On orality in a research and training program for teachers and educators

Abstract

Although long neglected in the teaching and learning process of the mother tongue, orality is an important dimension of verbal communication and a relevant element in the exercise of critical and active citizenship. Moving beyond the idea that developing oral communication skills in students of any educational level simply requires having them speak in the classroom, it became necessary to create a didactics of orality that would allow teachers to involve students in oral communication situations and assess their performance in this area of ​​the mother tongue, considering both comprehension and expression. In this text, we intend to analyze the path we have taken in this field, as a researcher and trainer in the area of ​​Education, combining the didactics of orality with the transversal approach to teaching and learning the mother tongue and the promotion of education for global citizenship and sustainability.