Formação de professores e ensino-aprendizagem de inglês com Língua franca: um estudo de caso na UFAM

Abstract

The spread of English in the world assigns it a new status comparing to other modern languages, as lingua franca, what has led to questions about the teaching-learning of the English language, which has always been considered a foreign language. Thus, researches in the area have pointed out that for English to be treated according to its new status, pedagogical changes in the English language teacher education should be done. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the teachers education in English as a Lingua Franca in the Course of Letras — English language and Literature at the Federal University of Amazonas. As specific objectives, it intends to the analyze the subjects of this Course in order to know if they have accompanied or incorporated these discussions on its curriculum, and to understand the beliefs of the teachers and students of this Course on this subject. The theoretical contribution was anchored in the assumptions of the status of English as a Lingua Franca (CRYSTAL, 2003; EL KADRI, 2010/2011/2013; JENKINS, 2002/2004/2006; KACRHU, 1991/2008; MCKAY, 2002; RAJAGOPALAN, 2010/2011; SEIDLHOFER, 2001/2004), teacher education (CORREA e BORDINI, 2013; EL KADRI, GIMENEZ E CALVO, 2011; LEFFA, 2002; SANTOS e LIMA, 2011) and beliefs (ABRAHAO, 2005; BARCELOS, 2004/2006/2007; CORREA e BORDINI, 2013; KUDIESS, 2005; PAJARES, 1992; SANTOS e LIMA, 2011; SILVA, 2005). This research is based on the qualitative paradigm (ANDRADE, 2010; ANDRE, 2013; CHIZZOTTI, 2006; FLICK, 2009; MANZINI, 1990; MARCONI e LAKATOS, 1996; SERRANO, 1998), using the case study (ANDRE, 2013; CHIZZOTTI, 2006) as an instrument. The results indicated that there are attempts to enable discussion about the status of English as a Lingua Franca in the Course curriculum, however, although there is an awareness of the importance of the insertion of English as a Lingua Franca in the subjects of the English Course- English Language and Literature of UFAM, the participants' beliefs point out that the teaching-learning of English as a Foreign Language is still privileged. At the end of the work, possible pedagogical applications resulting from this research are proposed, and suggestions of future work on the subject.