2017
DOI: 10.1590/010318135150200431
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Can We Speak English? Reflections on the Unspoken Efl in Brazil

Abstract: This essay explores the issue of oral production in English as a foreign language in Brazil. It reports the difficulty some students find to speak the language to matters of authority and legitimacy constituted in a particular history of language policies. Interest in the theme emerged because many Brazilian students who know English state they cannot speak the language and avoid pronouncing it and engaging in conversations. A discursive methodological framework forms the basis for the analysis of postings col… Show more

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“…For this reason, it is not uncommon for English teachers to face students' resistance and even refusal when a less prestigious variety of the language is brought to the classroom. Hashiguti (2017) claims that the diffi culty some Brazilian students face to speak English as a foreign language regards the history of language policies. Based on Spivak's refl ections, she argues that Especially for cases like Brazil, which was colonized by Portugal and not by an English speaking country, English really has the quality and the mark of a foreign language.…”
Section: Who Has the Right To Speak?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For this reason, it is not uncommon for English teachers to face students' resistance and even refusal when a less prestigious variety of the language is brought to the classroom. Hashiguti (2017) claims that the diffi culty some Brazilian students face to speak English as a foreign language regards the history of language policies. Based on Spivak's refl ections, she argues that Especially for cases like Brazil, which was colonized by Portugal and not by an English speaking country, English really has the quality and the mark of a foreign language.…”
Section: Who Has the Right To Speak?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As considerações apontadas vão ao encontro do trabalho de Hashiguti (2017). A autora, ao problematizar a difi culdade de alunos brasileiros com a produção oral em LI, argumenta que a idealização de um falante nativo impede que esses sujeitos considerem como legítimo o inglês que falam.…”
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