Language as a form of interaction and its reflections in Portuguese Language Classes: reflections from the supervised curricular internship

Abstract

This paper refers to language as a form of interaction and analyzes the effects of its use in Portuguese language classes. The objective of the text is to problematize the conceptions of language adopted in classroom, based on the experiences in the internship field, as well as to discuss the teaching of Portuguese language in an interactionist perspective, based on discursive genres. The methodology that sustains this paper is based on the sharing of experiences, the observation of the participants of the internship field in loco and the registration in a field diary. Through observation in the eighth-grade classes of elementary school, lesson plans were elaborated to work on the object of knowledge figures of speech, in the practicum period, with the students, resulting in a collection of experiences that serve as a base for reflections in this text. The analyzes indicate that the reflection on 'why' one teaches and 'how' one is taught, inevitably, permeates the conception of language that the teacher adopts in the classroom, since this influences the work with the language in terms of teaching. Moreover, it was observed that language teaching and learning practices can be detached from traditional teaching patterns, through a pedagogical conception that adopts language as a form of interaction. Finally, the activities provided an active, reflective, and constructive participation of the students about the possibilities of using the language.