Políticas linguísticas e formação de professores de língua portuguesa no Timor- Leste: uma proposta com gêneros textuais na sala de aula

Abstract

Nowadays, Timorese education faces a great challenge related to teachers training, since working teachers and teachers on training do not domain the official language of the country: the Portuguese language. Based on the above, this study seeks to promote the quality of the training of teachers in East Timor, also, more specifically, to suggest a pedagogical proposal – through a pedagogic sequence – using the textual genre advertisement in Portuguese language classes. The following research question is discussed: How a didactic and pedagogical proposal using textual genres may contribute to the strengthening of the use of Portuguese language in East Timor schools? A reflection is made on education and teacher training in East Timor in order to answer this question. Our theoretical background is based on Tardif (2010), Gatti (2011), Carvalho (2007), as well as the educational legislation of the country. Related to the work with textual genres the study is based on Bakhtin (1997), Marchuschi (2008), Cristóvão and Nascimento (2006), Silva (2008), and, more specifically on advertisement, Aranha (2001). We believe that adopting a pedagogical proposal in class with the use of the textual genre advertisement, works as a methodological strategy highly efficient, given that the students have the opportunity to observe the language in operation, considering the aspects of the verbal and non-verbal texts, and also the persuasive effect that stands out in this textual genre.