LOPES, F. E. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1501395371701559; LOPES, Francisco Edson de Freitas.
Abstract:
The studies developed on language over the centuries conceive such an instrument as so
important that, in fact, without it, the human being would not be able to think, since all thought
structures itself in the form of some kind of language, be it verbal, visual, gestural etc.
Philosophers, linguists, and scholars relate language to the very idea of existence, setting it up
as the basis for all human knowledge about nature and man himself, although the science that
studies it, Linguistics, came to be regarded as autonomous, receiving the status of science,
properly, from the twentieth century onwards with Saussure's studies, which initiated a series of
transformations in its system of language comprehension, assuming diverse perspectives while
giving rise to Applied Linguistics, knowledge field that arises as an application of theoretical
linguistics, renegaded to the teaching of foreign languages and that later developed with
autonomy in the study of the various dimensions of the language in its interactional use. Thus,
this work aims to discuss the insertion of the cultural approach in the English language learning
process, as well as discuss this practice through the use of the textual genre "movie", focusing
on the representation of cultural stereotypes in the movie "Bed&Breakfast" [Amor Por Acaso],
from an intercultural perspective that allows the learner the space of reflection of his own
culture and the culture of the other, as well as criticism of conceptions and visions imposed as
hegemonic. Based on the theoretical discussions of authors such as Rodrigues (2011),
Rajagopalan (2006), Celani (1992), Kleiman (1992), Rojo (2007) and Moita Lopes (2012), we
intend for a better understanding of this research, to contextualize briefly the course of Applied
Linguistics, from its inception to the "turns" that aimed to resignify its conceptions, in order to
propose the reflection of the teaching of culture in English - speaking classrooms as a tool that
allows the perception of stereotyped representations of social individuals, opening space for a
critical position in relation to them. Considering these assumptions, it is still intended in this
research to draw up reflections on aspects of Crosscultural Approach, as well as representations
of foreigners and Brazilians in films of the Anglo-American tradition, thus relying on authors
such as: Webb (2009), Silva (2014), Brito and Custódio (2015), Bennet (2004) and also Byram
et al (2002).
