Representações sobre o Programa Paraná fala idiomas – inglês sob as lentes do Ciclo de Política e da Análise do Discurso Crítico

Abstract

In this article we analyze a network of texts related to the Parana Speaks Languages program - English, characterized as a state language policy. The study aims at identifying the representations on the program and on the English language, based on the policy cycle analysis (BALL, 1994, 2006; MAINARDES, 2006). It is an interpretive, qualitative research, with data comprising official texts produced by the funding agency and responses to a questionnaire administered to teachers and students and analyzed through Critical Discourse Analysis tools (FAIRCLOUGH, 2003). The results demonstrate that both in the context of text production and the context of practice the representations are aligned with the hegemonic discourse that the English language is essential. They also reinforce ideologies of English as a commodity with instrumental and symbolic value. In relation to the program objectives, differences between program representations by the research participants and the funding agency discourse suggest non-alignment.