Letra e música: uma proposta para o ensino da canção na aula de Português como Língua Adicional

Based on the assumption that songs are a speech genre consisting of both music and lyrics and that, consequently, its meanings derive from the articulation between both languages, this research aims to discuss how the use of songs in language teaching, more specifically in the teaching of Portuguese as an Additional Language, can develop students’ literomusical literacy through an interdisciplinary pedagogical proposal. Grounded on the concept of literacy as social practices mediated by written language and bringing contributions from studies on literary literacy and music education, literomusical literacy is conceived as the state or condition of those who participate in social practices mediated by songs and discourses that emerge from songs and take a critical stand on them because they are able to understand and reflect upon their verbal and musical components, on how they articulate to build certain meaning effects and on how they relate to their musical community. Participating in social practices mediated by songs and discourses that emerge from songs involves recognizing and interpreting the actions that are being mediated by songs, and through this interpretation, to be able to understand the values underlying them and the target interlocutors. The concept of literomusical literacy allied to the understanding that song is a genre constellation formed by as many speech genres musical genre song (such as bossa nova song and funk carioca song) as there are musical genres may bring to light the multiplicity of literomusical literacy practices connected to the social uses and functions associated with the different speech genres musical genre songs, which may vary according to the sociocultural context, the sphere of activity and the moment in which they occur, as well as to those who engage in them. The pedagogical proposal presented in this work is shown in more detail in a lesson plan designed to teach funk carioca. The teaching materials created comprise a set of tasks designed to promote the study and discussion of a collection of representative funk carioca songs and of other texts which may help (re)construct the social practices mediated by this speech genre aiming to foster a deeper understanding of these social practices so that the students can decide whether and to what extent they wish to engage in these practices. This pedagogical proposal is aligned with a perspective of linguistic education whose objective is the study of texts of different speech genres aiming at developing students’ reading and writing practices and increase their participation in different social spheres.