Is Portuguese an international language? Beliefs of agents involved with the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G)

• Autor(a) principal: Dionísio, Cynthia Israelly Barbalho
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Sousa, Socorro Cláudia Tavares de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: letrônica
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/41225
• topic: Beliefs; Language Policy; Portuguese as an international language; Crenças; Política Linguística; Português; Língua Internacional

The aim of this work is to analyze the beliefs about Portuguese as an international language from the perspective of participants within a context of an intensive Portuguese course to the Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students (PEC-G) candidates. We use theoretical reflections about beliefs present in studies on linguistic policy written by Schiffman (1996, 2006), Spolsky (2004, 2009, 2012) and Shohamy (2006). The research is part of a qualitative-interpretative paradigm (FLICK, 2004; LIN, 2015). Data generation was made through semi structured interviews. Based on an analysis of thematic content, lexical selection and linguistic elements which point to the textual argumentative orientation, we identified that the Portuguese language has different valuations for research participants. It is considered less important when the fundamental role of the English language in the world and more important when the relevance of Portuguese in specific contexts is highlighted.