Uma análise da percepção dos participantes sobre discussões de gênero em uma sala de aula de língua inglesa

Abstract

In this paper, I analyze a fragment of a discussion occurred during an English Oral Practice 1 lesson, in the Letras Course of Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). This discussion was part of a pedagogical action, implemented in four classes, which aimed at problematizing gender issues in an English teaching-learning context. The problematization and reflections were based on the dialog between Bakhtin’s theoretical framework and gender theory, supported by the perspective of Critical Applied Linguistics. The study indicates the relevance of the other in the identity construction. Furthermore, it indicates the presence of the otherness constitution in an English language classroom. Therefore, from the diversity established in the discussions, I perceive the importance of the dialog, as well as the instability, which is a characteristic of thinking critically in one’s ethical formation.