Contribuições da Sociolinguística para o ensino de Língua Portuguesa: entre normas, variação e ensino

Abstract

The teaching of Portuguese as a mother language in Brazil has gone through gradual changes, with the universalization of basic education, the contributions of modern linguistics and the insertion of textbooks in public schools. However, these changes have not yet been sufficient to guarantee an approach that recognizes language as a heterogeneous reality, cultivating, in the classroom, the idea of the standard norm as the only possible linguistic reality. This paper aims to discuss, based on the historical formation of Brazilian Portuguese (LUCCHESI, 2009; MATOS E SILVA, 2004), the contributions of sociolinguistics to the teaching of Portuguese (BORTONI-RICARDO, 2005; BAGNO, 2002, FARACO, 2008), and propose activities to deal with the variation that leads to the recognition and awareness of linguistic diversity.