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English Language Learning In Brazil
According to the BNCC1
, learning English enables students to
engage and participate in a globalized and pluralistic world. It
allows students to develop a critical mindset and exercise their
citizenship rights while expanding the possibilities of interaction
and mobility. In this sense, the BNCC outlines three critical
implications for the English curriculum. The first is the globalized
nature of English, in which the concepts of language, territory
and culture are reconsidered since English speakers are no longer
found only in countries where English is the official language. The
second implication concerns broadening the definition of literacy,
bringing the concept of “multi-literacies” to the Brazilian
curriculum as students expand their linguistic knowledge, and
English becomes a symbolic asset for Brazilians to express
themselves in a different language. Finally, the third implication
concerns different teaching approaches, which implies embracing
the culture and traditions of the language, not only the formal
grammatical standards, breaking with aspects related to
“correctness”, “accuracy”, and “proficiency”.
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Even in a challenging context, it is clear that Brazil has made
significant progress by approving a new and flexible curriculum
for upper secondary schools and putting English mandatory in the
standard part of the curriculum. However, major efforts are still
required to ensure the smooth implementation of this reform,
which the pandemic and the difficulties in coordination across
the national and subnational levels have already hindered.
1BNCC: Base Nacional Comum Curricular
Adapted from: https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/english-language-learning-inbrazil/