Formação de professores de língua inglesa em pré-serviço: faça o que eu mando e não o que eu faço

Abstract

This study presents and analyzes results from a research with pre-service teachers attending English Methodology Classes in a public university in the Northeast of Brazil. According to the new paradigm in the fields of Applied Linguistics and Education, these classes should prepare the teacher-researcher engaged in his/her own reflection upon his/her pedagogical practices This research dealt with transpositions of theoretical and methodological constructs discussed throughout the course into pedagogical activities as didactic sequences (SD) for High School students. The aim of the SD was to improve students reading skills in the English language. The sequences were elaborated in light of PCN and OCEM (Brazilian standards) and theories dealing with genre teaching. A SD is analyzed and its results discussed.