The implementation of the Cearenses language centers and the perceptions on Spanish/LS

Abstract

This research aims to understand the perceptions of participants of a Ceará Language Center (CCI) in Fortaleza about the implementation of the CCI and the offer of Spanish language, to the detriment of their local and regional reality. With the revocation of Law 11,161 / 2005, some Brazilian states enacted their own laws specifying the continuation of Spanish offer in curricula, although this was not the case in Ceará. However, through economic issues related to tourism and the Air France-KLM / Gol hub, the Government of Ceará approved the initial creation of at least 11 CCI for teaching English and Spanish to high school students in public schools. This action constitutes a linguistic policy (PL) related to the school domain (Spolsky, 2016) that aims to expand the linguistic repertoire of young students from Ceará. The methodology is ethnographic, involving description of the scenario investigated, visitation and interviews with subjects participating in a CCI. As a result, students’, teachers’ and managers’ perceptions about the implementation of the CCI as a way of accessing and democratizing teaching and learning of LE, and the Spanish language is a resource language, easy to learn and that would enable communication, better qualification and professional position.