FUNCTIONAL TEACHING OF GRAMMAR: A FOCUS ON CAUSAL CONNECTIVES

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This article advocates for a functional perspective on grammar teaching (Amorim, 2020), grounded in the foundational principles of Educational Sociolinguistics (Bortoni-Ricardo, 2005; Bagno, 2007) and Functionalism (Bybee, 2010) while aligning with the guidelines set forth by the PCN and BNCC. To this end, it presents a didactic proposal that focuses on using causal connectives in spoken and written textual genres, seeking to move away from a purely classificatory approach and toward a teaching model centered on (meta)linguistic operations in textual production. By avoiding the traditional practice of classifying conjunctions and clauses, this study legitimizes didactic alternatives that, based on the analysis of semantic-discursive and variationist aspects, explore grammatical elements as tools for constructing texts (Antunes, 2003; 2005; Avelar, 2017). Thus, a functional, productive, and scientific approach to grammar teaching in the classroom is outlined.

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Fabrício da Silva Amorim, Instituto Federal da Bahia (IFBA)

Fabricio da Silva Amorim é doutor em Estudos Linguísticos (UNESP), mestre em Língua e Cultura (UFBA), especialista em Metodologia do ensino da língua inglesa (Uninter) e licenciado em Letras: Português/Inglês (UNEB). É professor do Instituto Federal da Bahia (IFBA) e vice-líder do grupo de pesquisa, certificado pelo CNPq, Elipor - estudos da língua portuguesa: descrição e ensino. 

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2025-07-23

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Vol. 47 (2025)

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Artigos Tema Livre

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