Linguistic prejudice and discrimination in Brazilian Portuguese and beyond : suggestions and recommendations

In this article we make a distinction between the prejudice and discrimination towards (a) different languages and their speakers and (b) different non-standard varieties of the same language and their speakers, and argue that while the discrimination and prejudice towards (a) have been denounced by international institutions and both national and international laws are in place to guarantee the rights of speakers of different languages, the same protection has not been afforded to speakers of non-standard varieties of a language. We examine a specific case of this type of linguistic prejudice in Brazil. We discuss the effectiveness of efforts of linguists to combat linguistic prejudice based on the principle of error correction (Labov 1982) and, drawing on work by Cameron (2012) and Bourdieu (1986), suggest that linguistic prejudice cannot be disentangled from other types of prejudice and that linguists need to have a much deeper understanding of and engagement with the values attached to linguistic forms. We conclude with a number of suggestions and recommendations in order to effectively combat linguistic prejudice

Alfabetização e ortografia

A ortografia era uma das metas mais importantes na metodologia das cartilhas. Com o advento de novas metodologias, as cartilhas deixaram de ser usadas. Nas novas abordagens, a ortografia passou a ocupar um lugar secundário na alfabetização ou mesmo ficou excluída. Essa atitude com relação à ortografia representa um retrocesso educacional. Sem o método das cartilhas e sem informações técnicas sobre a ortografia, muitos professores se viram na situação de não saber o que fazer. O presente trabalho apresenta algumas das noções básicas que definem e caracterizam a ortografia e, além disso, sugere procedimentos metodológicos