New Literacies, Foreign Language Teaching and the Role of Public Schools in the 21st Century

Authors

  • Andrea Machado de Almeida Mattos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v1i1.2011.22474

Keywords:

New literacies, foreign language teaching, public school, citizenship.

Abstract

Nowadays the world is rapidly and continuously changing, and is becoming increasingly "technologized" or "digitalized" (Lankshear; Knobel, 2003, p. 155). The contact between  cultures of different  parts of the world is becoming increasingly possible and frequent (Lemke, 1998). The presence of different cultures in our own country and in our own community is also increasingly evident. How can we track changes in our society in the face of new technologies? What is the role of schools in the education of individuals in this new world? What does it mean to be a citizen in today's world? What is the role of public schools in education for citizenship? How can teaching  a foreign language (FL) interfere in this process? These and other issues will be  discussed here based on  the notions of  cultural diversity, globalization / localization, and theories of critical literacy.

Author Biography

Andrea Machado de Almeida Mattos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Andréa Machado de Almeida Mattos é graduada em Letras-Inglês pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), possui Especialização em Língua Inglesa pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Mestrado em Estudos Linguísticos pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e Doutorado em Estudos Linguísticos e Literários pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), com período de Doutorado Sanduiche pela University of Manitoba, em Winnipeg, no Canadá. É Professora da Faculdade de Letras da UFMG desde 2002.
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Published

2011-11-16

How to Cite

Mattos, A. M. de A. (2011). New Literacies, Foreign Language Teaching and the Role of Public Schools in the 21st Century. Revista X, 1(1.2011). https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v1i1.2011.22474

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Vol. 1 No. 1.2011: Letramento Crítico e Multiletramentos

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Artigos Especiais

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