The function of the text in the language class under an interactionist prospect

Abstract

The reality of teaching of language at school shows its effect isn't good because the student don't express himself with security, clarity and naturalness, as much as speaking or writing. This evidence reflects the necessity to reform the study's object and its methodology. Guided by theory of PCNs (1998, 1999) and another studies directed in this perspective, as Geraldi (1991, 2006), Possenti (2002), Kleiman (1996, 2006), Neves (2003), Antunes (2003, 2007, 2009), mentioning only some of them, this article to sight question this issue, without to point one formula, but it shows possibilities of solution that can use in portuguese's class. Defining language and its teaching as a frequent practice of verbal interaction, we see the text (different kinds of textual genres) as the study's object and we suggest some strategies of reading, analyses linguistic and writing like methodology to work language at school. We defend that teaching and teaching language need work as a constant exercise to construction and unmake the text, like a work of communication. The grammar's teaching must be in some context, more than identify and classify. The student needs to note the effect of sense that every element linguistic produces, in the context where work.