O lugar do ensino-aprendizagem do inglês na atualidade: uma investigação

Abstract

The concern with a possible rejection to the English subject in a federal public school was the motivation and starting point of the present research. The phenomenon of not choosing English in this context led us to raise hypotheses that justified such event. Issues related to reading in the present day, the online hypertext and ESP (English for specific purposes) were initially proposed as possible causes for this phenomenon. After the data collection, the research focus shifted to the role of the English language nowadays, both in Brazil and globally. When analyzing the global and local trends in the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language/ lingua franca, we try to clarify the extent to which they affect the group being studied. We also resorted to the chaos and complexity theory applied to language acquisition, and especially to the concepts of motivation and perceptions. Through the understanding of the reasons that led to the low demand for this language in our context, we aim to stimulate opportunities for reflection and action on the teaching-learning processes of languages, not only in the context researched but also in other contexts that involve the acquisition of langua