Interação e diálogo no “terceiro lugar”: a formação da esfera de interculturalidade em aulas de inglês como L2/LE

Abstract

This article aims at reflecting about the way interaction and dialogue, two important conceptions discussed by Vygotsky and Bakhtin respectively, contribute with the formation of an intercultural sphere where the teacher and his students of English as a SL/FL reveal their cultural perspectives. This research is qualitative, and its findings point out that interaction and dialogue determine the recognition of the participants’ cultural dimensions as well as the ones from the target language-culture. The interactional and dialogical process generate new cultural perspectives, contributing to the intercultural competence development which is directly associated to learners and their English acquisition process.