Oral genres and literature in English language teaching

• Autor(a) principal: Parreiras, Vicente Aguimar
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Paiva, Vera Lúcia Menezes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Horizontes de Linguística Aplicada
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/horizontesla/article/view/23308
• topic: ensino de inglês; gêneros orais; texto literário; debate regrado

In this article we discuss the importance of oral genres in English language teaching. We assume that literary texts, besides potentially enabling the development of oral communication in a foreign language through discussions, can play an important role in shaping opinions of young students about the world and can change their way of seeing and reacting to it. Thus, we present an experience in which students in a plenary, led by the teacher (first author of this text), decided about the fundamental features of a "debate"; defined the criteria for the development and evaluation of a "Council of the rights of the Magi" in which they discussed "prejudice and racial segregation in Harry Potter". We argue that this potential that literature has to stimulate the oral genres production should be widely exploited in the school environment, mainly based on interpersonal interactions that encourage interaction with others and the consequent understanding of their differences and difficulties.