Style, Expressivity and Axiology in the Teaching/Learning Process of Language in Use

Abstract

Supported by Bakhtin and the Bakhtin Circle’s thinking, this article aims to present the theoretical-methodological features that interweave in the construction of high school teaching practices, focusing on the teaching and learning process of language in use. It further aims to briefly describe how these teaching practices may contribute to the teaching of reading and text production. The motivation for this article stems from the findings of my PhD Dissertation defended in 2015, which show that teaching practices aimed at the teaching and learning of language in use promote the dialogical construction of knowledge mobilized by linguistic, stylistic and discursive elements, hence relating Bakhtin’s concept of “living word” inherent in replies and active understanding to expressive issues that unveil ideological marks, values, and positioning.