Variação linguistica na 3ª fase da educação de jovens e adultos: saberes e práticas

Abstract

The main goal of this research was to analyze the knowledge and practices that a teacher of Elementary Education of Youth and Adults (EJA) a state school education, had on the subject and approach of linguistic variation, considering the aspects of standard linguistic varieties, popular varieties, especially those that can be observed in students' oral language, which most often differ from the norm in respect of certain formal characteristics. To do so, through the qualitative method, based on orientations from the case study, the research involved the systematic observation of lessons in a month in a classroom of 3rd phase of EJA, which were also used questionnaires to students and the teacher to profiling this, as well as a semi-structured interview with the teacher of the class. In theoretical research we used interface studies in linguistic/education, among them: Labov (2008), Moura (2000); Ludke and Andre (1986); Bortoni-Ricardo (2004), among others. We also use the studies in the area of adult education, among them: Pedagogical Proposal for Basic Education of Youth and Adults in the State of Alagoas (2002), Freire (1996). The results showed that the investigated teacher had the theoretical knowledge on the topic of language variation, but it was not observed in her teaching practice the didactic transposition of this knowledge. Regarding to interventions, the teacher based on more on the orientations described in the normative grammar than on assumptions of sociolinguistics, proposing activities rewrite the words "wrong to right", without discussing with the students the aspects socio-historical, ideological and communicative that pervade the language. We believe that the teacher to use her language skills in teaching practice shows greater competence and therefore contributes to improving the quality of her work, because to recognize and value the linguistic diversity she approximates to her students, putting them equally, which facilitates learning and encourages a constant search for knowledge.