A área de política linguística nas licenciaturas em Letras no Brasil

Abstract

This article aims to investigate how the field of Language Policy and Planning is present in the curricula from teaching degrees in Languages Courses in Brazilian Universities. To achieve this goal, we analyzed 41 syllabus from 34 Political- Pedagogical Projects. We identified 13 disciplines of Language Policy, as well as content related to the area in 27 other curricular components. We categorized some recurrent topics such as: language policies for a specific language or context, language teaching policies, language policies and their implications, among others. The results indicate that knowledge of the political dimension of language is a necessary competence in teachers’ training, providing the future teacher a broader perspective of language, which can give the opportunity to get them more prepared to deal with the different challenges of being a teacher in a globalized world, in the context of speakers of minority languages, in complex sociolinguistic contexts such as border regions, among others.