Metodologias ativas e sua importância para a inovação do ensino contribuições para o ensino de Língua Portuguesa em STP

This article aims to reflect on traditional or passive methodologies and active methodologies in Portuguese language teaching. Initially, we describe some common directions of traditional or passive methodological practices, which are often very common in public schools in São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) according to reports from students of the Portuguese Language Degree course, many of whom are already teachers. In addition, we have made observations in the teaching manuals and lesson plans used. Inorder to contribute to the advancement and updating of pedagogical practices in the area, we provide a description of active methodologies based on works by Silva (2021), Pinheiro (2021) and Moran (2018). Throughout this study, we argue in favor of active methodologies, especially in the context of teaching grammatical topics, our main interest in this work. To this end, we show a lesson plan prepared for teaching in STP in 2024 and, as a reference, we provide a lesson plan based on innovative methodologies. All these reflections are based on analyses and discussions held during undergraduate classes. As a result of these analyses, we share a dynamic teaching material with third-year students, designed from the active perspective of teaching Portuguese and following the vision of language as a social practice. With this proposal, we believe we can contribute to improving pedagogical practices in the country, to the development of teaching materials and to the training of Portuguese language teachers.