Personal accounts and social construction of knowledge in the foreign language classroom/Relatos de experiencias pessoais e socioconstrucao de conhecimentos em sala de aula de lingua estrangeira

The present article aims at analyzing recounts of personal experiences spontaneously produced by children and teenagers in EFL classrooms. Inserted in the field of Applied Linguistics, this study is based upon the Sociocultural Theory (VYGOTSKY, 1998, 2001), according to which language mediates the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Alfa 2016-07, Vol.60 (2), p.385
Hauptverfasser: Nobrega, Adriana Nogueira Accioly, Azevedo, Suzana de Carvalho Barroso, de Souza, Monica da Costa Monteiro
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Zusammenfassung:The present article aims at analyzing recounts of personal experiences spontaneously produced by children and teenagers in EFL classrooms. Inserted in the field of Applied Linguistics, this study is based upon the Sociocultural Theory (VYGOTSKY, 1998, 2001), according to which language mediates the social construction of knowledge. Moreover, we regard language as a use oriented tool in service of social and communicative purposes, as proposed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (HALLIDAY; HASAN, 1989). We stand on such theoretical backgrounds as well as a qualitative perspective (DENZIN; LINCOLN, 2006) to argue that the analyzed recounts contribute to the social construction of pedagogical knowledge through personal experience, prompting the emergence of meaningful and shared learning in the classroom. Finally, we suggest that social world experience subsidizes the awareness of curriculum issues and, in return, those contents support the construction of students' personal experiences, as proposed by NOBREGA (2003, 2009). KEYWORDS: Recounts. EFL classrooms. Systemic functional linguistics. Sociocultural theory. Mediation. Social construction of knowledge. Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar relatos de experiencia produzidos espontaneamente por criancas e jovens adolescentes em sala de aula de lingua inglesa. Inserido na area de Linguistica Aplicada, o estudo esta fundamentado na perspectiva teorica sociocultural (VYGOTSKY, 1998, 2001), segundo a qual a linguagem e uma ferramenta mediadora na socioconstrucao de conhecimentos, em interface com uma visao de linguagem orientada para o uso e a servico de propositos sociocomunicativos, como proposto pela Linguistica Sistemico-Funcional (HALLIDAY; HASAN, 1989). Nessa arquitetura teorica e com base em uma tradicao qualitativa de pesquisa (DENZIN; LINCOLN, 2006), discutimos como os relatos analisados atuam na socioconstrucao do conhecimento pedagogico a partir da experiencia pessoal, tornando os saberes significativos e compartilhados em sala de aula. Alem disso, sugerimos que a experiencia de mundo colabora para a construcao do conhecimento curricular e esse, em retorno, serve como suporte para a construcao da experiencia particular do estudante, conforme proposto por Nobrega (2003, 2009). PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Relatos. Sala de aula de lingua inglesa. Linguistica sistemico-funcional. Teoria sociocultural. Mediacao. Socioconstrucao do conhecimento.
ISSN:0002-5216
DOI:10.1590/1981-5794-1608-7