Educação bilíngue: desafios na implementação em escolas da Educação Básica

Abstract

Although still somewhat limited, the possibility of becoming bilingual since elementary school already exists in Brazil. The increase in the search for a bilingual education was due to the growth in professional demands of speaking two or more languages and the globalised world of today. This work aims at understanding what this bilingual education would be, by means of a theoretical review of its conceptions and a field research in bilingual schools in the city of São Paulo, in order to understand how it was implanted, how it works inside the classroom and what were the difficulties encountered. Moreover, specific aspects of bilingualism will be analysed, such as who is the bilingual individual, the existent types and the definition of each one of them, which will enable a greater understanding of the concept of bilingualism, its connection and grounding in the education and why it has become such an important factor for today's society