Foreign language, linguistic rights and social inclusion

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the partial results of our extension project entitled “Linguistic rights and social inclusion: foreign language workshops at the Maria de Nazaré community”. This project deals with students of the undergratuation level preparting to be French teachers as well as with children and teenagers from the peripheric neighborhood of Maria de Nazaré, Joao Pessoa, in a perspective of social inclusion. The theoretical foundations come from two Brazilian scholars: the educator Paulo Freire and the linguist Francisco Gomes de Matos. The project also focus the importance of reflective teaching developed by undergraduation students while they are studying to become teachers. Our partial results already indicate the importance of the project to provoke the social inclusion of previously excluded subjects.