A Produção Oral no livro didático de língua inglesa do PNLD

Abstract

The English language textbook is present in every public school network, distributed through the National Program of Books and Teaching Materials (PNLD), it presents as a source of information for teaching and learning the oral skill. This research, which is a qualitative approach, intends to answer how the textbook distributed by PNLD works with oral production? To do so, it aims to identify the speaking tasks/activities of the textbook "Diálogo: língua inglesa"; to classify these tasks according to Littlewood's diagram (2004); and to evaluate if the textbook is adequate and if it constitutes a good source for teaching/learning speaking. The theoretical background is based on Paiva's (2007) studies about the English language textbook; on the PNLD (2021) and the BNCC (2018) as documents that rule the curricula of these books; Bygate (2001) and Levelt (1989) about speaking skills; Brown (2000) and Ur (1996) about the teaching of speaking; and Ellis (2009), Prabhu (1987) and Littlewood's (2004) studies about the task-based approach. The analyzed data suggest that in the textbook "Diálogo: língua inglesa" there is a predominance of structured communication type questions, according to the Littlewood's diagram, in which there is a strong presence of focus on the communication of meanings without forgetting the form, thus presenting it as an important source for teaching speaking.