O lugar dos estágios na formação de profissionais de língua estrangeira: um estudo de caso. Doi: 10.5212/Uniletras.v.32i1.047059

Abstract

This article proposes a refl ection on the status attributed by public schools to the compulsory teacher training taken by undergraduate students of Languages, as well as the role played by students-teachers and foreign language teacher training supervisors in the matter, based on the author’s experience as a teacher training supervisor in a university in the south of Brazil. The article starts with a description of the new teacher training courses set by the Language Institute of the university, and is followed by an analysis of the underlying reasons for the changes taken into effect. Both the description and the analysis take into consideration (i) the national policies to foreign language (FL) teaching and learning and (ii) the general context in which foreign languages are taught in public schools. Possible outcomes deriving from such changes are also discussed. Keywords: FL teacher education. Curriculum. National policies to FL teaching and learning. Language teachers’ professional development.