Vamos ou não celebrar o Halloween?: Um relato de experiência sobre educação bilíngue em João Pessoa.

Abstract

It is true that bilingual education has grown over the years and caught the attention of many researchers in the world. However, this area of study is little explored in Brazil, including in researches and undergraduate courses. The study of how bilingual education is understood in Brazil and how bilingual education is taught is an angle that needs to be explored. Knowing that bilingual education goes beyond adding a language, Baker (2001) states that having mastery of two languages cannot be summed up to one language plus another language equals two languages. Garcia (2009) states that bilingual education prepares the student to become a citizen of the world and thus function in different cultures. For this, she proposes ideologies - monoglossic and hetoroglossic - and models and types of bilingual education within each ideology. This research sought to understand important aspects of bilingual education for children through an experience report, by the researcher herself, comparing two kindergarten schools in João Pessoa. For this, bilingual education concepts and types were explored through a bibliographical review and two bilingual programs, in João Pessoa, were described through an experience report. The present research is characterized by a qualitative, ethnographic and autobiographical approach focused on the investigation of social practices on bilingual education and on the process of formation and critical reflection of the researcher-author. Differences were found between schools that pointed out more about the complexity of bilingual education and that its singularities need to be known by the whole school community