Critical-collaborative language education through english: an experience with youth and adult education students
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2021-09
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This study takes a cue from the biography of Maya Angelou and aims to intertwine her life experiences to a critical-collaborative
language education through English approach. To reach our goal, a group of four Youth and Adult Education (YAE) students
departed from Instituto Federal de Goiás (IFG) and metaphorically went to the U.S.A. through the story of the black woman
aforementioned. Our reflections during this adventure were drawn on the works of many scholars, such as Almeida (2017);
Figueiredo (2008, 2018); Figueiredo & Lago (2018); Lago & Cintra (2016); Magalhães (2014); Morrison (1975); Pessoa (2014);
Rosa & Flores (2017); Scarcella & Oxford (1992), among others. We find it paramount to mention that our problematizations
also stemmed from our very own experiences with the study participants as well as our personal narratives and struggles against
racism, sexism, poverty and other types of prejudice in our classes. Our empirical material was generated through an open-ended
questionnaire, the letters the students wrote to themselves in class, and the discussions carried out in a yarning circle about
an experience the study participants had with students from three first-year high school integrated courses – Foreign Trade,
Construction and Chemistry. We conclude that this investigation allowed us and the study participants to reflect upon and
rethink our opinions about our bodies, complexion, and the very process of language education through English.
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Maya Angelou, critical-collaborative language education through English, youth and Ayadult education, educação linguística crítico-colaborativa em inglês, educação de jovens e adultos
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ALMEIDA, Ricardo Regis de; LAGO, Neuda Alves do; FIGUEIREDO, Francisco José Quaresma de. Critical-collaborative language education through english: an experience with youth and adult education students. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, Campinas, v. 60, n. 3, p. 748-761, Sep./Dec. 2021.DOI: 10.1590/0103181311030211520211017. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/tla/a/THvG5SDwbNR3TYnTrBnc5bQ/?lang=en. Acesso em: 20 jan. 2023.