Os principais fatores que influenciam o ensino de língua inglesa na educação de jovens e adultos

Abstract

In response to the social needs of modern man, the teaching of the English language in school must be seen as a right for citizen formation and access to social participation, determining the student's insertion into the globalized context. In the Brazilian educational program Educação de Jovens e Adultos – EJA the majority of students have not had the possibility of studying in regular education and already carry with them a great deal of social, cultural and historical knowledge. Thus, the general objective of this research is to verify which are the main factors that influence the teaching of the English language in this program. For the realization of this work, we have pointed as theoreticians who gave base to this research: Vygotsky (1996), Ledesma (1982), Moura (2010), Reis (2010), Lemke (2007), DCE/EJA (2006) and PCN-LE (2002) . For the accomplishment of this investigation, we used field research with a quantitative approach. We were able to verify that the social, historical and cultural contexts, considering the different knowledge acquired by each student, are of extreme importance for the educator to understand this knowledge and use it for the benefit of students’ learning process.