of the literacy process expressed by a more ample view of literacy in the Portuguese language than in the English language that might be regarded to diverse cultural features present in the methodology of education and the conception of didactic material in each language. Relates the reality found in the classroom with macro-social aspects, in a perspective of mutual influence between the school and society, observing that the increase in interest for the learning of hegemonic languages can constitute a form of deepening social inequality, as well as provide individuals with tools to have access to a greater amplitude of knowledge historically constructed.

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bilingualism educação bilingue ensino de língua estrangeira bilinguismo aprendizado de lingua estrangeira foreign languages teaching bilingual education foreign language learning

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