Entre o britânico e o estadunidense: discutindo o ensino de pronúncia da língua inglesa na educação básica brasileira

Abstract

This article aims to examine the presence and use of British and American variants in the teaching of English as a foreign language in the Brazilian public education system. It also discusses the importance attributed to native and non-native speakers in this process. The methodology used was bibliographic research, and works directly related to the selected topic were used for investigation. The results show that for teaching pronunciation of a foreign language such as English, the communicative approach method is the most coherent as it does not privilege a specific pronunciation but rather includes other possibilities. The conclusion reached from this discussion is that the teaching of pronunciation of a foreign language should prioritize aspects of intelligibility in the communication process.