THE ARTS IN EFL COURSEBOOK: A RELEVANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTILETERING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Authors

  • Alessandra Leles Rocha UFU

Keywords:

English Language Teaching. Multi Literacy. Semiotics.

Abstract

To understand languages, it is necessary to know and explore their diversity (artistic,
corporal and linguistic), constituting their recognition and valorization as “forms of meaning of reality
and expression of subjectivities and social and cultural identities” (MEC, 2018, p. 65). This article,
therefore, proposes to make considerations about the use of artistic expressions – literature, cinema,
cartoon etc., in the context of English language teaching (LI), going beyond the traditional illustrative
view of these elements in textbooks and providing multi literacy in the field language teaching. As a
starting point for this analysis was chosen the collection Students for Peace, organized by Eduardo
Amos and published by Moderna Publishing House (Richmond label) in 2015, in which it was found
the presence of artistic expressions presented in the form of activity and / or suggestion for extension /
deepening of the content in each of four volumes.

Author Biography

Alessandra Leles Rocha, UFU

Graduada em Letras, Habilitação em Inglês e Literaturas de Língua Inglesa e Mestre em Geografia pela
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, MG, Brasil. E-mail: lelesrocha.a@gmail.com Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5620-4801

Published

2026-07-06

How to Cite

Leles Rocha, A. (2026). THE ARTS IN EFL COURSEBOOK: A RELEVANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTILETERING AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING. Revista E-Scrita, 12(1), 297–315. Retrieved from https://revistasuniabeu.com.br/index.php/revista-e-scrita/article/view/348