Ensino de língua inglesa e interculturalidade: reflexões teórico-práticas para o fazer docente.

Abstract

This article aims to bring some theoretical and practical reflections on interculturality and how it could provide a language education in order to foster more effective and inclusive teaching and learning. We understand that teaching English goes beyond understanding the language and its grammatical rules. Therefore, knowing cultural diversity is important to expand not only the understanding of the world, but also the understanding of how languages are important in our construction as social subjects. We outline the importance of using interculturality in teaching work, bringing enriching contributions to English language teachers. We argue that the interaction between cultures (local and global) occurs through self-awareness and the context in which cultural and identity diversities are aligned with the subject's ability to critically position himself. This is a qualitative bibliographic research with theoretical and practical support that can be used as a teaching tool in English language classes.