As técnicas corporais como recurso no ensino da Língua Portuguesa

Abstract

Every teacher faces the challenge of developing new methods that add to the process of knowledge construction in an attempt to cause such process to be as efficient as possible. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the teaching of Portuguese, taking body techniques used in theater as a starting point. Such a resource has been shown to be a fruitful way to assist learning in the school environment, since it is detached from the traditional and conventional dynamics the efficiency of which is debatable used in the classroom. We believe that the employment of playfulness in mother tongue classes brings to reality those concepts that are usually explained in a very abstract manner. Thus the students can actually be the main actors of the process: they employ tactics that develop critical sense, build on knowledge, create learning possibilities as well as stimulate their curiosity, self-confidence, and autonomy in the time of text production. We will use the theoretical contribution of traditional grammars of the Portuguese language, the National Curriculum Framework and the body techniques used in theater. The expected goals of this research are to debate the teaching and learning of grammatical contents and to show that the body is, through drama games, a facilitating element in teaching. The attempt to use drama constitutes an aid to the theories presented in writing classes. This presents a pedagogical suggestion that can further enhance the teaching practice with students and create strategic possibilities that place the student in the center of the learning process