Desenvolvimento de competências comunicativas e relacionais em português língua não materna: para o desenho de um LMOOC

Abstract

The potential for access and networking offered in particular by mobile technology can be put at the service of teaching and learning a non-mother tongue language through the design of a LMOOC. However, other issues must be taken into account when it comes to considering a geographically dispersed and diverse target audience, namely Portuguese as a non-mother tongue learners, in order to build a learning community. Considering diverse groups of target students, Portuguese as a Heritage language, Portuguese as a Foreign language and Portuguese as a Host language, the aim is to think how the use of LMOOCs can not only favor the development of learner's communicative and relational skills in a plurilingual and multicultural society, but also contribute to the reinforcement of their affective bond with the language and their feeling of belonging to the linguistic and cultural community(ies) associated with the target language. Aiming to answer the question, "To what extent can mobile assisted LMOOCs favor affective ties with the target language in Portuguese as a non-mother tongue learning context?", in this article, we will start by briefly analyzing the syllabus and language as a formal system and scrutinize in more detail cultural and emotional issues which are important to consider when designing a LMOOC. Finally, we will discuss the importance of teacher-learner and learner-learner relationships in a community generated by a LMOOC.