Fables in the English-language classroom: a teaching proposal
Fables. English Language. Teaching units. Teaching.
This work aims to explore the use of fables elaborating teaching and learning activities of English as a Foreign Language that would enable a critical reflection of moral/cultural values. It is also the purpose of this research to elaborate a didactic sequence, apply it and verify the effects of this application. Based on this, we carried out an action research (TRIPP, 2005; THIOLLENT, 2011) that included the participation of 6th grade elementary school students from a public school located in the city of Natal - RN. For classroom intervention, we use didactic sequences based on Cosson's basic sequence (2018) for literary literacy. The data has been gathered by means of analysis of documents such as Political-Pedagogical Project, annual teaching plans and didactic material used in the researched context. In addition, we applied a questionnaire and we had the observation and reflection of the entire intervention process. Our theoretical framework is based on studies such as Cosson (2018), Dezzoti (1989), Ferreira (2014), Portella (1983), Almeida Filho (2001), Zilberman (2009), Byram (1989), Kramsch (1996), among others. The analysis of the documents show that the teaching of English does not have clear guidelines, revealing that there is no articulation between the documents analyzed. The questionnaires applied in the post-intervention phase indicate that fables constitute a rich text for English language teaching and learning which make it possible to illustrate uses of language and reflect on the moral values that permeate social life and that reflect our own attitudes.