Reflexões sobre significado e léxico em provas de língua portuguesa para concurso público

Abstract

This present work aims to reflect on the treatment of questions concerning the meaning and the knowledge and use of the lexicon, in tests of Portuguese. Thus, we present a brief historical background of advances in the teaching of English Language, showing the importance of a more reflective teaching, ie epilinguístico die. We will then use the selected corpus analysis as evidence in order to verify how to present issues that address the lexical relations such as synonymy, antonymy and ambiguity, as well as those based on connectors and their sense of purpose to the argument . As a theoretical contribution, we use the concepts of us Geraldi (1987), Mendonça (2006) and Travaglia (2002) to defend reflective analysis of the grammatical elements, contextualizing them as phenomena that can produce different meanings, depending on the discursive context / situation . Finally, we suggest that teachers take into account the need for renewal of what is meant by language teaching and planning activities involving prior knowledge about the language and its usages in different discursive realities, so that thereby able to produce a more effective learning in the classroom.