Transliteracies in internship of pre-service teachers of English: focus on meaning making

Although much has been published about pedagogies and practices of teaching-learning English in Brazil and Canada, we believe the educational epistemologies that more specifically inform such work might be resignified in accordance with contexts, which are greatly influenced by globalization and the new technologies. This way, our goal was to investigate how pre-service teachers of English in two Brazilian Universities construct meanings in internship programs at public schools. This paper aims at presenting the ubiquitous critical perceptions and the capacity to transform conventional knowledge and practice in educational and, therefore, in social settings. Transliteracies are knowledge constructed within renegotiations of linguistic, cultural, educational, historical perspectives, power relations and contingencies. The methodology is qualitative, intersubjective and collaborative. The participants' social practices and the researchers ' theoretical background are considered. The importance of theoretical-practical problematizations and the researchers ' agency are stressed.