A produção oral sob a perspectiva dos gêneros textuais e do letramento no livro didático de língua inglesa

Abstract

This work aims at investigating how oral production is presented in an English textbook approved by PNLD (Programa Nacional do Livro Didático – 2011: Língua Estrangeira Moderna) under the perspective of genre theories (socio-discursive and sociorhetoric approaches) and the New Literacy Studies. Through a documentary research, we analyze the activities of oral production of the four textbooks of the collection in order to ascertain whether they are guided properly by the notion of genre, if there is diversity of oral genres beyond prefabricated dialogues, and if the genres are explored both in terms of their language and sociocultural dimension, presenting, thus, well-defined communicative purposes. We also observe if such activities are ways to promote, in any way, the literacy of the student, providing the learners with conditions to familiarize themselves with situations that point to their social practices outside the classroom. The results indicate the predominance of an oralization of writing, leading us to conclude that the activities, despite presenting some oral genres, are not properly anchored in the notion of genre, not being able to clearly provide the development of literacies in foreign language.