Lights, camera, action! o uso de curta-metragem no ensino transversal contemporâneo de Língua Inglesa na educação profissional

Abstract

This research consists of a proposal for the creation of short films for teaching the English language, incorporating Transversal Contemporary Themes (TCTs) as the foundation for cinematic script aimed at humanized education. Developed within the scope of Professional Master's in Professional and Technological Education (PROFEPT), its research area revolves around the Organization and Memories of Pedagogical Spaces in Professional and Technological Education, addressing the processes of organization and planning of pedagogical places, with a focus on transversal and interdisciplinary strategies. The research aimed to investigate how TCTs can be discussed in English Language classes at Centro Cultural de Línguas Padre Raimundo José (CCL), through the construction of short films. In this direction, it was identified with the teachers of CCL, how the Transversal Contemporary Themes can be worked in the English Language classes, as well as to describe the technological profile and the perception of students about the use of digital technologies and films in teaching English. It was analyzed with students how the production of short films, as educational strategies, can contribute to the process of teaching the English language. It’s a pedagogical practice used by some teachers for the linguistic development of students, which will serve as a support for them to interact, interpret everyday situations, and speak in English. This study is justified by the innovation of strategies and the use of new resources, both cultural and technological, that can be adopted by foreign language teachers to alleviate the difficulties faced by students in the period of remote classes. Applied research of a qualitative nature is used as an approach for carrying out this study. In this way, a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview with direct observation generated data with the English teachers of CCL. The students of beginner levels of the mentioned institution are collaborators in this investigation. From this perspective, descriptive statistics and content analysis were used to interpret the data obtained. For that, bibliographical research was used, presenting the following descriptors: EPT, Short Film, and Transversal Contemporary Themes. The theoretical discussion was based on Saviane (2003), Gramsci (1982), Pacheco (2015), among others who deal with Education and work, about research on Film Production, supported by Silva and Pinheiro (2017), Lopes and Nanemann (2015), Alzao and Feldman (2017), among others that illustrate this section. Vieira et al (2022), Longhi and Rocha (2012), compose the approach on TCTs. In this way, it was noticed that the short film genre is a significant pedagogical strategy to promote the praxis of conversion in English Language classes. As an Educational Product proposal, the YouTube Digital Platform entitled “Art, Technology and Digital Culture” was developed, which aims to build significant knowledge and skills in the English language in the conception of articulation between the epistemological categories: work, science, technology and culture. The creation of short films is an effective pedagogical strategy to promote the practice of conversation in English language classes, involving students in interdisciplinary and contextualized way, ensuring the connection between theory and professional practice, as an educational principle.