Educação linguística em língua inglesa com crianças e translinguagem: reflexões a partir de materiais didáticos para crianças de 6 anos.

Abstract

Despite not being compulsory, the teaching of English in the early years of elementary school is a reality in many Brazilian municipalities and it is necessary to know how this teaching has been directed in the most diverse contexts. Beginning with a discussion of the concept of translanguaging, this paper analyzes two different teaching materials for 6-year-olds, in order to see whether the proposed activities stimulate children's translanguaging. Purposely chosen, these materials are of a different nature and aim: one is used in the 1st year of elementary school in the municipal school system in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the other is used by a traditional English course chain. The activities in both books were subjected to content analysis (Bardin, 2011) and the results show that, although most of the activities in both books are controlled, the material from the municipal school system is more committed to children's language education.