Panorama das disciplinas de línguas estrangeiras nos Cursos de Secretariado Executivo nas Universidades Federais no Brasil

Abstract

This study analyzes the foreign language courses offered in the curriculum of Secretariat in federal universities in Brazil. To achieve this goal, we initially performed a literature search followed by documentary research in order to describe the relevance of knowledge in foreign languages for secretariat professional, in the current labor market, according to items IV, V and VII of the duties provided in the Law n ° 7.377/1985 complemented by Law No. 9.261/1996, and current profile required by the labor market. Through the analysis of the curriculum secretariat courses offered by federal universities in study showed that, in general , the guidelines for foreign language teaching universities focus in the systemic development of the four communication skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing) within the context of professional and linguistic aspects (grammatical support), which addresses the elements of the language itself. It was also detected the importance of specific teaching foreign language to meet the needs related to the area of professional performance. Inferred, therefore, the importance of the need for knowledge of foreign languages by professional secretariat for interaction with the globalized world in the broadest sense and not only specific, requiring this professional the domain of more than one skill for the performance of various tasks.