TY - JOUR AU - Ferraz, Daniel Mello PY - 2016/10/11 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - SHOULD GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES BE INCLUDED IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION? JF - Trama JA - Trama VL - 12 IS - 27 SE - Temas Livres DO - 10.48075/rt.v12i27.14108 UR - https://saber.unioeste.br/index.php/trama/article/view/14108 SP - 178-201 AB - <pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">One of the great challenges faced by foreign language </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">education in Brazil is to deal with the multiplicity of philosophies, </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">theories, and practices. The National Curricular Orientations </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">suggest that we connect linguistic pedagogical practices with </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">sociocultural and critical ones. Thus, this work investigates gender </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">and sexuality studies (LOURO, 1997) in the perspectives of </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">undergrad language students of a Brazilian Federal University. </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">The methodology is qualitative, and the action research method </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">was applied. Hence, based on data collected from a discipline of </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">academic writing, we discuss how students address such themes, </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">specially homosexuality and homophobia (BORRILO, 2010). </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">We also discuss if these themes should be included or excluded </span></em></pre><pre style="text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif">from language classes.</span></em></pre> ER -