English Hegemony: A Perspective from the Conceptions of a Group of Venezuelan English Teachers

Belkys Siboney Moncada Vera; Carmen Teresa Chacón Corzo

doi:10.17533/udea.ikala.v23n02a02

Autores

Belkys Siboney Moncada Vera Universidad Nacional Experimental de Táchira
Carmen Teresa Chacón Corzo Universidad de Los Andes https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7434-8614

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ikala.v23n02a02

Palavras-chave:

Ensino do inglês, expansão colonial do inglês, imperialismo linguístico, paradigma ecológico, crenças dos docentes de inglês, teoria crítica

Resumo

Este trabalho apresenta os achados de uma pesquisa relacionada com as concepções de um grupo de professores de inglês venezuelanos sobre a expansão e o uso do inglês como idioma internacional. Os participantes foram 78 professores de inglês de San Cristóbal, estado Táchira, Venezuela, que se desempenhavam, no momento da pesquisa, nos níveis de ensino médio geral e ensino universitário de várias instituições públicas e privadas. Como instrumentos para a coleta de dados, utilizou-se o questionário e a entrevista em profundidade. A análise dos dados realizou-se através do método de comparação constante, seguindo os passos da teoria fundamentada, com o apoio do software Atlas.ti versão 6.0 para a análise de dados qualitativos. Como resultado emergiram três categorias: visão colonial da expansão do inglês, visão acrítica e apolítica da expansão do inglês, e visão positiva e neutral do inglês e sua expansão. Em concordância com os achados, evidencia-se que os participantes percebem a expansão do inglês como positiva e benéfica, que lhes outorga maior prestígio e acesso ao capital. Tal concepção revela a desvinculação do idioma com as implicações socioculturais, políticas e ideológicas associadas à hegemonia do inglês no mundo.

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Biografia do Autor

Belkys Siboney Moncada Vera, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Táchira

Doctora en Ciencias de la Educación. Profesora de inglés en el escalafón Agregado a dedicación exclusiva de la UNET, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales. Investigadora A2 del Programa de Investigadores Venezolanos.

Carmen Teresa Chacón Corzo, Universidad de Los Andes

Doctora en TESOL. Profesora Titular jubilada de la Universidad de Los Andes. Investigadora con experiencia reconocida en el Programa de Investigadores Venezolanos.

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