Que língua é essa? Anotações dialógicas sobre o ensino de língua portuguesa em contexto escolar indígena

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the language understanding(s) present in Portuguese language teaching in the indigenous school context, from the vision and speeches of indigenous teachers (belonging to the Pataxó ethnicity) who work in the Final Years of Elementary School from the Pataxó Coroa Vermelha Indigenous School, located in Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia, Brazil. Based on the analysis of the discourse resulting from interviews with teachers who speak Portuguese as their first language, it was possible to observe the understanding of these teachers about language that possibly guide the teaching of Portuguese in the indigenous context. The so-called Dialogical Discourse Analysis (DDA) constitutes the main theoretical apparatus of the research. The results of this work indicate that: i) the indigenous teachers perceive the Portuguese language as a necessary instrument for social communication to take place, also marking the indigenous language presence in the process. ii) the teachers understand the language as a process of interaction through the sociological prism, since they value aspects of history, culture and identity.