چکیده (انگلیسی):

This article intends to identify, describe and analyze the institutionalization of the
teaching of foreign languages in Brazil during the nineteenth century, from 1809 to
1890, dividing it into three phases. During the first phase (1809-1837), which
comprises the Joanino government and that of his successor D. Pedro I, as well as
the Regency period, and which continues until the foundation of Colégio de Pedro
II and the institution of the Secondary Education in the country, Modern Languages
have a purpose that is eminently instrumental, since their study is justified as a
means to acquire “scientific” knowledge. The second phase (1837-1870) begins with
the institution of Secondary Instruction in the country, which coincides with the
foundation of Colégio de Pedro II, when the teaching of Modern Languages,
besides its instrumental role, assumes a literary purpose, more in accordance with
the type of formation the Establishments modeled according to that institution
should offer to students. The third phase (1870-1890), at last, begins when Modern
Languages, by maintaining their instrumental and literary character, assume a
practical purpose, as a “means of communication of thought”, despite the
“exaggerated grammatical influence”.Brazil; Modern Languages; History of Education; History of English
Teaching; Schooling.