English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and the teaching-learning of the English language in a municipal elementary school in pandemic times: a report on English teaching-learning practices

The teaching-learning of the English language in basic education underwent significant changes in its focus in mid-2017, from the discussions proposed by the Brazilian Common Core Curriculum (BNCC). Before, guided by the National Curriculum Parameters (PCNs), English was treated as a foreign language (EFL). Now, with the new national curriculum guidelines, it appears as a lingua franca (ELF). The purpose of this experience report is to present the materialization of the ELF concept in virtual classes at a municipal elementary school in the extreme south of Santa Catarina. Through the description and analysis of two teaching-learning practices proposed during remote teaching, we discuss how it is possible to carry out the ELF proposal in a perspective that seeks to decentralize the native English speaker, exposing children to different types of English, focus on their communicative skills and encourage them, above all, to experience themselves as legitimate English speakers.