The use of children’s literature in ELT in Brazil
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2018-05
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This article presents activities in which texts from children’s literature are used in English
language teaching (ELT) in Brazil. These activities were used in classes of differing age levels
and in two different types of school setting. Critical interculturality and languaculture are first
presented as the theoretical basis of our pedagogical practice. Following the theory, three
different activities using texts from children’s literature are then presented, demonstrating how
texts such as these can aid in the teaching of an additional language. The first two activities were
undertaken in a public school with young learners, the third activity was implemented in a
language centre with adult students. Through these activities, the students were able to increase
their grammatical and lexical knowledge of the English language as well as to interact with the
languacultures of the texts. In this way, the English language classroom becomes an
interculturally critical space in which learners can recreate their understanding of the target
language.
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ELT classroom, Critical interculturality, Languaculture, Children’s literature
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REES, Dilys Karen; PEREIRA, Danilo Neves; MELLO, Layssa Gabriela A. e Silva. The use of children’s literature in ELT in Brazil. CLELE Journal, Norway, v. 6, n. 1, p. 45-62, May 2018. Disponível em: https://clelejournal.org/article-3-the-use-of-childrens-literature-in-elt-in-brazil/. Acesso em: 17 nov. 2022.