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STUDENT : VANESSA CRISTINA MORAES TEIXEIRA
DATE: 28/06/2022
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: POSLING/ Campus Nova Suíça / CEFET-MG
TITLE:

Behind the scenes of the production of PNLD English textbooks and the treatment of Transversal Contemporary Themes: producer discourses in the light of Systemic-Functional Linguistics

KEY WORDS:

PNLD. Editorial Production. English Textbook. Contemporary Transversal Themes. Systemic-Functional Linguistics.

PAGES: 159
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Lingüística
SUBÁREA: Lingüística Aplicada
SUMMARY:

The main objective of this research is to investigate the backstage of English textbooks’ production for the National Textbook Program (PNLD) to understand the practice of authors and editors in the elaboration of these materials, focusing on the stages in which they make choices in the approach of Contemporary Transversal Themes (TCTs). In order to know this context, I conducted interviews with authors and editors who produced English textbooks approved by PNLD in 2020 and 2021, the first editions of the program that evaluated English textbooks after the implementation of the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), which resulted in the restructuring of the edicts. Thus, I collected speeches in which these professionals talk about their actions in the elaboration of textbooks and in the approach of TCTs, their evaluations regarding the production process and the insertion of these themes in the materials. For the analysis of the corpus, the theoretical scope of Systemic-Functional Linguistics was adopted, which guided the construction of discussions that accomplish the research objectives. I specifically used the transitivity system (HALLIDAY; MATTHIESSEN, 2004) to analyze the actions present in the speeches of the producers; and the evaluative system (MARTIN; WHITE, 2005; MARTIN; ROSE, 2007) to analyze the evaluations given by these professionals. I also verified the criteria used and their challenges in this social environment. The results show that there is a purpose behind the authors' choices and the editors' interventions in the approach of TCTs, as it reveals a real effort on their part to contribute to users’ critical education. However, they are not always able to find the materials they want to include in textbooks, in addition, their choices are strongly regulated by public policy guidelines and market demands, especially after recent changes, which seem to have increased insecurities and limitations in the practice of these agents. Moreover, it is a process that received more negative evaluations from the participants, due to the rigorous work and the great responsibilities that involve it. The approach of TCTs in textbooks was positively evaluated by them, because they considered the social importance of studying these topics in classrooms and the possibilities that English textbooks can offer as a starting point for these discussions to take place. With this research, I intend to contribute with one more perspective on the production of textbooks, articulating issues in the field of editing, English teaching and discourse analysis in the perspective of Systemic-Functional Linguistics. Therefore, it is possible to bring academic research closer to the professional practices of the Brazilian textbooks’ publishing market, highlighting the complexity of the processes that occur in this scenario through the use of language by the agents involved.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - RENATO CAIXETA DA SILVA
Interno - VICENTE AGUIMAR PARREIRAS
Interna - PAULA RENATA MELO MOREIRA
Externa à Instituição - TANIA REGINA DE SOUZA ROMERO - UFLA