O ensino do léxico no ensino médio:

Abstract

One of the great objectives of the school and the teachers of Portuguese language is to train students who know how to use the language in aa more formal and efficient way, in all social situations in which they find themselves, oral, written, formal and informal. However, Portuguese language classes are usually focused on teaching normative grammar as the only means of developing these communicative skills. However, as well as normative grammar, vocabulary teaching contributes to a Portuguese language teaching that broadens students’ knowledge, making them able to use the language. In the schools, the lexicon is limited to short and often ineffective activities. This work presents a brief reflexive analysis of questions related to the treatment of lexicon in the teaching of Portuguese language, based on analyzes of three textbooks of High School. The research has a its guiding principle the investigation of the teaching of lexicon based on the expansion of vocabulary, and how this teaching can help in the development of students communication skills, that is, speaking, writing and understanding well.