Genres for the Teaching of English: Student’s Perceptions about an Experience of Application of a Teaching Material

Abstract

According to Ramos (2004), the use of genres is a “powerful educational resource” for teaching a foreign language. Following the pedagogical implementation of genres presented by Ramos (2004), this article will present the perceptions of a group of students about their learning based on the notion of a genre in a teaching material prepared by the teacher-researcher for the teaching of reading. This material was developed based on the notions of genre by Swales (1990) and Bhatia (1993), as well as the pedagogical implementation of genres by Ramos (2004) and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais - Língua Estrangeira (Brazilian National Curriculum Parameters for the Teaching of Foreign Languages – Elementary School, Brasil, 1998).