Translinguagem, decolonialidade e libertação: um guia digital para professores de inglês

Abstract

This paper presents a proposal for a digital educational product, in the format of an interactive e-book, titled "Translanguaging, Decoloniality, and Liberation: A Digital Guide for English Teachers". The material is designed for the training and self-study of Brazilian English teachers, focusing on integrating critical pedagogies into their teaching practice. The educational problem addressed is the hegemony of an English teaching model that perpetuates a colonial perspective, disregarding the multiple sociolinguistic contexts and identities of Brazilian learners. The general objective is to empower teachers to autonomously integrate the principles of decoloniality, translanguaging, and problematizing pedagogies into their didactic practices, promoting a more inclusive and socially engaged language education. The methodology for the product's development was based on active and reflective self-study, with strategies of microlearning and scenario-based learning. The e-book was developed as a web application using HTML, JavaScript, and Tailwind CSS, and structured into five progressive modules that range from critical awareness to the application and self-assessment of lesson plans. The final product aims to fill a gap in self-study didactic materials committed to critiquing hegemonic models, articulating theoretical foundations with a practical and contextualized proposal for the Brazilian educational reality.