Dialogic language theory: grammar teaching in Bakhtin's perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to articulate Bakhtin’s and the Circle’s theory of language with pedagogical teaching of grammar exhibited in the recently published notes of Mikhail Bakhtin's "Dialogic origin and dialogic pedagogy of Grammar", translated into English in 2004, and still little known among us. These notes illustrate an aspect of his theory focused on the practical application in grammatical classes. Although some practice this proposal is not new to the teaching of grammar in Brazil, with a view to Othon M. Garcia’s work Communication in modern prose (2000), we must point out similarities and differences in view of the implicit theory that argues Bakhtin's reflections. Although, in this text, the author does not mention his discursive theory, it is implicit in the notes about grammar proposed by him. To accomplish with this proposal, it resorts to both common aspects discussed by Garcia as for Bakhtin, punctuating the difference: on one hand seen as grammar and stylistic feature of the grammar applied to other genres considering the concept that extends the Garcia’s consideration about parataxis and hipotaxis, on the other, extending it to immediate context of production and circulation of utterances, considering the generic and individual style.