Gêneros textuais em documentos oficiais e no livro didático de língua estrangeira

Abstract

This paper aims at investigating whether there is a consistency between the theoretical perspective of genre in official documents and the approach adopted by the textbook, thus seeking to analyze how is the relationship between linguistic theories of genre, official documents and textbook. Our analytical focus is the teaching of foreign language - English, especially in the final years of the fundamental level. Regarding the methodology, our research is based on the qualitative approach, and the method of analysis is the documentary research. We analyze the following official documents relevant to research: the National Curriculum Parameters (PCN) and the National Textbook Program (PNLD) for Modern Foreign Language in 2011. The other documentary source is the didactic collection Links: English for teens, approved in PNLD 2011. Throughout the study, we drew on some key concepts of the linguistic theories of genre, mainly following the sociodiscursive perspective of Bakhtin and the didactic pedagogical developments of the Geneva Group (Dolz, Schneuwly, especially). We also use the studies on the place of the textbook in teaching a foreign language. The findings highlight inconsistencies between the theory presented in official documents and its didactic transposition in the textbook.