Tradução e ensino de língua inglesa: uma abordagem funcionalista.

Abstract

This paper has as main goal to show the role of translation in the teaching/learning of the English Language (EL) today. Firstly, it is shown an overview of the historical moments which marked language teaching in Brazil. Then, it is presented a synthesis of the main methods and approaches that have been adopted, in the attempt of systematizing the teaching of the EL, with a focus on the exclusion of translation. Finally, based on the Functionalist Theory of Nord (1991), Vermeer (1984), Reiss (1984) and on the theoretical assumptions of researchers of other linguistic branches, such as Leffa (1988), Cook (1998), Oliveira (2014), Branco (2011), it is presented activities that may be applied in the classroom which demonstrate the importance of this tool in the teaching/learning of the EL.