O discurso sobre a língua inglesa na cidade de Bagé

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the discourse about the English Language in the city of Bagé, located in the south of Brazil and close to Uruguay, as well as the non-adherence to the English courses offered free from the Universidade Federal do Pampa. The paper proposes a reflection about the different discourses related to the English language in Bagé, through interviews collected with students from the Universidade Federal do Pampa, students and non-students of the language randomly. The material of the collected interviews plus the theoretical framework allows us to understand part of the motivation and expectations regarding the English language and portrays discourses of subjects with different images about the language, enabling the reflection and analyses of the subject matter.