Sentidos atribuídos ao brincar em um processo de ensino-aprendizagem de língua inglesa

Abstract

This research has as main objective to understand the senses attributed to a teacher of English as a second language for children while playing with them. In order to reach our purpose, we intended to answer the question: What are the senses attributed to play and how are they rebuilt along a process of reflective discussion with the coordinator of this school? Guiding this survey lies vygotskian’s theory concerning play as well as studies focused on the teachers’ education of English in Brazil and the main theories of teaching-learning traditionally applied to teaching the English language. Concerning the Critical Collaborative Research, we herein state that it was chosen to convey this research since we truly believe it acts as a facilitator when creating opportunities for critical reflection which lead to a transformation by getting collaborative elements from all those who took part in this process. The research was done with an active focal member, a teacher of English, together with the school coordinator who is the researcher of this study. Not only were data collected through a semi-structured interview, but also through both reflective discussions performed after classes had been observed and the continuation of the interview. Data were analyzed following specific thematic contents about which we can state that assertions about what is said were made from the semantic universe, thus trying to answer the question as well as understanding the senses attributed to play and its implications in the teaching-learning process. Data suggest an alteration in the construction of senses felt by the participant concerning the meaning of playing and its objective in the teaching-learning process of the English Language