Pode ser em ingles? : Não. Em portugues primeiro : ensino de lingua inglesa para crianças em contextos emergentes no pais : um estudo de caso / Can it be in English? No. In Portuguese first. Teaching of English language for children in new contexts. A study of case

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2007

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This research intends to analyze the introduction of English as Foreign Language (EFL) on the elementary schools curriculum. In order to accomplish this intention it was necessary to mention briefly the presence of other languages introduced by descendents of Italians and Germans who settled the South of Brazil. The situation of bilingualism was ignored because Brazilian authorities have considered bilingualism a menace to the Union and development of the Nation. In believing so, the decision-makers introduced the EFL in the elementary school curriculum since English has been considered the international language (as if it was the only one) therefore the more useful and neutral. The research was interpretative (Erickson, 1982, 1986,1992) since we used qualitative data (classroom observation, interviews and field notes) to analyze the EFL classes to children. The City House, responsible for the management of the Elementary School System, has contracted an Institute of Language Teaching to design an in-service Teaching Training Course. Student-teachers have been attending this course for 3 years. However, it has not been successful since student teachers have not changed their approach to teach EFL. The analysis revealed that both teachers, Karina, (Letras graduated) and Ana (Education graduated) do not use different strategies to teach English. Both them use the grammar-translation approach, certainly in order to avoid mistakes, unknown words and mispronunciation, and the most important to save their face, (Goffmann).The data lead us to suggest the EFL maintenance in the Elementary School curriculum. EFL should be changed into English a Second Language (ESL) since Brazil is connected to the world market and Brazilian children have been continuously exposed to the English Language. Therefore the English language must be present in Brazilian classrooms as well

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children foreign language lingua inglesa - estudo e ensino lingua estrangeira politics linguistics crianças linguagem - politica governamental englis language study and teaching

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