Diferente dos seus amigos, eu acho você beautiful e kind: emoções, literatura e o ensino de língua inglesa em uma escola de idiomas em Santarém

Abstract

Literature in the educational environment is a possibility that transmits experiences, knowledge, cultures, and new identities, providing the student with different vocabularies and grammatical structures that provide the development of orality, writing and reflections about the world, real or present in books. In this way, this study tried to analyze and reflect the use of literature in English language classes in a language school in Santarem-PA. The study used the work of Raquel Jaramillo Palacio, “Wonder”, first published in 2012, in English classes, adding language teaching and literature. The information was collected from questionnaires regarding the linguistic and literary preferences of the students, oral and written activities, and finally a reflective questionnaire about the students' experience with the classes. The results show that literature can be used in English classes as a way of motivating students to read, write and reflect on the social and school environment where they are inserted, contributing to the expansion of their curiosities and interests.