Banca de DEFESA: ANA PAULA BATISTA DE ARRUDA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : ANA PAULA BATISTA DE ARRUDA
DATE: 09/05/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Fundaj Apipucos
TITLE:

PERSPECTIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF TEACHING ENGLISH TO BLACK PEOPLE THROUGH AN AFROCENTRIC DECOLONIAL PROPOSAL: THE CASE OF ODARA ENGLISH SCHOOL

KEY WORDS:

English Language. Decoloniality. Afrocentricity. Anti-racist education.

PAGES: 126
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

The connection between languages, cultures, and identities has been the subject of many studies and debates, especially in the field of Education. In these terms, it is known that learning a language involves several issues that are part of its speakers’ subjectivities. It also encompasses aspects of learners’ identity, who, by learning more about other cultures, can approach issues related to their own. In the case of English language teaching in Brazil, we agree that there is an urgency of addressing issues regarding cultural and ethnic-racial diversity in order to promote a truly anti-racist and decolonial language education. In this sense, the Afrocentric perspective emerges as a decolonial strategy that seeks the rupture of Eurocentrism, which excludes subalternized identities, by bringing African and Afro-Brazilian cultures and histories to the heart of the discussion. Through this dissertation, we aim to understand whether and how teaching English from a decolonial and Afrocentric perspective can contribute to the learning of the English language and to strengthening the identities of black students. To this end, the focus of our investigation was the online English course of Odara English School. The study followed a qualitative netnographic approach through participant observation of classes and semi-structured interviews, in addition to the analysis of the course materials and methodologies used. In this sense, the interpretative analysis of the data allowed us to critically reflect on the information and categories listed, in order to answer the questions raised by our objectives. The results point to the strengthening of the students’ racial identities, in addition to a greater motivation to learn English, caused by the relationships of affection and sense of community provided by the course.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo ao Programa - 2171015 - ARISTEU PORTELA JUNIOR - nullInterna - DENISE MARIA BOTELHO
Externa ao Programa - 1319364 - VALERIA SEVERINA GOMES - nullPresidente - WAGNER LINS LIRA