Literature in English Language teaching

an interactionist approach

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https://doi.org/10.14393/DLv18a2024-2

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Literature, English Language teaching, Interactionism

Abstract

In this research, we consider  the integration of literature into language teaching, adopting an interactionist approach, emerging as a pivotal element that facilitates students' education and fosters their social knowledge. To establish a solid theoretical foundation, we conducted a review of studies on the teaching and learning of the English Language, focusing on the use of literature within educational contexts. We examined notable scholars’ works such as Brumfit and Carter (2000), Candido (2011), Collie and Slater (1987), Lazar (1993), Mota (2010). We also used the theories of interactionist learning of additional languages as proposed by Bruner (1977), Figueiredo (2006), and Vygotsky (2015). We followed a methodological  approach that involved collecting data through questionnaires administered to English language teachers in primary education in a town in a Goiás state. We employed qualitative interpretive methods for data analysis, enabling an investigation into socio-verbal interactions within language teaching. The results confirm the efficacy of incorporating literature into English language teaching as it exhibits the potential to embrace an interactionist approach by facilitating student engagement with the target language, to construct linguistic knowledge, providing meaningful training, and granting access to the cultural heritage of humanity.

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Author Biographies

Adria Kezia Lima, Secretaria de Estado de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação de Mato Grosso - MT

Mestra pelo Programa de Educação da Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG - Regional Jataí). Professora efetiva da área de Letras - Português/Inglês da Secretaria Estadual de Ciências e Tecnologia e Inovação do Estado do Mato Grosso (Seciteci).

Neuda Alves do Lago, UFG

English Literature Professor. She holds a degree in Portuguese and English Languages earned in 1997, a Master's degree in Language and Literature earned in 2002 with a thesis in the area of Applied Linguistics: teaching English as a Foreign Language, a Doctorate in Language and Literature earned in 2007 from the Federal University of Goiás with a dissertation on the teaching of English Language Literature in the area of Applied Linguistics, and completed a continuing education course in Literary Criticism - Critical Reading at the University of Oxford in 2017. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Modern Languages College and a senior researcher and professor at the Master's and Doctorate in Language and Literature at UFG. In addition, she is a collaborating professor at the Master's in Education and the Master's in Agronomy at UFJ. Furthermore, she serves as the general research coordinator at the Modern Languages College. She has taught at the Sapienza Università di Roma in the Erasmus Program of teaching mobility. Her experience in higher education focuses on teaching and learning literature in English. She works mainly on the following topics: English Literature, English Teaching and Research, Teacher Education, Affective Domain in Language Learning, Collaborative Learning, and Intersemiotic Translation from Literature to Cinema.

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Published

2024-01-30

How to Cite

LIMA, A. K.; LAGO, N. A. do. Literature in English Language teaching: an interactionist approach. Domínios de Lingu@gem, Uberlândia, v. 18, p. e1802, 2024. DOI: 10.14393/DLv18a2024-2. Disponível em: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/dominiosdelinguagem/article/view/70943. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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