CURRICULUM AND INTERCULTURALISM IN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE TEACHING AS A FOREIGN/ ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This study is part of the research project approved by the Ethics Committee of PUCPR, with the title “Internationalizationof the Portuguese language curriculum: the concept of interculturality in the teaching of PFL (Portuguese as a Foreign/Additional Language), CAAE: 45577221.8.0000.0020, PARECER number 4.830.917. In parallel the study is tied to the Research Group Theories and Analysis of Language and Applied Linguistics (CNPQ - PUCPR). This article presents one of the stages of the research, which refers to the historical and social contextualization of the theme, in addition to the didactic presentation of the theoretical assumption that it is based upon. This is a topic of extreme relevance for literacy studies, since the target audience are foreigners in the process of learning the Portuguese language as a foreign/additional language. We present the results of this stage that involves theoretical and methodological investigations on literacy (reading and production of oral and written texts) in PFL, on the Portuguese language discipline and on the valorization of the culture of the immigrants. In language teaching, it is important not to disassociate language and culture, because in the production of meaning there is a relationship with the context and interpretation of the immigrant, which is based on cultural, economic, social, ideological and historical issues. When one learns a language, new perspectives of the world and ourselves are acquired due to contact with new cultures.