Generative linguistics and grammar in Primary Education

This paper aims to relate the generative assumptions and possible collaborations they have given to the "teaching" of Portuguese. With a methodology of research and reflection, it investigates the contribution of the concepts of generative theory and related studies to her in three areas related to the classroom: (a) the delivered content, what is meant by grammar; (b) the effectiveness of teaching materials, given the concepts that express; and (c) the teaching practices, difficulties and issues in "teaching" the mother tongue and the teaching methodology. Is adopted as theoretical frameworks, Chomsky's research (1965 and underlying works) to the basic concepts of Principles and Parameters Theory, the theory Kato (2005) on the grammar of the literate, the proposed VanPatten (2003) on the input and output, the precursor work of Silva (2013) which relates gerativismo and teaching, and the papers of Neves (1994), Costa and Barin (2003) and Pilati (2014) on the current reality of the classroom. It concludes that the gerativismo has contributed indeed with concepts that can mitigate the problems faced in "teaching" mother tongue and bring a significant change to education. The need for innovation in teaching practices is imminent and linguistic studies have proven the delay and inefficiency of the methodologies used in the school.