O papel da Educação em Português na promoção e difusão da língua: um estudo com um grupo de estagiárias Translated title: Le rôle de l’Éducation en Portuguais dans la promotion et diffusion de la langue: une étude développée autour d’un groupe de stagiaires Translated title: The role played by Education in Portuguese in language promotion and dissemination: a study with a groups of newly qualified teachers Translated title: El papel de la Educación en Portugués en la promoción y difusión de la lengua: un estudio con un grupo de estudiantes en prácticas

Abstract

As questões sobre o poder das línguas, sobre o seu peso e valor económicos têm preenchido, atualmente, agendas políticas e académicas, embora o interesse pela economia das línguas remonte à segunda metade do século XX. Relativamente ao português, assistimos a uma preocupação com a sua internacionalização, quer por via das relações comerciais e negócios, quer no âmbito das políticas da língua. De ambas as perspetivas, o ensino do português é incontornável. Sob o prisma da Educação, introduzir na formação de professores de português uma abordagem da língua mais dinâmica, como língua de comunicação internacional, direcionada para a sua difusão, é essencial num mundo globalizado, onde outras línguas também se cruzam e se jogam. Neste quadro, disponibilizámos um questionário a mestrandas/estagiárias de português, numa universidade em Portugal. Pretendíamos que identificassem o lugar atribuído à língua portuguesa no mundo, valores e potencialidades, e ainda formas de promoção e de difusão. Os resultados deste estudo piloto apontam para algum desconhecimento sobre as línguas e sobre o português e o mundo lusófono em particular. No entanto, a reação geral foi de abertura a este tipo de abordagem.

Translated abstract

Que ce soit sur le plan politique ou académique, le thème du pouvoir des langues, leur poids et leur valeur économiques est à l´orde du jour; ceci, même si l’économie des langues suscite un certain intérêt depuis la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle. Quant au portugais, on cherche à l’internationaliser, à travers les relations commerciales et des affaires, où au sein des politiques linguistiques. Du point de vue de ces deux perspectives, l’enseignement du portugais est inévitable. Sous le prisme de l’éducation, l’introduction d’une approche de la langue plus dynamique, dirigée à sa diffusion, est essentielle pour la formation d’enseignants de Portugais, comme langue de communication internationale, dans un monde globalisé, où d’autres langues se croisent et s’élancent. Dans ce cadre, nous avons fourni un questionnaire à des étudiantes/stagiaires en maîtrise en portugais, dans une université au Portugal. Nous voulions qu’elles identifient la place attribuée à la langue portugaise dans le monde, ses valeurs et ses potentialités, et encore, qu’elles identifient des formes de promotion et de diffusion. Les résultats de cette étude pilote révèlent un certain manque de connaissances sur les langues et le portugais et le monde lusophone en particulier. Cependant, la réaction globale montre une certaine ouverture à ce type d’approche.

Translated abstract

The questions on the power of languages, on their weight and economic value have fulfilled, currently, political and academic agendas, although the interest in the economy of languages dates back to the second half of the twentieth century. Concerning Portuguese, its internationalization is a concern, either by trade and business relations, or within the language policies. From both perspectives, the teaching of Portuguese is inevitable. Under the standpoint of Education, introducing a more dynamic language approach in teacher training of Portuguese, as a language of international communication, directed to its diffusion, is essential in a globalized world, where other languages meet and connect. In this framework, a pilot study with students from the Masters in teacher training in basic education (2nd cycle of Bologne) has been developed. These students are attending the supervised teaching practice in four subjects, one of which is Portuguese, at a university in Portugal. We wanted them to identify the importance of Portuguese in the world, its values and potentialities, and even ways to promote its diffusion. As methodology for data collection, a questionnaire survey was conceived, and subsequently provided to 14 students attending a semiannual curricular unit. The questionnaire had open and closed questions and was divided into four stages: i) Identification of the respondents, ii) Languages and the Portuguese Language (PL), iii) Internationalization of the PL and iv) the values of the PL. To process the collected data, NVivo 10 software was used, where the answers were encoded and categories and subcategories of analysis were created, in order to proceed with a content analysis. Regarding the participants characterization, they were all female, the mother tongue of the majority was Portuguese, there was one Venezuelan who dominated Spanish and they were mostly from the north and center of the country. The results pointed at a lack of knowledge about the position of the most spoken languages in the world, the countries and organizations where Portuguese was the official language, as well as the fact that all varieties of Portuguese are correct. Some responses also showed some lack of knowledge concerning the concept of lusophony and the Portuguese-speaking world in general. However, we noticed i) a recognition of the importance of disseminating the PL in the world, ii) some openness to a teaching approach of Portuguese towards the demands of contemporary society and ii) a reflection, even if not very deep and reasoned, on the position of the Portuguese language in the world. Faced with the increasing prominent position of Portuguese and the need to train teachers sensitive to this recent reality, the development of projects of this nature would have all the opportunity.

Translated abstract

Preguntas sobre el poder de las lenguas, sobre su peso y valor económicos han rellenado, en la actualidad, agendas políticas y académicas, aunque el interés en la economía de las lenguas se remonta a la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Con relación al portugués, se asiste a una preocupación con su internacionalización, ya sea por vía de relaciones comerciales y empresariales, ya sea en el contexto de política de lenguas. Desde ambas perspectivas, la enseñanza del portugués es inevitable. Bajo el prisma de la Educación, es esencial introducir un abordaje más dinámico de la lengua en la formación de profesores de portugués, un abordaje orientado para su difusión, como lengua para la comunicación internacional, en un mundo globalizado, donde otros idiomas también se entrecruzan y se lanzan. En ese marco, se ha proporcionado un cuestionario a alumnas/estudiantes en prácticas del máster en portugués, en una universidad en Portugal. Queríamos que identificasen el lugar asignado a la lengua portuguesa en el mundo, los valores y potencialidades, e incluso las formas de su promoción y difusión. Los resultados de este estudio piloto apuntan a cierta falta de conocimiento sobre las lenguas y sobre el portugués y el mundo lusófono en particular. Sin embargo, la reacción general fue de apertura a este tipo de enfoque.