Decolonizing English Language Education With Literature by Black and Indigenous Writers
Fernanda Mota-Pereira
Abstract:This paper aims to discuss decolonial English Language Education with literature produced by black and indigenous writers. English language classrooms have been traditionally guided by principles that underscore systemic knowledge through an overemphasis on grammar in line with the Grammar Translation Method (QUEVEDO-CAMARGO; SILVA, 2017; PEREIRA, 2016, 2019) and by misconceptions about the limitations of teaching foreign languages for communicative purposes, especially in public schools (LEFFA, 2009; PEREIRA,… Show more
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