National Curriculum Standards and the teaching of English in Brazil

Authors

  • Rozana Reigota Naves UnB
  • Dalva Del Vigna UCB

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary results of the research entitled “A comparative approach to the teaching of Portuguese and English taking into account the PCN from Middle School and the use of new educational technologies”. These results concern the history of English teaching in Brazilian High Schools, considering the goals from the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN) to include the subject English Language (among others) in a larger area labeled “Languages, Codes and their Technologies”. The research takes into consideration official documents from the Brazilian educational public policies and other approaches on applied linguistics related to the area.

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Author Biography

Dalva Del Vigna, UCB

Mestre em Lingüística pela Universidade de Brasília; sua principal área de interesse é a Fonologia: da língua portuguesa, da língua inglesa e de línguas indígenas brasileiras.

Published

2008-01-31

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