O tratamento da variação linguística no ensino de língua portuguesa

Abstract

This dissertation presents a study about the treatment of linguistic variation in classes from basic education fundamental study (final series) and from high school (EJA and regular) at a state public school. From the functionalist standpoint, especially based on sociolinguistics, we realize a theoretical review about the variation and the linguistic prejudice. Thus, considering studies realized by Bagno (2007), Bortoni-Ricardo (2004), Antunes (2003), among other researchers, we review the theoretical assumptions related to the PCN, from which we proceed to the analysis of observations and interviews realized with four teachers of Portuguese language. Our objective was to verify if the pedagogical practice of these teachers is guided by a productive and innovative teaching, which considers the diverse varieties of language or if it is limited to a prescriptive perspective, from a normative base, that do not consider the linguistic knowledge that differs from the language known as ―cult‖, ―standard‖. Our results point that the major part of the teachers informant of this research recognize the existence of linguistic variations, comprehend the matter of the adequacy of speech to the contexts of use, but defend that the cult norm, with more social prestige, must be the only object of knowledge treated by school. Thereby, they are not aligned with the necessity of actualization demanded by the teaching of Portuguese language, and continue to execute a teaching disassociated from the PCN, what can be a sign of discrepancy between the theoretical knowledge and the pedagogical practice.