Educação bilíngue português-inglês: uma análise das práticas pedagógicas em turmas de 1º ano e 3º ano do ensino fundamental

Abstract

Nowadays, it is noticed a large range of private schools that offer in their curriculum some form of Bilingual Education involving the English language as a second language. Considering this background, this work intends to analyze pedagogical practices executed in a private school in the city of Natal/RN, within a context of portuguese-english Bilingual Education. It is a qualitative approach research, making use of classroom observations involving a year 1 and year 3 classes of Elementary School. Furthermore, it makes use of semistructured interviews aimed at four teachers who teach at this teaching period. To support data, a bibliographical research is done, in such a way it contextualizes the growing importance of the adoption of Bilingual Education in schools and to converse with the obtained results. With this, it is hoped that it is possible to clarify about some current pedagogical practices and to contribute to the betterment of bilingualism.