Ensino bilíngue em João Pessoa : das escolas e seus projetos pedagógicos aos documentos oficiais

Abstract

Considering the exponential growth of bilingual educational institutions in Brazil, this study aims to analyze how private schools in João Pessoa propose and implement bilingual education in accordance with national educational guidelines. The research was motivated by the growing expansion of bilingual education in Brazil and the need to understand how these institutions adapt their pedagogical practices to this modality. To achieve this, three specific objectives were established: 1) To present the guidelines on bilingual education as outlined in Brazilian official documents, such as the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC) and the CNE/CEB Opinion No. 2/2020; 2) To investigate the pedagogical approaches used by private schools in João Pessoa in the implementation of bilingual education; and 3) To demonstrate and compare the methodologies used by bilingual schools with the guidelines of the CNE/CEB Opinion No. 2/2020. The theoretical framework of this study draws on the contributions of Leffa (1988); Larsen-Freeman (2000); Brown (2007); Polidório (2014) and Oliveira (2014) regarding methods and approaches to English language teaching, as well as the concepts of bilingualism by Bloomfield (1933); Haugen (1953); Titone (1972); Hamers and Blanc (2000); Macnamara (1967); Savedra (2009); Butler and Hakuta (2004) and Wei (2000). The research is of a descriptive qualitative nature and is based on information collected from school websites, academic papers, official documents, and digital newspapers, aiming to understand bilingual teaching practices in relation to current regulations.