In order to meet the determinations of the Law of Directive...

In order to meet the determinations of the Law of Directives and Bases (LDB – 9394/96), debates have been held over the last few years around definitions to guide the construction of an Elementary Education syllabus in Brazilian schools. The Common National Curriculum Base (BNCC), which has been designed and recently approved, presents traditions and also some changes in relation to what has historically been produced in our country regarding curricular discussions. That is to say that in English classrooms, the English language has been regarded different statuses throughout the years. When it comes to the teaching and learning of English in Brazilian regular schools, from the National Curriculum Parameters (PCNs – 1998) to the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC – 2017), one of the biggest changes in terms of language teaching in recent years concerns to the status the English language has been regarded within language practices inside and outside the classroom. With that said, considering the status of English language in the National Common Curricular Base, it is correct to say that English has been assumed as: