Livros didáticos sob a ótica do funcionalismo linguístico: o caso do ensino das orações adverbiais

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to verify how Portuguese Language teaching is treated in the high school textbooks of Brazilian public schools, in particular, the teaching of adverb clauses in relation to linguistic functionalism and National Curricular Parameters (PCN). Two collections of textbooks aimed at teaching Portuguese were analyzed (CEREJA; MAGALHAES, 2010; AMARAL, et al., 2010). In order to do this, the theoretical line of British functionalism (HALLIDAY et al., 1974; HALLIDAY; HASAN, 1989; HALLIDAY, 2004) was followed, as well as shared premises between the linguistic functionalism aspects; PCN (2000) for the teaching of Portuguese Language. The analysis made it possible to verify that some premises of linguistic functionalism, which are also contained in the PCN, are part of the organization of these textbook collections.