In the current Brazilian context, especially
in educational institutions, internationalisation
policies have proved to be of great relevance.
Internationalisation is based on the idea that
increased bonds between different institutions
situated in different sociocultural contexts,
and with different developments, can
contribute to the growth of every part of the
process. Just as, in distinct spheres, the
world has become increasingly globalised,
similar dynamics can be spot in what regards
knowledge. In this sense, the study of foreign
languages, particularly of English (as our
greater lingua franca), plays a key role for
mediating such process. Regarding the idea of
language teaching in this context of
internationalisation, it is correct to affirm that: