Habilidades de ensino de língua inglesa: observação de turmas iniciantes de língua inglesa do programa de línguas e informática da Universidade de Pernambuco, na cidade de Garanhuns

Abstract

This research observes and analyzes the work of the English-speaking teacher with reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. The study is to reflect on how the teacher works the four skills in English language classes. As main theoretical support we point out Oliveira (2007) who discusses in his dissertation the principles that guide each of the skills and Kumaravadivelu (1994), Brown (1994) and Hinkel (2010) who discuss the importance of teaching skills in an integrated way in the globalized world. Our methodology has a qualitative-interpretative character of ethnographic basis (MOITA LOPES, 1994). And our corpus consisted by a field diary, the textbook, a questionnaire and an interview with two English teachers (Level 1 - beginner) of the Language and Information Technology Program (PROLINFO) of the University of Pernambuco, Campus Garanhuns. Data were collected through weekly observations, besides the interview and the questionnaire answered by the teachers. And from them, we concluded that the most mobilized skill during class was listening, especially through the Teacher Talk Time. Still, based on the principle of communicative approach, but mostly using the structural approach, the teachers were able to integrate the skills during the classes and in both classes 100% of the students approved.